Dan Cohen Named CEO of Community-Driven Personalized Homepage Pageflakes.Entrepreneur and Former Head of My Yahoo! Joins Benchmark-Backed Pageflakes SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Pageflakes Ltd. (www.pageflakes.com), the community-driven personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. homepage, today announced the appointment of Dan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and U.S. founding partner, effective immediately. Cohen joins Pageflakes from Yahoo!, where he was the head of the My Yahoo! business unit. In his new role as CEO of Pageflakes, Cohen will oversee all aspects of the company's rapidly growing worldwide business, including the establishment of a U.S. headquarters to complement existing operations in Europe and Asia. Former CEO and Pageflakes co-founder Christoph Janz will assume the role of Chief Product Officer (CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) An individual who manages the privacy issues within an organization. Arising out of the privacy regulations in finance and health care in the late 1990s, the CPO position eventually crossed over to all industries. ). "Dan's background as head of Yahoo!'s personalized homepage, My Yahoo!, and his extensive entrepreneurial management experience makes him a perfect fit for Pageflakes," said Christoph Janz, CPO of Pageflakes. "His expertise and vision for the evolution of the personalized homepage will enable us to further advance the development of Pageflakes and add to our rapidly growing base of loyal worldwide users." At Yahoo!, Cohen was responsible for managing all aspects of the My Yahoo! business, leading teams responsible for product management, marketing, strategy, engineering, business development and monetization. Prior to Yahoo!, Cohen founded two companies, Personity and USConnect, and led their acquisitions by Openwave and IKON, respectively. Cohen also held key senior management positions at IKON and Google, where he led product management for personalized products, including the Google Personalized Homepage See iGoogle. . Cohen holds a dual Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. . "Pageflakes has led the way in redefining the personalized homepage, which has essentially remained unchanged since the advent of the World Wide Web, until now," said Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes. "With breakthroughs in social and community features and the innovative use of highly interactive web technology, Pageflakes has created the next generation of the personalized homepage. People are rapidly switching to Pageflakes to start every visit to the Web because it's an easy and fun way to get everything they want in one place, and to share what they find useful and enjoy." "Dan's stellar track record, relevant expertise and proven ability to manage high-growth businesses adds depth and strong leadership to an outstanding team," said Johan Brenner, General Partner, Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon . "We're thrilled to have him on board and we're proud to strongly support Pageflakes as they continue their rapid growth." About Pageflakes Pageflakes, the community-driven personalized homepage, is revolutionizing how we how we start with and use the Internet. At www.pageflakes.com, you can easily customize the Internet and make it yours using '"flakes" - small, movable versions of all of your Web favorites that you can arrange on your personal homepage. Flakes are available for thousands of uses and interests, including news, sports, e-mail, local events, search, photos, music, videos - even interactive tools like a calendar and a to-do list - and just about anything else you do on the Web at school, work and at home. The Pageflakes community of users create and help each other discover more new flakes and share more new Pageflakes pages every day. Pageflakes was founded in Germany in 2006 and is funded by Benchmark Capital. |
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