The people behind Thinmail:

JORDAN POLLACK Ph.D., Founder

Jordan is well-known for innovation in computer science and complex systems, and is on the faculty at Brandeis University, where he directs the DEMO laboratory. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Illinois. He has broad experience in the computer industry and is an expert on intellectual property and game theoretic aspects of nonequilibrium business phenomena. As chief scientist for Abuzz technologies which was acquired by the NY TImes, he authored four patents for the design of the adaptive filter and the email based protocol for the "Beehive" knowledge management product. Jordan has over 100 publications, and has managed over $2M in federal grants. He was named one of MIT Technology Review's "TR 10" in January 2001 for work on robotics.

JEREMY GILBERT, Chief Software Architect

Jeremy graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University Computer Science Department in 1998. He has been developing software systems since youth, and served as a Unix administrator and webmaster for the Brandeis CS department. After Brandeis, he spent two years leading teams at Genuity (formerly GTE Internetworking), building and deploying large scale secure electronic commerce systems for GTE's Fortune 500 clients.

VADIM YASINOVSKY, Director

Vadim founded Clear Software, maker of an innovative set of graphical tools which was acquired by SPSS. He has been involved in the high-tech community for 20 years and is very active in annual industry conferences. Besides THINMAIL, Vadim is involved with other startups including Furniturefan.

JEFFREY M. STIBEL, Director

Jeff is a Vice President of United Online, a leading provider of Internet access, Stibel's primary responsibilities at UOL include online advertising, high-volume sales, and targeted marketing solutions. Stibel was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Simpli.com, Inc., a targeted marketing and infrastructure company, which was acquired by NetZero, which together with Juno, comprise UOL. Stibel previously worked at GTE Corporation (Verizon) on the Superpages project. He has also worked in mergers and acquisitions (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP) and for Greenfield Consulting Group. Stibel also serves on the Board of Directors for SpringBee, Inc. and Worldwide MediaWorks.

ABBOT L. GILMAN, Advisor

Abbot L. Gilman is currently a private investor and advisor to emerging technology companies and venture funds. Mr. Gilman was a Founder, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Broadband Access Systems, Inc., a private company that was acquired by ADC Telecommunications, Inc. in September, 2000. Prior to co-founding BAS, Mr. Gilman was a Principal and Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Applied Network Technology, Inc., which was acquired by FORE Systems in May of 1995. Mr. Gilman has also been involved in two other companies, still private. Following the acquisition at FORE Systems, as Director of Marketing, he successfully launched Fore's Ethernet Switch. Mr. Gilman spent 17 years at Digital Equipment Corporation.

CARL J. YANKOWSKI, Advisor

Mr. Yankowski was CEO of Palm from 1999 to 2001, engineering Palm's IPO as it spun off from 3Com, and more than doubling the company's awareness and revenue. The Palm PDA is one of the most successful business products in use today. As President and COO of all of Sony's U.S. electronics businesses from 1993 to 1998, Mr. Yankowski grew the division by $4 billion, surpassing Sony Japan. He launched CDMA digital phones in a joint venture with Qualcomm, the VAIO PC line, Digital Satellite Systems, WebTV, lithium ion batteries, and the company's digital cameras and camcorders. He has also held high-level management positions at Reebok, Polaroid Corporation, Cadbury Schweppes, General Electric, Pepsico, and Memorex.

DAVID F. DINES, Advisor

David brings significant telecommunications, marketing, analysis and operations experience to Thinmail. He has been in high tech for over 17 years with tours at both GTE and Digital Equipment Corporation. Dines has been the industry analyst for networking, VoIP and call center technology at the Aberdeen Group, and Vice President at the Faneuil Group, a direct marketing/target marketing company, where he managed a division. He has also been Vice President of Marketing at Lynk, and director of marketing at Tundo (both Voice-Over-IP startups). He holds degrees from Harvard and Cornell.

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