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Jason Spievak
Jason Spievak is the co-founder and CEO of RingRevenue, a leading provider of telephony solutions to the performance marketing industry. Prior to RingRevenue, Jason was a director and Chief Financial Officer at CallWave, Inc., (NASDAQ: CALL) a voice-over-internet software and service provider based in Santa Barbara, California. Jason led CallWave’s successful IPO in 2004 and was a key member of the senior team that brought the company to 12 consecutive quarters of revenue growth, GAAP profitability and positive cash flow with more than 750,000 paid subscribers.

Prior to CallWave, Jason was a Vice President in the technology mergers and acquisitions group in Broadview International's (NYSE: JEF) Silicon Valley office, where he specialized in enterprise software, network infrastructure and internet services transactions. While at Broadview, Jason led or was directly involved with successful M&A transactions and private placements representing over $1.25 billion in aggregate consideration. Before joining Broadview, Jason held product management roles with Netopia (NASDAQ: NTPA), a developer of Internet/Intranet communications products where he helped the company complete its successful IPO in 1996, and also with Nextel Communications' (NASDAQ: NXTL) wireless data division.

As a board member, Jason has contributed to the development of several early stage technology companies and non-profit organizations. He is currently a member of the board of directors of RingRevenue, Inc. He is also a member of the non-profit boards of directors of the Performance Marketing Association, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, and the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. And he is a venture partner and cofounding general partner of Persistence Partners, an early stage technology investment fund.

Jason earned his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three children. He can be reached at jason@spievak.com or at 805-722-2550.