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| |twitter = kveton | | |twitter = kveton |
− | |facebook = | + | |facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/kveton kveton] |
| |linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kveton kveton] | | |linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kveton kveton] |
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− | '''Scott Kveton''' is the CEO of Urban Airship. | + | '''Scott Kveton''' is the CEO and Co-founder of Urban Airship.<ref>[http://www.founderbuzz.com/interviews/how-consulting-inspired-urban-airships-founder-scott-kveton/ founderbuzz.com]</ref> |
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| == Education == | | == Education == |
− | He holds a BS in Computer Science from the Oregon State University. During his BS, he studied one year at University of Sussex in a study abroad program. | + | Kveton graduated from Beaverton High School in 1992. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the Oregon State University.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/kveton facebook.com]</ref> During his BS, he studied one year at University of Sussex in a study abroad program.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1026677&authType=name&authToken=KfRp&pvs=pp&goback=%2Enppvan_%2Fscottdarrow&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref> |
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| == Career History == | | == Career History == |
− | Kveton has worked with companies like [[Amazon.com]], Rulespace, JanRain and Vidoop in managerial and technical positions. He was a co-founder of the Open Source Lab helping open source projects like Mozilla, Linux, Apache, Drupal grow into mainstream usage. | + | Kveton has worked with companies like [[Amazon.com]], [[Rulespace.com]] and Vidoop in managerial and technical positions.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/scott-kveton crunchbase.com]</ref> He was a co-founder of the Open Source Lab helping open source projects like Mozilla, Linux, Apache, Drupal grow into mainstream usage.<ref>[http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=44 runasradio.com]</ref> |
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| His previous appoints include: | | His previous appoints include: |
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| *Senior Unix Systems Administrator at Rulespace, Inc. (2001 – 2002) | | *Senior Unix Systems Administrator at Rulespace, Inc. (2001 – 2002) |
| *Website Engineer at PDA Verticals, LLC (2000 – 2001) | | *Website Engineer at PDA Verticals, LLC (2000 – 2001) |
− | *Unix System Engineer at Amazon.com (1999 – 2000) | + | *Unix System Engineer at Amazon.com (1999 – 2000)<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1026677&authType=name&authToken=KfRp&pvs=pp&goback=%2Enppvan_%2Fscottdarrow&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref> |
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− | He has been Board member at Software Association of Oregon, an advisor at Second Porch. He founded [[Bacn.com[[ and was the Chair at [[OpenID]] Foundation. | + | He has been Board member at Software Association of Oregon, an advisor at Second Porch. He founded [[Bacn.com]] and was the Chair at [[OpenID]] Foundation.<ref>[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_incredible_life_of_scott_kveton_linux_firefox.php readwriteweb.com]</ref> |
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| He has been a member of the Board of Advisors of Legion of Tech. Kveton served as an Advisor to Shizzow, Citizen Agency and Clickpass. He was also a member of the technical board of advisors to the [[LinuxFund.org]] and Open Technology Business Center. | | He has been a member of the Board of Advisors of Legion of Tech. Kveton served as an Advisor to Shizzow, Citizen Agency and Clickpass. He was also a member of the technical board of advisors to the [[LinuxFund.org]] and Open Technology Business Center. |
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| == Awards and Honors == | | == Awards and Honors == |
| *In December 2005, he was named as InformationWeek’s ‘Change Agents’. | | *In December 2005, he was named as InformationWeek’s ‘Change Agents’. |
− | *In December 2006, he was named to Red Herring ‘25 Titans in Waiting’ – JanRain Man. | + | *In December 2006, he was named to Red Herring ‘25 Titans in Waiting’ – JanRain Man.<ref>[http://kveton.com/blog/about/ kveton.com]</ref> |
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| == References == | | == References == |