COMPANYEGG TEAM
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Sean Rigo Co-founder
Sean leads CompanyEgg's Strategic Partnership and Business Development efforts. He excels in team environments and has a solid background in small business marketing, finance and IT. In 2007, after living and training in Brazil, Sean co-founded one of the fastest growing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym networks in the world. During that time, Sean became proficient in online marketing. Prior to founding and managing his own small business, Sean worked for GE's division for energy infrastructure. There, he oversaw critical water-treatment systems at industrial facilities including many high-security areas at American nuclear power plants. His finance background includes working as a licensed proprietary equity trader. An avid international traveler, Sean's personal and professional endeavors have taken him to more than 25 countries. Sean earned his bachelor's degree in communications and marketing from Bowling Green State University in 1999.
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Michael Halvorsen Co-founder
Michael has spent more than 16 years building things on the Internet. For the past nine years, Michael has focused on developing audiences and driving web traffic at massive scales for large brands, small businesses, and emerging tech startups serving various roles. He built his first website as a freelance web developer when he was only 12, and later built his first e-commerce site with more than 20,000 products for a client when he was only 14. He is an experienced programmer and web designer. He has experience programming in Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, and node.js and is constantly staying ahead of the curve by experimenting with the latest disruptive technologies. Michael has an appreciation for the outdoors and enjoys rock climbing, bouldering, biking, and kayaking.
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Ryan Frishkorn Engineer
Ryan is a professional IT business consultant with a broad history ranging from the most basic end-user support to top-level ISP network administration for thousands of users. His diverse knowledge is rooted in pervasive curiosity and an inexhaustible desire to learn. His professional experience encompasses a variety of hardware and software systems including: Linux servers and workstations; scripting and development in various languages such as BASH, Ruby, and PHP; server technology including HTTP servers, DNS / Bind administration, Qmail, WAN monitoring data analytics, and even cable modem termination systems. His versatility is just as apparent in other activities away from work when he might be involved in classical guitar, 19th-century literature, motorcycle repair, ancient philosophy, ham radio, and amateur astronomy.
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Evan Jafa Board Member & Big Data Advisor
Evan is currently the CEO and president of Cloudify, Inc. In the last 20 years, Evan has held senior executive roles in the Fortune 500, Financial Services Information Companies. Prior to founding Cloudify, as the senior vice president of information technologies, he managed worldwide teams of technology innovators and delivered data and analytics solutions to the industry. He served as an active member of the M&A and global operations expansion teams. During the past 15 years, he been an active member of the global CIO advisory boards of premier technology companies as well the University of California in Irvine.
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Dennis Goedegebuure Competitive Publishing Advisor
Dennis has over 12 years experience in competitive online publishing for some of the most well-known and recognized Internet brands. Dennis spent more than nine years working for eBay in various Internet marketing leadership roles to help it become the web's largest online marketplace. Over the years, Dennis has been recognized as an industry thought leader and has spoken at numerous conferences. Dennis is currently working for Airbnb as the head of global SEO.