Dennis Crowley

Dennis Crowley
Born (1976-06-19) June 19, 1976
Medway, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater Xaverian Brothers High School
Syracuse University (B.A. 1998)
New York University (M.P.S. 2004)
Occupation internet entrepreneur
Known for Co-founder of Dodgeball and Foursquare
Website denniscrowley.com

Dennis Crowley (born June 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare.

Education

Crowley was born in Medway, Massachusetts to Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P. Crowley.[1] He graduated from Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts in 1994. He received a B.A. in 1998 from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a M.P.S. master's degree in 2004 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).[2]

Career

After graduating from Syracuse, Crowley worked as a researcher for Jupiter Communications. In 2000, he joined mobile app provider Vindigo as a product developer.

Crowley co-founded Dodgeball with fellow student Alex Rainert in 2003 while attending New York University.[3] Dodgeball was subsequently acquired by Google in 2005,[4] after which Crowley along with Naveen Selvadurai developed a second version of the original Dodgeball service called Foursquare in late 2008 and launched the service at SXSW in 2009.[5]

Foursquare, known for its location intelligence offerings for both enterprises and consumers, is used by more than 50 million people every month.[6]

It was reported in January 2016 that Crowley is no longer CEO of Foursquare and is now executive chairman.[7][8][9] He was replaced as CEO by Jeff Glueck.[10][11][12]

Awards

Crowley has been named one of Fortune Magazine's "40 Under 40" (2010,[13] 2011[14]), was featured on Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" list (2011,[15] 2012[16]), and was named to the MIT Technology Review "TR35" as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35 (2005[17]).

Controversy 2014 Boston Marathon

In 2014 Crowley admitted to producing a fraudulent Boston Marathon bib for his wife, Chelsa Crowley, to use.[18] He apologized for his actions. In a statement, Crowley admitted what he had done had "...overshadowed the event for those who ran and those who ran to honor others".[18][19]

Personal life

Crowley married Chelsa Lynn Skees at Buttermilk Falls Inn in Milton, N.Y. Sarah Simmons, a Universal Life Church minister, officiated.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Laskey, Margaux (20 October 2013). "‘Girl Version’ of Him, ‘Boy Version’ of Her". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-03. He is a son of Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P. Crowley of Medway, Mass.
  2. ↑ "New York University - Alumni Profile: Dennis Crowley (TSOA '04)". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Adams, Tim (25 April 2010). "Will Foursquare be the new Twitter?". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Technology Management and Innovation - NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "About". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Foursquare by the numbers: 60M registered users, 50M MAUs, and 75M tips to date". VentureBeat. August 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ Peter Kafka. "Foursquare Raises $45 Million, CEO Dennis Crowley Replaced - Re/code". Re/code. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Richi Jennings (15 January 2016). "Ouch! Foursquare honcho Dennis Crowley kicked upstairs by VCs; valuation plummets". Computerworld. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Foursquare replaces CEO Dennis Crowley, raises $45 million - VentureBeat - Deals - by Harrison Weber". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Jing Cao,Sarah Frier (14 January 2016). "Foursquare CEO Crowley Steps Down as App Seeks to Boost Growth". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Foursquare Elevates Jeff Glueck to CEO, as Former Chief Dennis Crowley Focuses on Products - Adweek". AdWeek. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Foursquare Raises $45 Million, Cutting Its Valuation Nearly in Half". The New York Times. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "40 under 40". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "40 under 40".
  15. ↑ "Vanity Fair New Establishment, 2011".
  16. ↑ "Vanity Fair New Establishment, 2012".
  17. ↑ "2005 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2005. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  18. 1 2 MOSENDZ, POLLY. "Foursquare CEO and Wife Fake a Bib for the Boston Marathon [UPDATED]". BetaBeat.
  19. ↑ Doug Saffir (April 25, 2014). "Foursquare Co-Founder Apologizes for Bib Fraud". Boston.com. Retrieved 2015-02-03.

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