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Management

Bret Taylor, Co-Founder

Before FriendFeed, Bret was a Group Product Manager at Google, where he launched Google Maps, the Google Maps API, and founded Google’s Developer product group. Bret was most recently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital, where he developed FriendFeed with Jim. Bret has an MS and BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. Bret has a slavish devotion to turkey and chicken pesto sausage sandwiches from Le Boulanger.

(Source: FriendFeed)

Jim Norris, Co-Founder

Jim most recently was a Software Engineer at Google for four years, where he launched Google Maps and worked on Google's core infrastructure team. He left Google to be an Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital, where he and Bret developed FriendFeed. Jim has an MS and BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. Jim's most recent trip was a safari to Africa. Jim's most recent regret was losing his camera on a safari to Africa.

(Source: FriendFeed)

Paul Buchheit, Co-Founder

After getting a Computer Science degree from Case Western Reserve University, Paul worked at Intel, and then Google. There, he was the engineer behind Gmail. Paul is also responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto and the first AdSense prototype. Paul got married in a tiger suit.

(Source: FriendFeed)

Sanjeev Singh, Co-Founder

Sanjeev previously worked at Google on Gmail and the Google Search Appliance. Prior to Google, he worked at Third Voice and a government research lab. He holds a Computer Science degree from Stanford and wants to breed giant dragonflies someday.

(Source: FriendFeed)