Red Foundry was founded by technology veterans who have been building successful startups as a team for over a decade. We must be doing something right, because in all these years we haven’t killed each other, and we’re doing it again.
 

Steve Olechowski CEO @steveobd	Steve is a serial entrepreneur who has had a part in co-founding startups such as spyonit.com (sold to 724 Solutions in 2001) and FeedBurner.com (sold to Google in 2007) where he held the title of COO, but wore many hats including leading up global business development, corporate development, as well as contributing to engineering whenever possible. While at Google, he was in charge of integrating FeedBurner into the Google’s myriad ad products such as AdSense, AdWords, Google Display Network, DoubleClick for Publishers, and Google AdManager. Later, he took on leading the strategy for Google’s HTML5 Mobile ad strategy and implementation, combining DoubleClick Mobile, AdMob, and Google AdSense Mobile Display products into an integrated display solution for mobile publishers and advertisers. His biggest accomplishment while at Google, however, was submitting his first change set to the AdSense codebase which for a very tense ten minutes broke the build for all AdSense and AdWords products. After his stint at Google, Steve took some time to do some investing and advising in startups such as ThingLabs (sold to AOL), Summify, and Groovebug, but his penchant for buying gadgets and guitars led him back here. Steve comes to Red Foundry as its 5th guitarist, which now makes the company one louder than your average Southern Fried Rock band. He can also be found skiing or playing soccer if you know where to look.
Jim Heising President and Founder @jheising	Jim Heising is the ringleader of Red Foundry and a self-confessed geek who has spent a good portion of his life as a technology entrepreneur. Barely out of high school, he co-founded Click Commerce Inc, and at the ripe age of 21, took it public as its CTO. Since then he has founded a number of successful technology startups in areas ranging from VoIP to search technology. His most recent success came when he joined long-time friends Ron Franczyk and Andrew Newman in their quest to build the perfect anti-spyware technology at GIANT Company Software. Shortly after joining GIANT, Microsoft acquired the company and turned it into the anti-spyware technology embedded in every copy of Windows sold today. Beyond startups, Jim has extensive experience in international business with many of the Global 1000. He is also among the most veteran of mobile app designer/developers with several award-winning and top-selling iPhone and iPad applications under his belt.Jim has a passion for cinematography, his wife & kids, whiskey, and would spend all of his free time sailing (if he actually had any).
Ron Franczyk Founder & Chief Software Architect	Ron is the zen mechanic at Red Foundry who keeps us firing on all cylinders. He is a technology guru who has seen and done it all, from angel investing to founding and selling tech startups. Ron’s most recent entrepreneurial role was serving as president of Sortuv– a venture backed discovery search engine. Prior to Sortuv, Ron was the president and co-founder of GIANT Company Software, Inc. a leading anti-malware and anti-spam company, acquired by Microsoft Corporation. Within 30 days of acquisition he was involved in releasing the Giant anti-spyware software to 100 million users as Windows Defender Beta 1 to high reviews in quality and ease of use.Ron has a passion for infomercials and crappy As-Seen-On-TV products, and would spend all of his free time reading a great philosophy book.
Andrew Newman Founder & CTO	Andrew is the wizard behind Red Foundry’s curtain. Impossible is nothing to this technology veteran who has built more successful software products than Joan Rivers facelifts. Andrew was the co-founder and chief software architect for GIANT Company Software, acquired by Microsoft Corporation in 2004. GIANT Company was a leader in the anti-spyware and anti-spam industry pioneering many innovations that used machine learning and behavior analysis over distributed networks to rapidly combat malware. This network later became known as SpyNet and still serves as the backbone to Microsoft’s secure computing initiatives. At Microsoft, Andrew served as Lead Security Architect and was integral in the development and release of Windows Defender, now a part of the Windows Vista/ Windows 7 Operating Systems. Andrew has a number of patents around distributed computing, data aggregation and information discovery.Andrew has a passion for martial arts, wine, and would spend all of his free time at the gun range firing automatic weapons.
Jeremy Anticouni Director of Technology Operations @jeremyanticouni	Jeremy is Red Foundry’s technology Swiss Army Knife, ready to take on any challenge thrown his way. Prior to joining Red Foundry, Jeremy co-founded and served as chief technology officer for Make It Work, an award-winning technology service provider. Circa 1999, as one of the youngest Citrix Certified Engineers in the world, Jeremy designed and deployed the network for one of the first Application Service Providers, Push. The company was featured in PC Magazine as the top CRM ASP before collapsing in spectacular fashion. All was not lost however, as Jeremy earned the ultimate ‘dotbomb’ trophy: his beloved Aeron chair. Jeremy has been a CBS Radio correspondent and hosted a weekly technology radio program on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO in Los Angeles. He was named one of the ‘Top 40 Under 40′ Up-and-Coming Business Leaders in 2009 by the Pacific Coast Business Times, is an Eagle Scout, and is an all-around swell guy.Jeremy has a passion for typography, his wife and kids, and has a profound respect for the golden ratio, kittens, and handcrafted beer. He hopes to someday learn the meaning of free time.
David Martin Director of Enterprise Sales	David is the official Red Foundry transaction collector & negotiator. He is a 23-year sales and marketing veteran who once served as Director of News Media Operations for a U.S. President. He’s managed marketing programs for Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Sam’s Club, State Farm, Gibson Guitars, Hard Rock Cafe, Pepsi, Kraft, Hilton, Milton Bradley, Marriott, InterContinental Hotels, Academy Awards, the Grammys, BMI, Allstate, Shure, DoubleTree, Regions Bank, UPS, Guitar Center, Sam Ash, Holiday Inn and more. He also co-founded and served as President of Mobilezapp, a mobile application development and consulting firm that specialized in healthcare, financial, and retail. He once played a cowboy on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, wrestled a tiger with his bare hands, and is a published songwriter.David has a passion for his family, playing guitar, writing songs, travel and history.
Jason Gallagher Director of Services and Support	Jason is the front line of support for Red Foundry’s developer community. He’s a life-long geek and tech enthusiast, whose passion for problem solving and empowering people through technology has led him through many interesting gigs, including a stint as a Mac Genius for Apple Inc. Jason likes to keep the wheels of Red Foundry greased by keeping our users happy, informed, and engaged in making the coolest stuff possible. Jason has a passion for music, film, comedy, and spends his limited amount of free time playing in a rock band. He also loves Chicago (the city, not the musical).
Stan Monlux VP of Business Development	Stan Monlux is the guy that builds the partnerships that help make Red Foundry apps so awesome. Stan has 25 years’ experience founding and growing market leading technology companies. His experience covers private, venture backed and public companies across a spectrum of software, internet, and new media. With Ramp Equity Partners, Blinkx and Zango Stan developed affiliate ad networks, feed partnerships and distribution channels for ad-supported applications that generated more than 200 million downloads. He was co-founder and VP of Operations at CapitalStream, creating software for banks and finance companies such as Bank of America, GE, and Merrill Lynch. Stan was also was co-founder and EVP of WorkWise which developed EAI technology for small/mid-enterprise companies prior to its acquisition by Oralis/VerticalNet. Stan has a passion for traveling to strange places, painting, and fine Kentucky Bourbon.