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Company Overview
Founded in early 2006, Ajax13 Inc. is a software development company that introduces web-based applications written using the AJAX based methodology. Ajax13 Inc. was founded by Hisham El-Emam, it's CTO, and Georg Wüstefeld to pursue the software-as-a-service vision that is gaining more and more momentum in both the enterprise and the small business / home office marketplaces. Ajax13 Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, CA.Ajax13 Headquarters:
5960 Cornerstone Court West, Suite 100San Diego, CA 92121
For contact information please visit the contact page.
Management Profile:
Michael L. Robertson is the CEO of Ajax13 Inc. He is also a founder of CompareSoft, a leader in open-sourced based applications and Linspire, Inc., which releases a powerful, consumer-friendly operating system: Linspire. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of SIPphone.com, an industry leader in Internet-based telephony. Learn more about SIPphone by visiting the press kit area.
Robertson's past ventures include his tenure as Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at MP3.com. As the mastermind of MP3.com, Robertson established the largest collection of digital music in the world, amassing more than 1 million downloadable MP3 files.
Because of his innovative approach to the digital delivery, be it music, voice over the Internet, or software delivery, Robertson has been featured as a leader and an authority on digital distribution in various media outlets that include: ABC, CBS, NBC, Billboard, CNN, MTV, Wired, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, SonicNet, San Jose Mercury News, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, New York Times, National Public Radio, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Linux Journal, Business 2.0, and more.
Robertson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1990. He completed an undergraduate independent study with renowned Cognitive Scientist Donald Norman. He also interned at the San Diego Supercomputer Center located on the campus of UCSD, which helped solidify his understanding of the Internet and how powerfully it would impact the future of business.
For more information, press queries or to schedule speaking engagements, contact: Camille Wood by email at camille@comparesoft.com or by calling 858-587-6700 x242.
Jan Schwarz is president of Ajax13 Inc. and CompareSoft Inc. In these roles, he manages both Ajax13 Inc. and CompareSoft's day-to-day business operations and oversees product development, sales, support and business strategy.
Previously, Schwarz was president and chief executive officer of Market Simple Inc., which provided publishing and franchise related services to San Diego based newspaper publications.
He spent eight years at IBM Corporation working in development, application testing, business strategy and sales. Most recently, he was a sales manager for IBM's Small Business unit, a Western U.S. organization focused on building new business relationships and growing revenue at some of IBM's most important software industry customers.
Schwarz holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario. In 2001, he received an award for top achievement from IBM's Global Sales School, Atlanta.