Aaron Patzer

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Aaron Patzer (born November 20, 1980) is an Internet entrepreneur.[1] He is the founder of Mint.com, a financial management tool which was acquired by Intuit in 2009.[2] He was later founder and CEO of Fountain.com, which was sold to Porch.com in 2015.[3] He later founded Vital, a health app, becoming CEO.[4]

Early life and education

Born in 1980[1] in Madison, Wisconsin, Patzer graduated from Central High School in Evansville, Indiana. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 with a BSEE from Duke University.[5] His bachelor's degrees were in computer science, electrical engineering and computer engineering.[1] In 2004, he completed an MSEE from Princeton University[5] in electrical engineering.[1]

Career

Patzer began his career in the Internet boom years of 1998–2000, working for Getawebsite.com and Miadora.com (an online jewelry store).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Before founding Mint, he was a technical lead and architect for the San Jose division of Nascentric. Previous to that, he worked for IBM and founded PWeb and International, both two web development companies.[6][7] Patzer helped build the cell microprocessor in the PlayStation 3.[8]

Mint.com

After a number of engineering positions and Internet startups, Patzer founded Mint.com in March 2006,[7] becoming CEO.[7] According to Patzer, the inspiration for Mint.com came to him in late 2005 after being frustrated with how difficult it was to use Intuit's Quicken product.[9][10]

Patzer developed the full alpha version of Mint.com (in Java J2EE and MySQL) in 2006 before he met Josh Kopelman (founder of half.com) and Rob Hayes at a STIRR dinner in the fall of 2006.[11] The meeting led to funding, and Patzer launched Mint.com at the TechCrunch40 conference a year later, in September 2007, winning the $50,000 first prize.[12] In September 2008, Patzer was listed in Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30.[13]Template:Not in source

On September 14, 2009, Intuit announced that it would buy Mint.com for US$170 million.[14] According to TechCrunch, Patzer was criticized in the startup industry for selling the company for too little.[15] At the time of the announced sale, Mint.com had an estimated 1.5 million users.[2] Mint had over 10 million users as of mid-2012.[16]

Intuit

After the sale of Mint, Patzer joined Intuit as VP Product Innovation[17] and was "tasked with improving Quicken."[18] In 2011 he was working on a new personal transportation system,[17] splitting his time between the new venture and his position at Intuit.[19] In 2011, TechCrunch reported that Patzer's next project would be called "Swift" and was exploring the "feasibility of building a personal maglev vehicle transit system."[17] He left Intuit in December 2012 in order to be able to focus on his new ventures.[19]

Leonardo and Fountain.com

Patzer founded Leonardo Software Inc. in September 2013.[20]

In 2013, Patzer launched Fountain.com along with Jean Sini, CTO. The software aims to connect users to any expert on mostly any topic for free via smartphones.[21] In early 2015, the software focused solely on home and garden issues.[22] Fountain.com was sold to Porch.com in October 2015. While Sini became the leader of Porch's San Francisco office, Patzer stepped down as CEO and became a Porch product adviser, relocating oversees for personal reasons.[3]

Vital Software

In January 2017,[6] Patzer relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, to start Vital Software Ltd.[23] Vital is said to "bring that consumer-focused mindset to emergency rooms and hospitals to help them organize patient flow."[24] In 2019, Vital raised $5.2 million in funding, launching on April 24, with Patzer as CEO.[4]

Personal life

In 2015 Patzer had a residence in San Francisco.[22] He had a house in New Zealand as of 2018,[1] where he had also purchased a farm.[1]

References

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