Ted Spooner
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Ted Spooner is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of responDESIGN
Respondesign
responDesign, Inc is software development company that focused on "Games That Are Good For You." Originally founded in 2003 by Ted Spooner, Phineas Barnes and Daryn Chapman in Portland Oregon around Phineas's idea to create a virtual personal trainer for video game consoles. The result was...

. Spooner has a Masters in Business Administration from Portland State University and, amongst other things, was the CFO of First Tech Credit Union
First Tech Credit Union
First Tech Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered credit union headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It is regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration...

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Corillian

In 1997 Spooner founded Corillian, a provider of Finance
Online banking
Online banking allows customers to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by their retail or virtual bank, credit union or building society.-Features:...

 solutions for the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

. Under Spooner's leadership, Corillian grew from 4 to 500 employees and went public in 2000, three years after its founding. Spooner was responsible for leading the company's partnership with Microsoft Financial Services
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 to develop and deploy a software platform for online banking. As a result, Corillian technology is currently being used by over 25% of the U.S. online banking population.

responDESIGN

Currently, Ted Spooner is the CEO of responDESIGN, whose notability comes from the Exergaming
Exergaming
Exergaming or exer-gaming is a term used for video games that are also a form of exercise. Exergaming relies on technology that tracks body movement or reaction. The genre has been credited with upending the stereotype of gaming as a sedentary activity, and promoting an active lifestyle...

 title Yourself!Fitness
Yourself!Fitness
Yourself!Fitness is an exercise program, or exergaming title developed by Portland, Oregon based Respondesign. It was published first for the Xbox, and later for the PlayStation 2 and PC by Respondesign; and in 2008 a port for Wii as My Fitness Coach was released by Ubisoft and alongside a...

. Spooner has a Bachelors degree from Portland State University (correction to first paragraph- not a Masters)

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