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BridgeGate LLC completes search that leads to hire of Vice President of Marketing for innovative Mobile Social Communications company Jangl.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 -
BridgeGate LLC is pleased to announce the placement of Aaron Burcell as VP Marketing, Jangl. Jangl elevates mobile communications for a mobile world, delivering services that offer people greater control and freedom when talking, texting and socializing. Using Patent-pending technology, Jangl is bringing to the telephone the same mode of communication consumers have become accustomed to online. Jangl gives everone-from social network friends and IM buddies, to auction or classifieds buyers and sellers, to bloggers, indie media and their audiences a more flexible, safe, manageable and inexpensive way to talk by phone.
Aaron Burcell most recently headed marketing and communications at PodShow, where he was one of the first five employees, helping PodShow vault from early podcasting leader in 2005 to the world's fastest growing media company in 2007. At PodShow, Burcell successfully created media and ad industry awareness that supported the company's programming acquisition and ad industry partnerships, and in turn helped generate revenue from a global audience of tens of millions. Prior to PodShow, Burcell led all outbound and product marketing efforts at Stata Labs, which was acquired in 2004 by Yahoo!. One of the first five to join Stata Labs, Burcell drove marketing efforts for Bloomba 2.0, a critically-acclaimed search-based email program later licensed to Corel Corporation. Earlier in his career, Burcell was a co-founder and partner at Alterlayer, an innovative sweat equity firm that consulted and invested in a broad array of Silicon Valley-based startups, and worked in Microsoft's Consumer Platforms Division, having joined Microsoft following its acquisition of WebTV, where he was employee #21. Burcell is a graduate of Stanford University, majoring in Political Science.
About Jangl
JanglTM is the social communications leader, bridging more than 200 million U.S. mobile phones and personal web pages and changing the way people communicate online and on their phones. Jangl's service is distributed directly to consumers at Jangl.com and through partnerships with global leaders in social networking, digital media and communications and dating and relationship communities. Jangl's management team hails from successful consumer and technology companies, including Skype, Redback Networks, Podshow, Microsoft, WebTV, and Sprint Nextel, Lucent Technologies. Jangl's investors include Cardinal Venture Capital, Labrador Ventures and Storm Ventures, which together have invested $9 million.
About BridgeGate LLC
BridgeGate LLC. (www.bridgegate.com) is a retained executive search firm headquartered in Irvine, California. BridgeGate serves established as well as early stage clients across all industries including Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Consumer Products and Services. BridgeGate's Partners and Associates work with a select group of diverse and prestigious organizations throughout the United States, including, Walmart.com, OpsWare, Experian Consumer Direct, LiveOps, and OQO.
