Jean Sini
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| Jean Sini | |
 Jean Sini on South Park, San Francisco (2006)
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| Born | July 20, 1973 Nice, France |
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| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American, French |
| Occupation | Chief Technology Officer, Buzzlogic, inc.[1] |
| Website Personal Blog |
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Jean Sini is a San Francisco-based computer scientist, software executive and entrepreneur of French descent, noted for his active role in mobile computing standardization efforts[2], and profiled[3][4] for his participation in the web 2.0 phenomenon. He is currently chief technology officer at Buzzlogic, inc., that he joined in April 2008 as part of the company’s acquisition[5] of startup Activeweave, inc. that he co-founded in late 2005[6].
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[edit] Career
Jean Sini, a graduate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris, moved to Silicon Valley and joined Oracle Corp. in 1996[7]. From 2000 to 2004, he was director of software engineering in the company’s server technologies division. He simultaneously represented Oracle at several standards organizations including PayCircle and the Open Mobile Alliance. He also led initial efforts promoting a standard protocol to support push email, leading to the first draft of Push IMAP. He holds several patents[8][9][10] related to online mobile computing and commerce.
In 2004, he joined Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola in 2007) as senior director of software engineering, and continued work on Push IMAP at IETF.
In 2005, he co-founded Activeweave, inc., a Silicon Valley-based startup, operating in the attention management and social web arenas[11]. As Chief Technology Officer, he built the company from inception to funding to launch, and scaled its architecture to accommodate growing traffic as its flagship service BlogRovR earned recommended[12] Firefox add-on status.
In April 2008, Activeweave, inc. was bought by Buzzlogic, inc. and he joined the acquiring organization as Chief Technology Officer.
[edit] References
- ^ Buzzlogic’s executive team page
- ^ Push IMAP Standard, IETF Draft
- ^ BFM Broadcast Radio interview, 2006
- ^ French Trade Commission profile, 2007
- ^ Mashable coverage of Activeweave purchase by Buzzlogic
- ^ Activeweave’s team overview page
- ^ Jean Sini’s professional profile on LinkedIn
- ^ Patent, Mobile meeting and collaboration
- ^ Patent, End-to-end mobile commerce modules
- ^ Patent, End-to-end mobile commerce modules
- ^ Overview of Activeweave by Michael Arrington on Techcrunch
- ^ Recommended Firefox Add-ons
