- Scott Werndorfer
Scott Werndorfer (born
August 1 ,1980 ) is the co-founder and head developer ofCerulean Studios , a company responsible for creating Trillian, a popularinstant messaging client.Werndorfer is a native of
Brookfield, Connecticut . He was a network security consultant atIntegralis before founding Cerulean Studios [ [http://www.catchoday.com/archives/257.html Catch of the Day / Good karma doesn't pay the rent ] ] . He did not complete college, but instead, used US$ 10,000 of his savings to startCerulean Studios together with fellow computer programmerKevin Kurtz . The two originally depended on donations from the freeware version of Trillian, which the first version was released onJuly 1 ,2000 .As their product quickly garnered attention of the tech media, Werndorfer had become the spokesperson of his company, and he had been interviewed on several newspapers and magazines, and an appearance on
TechTV . He was also the spokesperson when Trillian was blocked byAOL andYahoo! .In
2003 his company released a commercial version of Trillian. The earnings helped support the company and add more employees.The offices of
Cerulean Studios are located inConnecticut .He was a speaker at the
iX Conference inSingapore in June 2006 [ [http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/Seminar/ix2006_AcadForum.htm iX2006 Academic Forum ] ] .References
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