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Sander van Zoest

San Diego, CA

A mix of technologist, startup founder, investor, and advisor. Mr. Van Zoest is a veteran engineer and entrepreneur. He has held leadership roles at Metaplace/Playdom, Joost, Yahoo!, DivX, MP3.com, and Apache startup Covalent Technologies, among other companies. He has the ability to quickly translate business objectives and concepts into scalable platforms. He has built platforms acquired by private companies, Fortune 100 companies, and that have seen Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).

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Start-ups Software Development Open Source Product Development Business Strategy Cloud Computing Information Security Scalability Mobile Devices Technical Leadership

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Have build and designed highly scalable products and services since the late 1990s

Development of SaaS Applications

Over 20 years software development for linux/unix servers, desktop, mobile and consumer electronics devices in internet, audio/video, entertainment and healthcare industries

Scaling Software Services in the Cloud.

Managed scaling and instrumenting of SaaS systems since year 2000, including MP3.com, Joost, Yahoo, Metaplace/Playdom.

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Sander is a clear thinking technologist with great judgement and above all, wisdom. His insight into technical problems was invaluable more than once, and I would count any organization fortunate to have him on their team.

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I learnt a lot from Sander whilst working with him. He exudes the essence of what it is to work at a start-up - and yet brings a level of normality and order to the table too.

Andrew Mulholland Source: LinkedIn

Sander and I worked togther for a brief period at MP3. He was a pleasure to work with and a brilliant engineer.

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I worked with Sander at MP3.com and was impressed with the breadth of his skills particularly concerning server/network architecture and digital media. He was one of the top (if not the top) digital media experts at MP3.com and was instrumental in the site's architecture. Sander is also a good teacher. He goes out of his way to help people who may not have the same expertise.

Christopher St. John Source: LinkedIn

Sander is a SUPER GENIUS!!!

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When I got to MP3.com, Sander was the go-to guy for all things Apache. While we worked together, Sander standardized our random collection of Apache builds into a single build tree with common configurations. He was also always able to help me with any kind of issues I encountered with Apache.

Arne Claassen Source: LinkedIn

From the non-technologist point of view, I found Sander to be extremely helpful and solutions-oriented no matter what the problem. Moreover, he is one of the most creative people I've ever met. "Eccentric Genius" is not a cliche when describing this guy.

Doug Reece Source: LinkedIn

Sander is brilliant from a technology side. He truly added to the success of MP3.com and a great contributor to the Open Source community. He is also a pleasure to work with.

Greg Kostello Source: LinkedIn

A tireless innovator, cool-headed under pressure, and an outstanding human being to say nothing of engineering skills, Sander was in every way the person you wanted to tackle business-critical technology in the best and worst of times.

Marco Santos Source: LinkedIn

Sander brings with him an enormous wealth of experience and professionalism in any environment he joins.

I have been impressed by his skills as a manager for the entire operations team at Joost: from high-level contract negotiations, to getting his hands dirty and making sure that all servers are up-and running, Sander has always been excellent.

Also, Sander's dedication to his job is second to none. Whenever we had any problem, regardless whether he was directly responsible or not, or what day or time it was, he has always been going beyond his normal duties to make sure that those were solved.

Working with him has been a pleasure, and after more than one year working together, I'm happy to call him now my friend.

Pier Fumagalli Source: LinkedIn

Sander is an remarkable technology leader. While working under him he pushed me countless times while expecting not only the solution but a deep understanding of the problem at hand. He strives to innovate, push boundaries and make change where others are afraid to tread. Not only was he a great boss but also a hard working and genuine mentor who was always looking to help his team thrive. I am honored to have had the pleasure of working for Sander and hope to work with/for him again.

Chris Miller Source: LinkedIn

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