Jacob Lodwick (born July 25, 1981) is an American
software engineer, serial
entrepreneur and
investor, best known as co-founder of
Vimeo.
Education and early bio
Lodwick was born and raised in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...
and attended college at the
Rochester Institute of Technology.
Biography
Lodwick was the initial web developer for
CollegeHumor and the resulting Connected Ventures in 2004. When he was a part of the founding team at Connected Ventures, Lodwick co-created Vimeo and came up with the name, a portmanteau of ''video'' and ''me''. In 2006
Vimeo was acquired by
Barry Diller's
IAC/Interactive Corp
IAC Inc. is an American holding company that owns brands across 100 countries, mostly in media and Internet. The company is incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law and headquartered in New York City. Joey Levin, who previously led t ...
, and Lodwick was fired in late 2007.
After departing Vimeo in 2007, Lodwick went on to create and serve as the president of the Normative Music Company. In late 2009, Lodwick shut down the site, citing inexperience and lack of devotion.
Lodwick subsequently worked as an independent creative engineer, launching Pummelvision, software that assembles one's photos into stories with music. Pummelvision was inspired by a photo import feature which showed the current photo being imported.
Today Lodwick serves as CEO of the software compan
Keezy
In the years since Vimeo's sale to IAC, Lodwick has invested in other technology startups including
Tumblr and
Makerbot.
Personal
He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
References
External links
Official Website
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American computer businesspeople
1981 births
Rochester Institute of Technology alumni
Living people
Vimeo