Joseph Firmage
Joseph Firmage (born October 26, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He founded several business ventures prior to and during the dot-com boom and currently is involved with two closely linked organizations: ManyOne Networks, of which he is CEO, and the Digital Universe Foundation, of which he is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors. wiki
""Joe Firmage is currently founder and chairman of the International Space Sciences Organization (ISSO). Firmage founded ISSO in October of 1998 to sponsor research and development of breakthrough insights into physics. ISSO formally launched its science operations on July 28th, 1999, and plans to release a number of book, film, and interactive public education productions.
"Firmage is founder and was formerly CEO and Chief Strategist for USWeb Corporation, a professional services company established in 1995 to help businesses adopt Internet technologies. As CEO, Firmage was responsible for determining and directing the company's overall strategy. With a valuation of $3 billion, USWeb is the world's largest Internet professional services company. While at USWeb, Firmage was awarded 1997 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. Firmage recently stepped down from his position at USWeb to pursue interests related to his Internet book "The Truth."
"Prior to founding USWeb, Firmage was with Novell as vice president of strategic planning for Novell's Systems Group, the company's core $1.2 billion business unit. He also oversaw strategic planning for Novell's NEST embedded device networking technology and TUXEDO on-line transaction processing product families. His chief responsibility was the determination of the group's financial, market and technology priorities and objectives.
"Firmage founded and became CEO of his first company, Serius Corporation, in 1989. Serius developed object based programming tools for PC developers. Serius was acquired by Novell in 1993 in a transaction valued at $24 million. Previously, Firmage held sales and management positions in retail computer sales." [1]
Affiliations
- Dalai Lama Foundation
- Integral Institute
- Kosmos Journal: The Journal for World Citizens and Planetary Civilization
