Career
CEO
CEO
CEO, co-founder
CEO, co-founder
Head of P2P Initiatives
Head of P2P Initiatives
Founder, CEO
Red Swoosh: Akamai meets Cisco meets P2P
Update: Red Swoosh acquired by Akamai in April, 2007
http://gigaom.com/2007/04/12/akamai-goes-p2p-buys-red-swoosh/
Red Swoosh's products and services make broadband entertainment a viable business. Our technology massively reduces the cost of video delivery while moving the content at several times the speed to end-users.
OUR TECHNOLOGY
Red Swoosh is running the world's largest Data Grid in the world with over 200,000 machines simultaneously connected, and 3M machines worldwide participating. We deliver data at speeds equal to premium CDNs and do so without having to ever pay for bandwidth again.
Co-founder
Internet's first multimedia search engine, and 1st generation of P2P filesharing,
Education
Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering - Business Economics
Skills
Core technical and professional competencies
Leadership & Strategy
Strategic Leadership
Organizational Scaling
Venture Capital Investment
Business Development
Epic Problem Solving
Team Management
Technical Expertise
P2P Networking
Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Data Grid Technology
Software Development
System Architecture
Entrepreneurship & Finance
Startup Founding
Fundraising
Mergers & Acquisitions
Market Disruption
Global Expansion
Domains
Primary
Technology, Venture Capital, Transportation & Logistics
Secondary
Real Estate Tech, P2P File Sharing, Content Delivery
Tags
Personality
Visionary, Serial Entrepreneur, Disruptor, High-Growth Focus
Focus
Technology, Global Scale, Problem Solving, Investment
Audience Metrics
Gender
Male 65.7%, Female 34.3%
Age Distribution
25-34 (64.5%), 35-54 (17.8%), 18-24 (12.4%)
Top Countries
US (13.1%), BR (11.7%), IR (8.6%), IN (7.0%)
Top Cities
Tehran (2.7%), Baghdad (2.2%), New York (1.5%)
Social Metrics
Twitter/X
233.0K followers
63.7K followers
Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ component provides verifiable facts about Travis Kalanick's career timeline, focusing on his roles at Uber, CSS and 10100, and his earlier ventures.
He is the CEO of CSS and 10100, a fund and organization focused on scaling companies and solving epic problems.
Kalanick launched CSS and 10100 in March 2018, shortly after his departure from Uber.
His first venture was Scour.net, a P2P file-sharing company he co-founded in 1998.
Red Swoosh, Kalanick's content delivery network, was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2007.