Michael Arrington became a member of our board of directors in June 2006. He is the author of a popular and influential Technology Blog called TechCrunch, which he has operated since June 2005. Prior to his involvement with TechCrunch, from July 2004 to June 2005, Mr. Arrington was a consultant for a number of companies, including Verisign, Inc., Fatlens and SnapNames. Prior to that, from December 2003 to July 2004, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Pool.com, Inc., a company that arranges the buying and selling of web domains. Prior to that, from September 2002 to December 2003, he served as Chief Operating Officer of RazorGator, Inc., a leading secondary ticketing distributor. Mr. Arrington was an independent consultant from December 2001 to September 2002, and from June 2001 to December 2001, he served as Vice President, Operations for London-based Global Name Registry Ltd., with responsibility for the sales, marketing, business development, product and legal groups. Mr. Arrington received a B.A. degree from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School. |