Management
Siamak Taghaddos
President and Chief Executive Officer
As co-founder, president and CEO of GotVMail, Siamak Taghaddos has guided the company's exponential growth and awareness, achieving profitability just months after the company's formal launch, and inclusion on the Inc. 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
Taghaddos was recently featured on the inaugural installment of the new CNN business program, "Young People Who Rock," and was selected among the country's "Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek. Additionally, he was named to the 2006 "40 Under 40" young entrepreneurial leaders by American Venture Magazine; named a small business "Power Player" by Entrepreneur Magazine; selected for the Boston Business Journal's "40 Under 40" business leaders list; and recognized as the "Massachusetts Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Taghaddos has also been featured in various business publications, including the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe as well as being profiled in the recently published university course book about entrepreneurship and growth strategies, Entrepreneurship, written by William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis.
Prior to co-founding GotVMail in 2003, Taghaddos launched a successful online distribution company offering discounted pagers throughout the United States. Taghaddos also developed business and marketing strategies for College Coach, LLC, a Boston-based educational consulting firm offering individual college placement guidance to college-bound teens.
Born in Iran and raised in the Boston area, Taghaddos graduated with distinction from Babson College in Wellesley, MA, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in entrepreneurship and marketing. While at Babson, he achieved a number of academic and business honors, including winning the coveted 2003 "Business Plan Competition," and receiving both the 2003 "Outstanding Student in Entrepreneurial Activities Award," as well as the 2002 "Student Business of the Year Award." Taghaddos is a member of the Iranian Association of Boston.
David Hauser
Chief Technology Officer
As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of GotVMail, David Hauser has engineered the company's overall technology roadmap, enabling it to become an Inc. 500 company. Hauser continues to promote GotVMail's innovation by managing the company's engineering teams, network operations, and QA testing. This hands-on approach has resulted in the most reliable and state-of-the-art virtual phone system for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Hauser was recently featured on the inaugural installment of the new CNN business program, "Young People Who Rock," and was selected among the country's "Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek. Additionally, he was included among the "40 Under 40" talented young leaders by American Venture Magazine; was named a small business "Power Player" by Entrepreneur Magazine; and recognized as the "Massachusetts Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Hauser has also been featured in various business publications, including BusinessWeek and the Wall Street Journal, as well as authoring a chapter about his experience launching GotVMail in "Student Entrepreneurs Giving Back: 10 Student Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories of Social Impact."
A technology start-up veteran, Hauser co-founded Return Path, an e-mail performance management company with many Fortune 500 clients on its roster. Hauser also launched WebAds 360, a ground-breaking ad-serving technology provider for small and mid-sized businesses. In addition, Hauser has consulted for various technology companies as well as mentoring budding entrepreneurs at his alma mater, Babson College.
Hauser received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Babson College. While at Babson, he garnered several awards, including the prestigious "Small Business of the Year Award," the 2004 "Coastal Region Global Student Entrepreneur Award," and the 2004 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards' "Innovation Award." Hauser is a member and serves on the board of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), and is a Global Advisory Board member of the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE).
Stephen Kramer
Michael London