Management Team

Stan Gauss Founder & CEO
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Stan is responsible for the big picture at Dream Local, Inc. Stan spent most of his post-collegiate years working at the executive level in local newspaper chains, getting to know the small business owners in those communities. These were his formative years, since what he learned in those small markets now forms the core of Dream Local, Inc. He’s been involved in several local and regional launches including Cars.com, PressofAtlanticCity.com, and Phillyburbs.com. After leaving the newspaper industry, Stan spent two years with Planet Discover, a start-up technology company providing search technology to media companies, as VP of Market Development. Most recently, he served as VP of Marketplace for Digital Press Consortium, a start-up media consulting group. Stan has a degree in Marketing from Rutgers University.

Steve Zimmers President & COO
Steve started the first chapter of his career by creating communication networks combined with ‘new media’ turn-key services that generated more than 70M dollars throughout the 1990’s for the benefit of media partners.  Before the new century even began, Steve had already drafted his vision for the next decade by developing two different, but equally powerful communication networks.  One network was established to leverage the power of ‘one’ volunteer, and ‘together’ with other volunteers, establish support ‘communities’ so that others in need may find support at anytime.  And, the second network was developed and designed for emergency notification services and alerting technologies … which was filed for patent protection in 2000 … later granted a U.S. Patent … then followed by licensing … and “yada-yada-yada” there are more patents filed.  NOW, with his eyes focused on the coming decade, Steve brings his network development skills, CRM experiences and intellectual property expertise to DreamLocal to help build a new social media for the human network that is LocalHabit.

Bill Leeper Chief Technology Officer
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Bill Leeper is our Chief Technology Officer. He’s responsible for oversight of Dream Local’s technical operations — in other words, for making all the magic happen. Bill’s extensive hands-on experience in technology includes stretches as a web application developer, a C++ application programmer, a Java programmer, a Ruby on Rails programmer and evangelist, and a software development manager. Bill has a stellar history of successfully leading companies in new technological directions. He graduated from Purdue University with a degree in computer and electrical engineering.

Carl Schindler Senior Vice President Market Development
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Carl started his career with NYC ad agencies, learning from the best on classic packaged goods accounts. He moved back to Buffalo, NY, to gain client-side experience and wound up working for The Buffalo News, where he greatly increased revenues via spec ads for non-advertisers.

He remained in Local Search, becoming director of marketing and Internet for White Directory Publishers (YP). Carl’s work there grew to include market development and digital sales training. In five years the company nearly doubled in size and was acquired by Hearst. He moved to New Orleans to join Local Matters, where he helped numerous YP publishers increase web sales. Most recently, Carl helped Local Insight Media add substantial digital revenues as a consultant and sales trainer and has also done work for local media outlets.

Carl has a BS in Marketing and Communication Arts from Cornell University.

Connie Ingram Senior Project Manager

Advisors

Damian Rollison, Director of Research & Development, Moon Valley Software
Damian made a transition from academia to technology in 2006, when he became Director of Research and Development at Moon Valley Software, a company specializing in data gathering and development services for local search. He holds a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MA in English from the University of Virginia. Damian is a frequent contributor to VentureBeat, where he writes about a variety of topics related to online and mobile technology.

Phil Tadros, CEO, Doejo Interactive
A Chicago entrepreneur and founder of MetroProper.com, a website which combines local business listings with social networking, Tadros has created several businesses. He is founder and owner of Doejo, which aids start-ups and small businesses with web design, business consulting, and social media. He is the owner of TextHog, a Web-based business expense tracking application reviewed by Mashable as “a smart finance-tracking system.” Additional businesses Tadros has owned include Dollop Coffee Company, Noble Tree Coffee & Tea, Chase Cafe, and Haystack, a vintage shopping store.

Legal Counsel

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