MARKMONITOR Dtecnet
| MarkMonitor Dtecnet |
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| Official Website: http://dtecnet.com |
| Official about page: https://www.markmonitor.com/company/overview.php |
| Country: Please specify country |
| Location: MarkMonitor, 303 Second Street, Suite 800N, San Francisco, California 94107. USA |
| Founded: |
| Business: Anti-Piracy, Filtering, Data Mining, Interception, Tracking and Monitoring |
| Contact |
| Phone: (415) 278-8400 |
| Fax: (415) 278-8444 |
Contents
Background
MarkMonitor acquired Danish company Dtecnet
"DtecNet brings technology and expertise in pinpointing and monitoring illegal download activity on P2P networks, blogs, video streaming sites and Usenet services, the company said.
DtecNet founder and CEO Thomas Sehested will join MarkMonitor as a senior vice president.
With the acquisition, MarkMonitor is also expanding on a geographical level: DtecNet’s European operations include a development team in Denmark and an operations center in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Irfan Salim, CEO of MarkMonitor, says piracy of digital content on the Internet, including movies, music, games, software and e-books, is a severe and growing problem."
Products
- Anti-Piracy and Dtechnet
- "How fraudcasting works. MarkMonitor sends confirmed phishing and malware site URLs to key industry partners, who implement blocking and content filtering measures, preventing both browser display and the delivery of email messages containing the URLs."
- "Works while other enforcement measures take effect. With TBBS on the job, brand owners can effectively disarm infringing websites, without the need to wait for transgressors or their ISPs to act. And, most importantly, they can provide direct, immediate assistance to consumers who want to do business with their brands online."
- "Through the DtecNetBI unit, we deeply analyze this vast well of consumer behavior information on behalf of clients seeking actionable, highly granular intelligence affecting the world’s digital entertainment and information. DtecNetBI helps clients understand what’s happening and where,..." DtechNetBI unit
Countries known to be using products
Reports
People Responsible
Board Members
- {http://itif.org/people/thomas-sehested Thomas Sehested], Senior Vice President
- Dave Barrett
General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Dave Barrett joined Polaris Venture Partners as a General Partner in May 2000 after a 22 year operating career. He invests in technology, with particular focus on software, internet, ecommerce, security and financial services technology. Executive career highlights include service as chief operating officer of Calico Commerce, growing the startup to a publicly-held company with over $3B in market value as one of the top-performing IPOs of 1999. Prior, he served as senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria/Rational Software and spent twelve years with Lotus/IBM, where among a number of executive roles he served as vice president of global sales and services as well as general manager of federal operations.
- Stephen J. Harrick
General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)
Steve Harrick joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in October 2001 and has over twelve years of venture capital experience. He focuses on investing in later-stage technology companies with exceptional growth potential. Specifically, Steve targets Internet, communications and technology-enabled services companies which have the potential to become leaders in their respective markets. He enjoys working closely with committed entrepreneurs to help create businesses that are both respected and revolutionary. Steve was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 venture capitalists in the world by his inclusion in the 2009 Forbes Midas List. He was also recognized by AlwaysOn as one of the top 100 venture capitalists by his inclusion in the AlwaysOn 2009 VC 100 List. He earned a B.A. in History from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
- Warren C. Jenson
Acxiom CFO and Executive Vice President
With more than 30 years of experience in operational finance, Warren Jenson has a successful track record leading and managing businesses. Warren has been CFO of some of the most important success stories of the last two decades including Electronic Arts, Amazon.com and NBC. In addition, Warren was twice named one of the "Best CFOs in America" by Institutional Investor magazine and was also awarded San Francisco Bay Area Venture CFO of the Year in 2010. Warren was most recently COO at Silver Spring Networks, a successful start-up specializing in smart grid networking technology. Warren's board position experience includes Digital Globe (NYSE: DIG); California State Summer School of the Arts; and Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He received both an undergraduate degree in accounting and a Master of Accountancy from Brigham Young University.
- Irfan Salim
President and Chief Executive Officer, MarkMonitor
Irfan brings to MarkMonitor more than 20 years of experience growing and leading world-class Internet security, fraud prevention, and domain registrar companies. Prior to MarkMonitor, he was president and chief operating officer of Internet security company Zone Labs, which was acquired by Check Point Technologies. Earlier, Irfan was president and CEO of NameSecure.com, an Internet domain name registrar and services company. Irfan has also held positions including president of US and European operations at TrendMicro; president and CEO at desktop publishing and presentation software company Software Publishing Corporation; and vice president and general manager of the Spreadsheet Division at Lotus Development. Prior to Lotus Irfan spent 7 years with Texas Instruments. He holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London, and an M.B.A. from Manchester Business School, England.
- Jim Sayre
President, Cargill Ventures
Jim Sayre has significant financial advisory experience. Prior to his current position, Jim was the Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Cargill where he participated in transactions valued at over $5 billion. Key transactions include the acquisition of Continental Grain, Akzo Salt NA and Vandemoortele and the divestitures of Cargill’s seed, rice and North American poultry businesses. Before joining Cargill, Jim was a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche and provided financial advisory services to a range of consumer and agriculture companies including the Northface, Sierra Design, Sunworld, Mrs. Fields and several premium wineries. He also served in various positions in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Warren Weiss
General Partner, Foundation Capital
At Foundation Capital, Warren focuses primarily on investments in emerging software companies - both licensed and software as a service - as well as on those in the Cleantech industry. He currently serves on the boards of eMeter.com, Guardian Analytics, InterAct, MarkMonitor, Moxie Software, Purfresh, Quantivo, Rearden Commerce, SilkRoad Technologies, and Silver Spring Networks.
Catching emerging technologies and superstar entrepreneurs early is Warren's passion. His close ties with leading universities and research labs give him a window into innovations in their purest form, and he cherishes the chance to work with the smartest minds in business, whether first-timers or Nobel-Prize winners. His involvement with on-demand software companies and Cleantech began years before investing in those areas became a mainstream event. Warren joined Foundation Capital in 2002 with more than 25 years experience in the software industry, including time as president and CEO of four public and private software companies. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Asera, a real-time software solutions provider. He holds a BS from Western Illinois University.
- Susan D. Whiting
Vice Chair, The Nielsen Company
Susan Whiting shares oversight of The Nielsen Company with Chairman and CEO David Calhoun in the Office of the CEO, with a focus on client relations. Susan joined Nielsen Media Research in 1978 and became president and chief operating officer in 2001. Within nine months, she assumed the role of CEO as well as president. In 2007, Susan was appointed Chairman of Nielsen Media Research and Executive Vice President of The Nielsen Company. She was subsequently named Vice Chair of Nielsen in November 2008. Susan sits on the Board of Directors for Wilmington Trust Corporation, the Ad Council, Denison University and the YMCA of Greater New York. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Chicago’s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. She was a recipient of the 2009 Women Who Make a Difference Award from the International Women’s Forum. In 2007, Susan was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of their “Women to Watch,” and by Crain’s New York Business as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in New York City.
Observers
- Steven P. Bird
General Partner, Focus Ventures
Steve is a co-founder and general partner of Focus Ventures, focusing on investments in the enterprise software and electronic commerce areas. Prior to co-founding Focus Ventures, Steve was a Managing Director at Comdisco Ventures where he provided debt and equity capital for emerging growth companies. Previously he was a General Partner at First Century Partners, a $100 million venture capital fund affiliated with Smith Barney. Successful investments at First Century and Comdisco included Aspect Development, Elantec, Summit Design Technology, SuperMac Technology, and US Web. Steve holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Management Team
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