Dick is cofounder and CEO of FeedBurner. Previously, he cofounded and was CEO of Spyonit.com. Spyonit was sold to 724 Solutions in September 2000. Prior to Spyonit, Dick cofounded Burning Door Networked Media, a web design and development consulting company. Burning Door was acquired by Digital Knowledge Assets in October 1996. Prior to Burning Door, Dick was at Andersen Consulting for 8 years, where his roles included Senior Manager, Strategy, Application Products Group and Senior Manager, Application Infrastructure, Eagle Advanced Technology Group.

Google searches may also reveal Dick's theater experience which includes, among others, numerous roles and performances with Chicago's Annoyance Theater, television appearances in the UK, and several years of improv shows at international comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Montreal, and Australia.

Dick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

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Places Dick has spoken or will be speaking

• Web 2.0 Conference 2004 October 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA
• South By Southwest 2005 March 11, 2005, Austin, TX
• Software & Information Industry Association May 11, 2005, Chicago, ILChicago Brown Bag Lunch: Strategies for Online Content & Advertising
• Syndicate New York 2005 May 17, 2005, New York, NYRSS & Advertising - An Expanding Impact
• RSS, Email, IM: The Battle For Inbox Attention June 2, 2005, San Jose, CA
• Web 2.0 Conference 2005 October 5, 2005, San Francisco, CAWeb 2.0 Ad Models: A New Approach to Marketing?
• Search Engine Strategies Chicago December 5, 2005, Chicago, ILThe Premier Event for Search Engine Marketing & Optimization
• SDForum Search SIG: The Search for Attention March 16, 2006, San Francisco, CA
• Venture Voice Startup Workshop June 26, 2006, New York, NYJoin Dick and others to learn how to start and grow an innovative business.
• AlwaysOn Media NYC January 29, 2007, New York, NYDick Costolo joins Jonathan Carson, CEO, Nielsen BuzzMetrics, Joe Davis, CEO, Coremetrics and Paul Donato, SVP and Chief Research Officer, Nielsen Media Research in a workshop titled, "How Does the Internet Change Media Metrics?"
• 2007 Media Summit February 7, 2007, New York, NYJoin FeedBurner's video-friendly CEO, Dick Costolo, along with executives from Yahoo!, Grouper, VideoEgg and Deloitte & Touche LLP on Wednesday, February 7th at 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM.
• ETech Conference 2007 March 26, 2007, San Diego, CALeerless feeder, Dick Costolo, joined David Hornik and Dave McClure for a session titled, "1/2 Baked"
• NAB2007 April 17, 2007, Las Vegas, NVVegas-bound Dick Costolo will present on a panel with executives from Revver, Nielsen, Disney, and NBC Interactive.
• Supernova 2007 June 20, 2007, San Francisco, CADick Costolo joined Leszek Izdebski, Ted Shelton, Ryan Freitas and Evan Williams from 10:30-noon to speak about The Changing Forces in Advertising.
• The Future of Web Apps October 3, 2007, London

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Interviews Dick Has Done

• Wall Street Journal: Happy Blogiversary July 14, 2007
• Chicago Sun-Times: FeedBurner makes transition July 2, 2007
• Crain's Chicago Business: Info Junkie: Future-minded June 25, 2007
• Wallstrip: Wallstrip - 5-25-07 Dick Costolo May 25, 2007
• SeekingAlpha: Interactive Q&A: Dick Costolo, Co-Founder and CEO of FeedBurner April 25, 2007
• Business Week: Cutting Edge Podcast with Dick Costolo March 13, 2007
• Financial Times: Entrepreneurs change the rules to cash in on clips February 15, 2007
• Chicago Sun-Times: How we read, view media in 2007 will revolutionize ad business January 1, 2007
• Book: Citizen Marketers December 1, 2006
• EContent: EContent 100 2006 November 15, 2006
• Guardian Unlimited: A bigger bang (Weekend Magazine Web 2.0 Issue) November 4, 2006
• Folksonomy: Interview with FeedBurner October 24, 2006
• Chicago Sun-Times: The introduction of something new October 23, 2006
• WebProNews: Interview - FeedBurner CEO Dick Costolo October 9, 2006
• Web担当者 現場のノウハウVol.2: GMOアドネットワークス＋FeedBurner, Inc. September 27, 2006
• Chicago Sun-Times: FeedBurner's investors have its technology at their fingertips September 25, 2006
• MarketWatch: Monetizing popular RSS feeds September 7, 2006
• E-Commerce News: The Dawn of the 'Personable' Computer July 27, 2006
• Venture Voice: VV Show #36 - Venture Voice Startup Workshop Coverage (part 1) July 26, 2006
• Business 2.0 magazine: What's Next/Who's Next: Branding the Feed (July 2006) July 1, 2006
• StreetIQ.com: The Buzz at StreetIQ.com (Exclusive podcast with Red Herring 100 winners) May 26, 2006
• WebProNews: FeedBurner Blazes Trail For Web Ads May 17, 2006
• Crain's Chicago Business: The new face of technology (pt. 1 of 2) May 1, 2006
• Business Week Online: Some Lessons on RSS Ads from Feedburner February 11, 2006
• Crain's Chicago Business: Info Feeder January 19, 2006
• ClickZ: Where Are We Going? Well, Where Have We Been? December 30, 2005
• btobonline.com: Reuters signs on with FeedBurner for RSS December 16, 2005
• Guardian Unlimited Technology: The Price of Full Feeds: Unwanted Advertisements and Commercial Pressure are Forcing Some Bloggers to Offer Just Partial Feeds of Their Postings December 8, 2005
• eWeek: Yahoo Adds RSS Reader to Mail Update December 5, 2005
• eWeek.com: Yahoo Will Add RSS to Mail Service November 30, 2005
• Performancing: Interview: FeedBurner's Dick Costolo on RSS Ads November 22, 2005
• Red Herring: Advertising Moves to RSS November 7, 2005
• Wall Street Journal Online: Really Simple Sale October 24, 2005
• Red Herring: Web Ad Should Be Smarter (Login Required) October 6, 2005
• cmomagazine.com: Not So Simple August 1, 2005
• National Post: The Economics of Blogs July 11, 2005
• Crains Chicago: A Really Simple Future (Subscription Required) June 27, 2005
• marketingstudies.net: RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 2 - RSS Advertising and Specific RSS Measurements June 16, 2005
• Venture Voice: VV Show #1 - Dick Costolo of FeedBurner (part 1 of 2) June 15, 2005
• marketingstudies.net: RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 1 - Different RSS Metrics Approaches June 14, 2005
• MarketWatch.com: Podcasts growing at frantic pace (Login Required) June 10, 2005
• BusinessWeek Online: His Mission: Simplify Podcasting May 24, 2005
• ClickZ: Lessons from the Cutting Edge: RSS Advertising May 13, 2005
• internetnews.com: RSS: Feed Me the Money November 26, 2004
• internetnews.com: Ads Making Overtures in RSS November 22, 2004

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