Steve Glenn is an entrepreneur committed to social change both through for- and non-profit organizations.  He is currently the founder and CEO of LivingHomes, LLC, www.livinghomes.us, a developer and builder of modern, prefabricated homes, designed by world-class architects, that feature healthy/green materials and energy systems and an affordable to moderate price point.  The company’s first product, designed by Ray Kappe, is in development for a site in Santa Monica, California. 

 

For the past several years, Glenn has been working with the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation as a volunteer on a variety of projects.  Most recently he helped to organize an initiative with the American Heart Association to address childhood health and nutrition. The project was announced in April, 2005. Between 2002-2004, Glenn worked full-time with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) and managed the development of a $330 million program in Mozambique which will provide care and treatment to over 350,000 HIV+ individuals over the next five years. 

 

Glenn is founder and former Chairman and CEO of PeopleLink, the leading provider of enterprise ecommunity solutions. Under Glenn's leadership, PeopleLink developed a multi-million dollar a year business providing software and services to clients including Oracle, GE, MTV, Paramount, Reuters and CBS.  In addition, PeopleLink raised over $35 million in investment from firms including AT&T, GE, Harbourvest, Hicks Muse and Goldman Sachs. 

 

Before PeopleLink, Glenn was a co-founder and Partner of idealab!, a business incubation firm which raised over $1 billion in equity and that founded a number of successful companies including GoTo/Overture (OVER), NetZero/United Online (UNTD), CitySearch (TMCS), Tickets.com (TKTS), eToys and CarsDirect.

 

Prior to idealab!, Glenn worked for Walt Disney Imagineering as co-director of the Virtual Reality Studio, where he oversaw the development of various virtual reality and online products, including attractions for EPCOT Center, Disneyland and Disney Quest.

 

Before Disney, Glenn was the Vice President of the Entertainment Group at SimGraphics Engineering where he led the development of the VActor Animation System, the first real-time character animation system, and built a profitable business selling systems and services to companies including Nintendo, NHK, TV Globo, Sony, Microsoft and the BBC.  

 

Glenn began his technology career while still in college, when he co-founded Clearview Software, the developer of Claris SmartForm Designer and SmartForm Assistant.  Clearview was sold to Apple Computer where Glenn later served as a marketing specialist.

 

He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Organizational Behavior, from Brown University, and received a scholarship for the Career Discovery Program in Urban Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, a State Farm Exceptional Student Fellowship Award for graduate study and a one year Fellowship in Public Affairs with the Coro Foundation.  Glenn was a co-founder and serves on the board of the Kaia Parker Dance Fund and the Hope Street Group.  He is a member of the board of directors of LA Works and is a Trustee for Alternative Housing for the Aging.

 
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