Jim Kaskade serves as the president and CEO. Jim brings more than eighteen years of experience in massively-parallel enterprise-class multimedia platforms. His background includes software and hardware engineering, product management, and technology marketing, having created enterprise offerings for some of the world's recognized leaders including Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Disney, Nike, Merrill and AT&T.Jim brings a deep understanding of the life cycle of a startup to Eyespot, and has led the company's vision for content personalization, software as a service, mobile community, and analytics. Prior to Eyespot, he founded two semiconductor startups including INCEP Technologies Inc., a semiconductor technology company servicing high-performance data-intensive applications, where he drove the company from concept to successful sale to a Fortune 500 company.His first of four startups, Jim served as the vice president of marketing for Convergence Design Incorporated (CDI), an early-stage semiconductor startup, where he oversaw corporate brand management, product marketing, and business development for digital media and telecom semiconductor applicationsPrior to CDI, Jim held a number of engineering, marketing and product management positions at Teradata, a global leader in enterprise data warehousing and software analytics.Jim has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of San Diego, where he specialized in entrepreneurial management, brand marketing, marketing strategy, marketing research, and new product introduction. |