Alex Quilici
Encyclopedia
Alex Quilici is a businessman
and former professor, and currently CEO of YouMail
. He joined YouMail as its CEO in 2007. Prior to that he was co-founder of the Pittsburgh-based voice-portal infrastructure company Quackware with Steven Woods
and Jeromy Carriere
. Quackware in 1999 became Quack.com
and moved to Silicon Valley
. In September 2000, Quack was acquired by America Online, eventually becoming AOLbyPhone. Quilici joined AOL as a VP as part of the Quack.com acquisition, and founded the AOL voice services division at AOL. Quilici is currently also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks
.
Quilici received a PhD in computer science
from UCLA, and from 1991-1999 was a freelance technical consultant and faculty member at the University of Hawaii
.
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and former professor, and currently CEO of YouMail
Youmail
YouMail is an independent visual voicemail provider, providing phone users with a voicemail system independent of their traditional wireless or landline carriers...
. He joined YouMail as its CEO in 2007. Prior to that he was co-founder of the Pittsburgh-based voice-portal infrastructure company Quackware with Steven Woods
Steven Woods
Steven Gregory Woods is a Canadian entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Quack.com, the first popular Voice portal platform, in 1998.- Career :...
and Jeromy Carriere
Jeromy Carriere
Jeromy Carriere works for Fidelity Investments, in Boston, USA, as an architect in their Enterprise Application Architecture group. Before joining Fidelity, Jeromy worked for several years as a senior architect advisor with Microsoft...
. Quackware in 1999 became Quack.com
Quack.com
AOLByPhone was an AOL interactive voice service that began in 2000. It was offered to millions of consumers. AOLByPhone started with the America Online acquisition of Quack.com, evolving through the subsequent relaunching of Quack.com's Voice Portal as AOLByPhone. AOLbyPhone expanded as AOL...
and moved to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. In September 2000, Quack was acquired by America Online, eventually becoming AOLbyPhone. Quilici joined AOL as a VP as part of the Quack.com acquisition, and founded the AOL voice services division at AOL. Quilici is currently also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks
NeoEdge Networks
NeoEdge Networks is a Silicon Valley based technology and in-game advertising company that enables casual game publishers and developers to deliver television-like commercials within their products - frequently in the context of free-to-consumer casual game play. NeoEdge currently powers...
.
Quilici received a PhD in computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from UCLA, and from 1991-1999 was a freelance technical consultant and faculty member at the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
.