Biography:Jason Foodman

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Jason Foodman is an American CEO and tech entrepreneur.
Born
Jason Franklin Foodman

(1967-04-03)April 3, 1967
Miami, Florida, U.S.
EducationMaster of Science in Computer Science
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
OccupationEntrepreneur

Jason Foodman (born April 3, 1967) is an American CEO, investor, advisor and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida. He has been a leading participant in the software industry for decades, from Industrial Computer Corporation, to Trexar Technologies,[1] RegSoft.com, SwiftCD.com, RebateDelivery.com, and FastSpring.[2] He went on to serve as President of Global Delight, and co-founder and advisor to Comecero, Payli and Jonny On It.[3] As of December 10th 2019 he became the CEO of PayPro Global. To date, he has traveled to over 70 countries, working and living abroad in Europe, India, and Asia.[4]

Career

In 1998, Foodman and four other Atlanta entrepreneurs formed RegSoft.com, one of the early e-commerce services for the software industry, ultimately selling the company to Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV) in 2003.[5] Foodman founded Trexar Technologies in January 2001, and which was sold two years later to Aladdin Systems.[6] In January 2003, Foodman was the founder and CEO of DigitalSwift (dba SwiftCD.com), inventing the notion of a “Backup CD” to go along with an electronic software purchase.[7] Signing up over 8,000 software vendors participating worldwide, he led the company for six years before selling the company to Digital River in 2009.

In April 2009, Foodman founded Rebate Delivery, a global mail-in rebate service for online sales, and served as its CEO until selling the company in 2011 to Ohana Companies.[8]

In January 2011, Foodman served as a Co-Founder of FastSpring,[9] a leading all-in-one e-commerce payment processing service for 3,000+ desktop software and SaaS companies worldwide.[10] Before the company’s sale in 2016, FastSpring[11] had won a wide assortment of industry awards for its customer service, including multiple Stevie Awards from 2013-2015,[12] and was recognized as the fastest-growing company in the Greater Los Angeles Area from 2006-2010, as well as the 13th fastest-growing company in North America during the same period. FastSpring was also highly ranked on the “Inc. 500” list (in 2010 and 2011)[13] and included in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500,[14] as well. Upon its sale in 2016, the founders and original investors in FastSpring earned an ROI of over 600-fold on their original investment.[15]

In September 2015, Foodman became President of Global Delight[16] (creators of Camera Plus, Boom for iOS and Vizmato apps),[17] guiding the company through June 2017.  From 2017-2019 Foodman assumed various strategic advisor and paid non-executive director roles including with Comecero.com and TheoremReach.com.  Late 2019 it was announced that Foodman had become President of Rosy Salon Software (RosySalonSoftware.com), a Fullsteam.com portfolio company.[18][19][20][21][22]

Patents

Foodman has filed numerous Trademarks and Copyrights as well as being noted as the inventor or co-inventor on several patents, most recently on the “Multiple Location Rebate Processor” (United States Patent # 8,856,026, issued October 2014).[23]

Life and education

Foodman graduated from Appalachian State University in 1989 with a B.S. in Computer Science. He went on to earn an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) in 1991.

Foodman currently holds a 100-Ton Master Captain’s license from the United States Coast Guard and is a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is also a competitive USAW Masters Olympic weightlifter.[24]

Media

Foodman has published articles in several software and business magazines, including Casual Connect [25] and Software Business,[26] and he has also been quoted in Entrepreneur [27] and Fortune.[28]

