cdixon.org - Chris Dixon's personal webpage home about Professional Background Currently: - Co-founder and CEO of a pre-launch Internet startup. - Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including Skype (acquired by eBay), Postini (acquired by Google), Flarion (acquired by Qualcomm), Gracenote (acquired by Sony), P.A. Semi (acquired by Apple), Celtel (IPO), BladeLogic (acquired by BMC), TrialPay, Endeca, Gerson Lehrman Group, ScanScout, Oddcast, TargetSpot, Panjiva, and a handful of other startups that are still in "stealth mode." Previously: - Co-founder and CEO of SiteAdvisor through its acquisition by McAfee, less than one year after SiteAdvisor was initially funded. SiteAdvisor has been downloaded over 100 million times, and was awarded Time Magazine's "50 Coolest Websites", Popular Science's "Best of What's New", and PC World's "100 Best Products of 2007" (#15). - Worked at Bessemer Venture Partners making early-stage investments, including the lead investment in the Series A of Skype. - Designed and programmed multimedia web applications, including the original version of Oddcast's talking avatar software, and the karaoke software that became kSolo, later acquired by MySpace/Fox. - Co-head of R&D at Arbitrade, a hedge fund focusing on high speed options trading (acquired by Knight Trading Group and eventually Citigroup). - MBA from the Harvard Business School. - BA and MA from Columbia University, majoring in Philosophy. Personal Background - I am originally from Ohio and now live in New York City. Selected SiteAdvisor Media Coverage "Melding Search and Security" Red Herring Magazine - May 28, 2006 "SiteAdvisor, McAfee's Latest Acquisition, Incubated at Bessemer" Dow Jones Venture Wire - April 6, 2006 "Two New Services Try to Warn You About Sleazy Sites" Wall Street Journal - Walt Mossberg - June 22, 2006 "Search Sites Tied To Viruses, Spyware" Wall Street Journal - Front Page Article - May 12, 2006 more... Best way to contact me: photo of Chris Dixon