F***edCompany.com founder Philip Kaplan, who became a spokesperson for disaffected dot-com workers in 2000, is stepping aside as CEO at AdBrite but will stay on to take charge of the company’s products. The bleached hair and concert T-shirts are gone, but Kaplan still plays drums at work and often jams with employees.
Consistent with his reputation as the voice of dot-com workers, F***edCompany.com founder Kaplan works in a cubicle at AdBrite just like everyone else.
New AdBrite CEO Ignacio Fanlo has to get used to rock ‘n’ roll after taking the helm from founder Kaplan, the man who also founded dot-com dead pool site, F***edCompany.
Kaplan and Fanlo chat with AdBrite executive assistant Dayna Judkins in the company’s lobby. AdBrite has nearly doubled its staff in the last six months.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
