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The Anti-Spam Blog exists to demystify the tactics used by both spammers and the anti-spam industry.
Ken Simpson
The Anti-Spam Blog is led by Ken Simpson, Co-Founder and CEO of MailChannels, winner of Red Herring Canada Top 50 Award for promising companies taking new technology to market. Founded in 2004, MailChannels specializes in stopping spam before it reaches your email server. He believes that integrity and ecstatic customers are not mutually exclusive — that the ‘giants’ of the anti-spam industry could be doing more for the sake of innovation. Ken is also the Chair of the Botnet Sub-Committee for Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG).
Desmond Liao
Desmond is responsible for demand generation and corporate communications. Previously, he held positions at Hoggan + Associates, a leading public relations agency representing clients such as SAP Business Objects and Electronic Arts Canada. Earlier, he managed Community Relations for OMNI TV (formerly Channel M). Desmond has a B.A. from Simon Fraser University, Dean’s Honor Roll, and is an alumnus of Leaders of Tomorrow by the Vancouver Board of Trade.
Phil Whelan
Phil began his career in the UK working for various companies such as the Internet startup Jungle.com, one of the pioneers of online retail in Europe. He later started his own software company, Thoughtman Software, producing and selling video editing software before traveling to Japan to work for one of Japans largest Internet portals, Livedoor.com. At Livedoor.com he was primarily responsible for the search engine of the high-traffic retail store and book selling website, as well as the administration of the Livedoor.com homepage. On returning to the UK Phil began working for BBC on the iPlayer project, which later won BAFTA award. He moved to Vancouver, Canada, in early 2007 and has been working for MailChannels ever since.
David Cawley
David spent 5 years at Symantec as a senior member of the Brightmail team, in which time he has had experience in both a Team Lead role as well as his most recent highly technical role. David has worked on several patent proposals, among them an invention for automated spam filter creation (Proposal ID: 200503081151), now pending with the USPTO. In 2003 he was awarded the Outstanding Effort Recognition Award from the Brightmail CEO Enrique Salem and in 2004 he was awarded the Symantec A++ award from the Director of Business Intelligence in recognition of his significant contributions to the organization. He was also awarded the Symantec A++ award from the Director of Engineering.
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