Larry founded Janrain in 2005 to address the challenge of managing user identity on the Internet. Prior to Janrain, Larry was a co-founder of Silicon Valley startups Desktop.com, a web-based service, and Four11 Corporation. At Four11 Corporation, Larry led the development of its RocketMail product, one of the first Internet-based email systems. Four11 was acquired by Yahoo in 1997, and its RocketMail product became Yahoo! Mail. Earlier in his career, Larry did software development for Raynet, McDonnell Douglas and A.G. Edwards.
Sanjay joined Janrain as President in 2013. Prior to joining Janrain, Sanjay was the Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Vesta Corporation, the leading provider of payment solutions for global mobile network operators such as AT&T, Vodafone and China Mobile. During Sanjay’s tenure at Vesta, the company grew by a factor of 10 ultimately processing more than $3.5 billion in annual transactions in 12 countries and 9 currencies. Sanjay’s background also includes experience as a CFO of both public and private companies, Vice President of Business Development, corporate attorney, management consultant and financial analyst. Sanjay holds MBA and JD degrees from Stanford University and earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Chicago.
Lewis brings to Janrain more than 20 years of diverse legal experience, including 12 years managing the legal matters of technology-centric service companies and addressing their customer privacy and information security concerns. Prior to Janrain, Lewis was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fios, Inc.; General Counsel of New Edge Networks (now EarthLink Business); and an attorney in private practice. Lewis began his legal career as a staff attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Jamie has been delivering custom web solutions for more than 10 years, and built his first social media community in 2004. Prior to Janrain, Jamie led the emerging media practice at White Horse, and has worked as a marketer and technologist with clients including Coca-Cola, Financial Times, Samsung, Wells Fargo, L’Occitane, The Brooking Institution, and many others. He frequently speaks about technology trends and writes for Mashable, Social Media Examiner, iMediaConnection, AdAge, and other publications.
Anthony Dupré is a software engineering veteran with over 15 years of experience in development, architecture and management. Prior to joining Janrain, Anthony spent 6 years with ClearAccess, another Portland based startup, where he built and led the engineering team from inception to acquisition by Cisco. Anthony has a penchant for software design, functional programming and experimenting with new technologies. Anthony holds a Master in Software Engineering from EPITA (France) and a B.S. in Software Engineering from the university of Burgundy, France.
Angie leads the Customer Success teams ensuring Janrain customers maximize the value of their investment in our products and services. Angie’s teams are responsible for both on-boarding and on-going customer support, for guiding product usage through best practices, and for building trusted long-term relationships with Janrain customers. Angie brings over 15 years of experience in the Internet industry where she held senior business and technology leadership roles revolving around customer retention and satisfaction with companies such as EarthLink, Mindspring and Silicon Valley startup Netcom.
Bill’s background is firmly rooted in B2B marketing operations. Over the past 20 years he has led marketing teams and initiatives spanning strategy, product marketing, product management, demand generation, marketing communications and business development. Prior to joining Janrain, Bill was the vice president of marketing at EthicsPoint. He has also held marketing management positions at Centennial Software, Serena Software, MeasureCast, WebTrends, Intel and Oracle. Bill earned a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the The University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in quantitative economics from Stanford University.
Paul brings more than 30 years of experience building and leading sales teams in technology, software and broadband companies. Prior to Janrain, Paul was the national sales director for EarthLink New Edge Networks, vice president of worldwide sales for Ensequence, and a vice president of business development at Excite@Home. Paul began his career as the founding sales director of Lotus and went on to hold sales management positions with Ashton Tate/Borland and AOL, where he pioneered new distribution channels and opened new global markets.
Vidya brings more than 10 years of product leadership experience in Internet- and SaaS-based products and services. Prior to Janrain, Vidya held product management and product development positions at AOL, iovation and DataMotion, where she brought to market online consumer security, enterprise email encryption, fraud prevention and web search based offerings. Vidya holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, a Master of Science in computer science from the University of Louisiana and a Bachelor of Engineering in electronics engineering from the University of Mumbai.
Tore is a leader in strategic business development, mergers and acquisitions with more than 15 years of experience and expertise in online marketing and advertising. Prior to Janrain, Tore was the vice president of business and corporate development for WebTrends, director of business development at EarthLink and e-business development director for AAA.com. Tore earned a Master of Business Administration from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Notre Dame.
Elizabeth has served on the management teams for three rapidly growing startup enterprises in the Portland area. Her experience includes building corporate infrastructure, human resource management, corporate governance, finance, tax and operations. She has provided support in raising venture capital and was also integrally involved with two initial public offerings. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from California State University Los Angeles.
