Power.com

Power.com is the world’s leading Social Inter-Networking company in the world with 5 million registered users. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Power.com is a privately held company with 70 people. Power.com has additional offices in San Francisco, California and Hyderabad, India. The company received an $8 million Series A investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson of Menlo Park, California and notable individual investors including Esther Dyson.

Steve Vachani, CEO - Experienced startup CEO, serial entrepreneur, board member, viral/loyalty/user experience marketing innovator. From age 16 to 20, started 3 small businesses generating over $4 million in combined revenues while simultaneously completing multiple degrees at UC Berkeley. Founded pioneering e-commerce site in 1994 putting campus food delivery business online. During the past 13 years, launched 5 major Internet sites through grass roots and viral marketing campaigns that generated over 70 million combined registered users. CEO of leading loyalty and Internet marketing company Qool Media for 8 years. Oversaw creation of over 50 online marketing and loyalty building campaigns for fortune 500 and leading internet startups. Undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Business from UC Berkeley

Eric Santos, Director of Product and Engineering - Product Manager overseeing an elite team of framework engineers and specialists at Latin America and Brazil ’s largest technology services firm – CPM International/Braxis/Unitech. As an entrepreneur, Eric managed from concept to launch the creation of approximately 20 outside client’s projects. With no outside resources in his spare, he individually incubated, executed, and obtained more than 500k registered members marketing a set of social network, viral marketing, and user generated media tools. Masters in Engineering from prestigious Federal University – Salvador , Brazil .

Igor Barenboim, Director of Global Business Development – Global economist, lead analyst, and founding team member of Gavea Investimentos, Latin America’s largest hedge fund. PhD in Economics from Harvard University .

Michael Ross, Director of Business Development – President of New York-based investment bank, Joseph Capital LLC. Served in the Investment Banking Division of Salomon Smith Barney and as Vice President at Bank of America and at Lehman Brothers. Served as lead analyst to hedge fund, Vision Capital, and as buy-side analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. PhD in Finance from UC Berkeley.

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