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Dan C. Engel, an American CEO and entrepreneur, was born in 1976 in The Bronx, New York City. He has been in the e-commerce and software industries since 1997. Engel led customer acquisition at Picasa, Google, FastSpring,GoToMeeting and GoToMyPC. Starting in 2014, Engel co-founded Mobile1st and serves as CEO of the cloud-based tech company. Engel graduated from Tulane University in 1998 with a major in finance, and he is a member of Young Presidents' Organization. He sits on various tech company boards of directors and advisers. As of 2015, Engel lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife, Emily , a professor of art history at College of Mount Saint Vincent, and their two children. ==Career== In 2000, at age 24, Engel served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Idealab, the leading incubator of the dot com era, after having started GrapeApe.com, a consumer e-commerce company, while in college.〔 From 2002 to 2003, Engel led customer acquisition/revenue generation for GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting software. Revenue growth over the two-year period help lead to a $225M acquisition by Citrix in 2003. In 2014, the Citrix Online division generated over $750 million in revenue as the #3 global SaaS company. Starting in September 2003, Engel was VP of Market Development at Picasa, a digital photo consumer software company. Engel led Picasa's customer acquisition, marketing and business development initiatives, again significantly boosting revenues. After Google acquired Picasa in 2004, Engel joined Google and led online customer acquisition/advertising for Google’s AdSense and AdWords products, through Google’s 2004 IPO. From 2005 to 2013, Engel was CEO and co-founder of FastSpring, an e-payment platform for 3,000+ desktop software and SaaS companies worldwide. Engel grew FastSpring's revenue from zero to over $100 million w/ $30K in total investment. FastSpring (acquired 2013), known for its customer service, had a very low annual churn rate of 1.3%. It was the fastest-growing company in the Greater LA area during 2006-2010, according to Deloitte, 13th fastest-growing in N. America during that time, and ranked 41 and 53 on the Inc 500 for 2010. and 2011. While CEO at FastSpring, Engel led corporate sales, marketing and finance. The founders and original investors in FastSpring earned an ROI of over 600-fold on their original investment. In 2014, Engel co-founded and as CEO currently leads Mobile1st. The principle product of Mobile1st is Mobilizer, an on-line mobile device testing lab that claims to let web developers, designers and digital marketers inspect and optimize their websites performance on phones and tablets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Engel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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