Gene Hoffman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Vindicia
San Mateo, CA, USA
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
Affiliations:
none listed
Business Interests:
none listed
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