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We're great at what we do, and we know it. We live and breathe technology. Tech for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even for all-important dessert. Tech when we wake-up, when we're sleeping, when we're watching the Sci-Fi channel. Tech. Get it?
We're not happy unless we're under the hood, tinkering around with a product until it does more than it was supposed to. (You should see what we drive!) Similarly, we're not into solution providers that don't let us interface with their development in some way. So you can trust that when you work with Jolokia, you get the most advanced solutions with the best functionality. And that's not bragging... it's just true. (Ok, it is bragging. But it's still true.)
Why Jolokia?
You're probably wondering why we chose the name "Jolokia"? We like spicy food, and just like our passion for tech, we take it to the extreme. The Jolokia ("Chili Pepper" in Assamese Indian, you know... Indians from North East India kind of Indian) is the hottest pepper in the world. This isn't your grandmother's Tabasco kind of spicy. This is the knock your ass out the door and down the street kind of spicy. It is 4x hotter than the wimpy Habanero, or over one million scovilles for you heat connoisseurs. If you think your kung-fu is strong, please do come to our BBQ and claim boisterously that you can handle the heat...
The big-wigs.
The only thing that could really make these guys big-wigs is their hair styles, and even those aren't so big these days. But here's who you can blame for all this:
Mark Pace -- CTO, Co-Founder
Pace is the big man when it comes to tech. And he’s got some big ideas, big convictions, big… abilities… to share with us today. He designed all of Jolokia's systems based on a few key concepts he’s been passionate about for over a decade (which does make him super old, if you were wondering).
Systems need to be versatile. They need to scale easily. They need to be open enough to allow the people deploying them to get under the hood and make things work right.
From that philosophy direct to Jolokia's network—Pace made sure that from the onset Jolokia has been quick to adapt to meet the needs of a wide range of customers. The network can deploy systems with the speed of the cloud and also lock things up when security concerns require compartmentalization.
Though pretty much perfect in every other way, Pace is occasionally unable to grasp nebulous concepts, like revenue generation with no income source. During the Internet Boom 1.0, this led him toward the one sector that was actually generating hard profits—the adult sector. He co-founded one of the first social networking sites on the Internet before you were hearing the term “social networking” in the grocery store checkout line. At the time, the adult sector was driving innovation on the Internet, with video streaming, user picture databases, live chat rooms, and algorithm-based friend matching (all those things you thought fancy-pants web 2.0 sites developed. Pbthth!). Thanks to Pace's god-like management skills and cutting technical designs, the flagship social site grew to just under 2 million users before being sold to Penthouse in 2006. Score.
A beautiful 6 lb, 3 oz baby SPAM filter is born.
Among other things, the adult industry was a major source of SPAM. At one point the anti-spam nazi—err a late-90s RBL—blacklisted a major credit card processor, causing thousands of websites to lose processing for a few days. The issue spawned a hurried meeting, where one of the RBL heads suggested that someone should invent a better way than blacklisting entire sites for doing business with one spammer. Thanks to those mostly cynical words (and dare we say dare), Pace invented and patented a distributed content identification system that is in use in many popular anti-spam systems these days. Score.
We go way back.
Still reading? Want more? How about High School? Pace spent his high school and college years as an 80s hacker/phone phreak. He produced light and laser shows for early-90s raves in Southern California. And when all the nonsense he'd been telling people for years about a global computer network started coming true, he honed his attitude and snappy customer service skills as the Vice President of a San Francisco Bay Area Systems Integration shop. There he focused on telling customers why, really why, the Internet would be something they should learn to use. He also wrote about all these fun things for various trade rags (like InfoWorld) back when people read trade rags.
Yes, ladies and gents. That is what we’re getting at. We’ve arrived at the gist. Pace is amazing, AND he invented the, or maybe just talked about, the Internet a really long time ago.
Dan Seoane -- CEO, Co-Founder
Let’s put our hands together. Can we get a “Whooooop! Whoooop!”? This self-proclaimed Minister of The Bleeding Edge has been cranking-out experience and beefing-up his abilities in the tech industry for over 25 years—R&D Engineer, Industry Analyst, Network & Security Architect, and Platforms Administrator in the space, legal, insurance, music and telecom industries. Although he does still dream passionately about his missed opporunities and perhaps his true calling -- burger flipping for a major fast food chain.
In the days of yore, Dan’s crazy-analytical mind led him to InfoWorld Magazine’s Test Center, where he was a Technology Analyst then Infrastructure Architect. There he was instrumental in developing test strategies for enterprise technologies, and perfecting that desktop football game where you use the little paper thingy and your fingers to make the goal posts... He likes long walks on the beach, moonlight, and…
Dan is a published writer, with a multitude of technical reviews and articles under his belt. He was also featured in an article written by industry pundit Stewart Alsop, where he was described as “THE DIGITAL GARDENER, A RENAISSANCE MAN OF THE INTERNET AGE”. (Fortune Magazine, July19th, 1999. Pg127). And just think, you could be a mere two degrees of separation from Stew if you just got to know Dan.