References

  1. ↑ ZDNet Editors (2000). "Aladdin buys Trexar". ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/aladdin-buys-trexar/. Retrieved 2018-04-19. 
  2. ↑ Rip Emerson (March 17, 2011). "Online Subscription Billing Is Still a Hassle, SaaSy Aims to Change That". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/online-subscription-billing-is-still-a-hassle-saasy-aims-to-change-that//. Retrieved 2018-04-19. 
  3. ↑ Madison Hogan (June 25, 2019). "10 Female Founders with the Most Funded Startups in Atlanta". Atlanta Inno. https://www.americaninno.com/atlanta/roundups/10-female-founders-with-the-most-funded-startups-in-atlanta/. Retrieved 2019-12-08. 
  4. ↑ Yahoo News (December 22, 2015). "Indian Vizmato relaunches video editing app from Israel". Yahoo News. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/acclaim-to-offer-disk-versions-of-online-games//. Retrieved 2018-04-17. 
  5. ↑ Larry Dignan (January 2, 2002). "The Starting Line: Digital River goes shopping". https://www.cnet.com/news/the-starting-line-digital-river-goes-shopping/. Retrieved 2018-04-20. 
  6. ↑ TidBits Staff (March 22, 2000). "Aladdin Acquires Trexar". TidBits. https://tidbits.com/2000/03/22/aladdin-acquires-trexar/. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  7. ↑ Mark Androvich (June 29, 2007). "Acclaim to Offer Disk versions of Online Games". Games Industry Biz. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/acclaim-to-offer-disk-versions-of-online-games. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  8. ↑ The Associated Press (February 7, 2012). "Delaware company focused on rebates goes global". The Associated Press. http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/delaware-company-focused-on-rebates-goes-global/. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  9. ↑ Sarah Perez (April 24, 2013). "All-In-One E-Commerce Solution FastSpring Takes Its First Outside Investment From Pylon Capital". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/24/all-in-one-e-commerce-solution-fastspring-takes-its-first-outside-investment-from-pylon-capital/. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 
  10. ↑ Andrew Nusca (March 22, 2014). "E-commerce platforms and the fight to sell selling". Fortune. http://fortune.com/2014/03/21/e-commerce-platforms-and-the-fight-to-sell-selling/. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 
  11. ↑ Michelle Deery (January 26, 2018). "E-commerce platforms and the fight to sell selling". Entrepreneur. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/307927/. Retrieved 2019-12-08. 
  12. ↑ "2015 Stevie Award Winners". The Stevie Awards, Inc.. http://stevieawards.com/sales/2015-stevie%C2%AE-award-winners. Retrieved 2016-07-27. 
  13. ↑ "Inc. 5000 2010: The Full List". Inc. Magazine.. 2010. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2010/. Retrieved 2015-11-04. 
  14. ↑ "Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500". Deloitte.com.. 2011. https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/us-tmt-2011-technology-fast-500-winners-brochure-020515.pdf/. Retrieved 2015-11-04. 
  15. ↑ Stephen Nellis (2013). "Investors jump on FastSpring as revenue soars". Pacific Coast Business Times. http://www.pacbiztimes.com/2013/04/26/investors-jump-on-fastspring-as-revenue-soars/. Retrieved 2018-04-23. 
  16. ↑ "Global Delight Goes Global – Opens USA Office and Appoints New President". https://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/global-delight-goes-global-opens-usa-office-appoints-new-president-cto/45056. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 
  17. ↑ Gabriel Avner (December 20, 2015). "Indian Vizmato relaunches video editing app from Israel". Geektime. https://www.geektime.com/2015/12/20/indian-vizmato-relaunches-video-editing-app-from-israel/. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  18. ↑ PYMNTS (2020-11-19). "FastSpring Acquires SalesRight" (in en-US). https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/fastspring-acquires-salesright-to-grow-ecommerce-solutions-for-saas/. 
  19. ↑ "The Future is Looking Bright for Rosy Salon Software" (in en-us). https://www.salontoday.com/948514/the-future-is-looking-bright-for-rosy-salon-software. 
  20. ↑ Arsenault, Tim. "FastSpring buys Halifax's SalesRight to grow e-commerce business | The Journal Pioneer" (in en). http://www.journalpioneer.com/business/regional-business/fastspring-buys-halifaxs-salesright-to-grow-e-commerce-business-522454/. 
  21. ↑ "Boom for iOS makes your cheap earbuds sound like a high-end system". https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/boom-for-ios-equalizer-app/. 
  22. ↑ jvaugh29 (2020-12-09). "Alumnus Jason Foodman was recently named CEO of Rosy Salon Software, a cloud-based suite of salon and spa scheduling and management tools." (in en). https://inside.uncc.edu/in-the-media/2020-12-08/alumnus-jason-foodman-was-recently-named-ceo-rosy-salon-software-cloud-based. 
  23. ↑ "Multiple Location Rebate Processor US20100257047A1. Inventors: Jason Foodman, Lance Deutsch. Priority date: 2009-04-07". https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100257047. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  24. ↑ "USA Weightlifting Spring Classic". March 25, 2017. https://webpoint.usaweightlifting.org/wp15/Events2/ViewEvt.wp?EventID=61690&isPopup=&Tab=Results. Retrieved 2018-04-19. 
  25. ↑ Jason Foodman (Fall 2009). "It's Payback Time". Casual Connect. https://issuu.com/casualconnect/docs/2009fall-eng. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 
  26. ↑ Jason Foodman (July 2005). "Thinking Outside the Booth". Software Business Magazine. 
  27. ↑ Robert J. McGarvey (April 1, 2000). "Dot Dot Dot". Entrepreneur. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/23616. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  28. ↑ Brady Dale (April 11, 2014). "The fight to sell (virtual) selling". Fortune. http://fortune.com/2014/04/11/the-fight-to-sell-virtual-selling/. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 





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