Userplane

Nate has been a leader in software development for the past 10 years. After completing his Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon, he was recruited to Microsoft where he worked on the Powerpoint product line. From there, Nate was recruited to Los Angeles as the CTO of the growing... consultancy PBJ Digital. At PBJ Digital Nate grew and led the three-location technology division 500% within 6 months. Within Userplane, Nate’s focus includes software architecture, development, and management. He has architected and implemented Userplane’s application suite and its underlying self-service infrastructure that supports millions of live daily users across the globe. He has built and directed multidisciplinary technology teams for both client services engagements and internal software development. Nate has been recognized as a software industry leader - presenting at conferences including Macromedia Max and Flash Forward. He and his team have recently completed the Userplane Presence system - a scalable user-presence technology handling more than 50 million daily requests.
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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Michael began his career consulting during his junior year at the University of Oregon with companies such as Universal Entertainment and Boeing – providing online strategy and web development services. He scaled his practice into PBJ Digital, a 40-person,... profitable, web consulting firm serving over 100 different companies including Sony, UPN, Insight First and Ron Herman from 3 locations. After the successful sale of PBJ Digital, Michael formed Userplane with his two partners, where he continued consulting, building a strong client base and developing high-traffic interactive websites for companies such as Red Bull and 800 Flowers. After two years, Michael led the successful transition of Userplane into an applications business while maintaining the profitability of the business, which became the premier community communication software provider with clients such as MySpace, Friendster and eHarmony. He was recognized for his excellence in the market and elected President of Idea Oasis, an industry trade group focusing on supporting the business of online community.
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