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Clearspring is the largest online content sharing network connecting publishers, services and advertisers to audiences on the social web. Clearspring's universal sharing platform AddThis enables leading publishers like ABC, AOL, Demand Media, MTV, MySpace, NBC to distribute and track digital content such as links, widgets, videos, and photos to social networks, bookmarking sites, blogs, and other web services.

Ranked #1 by comScore, AddThis includes 3rd party services like Facebook, MySpace, Posterous, and Orkut.


Leadership Team


Hooman Radfar Hooman Radfar, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

Hooman actively drives platform marketing and strategy initiatives at Clearspring. He was recently named one of Tech's Best Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek and was nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. When he is not busy building a better web, you can find him writing his blog Widgify. Radfar graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Economics and Computer Science. He holds an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University where he researched Social Networking Theory.


Gar Richlin Gar Richlin, Chief Operating Officer

Gar is responsible for day-to-day operations at Clearspring. Prior to joining Clearspring he was a principal of Richlin/Dale LLC, a management consulting firm working primarily with emerging growth companies. Before starting Richlin/Dale LLC in 2005, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Advertising.com; other previous executive leadership positions include COO and CFO of SITEL Corporation, a NYSE company and head of investment banking at Alex. Brown & Son. Gar received his BA with honors from Wesleyan University and his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.


Stewart Allen Stewart Allen, Chief Technology Officer

Stewart leads platform development efforts at Clearspring and is responsible for Clearspring's platform design and implementation. He has been an early or founding member, of six technology start-ups. Most recently, he was CTO and VP Engineering at WebMethods. His work has led to the foundational web standards such as XML-RPC and SOAP, laying the groundwork for Web 2.0.


Peggy Fry Peggy Fry, Senior Vice President, Media Services

Peggy brings a great deal of executive-level experience to Clearspring, where she is responsible for managing the Media Services team. Prior to joining Clearspring, Peggy was vice president of Ad Sales for Netflix, where she developed and launched an online and offline targeted advertising platform for the entertainment community. Peggy has also served as president of Smashing Entertainment and vice president of interactive marketing for the AOL Entertainment Group at America Online.


Dominique Vonarburg Dominique Vonarburg, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Publisher Services

Dom is the founder of AddThis, which was acquired by Clearspring in 2008. Dom is responsible for platform strategy and advanced services. In 1997 Dom founded AddMe.com, a pioneer in search engine marketing which grew to over half a million active members and was acquired in 2007. Prior to AddMe.com, Dom worked at Oracle, where he led a team developing Business Intelligence tools and applications.


Will Meyer Will Meyer, Vice President, Engineering

Will leads Clearspring's software engineering group. He has a wide range of experience leading software teams in both consumer and enterprise markets, and has enjoyed being a part of several successful startups as a developer, technical advisor, and head of engineering. Most recently, Will was responsible for the open API strategy at Sprint, leading the mobile architecture for a major consumer website, and building a mobile enterprise startup from inception to acquisition. He is a dad and a transplanted New Yorker.


Will Meyer Robert Van Niman, Vice President, Finance

Robert is responsible for Clearspring's overall financial activities. Prior to joining the team, Robert was the Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Corporate Executive Board. Before CEB, Robert spent many years at AOL within the corporate finance and access teams focusing on profitably growing its membership base. Earlier in his career, he held various financial positions with Teleglobe International, MCI and Gyrofalcon Group. Robert earned his BA from the College of William and Mary and his MBA from the University of Maryland.



Board of Directors

The Clearspring Board of Directors is comprised of Ted Leonsis (Chairman), Tige Savage, Miles R. Gilburne, Philip L. Bronner, Nigel Morris, Harry Weller, Hooman Radfar.

Investors

Clearspring is privately funded by Novak Biddle Venture Partners , Joel Adams, Miles Gilburne, Steve Case, Mark Jung, Ted Leonsis, Bobby Yazdani, and NEA.

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