Globalisation:Jason Liebman

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Biography

Jason Liebman is a former investment banker at Credit Suisse and is also a board member and co-founder of the Alliance for Youth Movements. He is also a co-founder of Howcast. [1] Liebman also worked at Applied Semantics before Google purchased it in 2003. [2] After Applied Semanics was purchased by Google, Liebman went on to work for Google for 4 years where he "played an integral role growing strategic content licensing and monetization relationships for the YouTube, Google Video and AdSense teams". [3] Like his fellow co-founders of the Alliance for Youth Movements, Jared Cohen and Roman Tsunder, Liebman is a member of the group Gen Next which was set up by Tsunder. [4] During the 2008 United States Presidential Election, Liebman donated $5000 to the McCain/Palin Victory 2008 committee on the 3 November 2008 and this money was eventually transferred to the Republican National Committee on the 31 December 2008. [5] Through this donation, it would appear that Mr Liebman is a Republican Party supporter.

Howcast

Howcast was set up in February 2008 with the intention to provide the "largest - and highest quality - how-to videos on the internet" and has links to companies and public bodies such as the State Department, US Department of Defence, Kodak and Ford. [6] Liebman set up Howcast with the help of three other people, which also included his twin sister Darlene. [7] Howcast has offices in both San Francisco and New York. [8]

Further References

Jason Liebman's Twitter Page
Profile on Alliance for Youth Movements
Howcast Homepage
Profile on Howcast
Jason Liebman's article on Digital Diplomacy


Notes

  1. "Alliance for Youth Movements Profile" accessed on 14 October 2010
  2. "Management Team Profiles" Howcast.com, accessed on 14 October 2010
  3. "Gen Next: Member Profile" Gen-Next.org, accessed 14 October 2010
  4. "Gen Next: Membership Profiles " Gen-Next.org, accessed on 14 October 2010
  5. "FEC Individual Contributions List" FEC.gov, accessed on 14 October 2010
  6. "Alliance for Youth Movements Profile" Movements.org, accessed 14 October 2010
  7. "Howcast Management Team" www.howcast.org accessed 14 October 2010
  8. "About Howcast" Howcast.com, accessed 14 October 2010