How does SafetyWeb help?

SafetyWeb provides you with the tools you need to stay on top of the “social web” and empowers parents to engage their children about how to interact online safely.  We keep parents informed of all the various networks out there and let parents know when we find anything that might warrant further exploration.  While nothing can replace the responsibility a parent has to communicate with their child, SafetyWeb can help by making sure that you are in the know about the world they live in.  Together, we can help keep kids safe.

Who is SafetyWeb?

SafetyWeb is the first service created by the very people who have created some of the biggest online services out there!  Our founders have not only worked on web sites that combined service over 200 million registered users, but they have also assisted in the arrest and prosecution of sex offenders!  Even if you are not concerned about online predators, bear in mind that everything that your child does online leaves a trail, a trail that universities and employers are likely to stumble upon.  SafetyWeb counts amongst its founders an Ivy League graduate who conducts admission interviews for his alma mater. Conducting a Google search is one of many first steps partaken when he gets a new interview request from the school or is looking to hire a new employee.

Geoffrey Arone

Co-Founder

Geoffrey is a smart, aggressive, scrappy, repeat entrepreneur with a solid reputation in the Valley. He has 12 years of successful product development. Prior to SafetyWeb, Geoffrey co-founded A Large Corporation, LLC with MC Hammer with the primary web property DanceJam. He raised 2 rounds of venture funds and sold the company to SportsNet in 2009. Geoffrey was also a founder of the social web browser Flock where he successfully built an organization from 2 employees to >30. He developed a product which has had over 8 million installs to date. Geoffrey has also held Product positions at Real Networks and Oracle and founded DAG.com.

Geoffrey holds a Bachelors of Science in Neural Science from Brown University and an MBA in New Product and Venture Development from Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management. He also holds 2 patents in structured data during his tenure at DAG.com.

Michael Clark

Co-Founder

Michael is one of only a handful of people in the world who has scaled a web service to over 100 million users. He has built infrastructure to support some of the biggest sites on the web including Photobucket and TinyPic. Prior to SafetyWeb, Michael was the first executive hire and architect at Photobucket and the platforms he scaled now accommodate > 100 million registered users with 8 billion images. He built the development, operations, and customer support teams to keep up with the growth and helped lead Photobucket to a $300 million exit to NewsCorporation. Michael has also served as a senior solution engineer at NetApp, led the development of a solid state storage product for TiGi, built a telecom engineering organization at TouchAmerica, and helped build Citrix’s consulting services organization. He has over 15 years of direct experience building scalable systems.

Michael holds a Bachelors of Arts in Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Communication from the University of Denver.

Alex Schultz

Lead Engineer

Alex is a rockstar developer with a tremendous consumer discipline. Prior to SafetyWeb, Alex was a senior web developer for Photobucket where he was the primary developer on the website Tinypic.com. Alex was responsible for software design, development, and implementation. He built an inexpensive platform that allowed the service to grow from 1 million monthly uniques to over 23 million in 18 months. Alex’s discipline in building scalable products came from his time as a at NPOWR Digital Media. He also served as API developer for the financial services company Electronic Clearing House.

Alex holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.

Clint Brauer

VP of Marketing

Clint Brauer has been part of the Internet industry for thirteen years in executive roles for major consumer brand enterprises, Internet start-ups and consulting firms. His core belief is that we have arrived at the early stages of a new era of marketing that combines quantitative and creative methods on a daily basis in order to deliver new customers and energize existing customers.

Clint also serves as General Manager of CyberRead.com, a prominent ebooks retailer, advises Analytix On Demand, a leader in the SaaS Business Intelligence market and advises BoomerEyeware.com, a quickly growing reading glasses retailer.

His past experience includes serving as Vice President of Marketing at Sony, specializing in the areas of audio, video, books for North America. Clint has a passion for assembling and utilizing customer centric technology platform solutions that connect customer support, analytics, data warehousing, direct marketing and business development activities. He started his career with the pioneering Internet Development firm, W3-Design.