Commercializing New Media

Eric Olson is Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners’ first Associate. His responsibilities include sourcing deals and working on due diligence.

Prior to DFJ Portage Olson worked in Partner Development at Google and in Business Development for DFJ Portage backed startup FeedBurner which was acquired by Google in June 2007.

Olson started his career as an analyst at Cambridge Associates in Boston, MA where he focused on alternative assets and particularly Venture Capital.

In his spare time Olson is one half the founding duo of TECH cocktail, a quarterly networking event for technology people in Chicago and the Midwest, which draws in 500+ of the best Midwest entrepreneurs each quarter.

Eric also volunteers at World Bicycle Relief where he advises on web strategy.

Olson holds a B.S. in Finance with a minor in Information Technology from Bentley College (magna cum laude).

John Lustina divides his time between developing the strategic, long-term course of the company, managing key campaigns, and forging and maintaining relationships between Intrapromote and its partners.

His fierce devotion to clients and their investment is illustrated by his obsession with metrics and the ability to show clients substantial and consistent return on investment (ROI) from Search Engine Optimization dollars.

Along with Co-Founder Doug Ausbury, John formed Intrapromote in 1999 as an alternative to traditional online marketing houses, with the ultimate goal of offering a broad base of Search Engine Marketing services. John’s vertical SEO specialties include hospitality, luxury travel and major media/news sites.

Ian Freed joined Amazon in 2004 as director of mobile products and services. Now in Amazon’s Digital Services division, he oversees the business division including product marketing and engineering for end-to-end product and services in digital media, including Kindle, Amazon’s wireless reading device.

Before joining Amazon Digital, Freed was vice president of mobile products and services with RealNetworks, Inc. where he oversaw business development, marketing, product management, and product development globally. He previously served as president of his own company, Ian Freed Consulting where he worked from 1991 to 1997. Prior to that, he was a consultant at Richard A. Eisner & Company and Kalba International.

Freed earned his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Dartmouth College and his master’s degree from Harvard University.