Adam Pisoni is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Abl Schools, a San Francisco-based company which makes educational resource management software. He was previously the co-founder of enterprise social network firm Yammer which was acquired by Microsoft in 2012 for $1.2 billion. Pisoni also served as a Senior Software Engineer at Geni from 2007 to 2008 and Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla from 2004 to 2007. He also founded web design company Cnation in 1995.[1]
Adam Pisoni | |
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 Pisoni in August 2013 | |
| Born | Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Tech entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Yammer |
Early life
editPisoni was born in Long Island, New York. When he was four, his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he dropped out of high school in his junior year and enrolled at Scottsdale College.[2] However, during his first year at Scottsdale, he decided to start a business.[3][4]
Career
editIn 1995, he co-founded Cnation, a web development firm. At Cnation, Pisoni served as CTO from December 1995 to September 2002. However, after the dotcom bubble burst, many of Cnation's clients went out of business or cut back on expenditures, which led to Cnation's failure.[5]
In 2004, Pisoni was the Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, formerly known as Bizrate.com. At Shopzilla, he helped with product development and systems architecture.[6][7]
Yammer
editAfter a brief stint at Geni.com as a software engineer,[8] Pisoni went on to co-found Yammer, an enterprise social network company where he served as CTO, with early PayPal employee and COO David O. Sacks in 2008. Microsoft later bought Yammer for $1.2 billion in 2012.[9][10]
Abl Schools
editAfter Microsoft's acquisition of Yammer, Pisoni stayed with Microsoft as a vice president for a couple of years before deciding to found Abl Schools.[11][12] Abl Schools makes resource and time management software for both middle schools and high schools. As of June 2017, Abl Schools has 12 employees and has raised $12 million in funding.[13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Adam Pisoni, Co-Founder at Responsive.org - Relationship Science". Relationship Science. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "4 Successful Entrepreneurs to Inspire You | Blog | Emerge". emergerichmond.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "The Real Solution To Get The Best Work From Your Team". Fast Company. August 11, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Improving the school scheduling nightmare with Adam Pisoni Transformative Principal 185 | Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones". www.transformativeprincipal.org. July 30, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Kauflin, Jeff. "Adam Pisoni's Path To A $1 Billion Exit: A Rational Fear Of Failure, An Irrational Belief In Success". Forbes. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Speaker: Adam Pisoni: RailsConf 2008 - O'Reilly Conferences, May 29 - June 01, 2008, Portland, Oregon!". conferences.oreilly.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Wauters, Robin (February 9, 2010). "Flush With $10 Million In Fresh Cash, Yammer Strengthens Executive Team". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Orlin, Jon (June 15, 2012). "From The Archives: Watch Yammer's First Public Demo And Launch At TC50". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Tips for entrepreneurs from Yammer co-founder Adam Pisoni". Financial Review. November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "How Yammer's Cofounder Impressed Bill Gates With A Story About A Burger". Fast Company. February 11, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Yammer CTO champions the responsive organization". diginomica. February 11, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Yammer's cofounder has quit Microsoft and launched a new business movement". Business Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "No More Magnet Boards: Abl Scheduler Is Dynamic, Personalized Tool for Managing School Day to Day". www.the74million.org. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Tweaking Your School? Abl Schools Wants You to Test Drive Its Scheduling Tool - EdSurge News". EdSurge. April 11, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2017.