{"id":2485,"date":"2013-07-24T22:27:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duckduckmoose.com\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2013-10-01T23:17:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:17:39","slug":"duck-duck-moose-names-alan-shusterman-chief-executive-officer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.duckduckmoose.com\/2013\/07\/duck-duck-moose-names-alan-shusterman-chief-executive-officer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Duck Moose Names Alan Shusterman Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN MATEO (July 24, 2013) \u2013 Duck Duck Moose<\/a>, award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for children, announced today the appointment of Alan Shusterman as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Alan brings more than 20 years of experience developing, building and managing profitable start-ups and businesses including Edusoft, LinkExchange, Inc. and Jobnob, Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined Duck Duck Moose because I believe I can help further the mission to create high-quality products for children that are educationally-rich and offer a fun learning experience that children love and parents can trust,\u201d said Alan Shusterman, CEO, Duck Duck Moose. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be a part of this amazingly talented team that has achieved much success thus far. I am excited for the future and look forward to leading the company through its next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have Alan leading Duck Duck Moose,\u201d said Caroline Hu Flexer, Co-Founder, Duck Duck Moose. \u201cIt was important to us to find someone who shares our passion for children, education and play. Alan not only exudes this passion, he brings the business expertise we need to build our brand and expand our offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through various endeavors, Alan has gained impressive business management, online product development and team leadership experience. As an early investor and Vice President of Client Services at Edusoft, an assessment management tool used by school districts to manage students\u2019 performance, Alan was instrumental in helping more than one hundred California school districts re-tool their education practices and assisting teachers with curriculum development. In two years, Alan helped grow the business by 20x, leading to a purchase by Houghton Mifflin Corp. His experience collaborating with teachers, principals and superintendents complements the educational mission of Duck Duck Moose. As a founding member, Alan led LinkExchange to become a full-scale online marketing solution provider and a pioneer in web advertising and search, email and affiliate marketing. He helped grow the company to more than 100 employees and executed a sale to Microsoft for $265M.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlan is a true professional with extensive experience in building companies and leading teams to success,\u201d said Aaref Hilaly, Partner, Sequoia Capital. \u201cHis business expertise is the perfect complement to the Co-Founders\u2019 passion for creating the best educational products for children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to have Alan on board,\u201d said Justin Caldbeck, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners. \u201cHis extensive leadership experience, passion for the education space and great intuition in the kids market make him an ideal person to lead Duck Duck Moose through its next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

In just five years, Duck Duck Moose has established itself as a leader in the children\u2019s educational mobile app industry. With 16 educational titles ranging from classic nursery rhymes like Wheels on the Bus<\/a> and Itsy Bitsy Spider<\/a> to creative-play apps such as Draw & Tell<\/a> and Trucks<\/a> to early learning and curriculum-based games like Park Math<\/a> and Duck Duck Moose Reading<\/a>, Duck Duck Moose has achieved millions of paid downloads and has won more than 30 industry awards. In September 2012, the Company received $7M in its first round of Series A funding from two leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. To date, the company has 20 full-time employees in the U.S. and a team of four engineers based in Shanghai. Duck Duck Moose will release its 17th app for iOS in August and is focused on expanding its offerings to the Android market.<\/p>\n

Co-Founders, Caroline Hu Flexer and Michael Flexer will work alongside Alan and remain involved in the day-to-day business and operations of Duck Duck Moose. Caroline will continue leading the Product Management team as Chief Product Officer and Michael will maintain his role as Chief Technology Officer leading the U.S. and Shanghai-based engineering efforts.<\/p>\n

About Duck Duck Moose
\nDuck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for children, was founded in 2008 by three parents who share a passion for children, education, music, design and play. Following the launch of its first app, Wheels on the Bus, Duck Duck Moose quickly became a leader in the industry by creating fun, engaging and educational apps that are loved by children and trusted by parents. To date, the company has created seventeen top-selling titles and has received 15 Parents\u2019 Choice Awards, 15 Children\u2019s Technology Review Editor\u2019s Choice Awards and a KAPi Award for the \u201cBest Children\u2019s App\u201d at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show. Duck Duck Moose is headquartered in San Mateo, California.<\/p>\n

Additional information can be found online at Duck Duck Moose<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and Pinterest<\/a>. Duck Duck Moose is headquartered in San Mateo, California. Copyright \u00a9 2008-2013 Duck Duck Moose. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and\/or other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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