Paul Freet

Summary

I am currently the COO for FEG, a California-based Insurance Marketing Organization. I manage all the back office operations including commissions, reporting, contracting, licensing and support. From 2008 to 2018 I was a Principal with VentureLab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. VentureLab creates technology startup companies based on research at Ga Tech. I was also an instructor for the National Science Foundation I-Corps program. In November of 2007, I was inducted into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni. I am also the founder of Salestrakr, a highly customized web-based CRM and sales tracking tool used by financial services marketing organizations. In 2000, I founded Racemi. This Atlanta-based private, venture capital backed company developed the first server blades for use in data centers. Racemi graduated from the ATDC at georgia Tech in 2007. Prior to founding Racemi, I was a founder and CTO of TruSOLUTIONS, a San Diego-based start-up that built Linux servers for Internet infrastructure applications. Founded in 1996, TruSOLUTIONS introduced the world’s first low profile server to the market in May 1998, and then the world's first affordable ultra-low profile server in September 1999. TruSOLUTIONS was sold to VA Linux in March of 2000 for $200M. I am a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a certificate degree in Computer Engineering. I live in Suwanee, GA with my wife and four children. Specialties: I have built complete web services and have deep experience in the Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP open source stack. Build large scale NoSQL map/reduce systems using CouchDB. Javascript, Ajax and focus on user interface design. I like making complex products easy to use. My greatest strengths are: Creating and growing start-up businesses, Identifying new market opportunities, Strategic thinking and planning, Internet marketing, Building web services and Launching new products.