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Team SwapSimple:
Elliot E. Hirsch
Elliot is the 24hr leader of SwapSimple (we swear, he never sleeps). Whether
he's designing new SwapSimple features at 4am in bed,
grinding out front end changes at an all night coffee
shop, or sleeping on the office balcony (fire escape),
he's always working to make SwapSimple better for everyone.
Eric R. Haszlakiewicz
Resident genius, skydiver, rock climber, serious Coca-Cola connoisseur. When
Eric's not turning all our crazy ideas into web-reality, he's solving mission-critical
problems for Fortune-50 companies, doing favors for friends (like helping people move almost every week), or walking his Rottweiler, Shade. If you email him, and you want to
stay on his good side, just be sure to !
David J. Goldblatt
A.K.A. "Mr. Map" - David is our resident financial expert and guru.
Recently engaged (Congrats Dave & Kowa!), you can very well expect to see some wedding planning books
popping up in his swap profile sometime soon. If you ever need someone to start a company for you, or
plot invasive species, just give him a ring. If you see him power-biking around Chicago,
chowing-down at a local vegetarian restaurant, or
wandering around with a GPS unit, be sure to say, "Hi Dave!"
Lakshmi Rengarajan
Able to generate more "buzz" than a swarm of killer bees, Lakshmi (or 'Shmi' to those in-the-know) spends
every waking moment telling people about SwapSimple, and acting as head "Den Mother" for the SwapSimple community. There
is nothing that happens in the world, or on SwapSimple, that Shmi doesn't know about. Send her a nice email for
tagging all our hot items, and maybe she'll send you a link to her and her troupe doing some !
Shilpa Chopra
With her snappy new, and well deserved laptop (she refuses to take the plastic off!), Shilpa is developing some serious feature enhancements for SwapSimple. With
an over 1.5hr commute to the SwapSimple office, and
daily adventures on the famous Chicago "El," Shilpa and her big smile show nothing but total dedication to the SwapSimple community, and
to creating the best online swapping experience possible. She's small, but she's powerful - so watch out!
John Grenholm
Developer Extraordinarre
John "Lord of the Cart" Grenholm is another SwapSimple magic-maker. You can't tell from the photo, but he's large - so we all
try to stay on his good side. Seriously though, John is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and it shows in the care
he exhibits when crafting the finer features of SwapSimple's inner-space.
Yogeswaran Linga Devaraj
With unlimited skill, energy, and commitment, Yogesh is cooking up some really tasty stuff for the
SwapSimple community. Pretty soon you'll have him to thank for the floods of new items and swaps
that will be generated by his handiwork, and constant drive for innovation. We'd tell you more, but you'll just have to wait and see!
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The Skinny:
SwapSimple company links:
Mission:
By eliminating the need to buy and sell, SwapSimple.com's powerful exchange solution gives its users a modern, effective, and lower cost alternative to purchasing the used textbooks, general literature, DVDs, and video games they desire.
SwapSimple consistently upholds its promise to positively impact the lives of students and families across the United States, by giving all students the ability to afford the textbooks which are so vital to their education, while concurrently enabling avid book readers, movie collectors and video gamers to constantly refresh their collections at minimal cost, and without recurring monthly service fees. This seamless and symbiotic relationship between students and the general public is what makes SwapSimple.com so powerful, and is what enables us to provide our ever growing menu of items available for exchange.
History:
SwapSimple, Inc. and SwapSimple.com were founded in 2003 by recent college graduates Elliot E. Hirsch and David J. Goldblatt, and computer engineer Eric R. Haszlakiewicz. SwapSimple is headquartered in the tropical paradise of Chicago, Illinois.
Thank you! Thank you!
SwapSimple.com has been our passion for over three years now, and could not have happened without the help of some very amazing, caring, and talented people. Some of these people include: Amine Khechfe and Endicia, Ji Yun Won, Rob Seed, Ryan Bond, Alex Nesterov, Laura Cline, Mike Soultanian, Tom Goldblatt, Barbara Marquart, Robert Hirsch, and Andy Haszlakiewicz. Thank you!
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