November 21st, 2006

DV Seminar:
Location: Nora 103
Date: November 21, 2006
Time: 3:30-5:00

Speaker bio:
Perhaps the only CEO ever accused of being anti-establishment, a communist, and a socialistic anarchist, since 2000 Jim has led craigslist to be the most used classifieds in any medium, and one of world’s most popular websites, while maintaining its renowned public service mission, non-corporate vibe, and staff of less than 20.

Formerly served as craigslist’s lead programmer and CTO, contributing the site’s multi-city architecture, search engine, discussion forums, flagging system, self-posting process, homepage design, personals categories, and best-of-craigslist.

Before joining craigslist, directed web development for Creditland (defunct) and Quantum. In 1994-95, built a terabyte-scale database-driven public website for ICPSR at U-Mich.

Graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech with a bachelors in biochemistry, and studied medicine and classics at the University of Michigan.

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