Fred Stutzman

Investments

Projects

Help manage distractions online

Freedom (formerly MacFreedom) is the free program that blocks distracting apps and websites on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, so you can be more productive.

With Samuel Craig Johnson, Danny Nguyen, Allison Milchling, Alexandra Dempsey

Silent Listeners: The Evolution of Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook

Researcher, Developer · Over the past decade, social network sites have experienced dramatic growth in popularity, reaching most demographics and… · More

Faces of Facebook: Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality

Researcher, Developer · We investigate the feasibility of combining publicly available Web 2.0 data with off-the-shelf face recognition software for… · More

Experience

Freedom

Founder, CEO 2014 - Present (almost 2 years)

Make Technology Less Distracting · Co-Founder and CEO of Freedom (https://freedom.to), a platform that enables people to be more productive by managing digital distractions. - Bootstrapped company to launch... more

ClaimID.com

Founder, CEO 2006 - 2011 (about 5 years)

Manage your online identity · With Terrell Russell, developed ClaimID, one of the first social-web identity management services. First time I was bit by the startup bug, and I learned a ton. - Grew site... more

Carnegie Mellon University

Postdoctoral Researcher 2011 - 2012 (about 1 year)

At CMU I did some very cool work on face recognition technology, and published two major papers (Cal Law Rev, Wash Law Rev) about privacy and obscurity. These papers are the... more

The Motley Fool

Software Engineer

Developed infrastructure automation tools, and managed infrastructure expansion projects.

Nortel Networks

Co-Op

Completed co-op rotations in software development, software testing, and business development.

Founder

Freedom, Eighty Percent Solutions, ClaimID.com

Employee

The Motley Fool, Carnegie Mellon University, Nortel Networks, Freedom, Eighty Percent Solutions, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ibiblio

Board Member

Freedom, Eighty Percent Solutions

Education

What I Do

I've spent the majority of my career either building or studying consumer software. I'm particularly interested in identifying emerging technological challenges and building novel solutions.

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Achievements

Bootstrapped Freedom and ClaimID to hundreds of thousands of users. Convinced incredibly talented people to work with me.

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Skills

User Experience Research Software Engineering Executive Management Bootstrapping

What I'm Looking For

Not seeking employment.

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Locations

Asia New York City Silicon Valley

Markets

Clean Technology Consumer Internet Enterprise Software Mobile Health Care

References

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I worked under Fred at the start of my career and we've kept in touch in the years since.

Fred wants to solve hard problems the right way, and he has the understanding and intuition to pull it off. With his broad diversity of experience in industry and academia, Fred has a uniquely rich and detailed perspective on the complicated and ever-changing problems that arise as our lives increasingly move into the online space.

John Bachir

Co-Founder & CTO at Medstro. Software engineer and product creator with a decade of experience in media, content management, retail, and open source.

Your connections to Fred

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Fred Stutzman

Co-founder and CEO @Freedom • Previously founder @ClaimID.com • Faculty at CMU and UNC-CH • Developer at The Motley Fool, Nortel, Ibiblio.

I've spent the majority of my career either building or studying consumer software. I'm particularly interested in identifying emerging technological challenges and building novel solutions.

Bootstrapped Freedom and ClaimID to hundreds of thousands of users. Convinced incredibly talented people to work with me.

Not seeking employment.