Eric Litman
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| Eric Litman | |
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 Eric Litman |
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| Born | August 1, 1973 |
| Occupation | Chief executive officer |
| Known for | entrepreneurship, advocating technology |
Eric Austin Litman (born August 1, 1973) is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. Litman co-founded Proxicom, built Viaduct from a one-man shop through a merger with the Wolf Group[1], and is currently Chairman and CEO of Medialets, a creative ad network for native mobile applications[2].
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[edit] Early life and education
Litman grew up on the Virgin Islands, where he graduated high school at 15. Litman graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor’s degree.[3]
[edit] Starting out in business
While in college, he worked in pre-sales support and engineering at NeXT, the start-up founded by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Litman then went on to serve as a Senior Systems Engineer for Digicon, building secure, distributed networks and applications for the U.S. Department of Defense.
[edit] Proxicom
Litman and three others founded Proxicom in 1991. Proxicom, one of the first-generation Internet professional services agencies, went public on NASDAQ in 1998 and was sold to the global consultancy Dimension Data after a bidding war against Compaq (prior to Compaq’s merger with Hewlett-Packard).[4]
[edit] Viaduct
After Proxicom, Litman founded Viaduct Technologies, an Internet professional services agency, and served as its CEO. Viaduct was acquired by Wolf Group in 2000. After the acquisition Litman stayed as Viaduct's chief operating officer.[5]
[edit] WashingtonVC
Litman was the Managing Director of WashingtonVC[6], an early stage venture fund in Washington, DC, where he focused on investments in online media, consumer Internet and telecommunications. He conceptualized and launched Aux Interactive in March, 2008. He left WashingtonVC in May, 2008.
[edit] Medialets
Litman is currently serving as Chairman and CEO of Medialets, an advertising network and analytics provider, primarily focused on the Apple iPhone.
[edit] References
- ^ Wolfe and Omnicom Make Acquisitions
- ^ Washington Post profile of Medialets
- ^ Interview with Jonny Goldstein
- ^ Goldfarb, Zach (2008-04-04), "WashingtonVC Targets Social Media", The Washington Post, http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washbizblog/2008/04/washingtonvc_targets_social_me_1.html
- ^ Elliott, Stuart (2000-09-18), "THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; Wolfe and Omnicom Make Acquisitions", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4D7163BF93BA2575AC0A9669C8B63.
- ^ [|Adler, Neil] (12-6-2007). "Local private equity firm names managing director". Washington Business Journal (bizjournals). http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/12/03/daily37.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
