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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Operates as an embedded communications service provider.
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Funding: | 20.6 |
Address: | Natick, MA 01760 |
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Company URL: | http://www.vivox.com |
Vivox offers an opportunity to work for a dynamic start-up company as we break new ground into the world of online games, virtual worlds and social networking. If you are a high-energy individual with a commitment to success, we invite you to visit our web site often for updated career opportunities.
Vivox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
The Voice for Games Voice Chat for Games and Virtual Worlds
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Bob Holtzman
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Nexon America
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Jennifer Frkanec
Vivox
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Vivox delivers a new fully-featured voice chat option which will enhance gaming experience in Combat Arms
Los Angeles CA
Canaan Partners,GrandBanks Capital,Undisclosed Firm
Rob Seaver Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Rob Seaver brings extensive experience in communications and online services to Vivox. Before joining industry pioneer Jeff Pulver in launching Vivox, Seaver was head of strategy, chief financial officer, and a member of the management board of Einsteinet AG, where he helped build the company from start-up to Euro 65 million in revenue and 440 employees. As managing director of Madrid-based Jazzya Investments, he planned and executed the launch of new communication and media ventures. Prior to that, he held positions in investment banking at Goldman Sachs International and as an attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell in London. Seaver holds a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB degree from Harvard College.
James Toga Founder and Vice President Engineering
James Toga brings more than 20 years of technical and management experience in development and operations to Vivox. He joins Vivox from Free World Dialup where he served as chief operating officer responsible for driving technical and business direction of the Company's leading standards-based Internet Telephony Services community.
Before Free World Dialup, Toga co-founded mobile and premise-based wireless Internet access provider MobWifi, Inc. At MobWifi, Toga developed working prototypes of 3G - Wifi, self-contained mobile servers. Prior to MobWifi, Toga was director of engineering and vice president of operations at eDial, Inc., where he served as a member of the executive leadership team that developed the ASP/CPE-based conferencing and advanced collaboration platform. Toga has also held numerous management positions at companies including Intel Corp., Banyan Systems, Inc. and Xylogics, Inc. Toga earned an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University and a BS in Chemistry from Tufts University. Toga is a published author and owner of five patents in the Internet and IP Telephony spaces.
Monty Sharma Founder and Vice President Product Management and Marketing
With extensive experience in hosted services, broadband, and networking e-business models and markets, Monty Sharma is uniquely qualified to serve as Vivox's vice president product management and marketing. Before joining Vivox, Sharma was vice president of business development at Jamcracker, Inc., where he extended Jamcracker's market share as a leading provider of IT management platforms. Prior to Jamcracker, Sharma served as vice president of Novell Service Provider Network at Novell, Inc. and played a key role in creating an independent business unit and brand that provided software and professional services to carriers, ASPs, and Novell's extensive reseller channel.
Sharma also held management positions at Nova Scotia telecommunications service provider, MT&T, where he served as chief technology officer of Mpowered PC, deploying leading edge DSL and ASP solutions. He began his career working for consulting organizations including BDI Business Development Information, Inc. and Software Experts. Sharma earned a BA in History from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has held numerous positions on corporate and public boards and is the author of several trade press articles and a well-received speaker at industry events.
Matthew Bellows Vice President Sales
Matthew is leading the Vivox sales team in bringing Vivox voice chat to key media markets including online gaming, social networking, virtual worlds and other large online communities. Previously, he was the General Manager for Floodgate Entertainment, a top video games developer based in Boston, Massachusetts. Before joining Floodgate, Matthew was the co- founder, editor and publisher of WGR Media, the leading publication for mobile entertainment consumers. While leading WGR, he grew revenues to $1.5 million and distributed content through Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, Yahoo! and many others. He sold WGR to CNET Networks in 2003. Matthew received his MBA with high honors from the Olin School of Management at Babson College.
Dave Verratti Vice President Professional Services
As Vice President of Professional Services, Dave Verratti brings to Vivox more than ten years experience in business development and in all phases of application development lifecycles. His extensive background in both business and design enables him to ensure that Vivox’s technology exceeds expectations.
Prior to Vivox, Verratti was at Novell where he worked to identify and create new opportunities with strategic partners, and to deliver the technology enablement of all identified opportunities. He also worked with the Company’s strategic partners to assist in the development of their Linux and Open Source strategies. Early in his career, Verratti gained his product development experience at SilverStream Software. There, he worked closely with customers to design and build applications based on the then-emerging J2EE standards. He graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with bachelor degrees in mechanical engineering and economics.