Management Team

   
Dan Cohen, CEO
Dan oversees all aspects of Pageflakes' rapidly growing worldwide business and has an integral role in driving the company's product vision. Dan is a seasoned entrepreneur and startup CEO, and is an expert in personalized homepages. Prior to Pageflakes he was the head of My Yahoo!, Yahoo's personalized homepage, and before that led product management for personalized products at Google, including the Google Personalized Homepage. Previously, Dan was the founder and CEO of two technology companies, Personity and USConnect, and led their acquisitions by Openwave and IKON, respectively. He also held key senior management positions at IKON Technology Services, including Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Director of Applications Development. Dan holds a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dan stays on top of his interests and hobbies using his public Pageflakes page.

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Christoph Janz, Chief Product Officer
Christoph is a co-founder of Pageflakes and has more than ten years of experience in designing software applications and Internet services for consumers. As Pageflakes' CPO, he drives the company's product vision and focuses on creating exceptional end user experiences and delivering continuous innovation. Back in 1997, Christoph co-founded German Internet startup DealPilot.com, one of the first comparison shopping services which got funded by Bertelsmann and has later been acquired by Shopping.com. Before and after that he was involved in various software projects and Internet startups. Christoph frequently posts on Pageflakes' blog and occasionally on his private blog.

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Omar AL Zabir, Chief Technology Officer
Omar co-founded Pageflakes and developed the core framework of the service. As the CTO of Pageflakes and the mastermind behind the software architecture, he heads the continued development of the core product. Omar started programming at the age of ten, winning the Best Competitor Award in a nationwide programming contest. Since then he developed projects for companies like HP, Bank of America, Citibank and other companies in the US, Australia, Germany and Bangladesh. Back in the days when AJAX was still known as a washing detergent, Omar was already busy developing ground-breaking interactive Web technologies. Today Omar is one of the world's foremost AJAX experts. Omar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Sciences from the American International University of Bangladesh and maintains a popular blog on .NET technology.

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Ole Brandenburg, Sr. Director, Business Development
Ole, co-founder and Sr. Director, Business Development of Pageflakes, oversees all business development initiatives of the company. He was part of the alando.de team, the German auction site, which was acquired by eBay. Ole subsequently helped eBay Germany develop the German market. After that, he held marketing positions for several other Internet companies including Jamba, which he co-founded, Dooyoo and myBet. He also worked as a consultant for German media giant Bertelsmann. Ole holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in E-Commerce and Management. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Griffith University of Brisbane, Australia. Check out his public Pageflakes page which showcases his favorite NBA team.

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