About Us

Company

Zecter is a Silicon Valley startup creating technology that transforms the way people access and store content.

We have two products, ZumoDrive and ZumoCast.

ZumoDrive is a simple service that lets people sync, share and store files in the cloud. Content stored in ZumoDrive are accessible from anywhere and anytime.

ZumoCast unlocks the content on your computers, enabling you to access them from your mobile devices and any web browser, effectively turning your computers into a Personal Cloud that's accessible from anywhere. ZumoCast is optimized for media, and is designed to stream music and video across any connection.

Background

Zecter was founded in 2007. The company has raised capital from Y Combinator, Tandem Entrepreneurs, and Sherpalo Ventures.

Contact

Feel free to contact us about the product, business development or press.

Team

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David Zhao
David is a technologist who spent the past 7 years building applications for the Web. Prior to Zecter, David developed applications and services at Amazon, where he got a taste of building internet-scale applications and cloud computing.
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Kevin West
Kevin left Microsoft to co-found Zecter. You would find Kevin at the gym or poker rooms when he's not working on ZumoDrive. Kevin's the only person here that can play expert on drums in Rock Band.
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Vijay Mani
Before Zecter, Vijay was at Microsoft developing document sharing products. He joined Zecter when the company was head quartered in a living room. Vijay is the only person in the team that has completed a marathon. (So he claims)
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Joyce Chen
Joyce is our user experience and interaction designer. She's responsible for coming up with easy to use user interfaces for ZumoDrive. Joyce has a degree in Informatics from University of Washington.
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Adam Thorsen
Adam built Facebook apps prior to Zecter. He is responsible for the online file browser and other parts of the media experience. Adam is also the author of Playground, a useful tool for web developers.
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Bryan Pham
Bryan joined ZumoDrive because he wanted to use ZumoDrive for Linux. Now he maintains our Linux releases. Bryan occasionally shares his music with everyone at the office....through his headphones.
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John Pang
John spent the last four years working on distributed file system at Isilon Systems. At Zecter, he leads our quality efforts, making sure everything we release goes through the proper beating. John can be found on top of mountain peaks when not in the office or teaching people how to do it without hurting themselves.
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Greg Nelson
Greg graduated from the University of Utah and Stanford. From there he went to work for PowerReviews where he built technology for online retailers. Greg has a personal passion for cloud storage, and when he discovered ZumoDrive he just had to be a part of building it. In his free time, Greg enjoys movies, reading, and camping with his wife, dog, and turtle.
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Mochi Monster
Mochi is the company dog. He probably has the easiest job at the office. Sleep, eat, play, then repeat. His favorite toys are Adam's sandals, John's shoes, Kevin's shoelaces, and David's jeans. Mochi has been working for ZumoDrive since he was a puppy.
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