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Gene Hoffman

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Vindicia
San Mateo, CA, USA
Member Since: 09/18/2007
About Me:
Gene Hoffman, Jr. is co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Vindicia, Inc., a company that provides payment management services to e-commerce merchants through a recurring billing platform, outsourced chargeback management, and consulting services. Prior to Vindicia, he was co-founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of EMusic, a leading Internet-based music subscription service, from January 1998 to June 2002. As head of EMusic, Mr. Hoffman was a highly visible advocate for the distribution of music on the Internet and testified in front of Congress multiple times about the future of the Internet economy and Internet music distribution. Mr. Hoffman led the acquisition of EMusic by Vivendi/Universal in June 2001. Prior to EMusic, Mr. Hoffman was Director of Business Development and Director of Interactive Marketing of Pretty Good Privacy. Mr. Hoffman joined Pretty Good Privacy after it acquired PrivNet, Inc., an Internet privacy software company, where he was co-founder, Director and Executive Vice President. Hoffman holds a patent for his work with HTTP stream interception technology. He attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he was a staff member of the men's collegiate basketball program under Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge. Mr. Hoffman also serves on various non-profit boards and as a Board Member of Agent Arts, a media recommendation technology company.

Industry: Payment Management
Size of Business: 11 - 50 employees
Years in Business: 2-10 years

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  1. Getting the Most Out of Your Merchant Processor


    Don't wait until you have problems with chargebacks. Manage your merchant processor relationship right from the beginning.
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