“We outsourced literally hundreds of projects and client integration through Ian's companies. Some were done with Ian's companies directly, most through my own project managers, but I always found that when I wanted to talk to Ian about streamlining his processes or he was personally available, alert, engaged and 100% on the ball. Ian created a best of breed resource and grew it intelligently and effectively. I'm looking forward to his next ventures on the web.”
About
Serial high-tech company founder, CEO and entrepreneur.
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New Platform Deep-Dive Review: Arrived Private Credit Fund (review #2 of 3 Arrived offerings). This Jeff Bezos backed firm offers an easy and…
New Platform Deep-Dive Review: Arrived Private Credit Fund (review #2 of 3 Arrived offerings). This Jeff Bezos backed firm offers an easy and…
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How are Alternative Asset Classes Responding in Today's Volatile Environment (and where are the Potential Opportunities and Dangers)? Rapidly…
How are Alternative Asset Classes Responding in Today's Volatile Environment (and where are the Potential Opportunities and Dangers)? Rapidly…
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New Platform Deep-Dive Review: Arrived Single-family Residential and Vacation Rental Platform This Jeff Bezos backed firm offers deals in the…
New Platform Deep-Dive Review: Arrived Single-family Residential and Vacation Rental Platform This Jeff Bezos backed firm offers deals in the…
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Activities and Societies: President of Science Fair Club, Member of Beta Club, Varsity and jr. varsity soccer teams, track team. Listed in Who's Who in American High Schools.
President of Science Club, Varsity and Junior Varsity Soccer
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
USF Research Foundation
- Present 12 years
Education
USF Research Foundation connects experienced subject matter expert with entrepreneurs in the incubator to shares real-world knowledge and experience as well as motivate our future business leaders.
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Founding Board Member and Vice President
Tampa Bay WaVE
- 4 years
Education
TampaBay WaVE is a non-profit organization that nurtures and supports entrepreneurs in the Tampa bay area. In 2013 WaVE pursued and won a $1 million I6 Challenge Grant from U.S. commerce department to build an incubator to create startups and high wage jobs.
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Donor
Feeding America Tampa Bay
- Present 15 years
Poverty Alleviation
Feeding America arranges and transports food to feed hungry Americans. It's the largest domestic hunger relief organization in the country, and feeds over 400,000 people in the West Central Florida area.
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Donor
Microloans for Micro Enterpreneurs
- Present 15 years
Poverty Alleviation
Micro-enterprises vastly improve the lives of their owners, by giving them self-sufficiency. This gives them the ability to provide for themselves and their families and the dignity that comes with that. It also creates a wider positive social impact that affects their entire communities.
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Donor
Direct Relief International, Feeding America Tampa Bay and the Hillsborough Education Foundation
- Present 15 years
Poverty Alleviation
Working to alleviate poverty, feed the hungry and educate the next generation.
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Dean's Advisory Board: College of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Central Florida
- Present 10 years 2 months
Science and Technology
Advising senior leadership on direction.
Publications
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Wikipedia Article on Ian Ippolito
Wikipedia
See publicationWikipedia article on Ian Ippolito's business and personal life.
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Interview with vWorker CEO, Ian Ippolito, on CBS Studio 10
CBS Studio 10
See publicationIan Ippolito, CEO of vWorker is interviewed by CBS WTSP Channel 12 Studio 10 morning show and talks about how vWorker.com works for both workers and employers.
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Trust-based online businesses risk all
The Ride: Knoxville News
See publicationIan Ippolito, founder and owner of vWorker, created his business with a $2,000 loan from parents. He’s built to 150 categories of remote workers and 2011 gross revenue of $11.1 million
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Wikipedia: Rent a Coder and vWorker
Wikipedia
See publicationvWorker was founded in 2001 in Tampa, Florida by Ian Ippolito under the name of Rent A Coder. Ippolito had previously launched the Planet Source Code website for sharing the source code of computer programs and wanted to create a platform for intermediating paid programming projects.
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Interview with vWorker CEO Ian Ippolito on the vWorker Lifestyle
FOX News
See publicationFOX News interviews CEO Ian Ippolito about the exploding use of freelancers and talks about the perks of the vWorker lifestyle (including playing the xBox from your home office!) with Robert Alberdeston, a long-time virtual worker on the site.
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Entrpreneur Magazine's 100 Most Brilliant Companies
Entrepreneur Magazine
See publicationIan Ippolito saw the potential of crowdsourcing. Now Rent A Coder is raking in millions.
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Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders
Inside Digital Media
See publicationOur guest today is Ian Ippolito who is the CEO of Exhedra Solutions, (d/b/a Rent-a-Coder.com). His company provides an online marketplace where software programmers can sell their services like guild workers to buyers who need custom programming.
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Outsourcing: Ian Ippolito, Founder and CEO of vWorker.com
1 million x $ 1 million
See publicationA global outsourcing company, vWorker or “virtual worker” has nearly 175,000 employers hiring and managing close to 360,000 virtual workers every day.
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Rent a Coder: The eBay of Programmers
Fast Company
See publicationRent A Coder matches projects with software developers from around the world.
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Top Asian Business Leaders
Asian Business Leaders
See publicationIppolito through the creation of crowdsourcing service for the hundreds of thousands of sites lying in every corner of the world's programmers to work opportunities
Honors & Awards
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University of Central Florida Distinguished Alumni Award
University of Central Florida
Serial entrepreneur Ian Ippolito was awarded the College of Engineering & Computer Science's Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Central Florida on March 19, 2015, in Winter Springs, FL, during an event informed by high technology and high hopes for the future of space exploration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_a9p7-lF64
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Mensa Lifetime Member
American Mensa
Lifetime member of Mensa: the high IQ society.
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I will be a guest speaker at this upcoming Verivend webinar on December 18 at 3 PM Eastern:
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