Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Maveron Taps Zynga For EIR

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron has snagged a former executive of social gaming firm Zynga as its newest entrepreneur-in-residence. According to Maveron, it has added Andrew Trader, the former Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Zynga, as EIR in the firm's San Francisco office. Trade was also formerly CEO of Utah Street Networks, which operated Tribe.net, and also was a co-founder at web analytics firm Coremetrics. Maveron said that Trader will focus on exploring web-enabled consumer service opportunities.