Clearspring is the leading provider of widget creation, distribution, tracking and monetization services, used by the world's largest media companies, advertisers, and widget developers. We help publishers and marketers extend their reach to the leading social networks, start pages and blogs and to respond to growing consumer demand for a more personalized desktop, Web, and mobile experience. Clearspring is privately funded and based in McLean, Virginia.
Leadership Team
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Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-founder
Hooman actively drives platform marketing and strategy initiatives at Clearspring. He was recently named one of Tech's Best Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek and was nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. When he is not busy building a better web, you can find him writing his blog Widgify. Radfar graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Economics and Computer Science. He holds an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University where he researched Social Networking Theory. |
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Jay Rappaport, President and COO
Jay brings years of Internet experience to Clearspring through prior roles in both large and small Internet focused companies. Prior to Clearspring, Jay was President of Vonage and COO of the America Online Service. At Clearspring, Jay is focused on scaling operations, overseeing new partnerships with media, marketing companies and the developer community to enable Clearspring to effectively deliver new services to the mass market. |
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Stewart Allen, CTO
Stewart leads platform development efforts at Clearspring and is responsible for Clearspring's platform design and implementation. He has been an early or founding member, of six technology start-ups. Most recently, he was CTO and VP Engineering at WebMethods. His work has led to the foundational web standards such as XML-RPC and SOAP, laying the groundwork for Web 2.0. |
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Joel Pulliam, VP Product Development
Joel contributes years of product experience to Clearspring, having managed dozens of products used by millions of consumers and businesses for AOL, MCI and IBM. Joel was most recently Vice President of Product Marketing at AOL, where he was responsible for a varied portfolio of products. In a prior life, Joel was part of the Bechtel engineering team that designed and built the last nuclear power plant commissioned in the US. |
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Scott Cosby, VP Engineering & Operations
Scott came to Clearspring from IBM and leads Clearspring's engineering and operational teams in delivering innovative products into our production environment. He is an experienced software executive with a successful record of implementing new strategies and driving execution across global business operations. He has over 15 years of proven achievements in product-driven software businesses (commercial and open source), and software consulting services. |
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Austin Fath, Co-founder
Austin leads new technology and integration initiatives at Clearspring He is an expert in software architectures and invested the last three years developing the expertise that serves as a basis for the Clearspring platform. Austin holds three undergraduate degrees in engineering from Duke University, and an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. |
Board of Directors
The Clearspring Board of Directors is comprised of Ted Leonsis (Chairman), Steve Case, Miles R. Gilburne, Philip L. Bronner, Nigel Morris, Harry Weller, Jay Rappaport, Hooman Radfar.
Investors
Clearspring is privately funded by Novak Biddle Venture Partners , Joel Adams, Miles Gilburne, Steve Case, Mark Jung, Ted Leonsis, Bobby Yazdani, and NEA.