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Auren Hoffman is a three-time software entrepreneur who is currently an Entrepreneur In Residence at Blumberg Capital (www.blumbergcapital.com) in San Francisco. Auren was previously the Executive Vice President of Bullhorn Inc. -- a front-office software company serving staffing and recruiting firms.

Prior to Bullhorn, Auren was CEO of BridgePath Corporation, an enterprise software company to recruiting and staffing firms that enabled collaborative placement transactions. He raised over $9 million in venture capital from Charter Ventures and W.R. Hambrecht. He sold BridgePath to Bullhorn in 2002. Auren previously founded Kyber Systems, an Intranet development firm, which managed the implementation of Intranet and extranet systems for Bain & Company, Sybase, Charles Schwab, ASUS, and many others. He sold Kyber Systems to Human Ingenuity in 1997 where he served as Vice President of Consulting. Auren is also a non-employee co-founder of GetRelevant (sold to Lycos in 2002).

Auren is a trustee of the Junior State of America Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Northern California. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the founder of the Silicon Forum. Auren also serves as Chairman of the New Century Leadership Circle (http://www.newcenturycircle.org). In 2002, Auren was named to Bill Simon's Task Force on Homeland Security. George Magazine named him one of six future leaders, was named one of the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 by VAR Business, was named one of the Top 100 most influential people in the recruiting industry by Recruiter Magazine, and was named one of the Bay Area’s most eligible bachelors by the Nob Hill Gazette.

Auren writes a monthly column called Summation (http://www.summation.net) and is the co-author of the book 21st Century Selling. Auren holds a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.