Scott Brinker
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Scott Brinker, born 28 September 1971 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a computer programmer
and entrepreneur
.
that created The Major BBS
. He purchased The Major BBS and one of Galacticomm's multi-modem cards in September 1986 when he was 15 years-old and launched Moonshae Isles BBS in South Florida.
In collaboration with Stryker and Richard Skurnick, he created a number of multi-player adventure games for The Major BBS between 1986 and 1990, including Quest for Magic
and Kyrandia
.
In January 1991, Brinker joined Galacticomm as vice president, primarily leading the company's marketing efforts. In April 1993, he was promoted to president and CEO at age 21 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199506/ai_n22301558. In 1996, Galacticomm brought on Robert Shaw as CEO, and in October 1996, Galacticomm was sold to a group led by Peter Berg and Yannick Tessier. Brinker sold his interest in the company at that time and left to pursue a new venture with Christopher Robert, the then CTO of Galacticomm.
Some of Brinker's experiences with Galacticomm are recounted in the film BBS: The Documentary.
Starting in 2005, Brinker and the Talericos began to develop a post-click marketing
platform called LiveBall, a software-as-a-service
landing page
management system. In 2007, the company stopped taking on new web development projects and focused on building this new business, which Brinker has described as "landing pages 2.0". http://blog.postclickmarketing.com/archive/2008/02/29/Landing-Pages-2.0.aspx
Brinker is currently the president and chief technology officer of the company. http://www.ioninteractive.com/english/scott.asp
on early admission from his junior year in high school, he dropped out when he joined Galacticomm full-time in 1991. In 2002, Brinker returned to school part-time at the School of General Studies at Columbia University
in New York City, where he graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science summa cum laude as valedictorian of his class http://www.cs.columbia.edu/mice/c/d.php?d=39. From 2005 to 2007 he was a part-time Sloan Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management
where he earned an MBA.
Brinker is married to Jill Geiser, they have recently had a daughter and currently live in the Boston area.
He writes a personal blog on marketing technology called Chief Marketing Technologist.
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
.
The Major BBS/Galacticomm
Brinker was the second customer of, and eventually one of the first employees of, Galacticomm, the company founded by Tim StrykerTim Stryker
Timothy J. Stryker, better known as Tim Stryker or Stryker to friends was a computer programmer, best known as the creator of MajorBBS, a computer bulletin board software package.- Education :...
that created The Major BBS
Major BBS
The Major BBS was bulletin board software developed between 1986 and 1999 by Galacticomm. In 1995 it was renamed Worldgroup Server and bundled with a user client interface program named Worldgroup Manager for Microsoft Windows...
. He purchased The Major BBS and one of Galacticomm's multi-modem cards in September 1986 when he was 15 years-old and launched Moonshae Isles BBS in South Florida.
In collaboration with Stryker and Richard Skurnick, he created a number of multi-player adventure games for The Major BBS between 1986 and 1990, including Quest for Magic
Quest for Magic
Quest for Magic is an adventure/role-playing game or MUD for Major BBS and Worldgroup BBS software. It was among the earliest games developed for that system.-History:...
and Kyrandia
Kyrandia (Major BBS)
Kyrandia is an adventure/role-playing game or MUD for Major BBS and Worldgroup BBS software. It was among the earliest games developed for that system.-History:...
.
In January 1991, Brinker joined Galacticomm as vice president, primarily leading the company's marketing efforts. In April 1993, he was promoted to president and CEO at age 21 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199506/ai_n22301558. In 1996, Galacticomm brought on Robert Shaw as CEO, and in October 1996, Galacticomm was sold to a group led by Peter Berg and Yannick Tessier. Brinker sold his interest in the company at that time and left to pursue a new venture with Christopher Robert, the then CTO of Galacticomm.
Some of Brinker's experiences with Galacticomm are recounted in the film BBS: The Documentary.
ion interactive
In 1998, Brinker co-founded i-on interactive, inc. with Anna Talerico, Justin Talerico, and Christopher Robert. ion interactive was initially a boutique web development firm with clients that included Citrix, Office Depot, Siemens, and Yahoo! http://www.ioninteractive.com/english/clientlist.asp.Starting in 2005, Brinker and the Talericos began to develop a post-click marketing
Post-click marketing
Post-click marketing is emerging as a recognized practice that aims at improving sales and marketing results by focusing on website visitors when they respond to online marketing activities such as pay per click advertising, HTML e-mails, and paid searches with the objective on increasing...
platform called LiveBall, a software-as-a-service
Saas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
landing page
Landing page
In online marketing a landing page, sometimes known as a lead capture page, is a single web page that appears in response to clicking on an advertisement...
management system. In 2007, the company stopped taking on new web development projects and focused on building this new business, which Brinker has described as "landing pages 2.0". http://blog.postclickmarketing.com/archive/2008/02/29/Landing-Pages-2.0.aspx
Brinker is currently the president and chief technology officer of the company. http://www.ioninteractive.com/english/scott.asp
Personal
Although Brinker initially went to the University of MiamiUniversity of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
on early admission from his junior year in high school, he dropped out when he joined Galacticomm full-time in 1991. In 2002, Brinker returned to school part-time at the School of General Studies at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City, where he graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science summa cum laude as valedictorian of his class http://www.cs.columbia.edu/mice/c/d.php?d=39. From 2005 to 2007 he was a part-time Sloan Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
where he earned an MBA.
Brinker is married to Jill Geiser, they have recently had a daughter and currently live in the Boston area.
He writes a personal blog on marketing technology called Chief Marketing Technologist.