Ronin Motorworks Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
Employee
Acton Designs Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
Designer
Idsa Oct 2010 - Jan 2014
President
Oct 2010 - Jan 2014
Business Owner
Education:
The Art Institutes 2011 - 2014
Bachelors, Design
Skills:
Graphic Design Photoshop Interior Design Logo Design Photography Renovation Illustrator Microsoft Office Adobe Creative Suite Furniture Illustration Art Advertising Painting Graphics Drawing Sketching Concept Development Digital Photography Autocad Packaging Typography Layout Creative Direction Product Design Indesign Art Direction Concept Design Rendering Industrial Design Digital Illustration 3D Studio Max Image Manipulation Interaction Design Business Cards Storyboarding Visual Communication Fine Art Cad Exhibit Design Design Strategy Vector Illustration Rapid Prototyping Solidworks Model Making Management Customer Service
Optima Steel International
Principal
Pac Basin Resources
President
Oxbow Carbon and Minerals Jul 2010 - Jun 2013
Consultant
Oxbow Carbon and Minerals 1985 - 2010
President and Chief Operations Officer
Sierra Minerals 1985 - 2010
President
Education:
Queen's University 1969 - 1977
Master of Business Administration, Masters, Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Mining
Skills:
Coal Energy Commodity Petroleum Mining Procurement Contract Management Logistics Contract Negotiation Mergers and Acquisitions Trading Commodity Markets International Trade Iron Ore International Business Natural Gas Due Diligence Renewable Energy Minerals Maintenance Management
Bezos signature, alongside hedge fund billionaires David Harding and Paul Tudor Jones, Brian Armstrong chief executive of cryptocurrency company Coinbase, and WhatsApps co-founder Brian Acton, brings the total signatories to more than 200 people.
Date: May 28, 2019
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Facebook's plan to merge Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram raises data privacy concerns
In an interview with Forbes, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said he was "coached to explain" to the EU's antitrust regulators that it would be "really difficult" to merge or blend data between WhatsApp and Facebook, shortly before the tech giant's acquisition in 2014.
Date: Jan 29, 2019
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Could This Really Be The Beginning Of The End For WhatsApp?
Last year, Koum followed co-founder Brian Acton out of the door over disagreements around privacy and data security. At its core, the two platforms have fundamentally different objectives. So, quite what will happen is unclear. Many users are now claiming they will delete the app, but thats easier
Date: Jan 26, 2019
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
The Pitfalls of Facebook Merging Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp Chats
Such a change to how chat works on the three brands isn't just a potentially massive shift for usersit also seems to have stirred deep controversy within Facebook itself, and may have contributed to the departure last year of WhatsApp cofounders Jan Koum and Brian Acton.
nstagram's Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger reportedly left after Facebook asserted more control over their brainchild's direction, while WhatsApp's Jan Koum is believed to have quit over Facebook policies that might have compromised privacy in the name of generating revenue (the other founder, Brian Acton
Date: Oct 22, 2018
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Facebook exec David Marcus attacks WhatsApp cofounder
Today Forbes published an interview of Brian Acton that contained statements, and recollection of events that differ greatly from the reality I witnessed first-hand. As a result, I felt compelled to write about the actual facts.First there are few companies out there that empower and retain founders and their teams for as long as Facebook does. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger thrived at Facebook for six years, Jan Koum and Brian Acton over four and three years, respectively. For some of them, Facebook is the place they di
Their departure brings to mind the path taken by the founders of (fellow Facebook acquisition) Whatsapp, Jan Koum and Brian Acton. Acton left a year ago and later tweeted "#deleteFacebook" during revelations over the company's privacy issues, while Jan Koum announced his departure earlier this year,
Date: Sep 25, 2018
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Facebook’s plan to let companies it buys live independently is over
That was also the plan for WhatsApp, but founding pair Jan Koum and Brian Acton managed four and three and a half years, respectively, at Facebook following their $19 billion acquisition in 2014. VR firm Oculus, another billion-dollar purchase, lost co-founders Palmer Lucky (political scandal)and