Since that article changed life on Earth as we know it, Dan ventured into the Telecom space, where he worked on lots of other impressive things as a member of Technical Services and then Network Engineering: Advanced Services Team. (Sounds like they sent him in first to make sure the network was safe before the other engineers came in. Dan is super brave as well as brilliant.)
At Covad Communications, Dan became an NT Architect in the IT department, and then created a new position for himself as Media Services and Events Manager. Originally hired by Covad to help design one of the largest broadband streaming networks in the world, the powers that be found it hard to justify the cost (in the 2001 market). So his broadband distribution design sits and waits for the proper moment to take over the world.
In December, 2001, Dan was asked to become a “Member of The Council of Communications Advisors,” a group founded by the Gerson Lehrman Group to promote interaction among the industry and investment communities through regular seminars, publications, and consulting engagements. Imagine the Jedi High Council.
Eventually, Dan’s over eight-year reign at Covad as the go-to guy came to an end when the once-giant telecom sold to a private equity firm and cut the entire Corporate Communication department to save a few bucks. Nope, we have no emotional reaction to this whatsoever. Dan moved on over to Accordent Technologies, the premiere enterprise webcast portal company as the Senior Integration Engineer for the professional services team. There he focused on mass-scale webcast delivery for parties of 30k or more for many fortune 100 companies and many of today’s higher learning education facilities. If you never attended one of those, that means: colleges and universities.
In 2007, Dan teamed up with longtime friend and colleague, Mark Pace, to deliver a different breed of content management to the world—a very hands-on approach that includes downsourcing, a way for SMBs that are tech heavy and losing tech personnel to still have the services they need—and save money while they’re at it.
I want to dance with my baby.
Dan’s been involved in Eluminated’s dance music site, groovefactory.com since its inception, as the architect for their website and high performance streaming systems. Dan has single handedly built the Eluminated network and hosts web and streaming content for music community sites like livedjs.com, icu records, 4play records, Relaxmusic.tv, djmartinboss.com and the DNA lounge, to drop a few names. Dan’s musical talent keeps him at the Wheels of Steel and is a featured DJ on the site. He launched the Eluminated live events division, successfully demonstrating the viability of producing live media shows from night clubs and events around the world over the Internet.
Jan. 18th 2002 marked Dan’s television debut as he was featured on TechTV’s Audiophile segment where he was introduced as “Audiophiles streaming Guru.” Dan gave a briefing on his newest project at groovefactory called “The bedroomDJ project,” which allows DJs from around the world to stream from their own bedrooms… or other rooms… and get feedback from users as they practice. He also provided a quick how-to on using Real Producer to get the DJs jump started in live and archived encoding.
In short, he’s got what you need and that's why he's the CEO.
Jay Kopita -- Vice President, Sales
If ever there was a Ringo Starr meets Vince Offer in the world of hosting... well, Jay would fit that bill. Not because he's the least talented here or was arrested for getting his tongue chewed on and in turn losing a certain "sham wowwy" gig (although he is musically talented and has had his share of TV appearances), but because he lucked out by joining us late in the game, is a charming guy, and understands how to tap into the psyche of the potential customer all the while sporting a flashy grin and an amusing story. It also helps that he actually ENJOYS doing sales (huh?) and seems to know many people that Pace and Dan don't, making him a well rounded addition to the team.
"Closing a deal... any deal... is better than some amorous nights I've had. Wait, did I just say that?"
An ex-Hollywood actor, Jay decided to channel his go-getter attitude and communication skills into something a bit more steady in his quest to pay his bills, while building actual discernible business skills. Figuring his degree in Theatre Arts and Speech Communications needed to be put to better use, Jay jumped head first into the world of Entertainment Public Relations and got a boot camp training in what it means to hustle and network. And hustle and network he did. A few years and several dozen press releases, studio tours and thousands of phone calls later it was time to...
Take a walk on the wild side.
After honing his skills of persuasion, Jay decided to kick it up a few notches and channel additional skills like showing people how parting with their money and putting their business plans into better and more productive directions are good things and would well serve the customer, himself and the companies and clients he worked for. Moving into the adult online space as one of the first PR guys, once again, Jay started from scratch and carved out his own niche as an all around journeyman having learned a little about a lot all along the way and purposely choosing to do what many in this burgeoning arena neglected to do or simply ignored.
In addition to organizing annual trade shows and selling and marketing for a wide array of clients including but not limited to attorneys, resource sites, adult affiliate programs and models, Jolokia marks the second employer / employee relationship between Pace and Jay, with the previous history involving PR and media relations with the social network that Pace sold to Penthouse in 2006. (He must have done something right those days...)
The bottom line is, Jay is the go to guy, the gatekeeper, the grunt. If he can't sell you on something... maybe it can't be sold?
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