Board of Directors
William Park, Chief Executive Officer
William "Bill" Park joined DeepDyve as chief executive officer in 2008. Prior to DeepDyve, Mr. Park served at Acxiom Corporation, a global leader in customer information management, where he led the company's Data, Digital, and Direct organization, a $225 million business unit. In this position, he oversaw all aspects of sales, services, development, and operations domestically and internationally, generating record revenues and profits. Prior to Acxiom, Mr. Park founded and served as chairman and CEO of Digital Impact, a leader in online direct marketing solutions for the Fortune 1000. He grew the company from inception through its initial public offering in 1999 and to its successful sale to Acxiom in 2005. Prior to founding Digital Impact in 1997, Mr. Park held numerous management positions at technology and enterprise software companies. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and earned an MBA degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
John Dorman, Chairman
Mr. Dorman is retired as chairman, president and CEO of Digital Insight Corporation. Prior to joining Digital Insight, Mr. Dorman was senior vice president of the Oracle Corporation's Global Financial Services division where he was responsible for product development, services, and sales to banks and brokerage firms worldwide, generating $400 million in revenues. Previously, Mr. Dorman founded and served as chairman and CEO of Treasury Services Corporation, which was acquired by Oracle in 1997. Before founding Treasury Services Corporation in 1983, Mr. Dorman spent 11 years at Union Bank of California, where he progressed rapidly through a number of management positions, becoming treasurer of the bank from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Dorman earned a BA degree in business administration and philosophy from Occidental College and an MBA degree in finance from the University of Southern California. Mr. Dorman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Digital Insight Corporation, The Yosemite Fund, and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Management of the University of California at Santa Barbara. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the Greater Los Angeles Area by Ernst & Young in 2003 and was also named to the National Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame.
Qianjin Hu, Ph.D., Founder
Dr. Hu is a founder of DeepDyve and serves as an advisor to the company. Prior to DeepDyve, he was president and CEO of Mergen, Ltd., which he also founded in 1998. Mergen was a leading provider of high-quality DNA microarray and services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and research customers. In 1991 Dr. Hu earned his Ph.D. degree in molecular biology from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory & SUNY at Stony Brook. He graduated from Fudan University, in Shanghai, China with a BS degree in biology.
Rafael Ortiz, Board Member
Rafael Ortiz is the co-founder of NexTag, the leading comparison shopping website, where he served as vice president of marketing. The company sold a majority stake in 2007 at a $1.2 Billion valuation. He previously worked in marketing and sales roles at Apple and ROLM, and is the co-author of In Company of Giants (McGraw-Hill 1997). Rafael currently serves as a director of USA Cycling's Development Foundation and holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA in economics from UC Santa Cruz.
Gregory Stanger, Board Member
Gregory S. Stanger has served as one of the Company's directors since July 2006. Mr. Stanger served as a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a venture capital firm, from June 2005 to June 2009 and was an executive in residence at TCV from December 2003 to June 2005. Mr. Stanger served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and director of Expedia, Inc. from February 2002 to September 2003 and as its chief financial officer from October 1999 to September 2003. Before joining Expedia, he served as senior director, corporate development of Microsoft Corporation and held other positions within Microsoft's finance and corporate development departments since 1991. Mr. Stanger serves on the board of directors of Drugstore.com, Netflix, Bridgevine and of Global Market Insite, Inc. Mr. Stanger received a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.