Jeff Malkin, CEO and Co-founder, brings over 9 years of extensive entrepreneurial and leadership experience to Razz, Inc., where he is responsible for leading the company's over-all success as one of the leading content service providers for the mobile and social networking industries. Malkin oversees all of Razz's business development, market strategy, product development, operations, and financing efforts.
Prior to Razz, Inc., Malkin founded and held the position of CEO of privately held FreeSamples.com, a research and analytics service provider for the consumer package goods industry. Founded in March 1999, Malkin was instrumental in raising $17 Million in funding and grew FreeSamples.com to be one of the leading online sampling and product research companies with clients including The Proctor & Gamble Company, Unilever and Ralston Purina. In Addition, Malkin architected relationship marketing Web programs for high profile clients as the founder of Cross-Eyed Visionaries, a San Francisco based web consulting firm, and while working as an information architect at a number of San Francisco agencies. He was also actively involved with technology and music in the "multimedia gulch", producing music and audio for many popular CD-ROM titles.
Malkin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and remains an active musician in the San Francisco community. |