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Technology Veteran and Entrepreneur Danny Shader Joins
Pixazza Board of Directors
Mountain View, Calif. — September 2, 2009 — Pixazza,
Inc., an Internet service that turns static images into engaging
content while generating incremental income for web publishers,
announced that Danny Shader has joined its Board of Directors. A
Silicon Valley veteran, Mr. Shader created and sold two companies —
Accept.com to Amazon.com and Good Technology to Motorola, Inc. This
Board of Directors role reunites him with his former management
colleagues from Netscape Communications Inc.
“We are thrilled to welcome Danny to the Pixazza board and
look forward to working closely with him as the company
grows,” said Bob Lisbonne, chief executive officer of
Pixazza. “He brings more than 20 years of experience in the
technology industry as an entrepreneur and CEO. As a former Netscape
colleague, I expect Danny's strategic perspective and results-driven
operating expertise to serve Pixazza well as we pursue the
opportunities ahead.”
“I am excited to be a part of Pixazza, whose service monetizes
images in the same way that Google's AdSense monetizes web
content,” said Danny Shader. “Pixazza's innovative
platform leverages its team's deep experience with crowdsourcing and
massive-scale web systems. I look forward to working with the
Pixazza team as they continue to deliver significant new profit
streams for publishers and online merchants.”
Currently, Mr. Shader is the CEO of Kwedit, Inc, a new, but
unannounced start-up. Previously he served as chief executive
officer of Jasper Wireless, a global mobile-to-mobile (M2M) mobile
operator. From 2000-2007 he served as chief executive officer and
president of Good Technology, Inc., which created the
standards-based corporate wireless messaging market. When Good was
acquired by Motorola in 2008, he joined the company as corporate
vice president. Prior to Good, Mr. Shader served as a vice president
and general manager at Amazon.com, a role he accepted following the
acquisition of Accept.com, an internet payments provider he
co-founded and lead as chief executive officer. Early in his career
Mr. Shader served as vice president of partner and developer
relations at Netscape Communications Corporation, working closely
with the founders and engineers who make up Pixazza's team. In
addition to corporate management roles, he was twice as an
entrepreneur-in-residence with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
and Benchmark Capital.
About Pixazza
Founded in 2008, Pixazza, Inc. provides an internet service which
turns static images into engaging content, while generating
incremental income for web publishers. Pixazza enables consumers to
simply mouse over images on their favorite web sites to learn more
and see related products. Pixazza is a private company funded by
August Capital, CMEA Capital, and Google Ventures, with offices in
Mountain View, CA. For more information, visit
www.pixazza.com.