Management


Mark Carlson, CEO

Mark Carlson co-founded SimpleFeed in 2004 and has served as CEO since the company’s inception. Previously, Mark was CFO at First to File, an enterprise software company he sold to MarkMonitor. He was also general manager of the internet security group of CyberMedia, a public company later acquired by Network Associates/McAfee. Mark joined CyberMedia when it acquired Walk Softly, Inc., a company he founded and helmed as CEO. At Walk Softly, Mark led marketing and development of Guard Dog, an internet privacy and security product that became a PC Data Top 10 product. Before he started Walk Softly, Mark was CFO and vice president of business development at Digital Pictures. He began his career in the technology investment banking departments of Montgomery Securities and PaineWebber after graduating from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Alik Eliashberg, Director

Alik Eliashberg co-founded SimpleFeed in 2004. His experience includes engineering management positions a LinkedIn and Yandex, a leading search engine. Previously, Alik was vice president of engineering at MetaReward, Inc., an online direct marketing company, and held a variety of senior technology and management roles at Resonate, Inc., an enterprise software company. Alik was also the first employee at NetDynamics, Inc., where he designed and implemented the NetDynamics Application Server, one of the first application servers on the market. Alik graduated from the University of California, San Diego.