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Rob Wrubel is the CEO & President of Aptimus, Inc a publicly traded (Nasdaq: APTM) next-generation Internet advertising network. Wrubel has been CEO of the company for three months and has been president for a year. Before that Wrubel was co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Body / Yoga Works based in Santa Monica, CA. Yoga Works is the largest operator of Yoga and alternative fitness studios in the county with locations in Los Angeles, Orange County, and New York City. Rob was an Entrepreneur-in-residence at Highland Capital Partners in 2001 and 2002 where he developed new business concepts for funding. From 1998 to 2001, Rob was the founding CEO of Ask Jeeves, one of the leading Internet brands and search advertising success stories. Wruble grew the company from a 15-employee start-up in 1998 to a public-market software and services company with over $100 million in sales. Ask Jeeves was sold in 2005 for $1.95 billion to Barry Diller’s IAC. Before Ask Jeeves, Rob was one of the founding team members of Knowledge Adventures, Inc, the country’s largest educational software company. From 1993 to 1998, Rob was VP of Product Development and Chief Operating Officer of Knowledge Adventure, Inc., growing it from $10M in sales to over $200 million in sales. Knowledge Adventure was eventually sold Cendant Corporation and then to Vivendi Entertainment.

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