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Company Overview of oDesk Corporation

Company Overview

oDesk Corporation operates an online employment platform that enables employers to hire, manage, and pay a flexible online workforce. It offers enterprise services, including crowd sourcing programs, content creation, development teams, content moderation, business process outsourcing, and translation and localization. The company hires employees for various categories, such as web development, software development, networking and information systems, writing and translation, administrative support, design and multimedia, customer service, sales and marketing, and business services. oDesk Corporation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

901 Marshall Street

Suite 200

Redwood City, CA 94063

United States

Founded in 2004

Phone:

650-853-4100

Fax:

650-853-4101

www.odesk.com

Key Executives for oDesk Corporation

Chief Executive Officer and Director
Executive Chairman
Age: 49
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 48
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2012.

oDesk Corporation Key Developments

oDesk Corporation Appoints Gregory Stanger as its New CFO

oDesk Corporation has hired Gregory Stanger as its new CFO. Stanger was the former CFO of Expedia Inc. and Chegg Inc.

oDesk Corporation Presents at 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference, Jan-11-2012 04:30 PM

oDesk Corporation Presents at 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference, Jan-11-2012 04:30 PM. Venue: The Palace Hotel New York, 455 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, United States.

oDesk Corporation Names Thomas Layton as Executive Chairman

oDesk Corporation announced that Thomas Layton has been appointed as the company's new Executive Chairman. In this position, Layton will work closely alongside CEO Gary Swart in an active operating role leading the oDesk(R) online workplace. Most recently, Layton served as CEO of Metaweb Technologies until its acquisition by Google in 2010.

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