Grooveshark
Company Overview
This is how we live.
Grooveshark was founded in 2006 by three University of Florida students determined to accomplish what the music industry couldn't - make purchasing music online easy, enjoyable and worthwhile.
Grooveshark is the ability to find and listen to any song, share and receive personalized recommendations and purchase music at a fair price with the knowledge that the copyright holder will be paid.
Today, Grooveshark has grown to a team of 40 passionate employees dedicated to creating the best online music experience possible - a goal that doesn't end, but instead will allow us to grow and evolve with our users.
Sam Tarantino
Founder + CEO
Sam is a musician, an entrepreneur, and a visionary. His intent is to fix the world's problems, but for now is settling on fixing the music industry.
Josh Greenberg
Co-Founder / CTO + VP of Products
Josh polishes ideas and turns them into a reality. Josh enjoys contemplating, strategizing, observing, learning, leading, and getting things done.
Vishal Agarwala
Senior UI Engineer
Vishal sometimes can't decide if (he likes coding > designing) or designing more than coding. He also hates Internet Explorer 6 with a passion.
John Ashenden
Chief Web/Visual Designer
John Ashenden (aka John with an H) is both an experienced graphic designer and web developer. John enjoys making things appear shinier than they should be.
John Bauer
Writer
You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you. You edit to let the fire show through the smoke.
Josh Bonnain
Marketing and Relations
Josh knows relationships drive healthy, efficient business. He leverages these to help expand Grooveshark into new and exciting territory.
Michael Cugini
Software Engineer
Presented with a problem he can't code a solution to, Michael will find and learn a language where it is trivial (it's not cheating! it's elegant!).
James Davis
VP of Communications
When life gives James lemons, he buys ice and vodka.
Jack DeYoung
Artist Liaison
Jack is the frontman of famed pop collective Vishal and The Agarwalas. Wolverines!!!
Colin Hostert
Chief Security and Information Officer
An entrepreneur and systems engineer at heart, Colin joined Escape Media Group to help build the robust and scalable architecture that powers Grooveshark.
Vilma Jarvinen
Community Outreach Coordinator
Vilma runs the Grooveshark Booking, raises money for good causes like music education and floats between Artist and Label Relations. When she's not playing music, she's probably composing in her head and pretending not to be distracted.
Joe Kelly
Web Developer
Matt Lübner
OOP Guru + Developer
Currently designing (in part) the software that makes Grooveshark deliver on all of your musical whims, Matt is a true-to-heart renaissance man, and loves to artistically experiment with music, literature and graphic design. He is determined to solve the world's big problems, and knows the means lie in perspective before us all.
Chanel Munezero
Web Developer
Chanel wrestles with browsers everyday to do his bidding.
Jay Paroline
PHP Developer
Jay workings the robust beach. He creates the hard drive. He teaches the architecture. He optimizes the beach.
Daniel Pua
Software Developer
Even if it means I have to pass through heaven, hell and everything in between - someday, you'll see just how great I am.
Jonathan Pugh
Moneyshark Web Architect
Jon's first websites were for local bands and record labels, and his last were for large environmental and social advocacy organizations. His fate lies with Grooveshark.
Katy Richard
Web Developer
Katy is a front-end web developer with a passion for clean code, usablilty, web standards, and design of all kinds - plus an unhealthy fetish for office supplies.
Skyler Slade
Senior Web Developer
Skyler hacks the unique server. He workings the kick-ass buzz words. He hacks the buzz words. He cooks the buzz vector. He writes the artificial intelligence.
Chris Suter
Software Developer
Chris earned his BA in mathematics in 2006, and joined Grooveshark to combine his passions for math, music, and programming.
Nathan Thompson
Online Marketing
I don't get out of bed for less than half a million dollars. I sleep a lot.
Quang Tran
Development Coordinator
Quang has extensive experience in the design and production of web applications, and currently helps organize Grooveshark's development. Quang holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Florida.
Alejandra Valdes
Human Resources
Photographer, Human Resources, Therapist, Den Mother When she's not off grabbing sweet photos for the blog, providing personal support for the sharks, or making sure the office is running smoothly and the pantry is stocked - sometimes she gets a chance to do human resources.
Ben Westermann-Clark
User Relations
In the beginning of the 21st Century, human intelligence had evolved such that artificial recreations could sufficiently emulate the ennui of higher-primate cognition. The robots were the only ones who liked Ben's music. I also like helping people.
Travis Whitton
Web Developer
After wading through the treachery of the dot com bubble, Travis brings years of industry experience and valuable insight to the Grooveshark team. When he's not hard at work writing code, he enjoys living in a van by the river right down the street from the Grooveshark headquarters.
Andrew Wise
VP of Business Development
Andrew lives his life by three simple words:
Always
Be
Closing
Copyright 2008