Konstantin Guericke
Konstantin joined jaxtr from LinkedIn, where as a co-founder, he led marketing from pre-product to profitability. With a small team, Konstantin created a strong brand, and LinkedIn went from one of more than 30 business networks to the clear leader in social networking for business. Prior to LinkedIn, Konstantin served as VP of marketing at Presenter.com, VP sales and marketing at Black Sun Interactive and EVP at Caligari. Konstantin's expertise covers marketing, sales, product management, business development and international expansion. Konstantin has lived, worked and studied in Europe and Asia in addition to the U.S. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.
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Bahman Koohestani, Interim CEO & President
Bahman Koohestani joined jaxtr from social network Cyworld, where as the Chief Technology Officer he was instrumental in shaping Cyworld's global strategy to connect and attract a social community of over 40 million members worldwide. Prior to Cyworld, Bahman served as the CIO/CTO of Orbitz Worldwide where he conceived and delivered the first Global Online Travel Platform. Prior to Orbitz, Bahman co-founded and took public Delano Technology, a leader in CRM platform and applications. Prior to Orbitz, Bahman was VP Messaging Technology at Netscape, where he was instrumental in leading the messaging product vision and scaling the organization. Bahman graduated from York University with a B.Sc. in Computer Science.
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Rajeev Motwani
Rajeev is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he also serves as the director of graduate studies. Many startups in the Silicon Valley are founded or staffed by people who were Motwani's students at Stanford. He is an avid angel and seed investor, advisor to several venture funds, a charter member of TIE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs), and on the board of BASES (Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students). He serves as a board member or advisor to several companies, including: Agitar, Asempra, Centrata, Chutney, Coral8, Flarion, Flexlogics, Google, GreenBorder, jaxtr, Jumpstartup Ventures, Meru Networks, Mimosa, Neopath Networks, Revenue Science, Sinett, and Xambala.
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Touraj Parang
Touraj put the "str" in jaxtr! Since founding the company with Phillip in 2005, Touraj has been spearheading the creation and development of the web-based components of jaxtr while overseeing business operations. Touraj has been involved with over 50 Silicon Valley companies since 1999 with a particular focus on social networking since 2003. Previous work experience includes making early stage investments in Internet and communications start-ups with Amidzad Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital, a global VC firm, and practicing corporate law at WSGR and O'Melveny & Myers. Touraj holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and majored in Philosophy and Economics at Stanford University.
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