in General

Headquartered in New York City's Silicon Alley, AlleyCorp is a network of affiliated companies founded by Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman, the former CEO and CTO of DoubleClick, respectively.

www.alleyinsider.com <http://www.alleyinsider.com> | real-time digital business news and analysis
www.gilt.com <http://www.gilt.com/vip/david> | members only access to luxury and fashion brands
www.musicnation.com <http://www.musicnation.com> | online music community uniting artists and fans
www.pantherexpress.net <http://www.pantherexpress.net> | rapid and reliable content delivery network
www.shopwiki.com <http://www.shopwiki.com> | breakthrough international shopping search engine
www.10gen.com <http://www.10gen.com> | innovative Web development platform

Kevin P. Ryan, CEO & Co-Founder:

Kevin P. Ryan, one of Silicon Alley's most well known Internet entrepreneurs, has started six New York-based businesses - Alley Insider, Gilt Groupe, Music Nation, Panther Express, ShopWiki and 10gen - in the past three years. He presently serves as chairman and CEO of AlleyCorp, which oversees each of the six companies.

Prior to AlleyCorp, Kevin was first president then later became CEO of DoubleClick. There, he was instrumental in building the company from a 20-person startup to a global leader with over 1500 employees. Silicon Alley Reporter voted DoubleClick "New York Company of the Year" and Kevin was named one of the "50 Most Influential Business People" by Crain's New York Business.

Aside from his professional responsibilities, Kevin serves on the boards of Human Rights Watch and the NYC Investment Fund and is a member of the Insead International Council, the Yale International Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the first inv