Napster
History 
Most
recently Jordan worked as CTO of Zivity, San Francisco, helping to build a major
platform for artists to promote and monetize their photographic works.
Most
notably, at Napster, Jordan developed the technology alongside Shawn Fanning that
would revolutionize the way we think of music distribution today before the company
was funded in August of 1999. There he served as Chief Server Architect and was
responsible for the server backend software and infrastructure, helping to drive
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is a frequent contributor to the Open-Source Community, ![]() having authored free software commonly included in modern Linux distributions as well as Windows software currently licensed by Microsoft. His works have featured in various publications and books as well as at several universities where his research has become part of the curriculum. His work has also won numerous nominations and awards spanning across Comdex, DEMO, SIIA, PC World, PC Magazine, and WIRED. Jordan speaks at technology conferences and user groups covering computer security and the Spam industry, and currently serves on the InfoWorld CTO Advisory Council. | |
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Ritter Founder and Chief Technology Officer Cloudmark, Wall Street Journal
Previously Jordan co-founded Napster, Inc., developing their ground-breaking P2P technologies alongside Shawn Fanning before the company was funded in August 1999. As Chief Server Architect, he led the development and management of the server back-end software and infrastructure to support 50 million users worldwide in less than a year. Prior to Napster, Jordan worked for computer security startup Netect as a Network Security Engineer, engaged in vulnerability research and software development. Netect subsequently sold for $35 million to Bindview Development Corporation, where he stayed on as Senior Security Analyst and continued his research and development work, and subsequently published findings on a key global Internet security vulnerability.
| "THE RAVE IN OAKLAND CAPTURED NAPSTER AS IT WAS JUST coming into its own at the center of the Web boom's insanity ..." All
The Rave, available at amazon.com
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