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Alex Iskold, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Alex launched AdaptiveBlue because he was inspired by the vision of a personalized web. He is passionate about building elegant software that helps people save time and makes their online experience effective and enjoyable.

His previous startup, Information Laboratory, was focused on applying the ideas of Complexity Science to software engineering. Alex and his team developed a tool, called Small Worlds, which automatically identified structural problems in large-scale software systems. After Information Laboratory was acquired by IBM, Alex worked in the IBM Automated Software Quality group as an architect.

Alex regularly contributes to the influential Read/WriteWeb blog. You can find complete list of his articles here. Alex likes good cinema and whatever music his iPod serves daily. He enjoys cabs in $10-$20 range and much more expensive scotch. Alex owns an iPhone and uses his Comcast box to skip commercials during Lost and 24. He lives with his beautiful wife and three daughters in the lovely New Jersey suburbs.

Andy Roth, Chief Quality Officer

Andy is responsible for finding the bugs in the BlueOrganizer so you don't have to. He has over ten years experience in testing and quality engineering, and is a frequent speaker at software quality conferences. His quest to make the BlueOrganizer bullet proof is driven by the frustration he feels when things don't work as well as they should. It is his goal that our users will not feel that same frustration with the BlueOrganizer.

When not breaking things, Andy enjoys spending time with family and friends, improving his photography skills, infrequently updating his software testing and quality blog, or exploring the great outdoors with his dog. If he were not a tester, Andy would like to be either a nature photographer or a foley artist.

Rion Nakaya, VP of Design and User Experience

Rion provides leadership and hands-on expertise to our information architecture, design and technology integration processes. She works with the AdaptiveBlue team to analyze and prioritize product goals from all perspectives: strategic, editorial, visual, structural, functional and technical. She then collaborates with the team to help develop user experiences that are infused at every touchpoint with these objectives.

Previously, Rion was a Design Director at VSA Partners for clients such as American Express, Time Warner, HHMI, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She was also the Associate Design Director at Plumb Design, a software development studio specializing in data visualization. In her spare time, Rion has earned a reputation as one of the longest-standing publishers within the photoblog movement at rion.nu.

Karen Teng, VP of Engineering

Karen fled the tech-saturated Silicon Valley only to move to New York and stay true to her roots by working for an east coast startup. She leads the development effort on a mission to build out the semantic web.

When not saving the world through smart browsing, she enjoys rooting for the Oakland A's, ordering in instead of cooking, and drinking fine scotch (any takers?). She holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and is still pondering the age old question of whether to pursue an advanced degree.

Fraser Kelton, Director of Business Development

As Director of Business Development Fraser is passionate about building. He spends his days building community, relationships, strategy, and, well, a business. He joins AdaptiveBlue from Trivaris, a Canadian seed-stage investment firm, where he was Director of New Ventures and developed strategy for portfolio companies as they commercialized innovative ideas into scalable businesses.

Fraser holds a degree in Applied Economics from Queen's University, blogs regularly at his personal blog, Disruptive Thoughts, is a marathon runner, and struggles to write third-person, 100 80 word bios.

Jeff Condal, Senior Software Engineer

Jeff comes to AdaptiveBlue after spending his early career writing Enterprise Java Applications for large banks. After a few months of traveling, he decided to seek out a new and interesting project to which he could contribute. Luckily, AdaptiveBlue was hiring. Jeff brings to the team his enthusiasm and desire to make an impact on Internet technology, along with programming experience that dates back to childhood.

When not sitting in front of a computer, Jeff enjoys traveling, good comedy, film (not necessarily good), and watching 24, Lost, and Heroes religiously. He loves exploring Central Park, and has aspirations of running the New York Marathon.