About
JanRain based in Portland, Oregon, has been a recognized leader and primary catalyst driving the OpenID market forward. The majority of utilities and libraries in use throughout the OpenID ecosystem have been contributed by this company, it manages myOpenID.com, the most popular independent site for consumers and businesses to establish an OpenID account; and is first to market with a communication application built on the OpenID standard, called Pibb.
Pibb delivers the first comprehensive communications and reputation platform to conduct trusted communications in an OpenID marketplace. With the rise and innovation of OpenID, the creation of a user-centric web is a reality and the opportunity to solve the biggest pain point in today’s internet world, communications, can now be delivered. Pibb brings together the familiarity of forums, utility of mailing lists and convenience of instant messaging. The result is a real-time, organized, trusted communication platform leveraging OpenID’s decentralized and user-centric identity.
For Developers working with OpenID, JanRain has created robust tools and software libraries to ease development and assure reliable and interoperable deployments. Starting with the release of our Python
OpenID library in 2005, JanRain has distributed the most tested, and widely used libraries available. OpenIDEnabled.com is JanRain’s developer headquaters where you may get started by downloading code, reading available documentation, and connecting with the community. All of our libraries are open source available under an Apache 2.0 software license.
The Management Team
We’re good dart players and we love our day jobs. Here are the people making it happen at JanRain:
Brian Kissel CEO- Brian brings over 20 years of experience to JanRain in developing products, markets and competitive business strategies. Before joining JanRain, Brian was the SVP Electronic Banking Solutions at CheckFree (acquired by Fiserv), CEO of Paraform (acquired by Metris), and VP Marketing at Oblix (acquired by Oracle). Brian is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and has an MBA from Stanford University.
Michael Graves CTO- Michael is JanRain’s CTO, leading product strategy, technical development and many more things here at JanRain. Previously Michael was the CTO of Verisign’s VIS division as well as the founder of Signio, an on-line payment processing company, that was acquired by Verisign in 2000.
Larry Drebes VP of Engineering and Founder- Larry founded JanRain shortly after moving to Portland, Oregon. He concentrates on the daily operations of the software teams. Prior to JanRain, Larry co-founded Desktop.com and Four11 Corporation and worked at Yahoo!.
Tore Steen VP of Business Developement- Tore brings over 15 years experience in strategic business development, mergers and acquisitions and expertise in online advertising that spans from large multi-national companies to small emerging growth entities. Prior to JanRain, Tore was the VP of Business and Corporate Development for WebTrends, Director of Business Development at EarthLink, and eBusiness Development Director for AAA.com. Tore earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his BA in political science fromUniversity of Notre Dame.
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The Developers
(i.e the guys who get the real work done)
Brian
Carl
Dag
Grant
Kevin
Jonathan
Josh
Mike
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