Eric Litman

Infobox Person
name = Eric Litman


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caption = Eric Litman
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|8|1
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occupation = Chief executive officer
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known_for = entrepreneurship, advocating technology

Eric Austin Litman (born August 1, 1973) is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. Litman co-founded Proxicom, built Viaduct from a one-man shop through a merger with the Wolf Group [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4D7163BF93BA2575AC0A9669C8B63 Wolfe and Omnicom Make Acquisitions] ] , and is currently Chairman and CEO of Medialets, a creative ad network for native mobile applications [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902047.html Washington Post profile of Medialets] ] .

Early life and education

Litman grew up on the Virgin Islands, where he graduated high school at 15. Litman graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor’s degree. [ [http://www.jonnygoldstein.com/2008/02/25/par-tay-with-eric-litman-of-washingtonvc/ Interview with Jonny Goldstein] ]

tarting out in business

While in college, he worked in pre-sales support and engineering at NeXT, the start-up founded by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Litman then went on to serve as a Senior Systems Engineer for Digicon, building secure, distributed networks and applications for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Proxicom

Litman and three others founded Proxicom in 1991. Proxicom, one of the first-generation Internet professional services agencies, went public on NASDAQ in 1998 and was sold to the global consultancy Dimension Data after a bidding war against Compaq (prior to Compaq’s merger with Hewlett-Packard). [Citation
last = Goldfarb
first = Zach
title = WashingtonVC Targets Social Media
newspaper = The Washington Post
year = 2008
date = 4-4-2008
url = http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washbizblog/2008/04/washingtonvc_targets_social_me_1.html]

Viaduct

After Proxicom, Litman founded Viaduct Technologies, an Internet professional services agency, and served as its CEO. Viaduct was acquired by Wolf Group in 2000. After the acquisition Litman stayed as Viaduct's chief operating officer. [Citation
last = Elliott
first = Stuart
title = THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; Wolfe and Omnicom Make Acquisitions
newspaper = The New York Times
year = 2000
date = 9-18-2000
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4D7163BF93BA2575AC0A9669C8B63.]

WashingtonVC

Litman was the Managing Director of WashingtonVC [cite journal
last = Adler
first = Neil
authorlink = http://www.bizjournals.com/search/results.html?Ntt=%22Neil%20Adler%22&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial
title = Local private equity firm names managing director
journal = Washington Business Journal
publisher = bizjournals
date = 12-6-2007
url = http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/12/03/daily37.html
accessdate = 2008-03-26] , an early stage venture fund in Washington, DC, where he focused on investments in online media, consumer Internet and telecommunications. He conceptualized and launched Aux Interactive in March, 2008. He left WashingtonVC in May, 2008.

Medialets

Litman is currently serving as Chairman and CEO of Medialets, an advertising network and analytics provider, primarily focused on the Apple iPhone.

References

External links

* [http://litman.org Eric Litman's Blog]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4D7163BF93BA2575AC0A9669C8B63 New York Times: THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; Wolfe and Omnicom Make Acquisitions]
* [http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=4465 Washington VC Names Litman Executive Director]
* [http://www.utahbusiness.com/parser.php?nav=email_article&article_id=6678 University Venture Summit Starts Students Early on Venture Capital Path]
* [http://www.shashi.name/2008/02/eric-litman-shashi.html Shashi Bellamkonda : Meeting a VC in DC - Eric Litman]