Company description
Janrain helps organizations succeed on the social web with its user management platform. Comprised of multiple products that can be used together or in concert, Janrain solutions build user engagement and brand awareness.
Janrain Engage provides social login and social sharing to enable a user to login with an existing account on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or 15 other networks, as well as share content and activities from the site to their social networks.
Janrain Capture is a turnkey social profile data storage and registration solution.
Janrain Federate provides single sign-on functionality to extend a brand's online ecosystem.
Janrain customers include industry leaders such as Universal Music Group, MTV Networks, Kodak, NPR, Tribune Interactive, Sears and Citysearch. Founded in 2005, Janrain is based in Portland, Oregon.
Team
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Larry Drebes, CEO and CTO
Larry founded Janrain in 2005 to address the challenge of managing user identity on the Internet. In its early days, Janrain drove the development of the majority of the open source OpenID protocol libraries that continue to be used today by organizations such as Google and Yahoo, and was a founding member of the OpenID Foundation, a non-profit governance organization for the industry. Prior to Janrain, Larry was a co-founder of Silicon Valley start-ups Desktop.com, a web-based service, and Four11 Corporation. At Four11 Corporation, Larry led the development of its RocketMail product, one of the first Internet based email systems. Four11 was acquired by Yahoo in 1997 and its RocketMail product became YahooMail. Earlier in his career, Larry did software development for Raynet, McDonnell Douglas and A.G. Edwards.
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Tore Steen, VP, Marketing and Business Development
Tore brings over 15 years experience to Janrain in strategic business development, mergers and acquisitions and expertise in online marketing and advertising. Prior to Janrain, Tore was the VP of Business and Corporate Development for WebTrends, Director of Business Development at EarthLink, and eBusiness Development Director for AAA.com. Tore earned a MBA from Duke University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame.
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Paul Salzinger, VP, Sales
Paul brings over 30 years of experience building and leading sales teams in technology, software and broadband companies. Prior to Janrain, Paul was the National Sales Director for EarthLink New Edge Networks, VP of Worldwide Sales for Ensequence, and a VP of Business Development at Excite@Home. Paul began his career as the founding sales director of Lotus, and went on to hold sales management positions with Ashton Tate/Borland and AOL where he pioneered new distribution channels and opened new global markets.
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Michael Olson
