Britt Blaser
I embedded myself at the Dean Campaign because there wasn't going to be a second first Internet Presidential campaign. I discovered that there were a host of small technical insufficiencies that kept Dean from attracting 10 x the members who signed up.
For 35 years, Britt Blaser has been forming companies and organizing projects to seize opportunities dimly glimpsed by others. In the 70's and 80's, he was a real estate developer in Colorado, work requiring the formation of partnerships, creative financing and quasi-governmental agencies to deliver utilities and, in one case, to develop an interchange on a federal highway. Developments included a community shopping center, large-scale land developments and the invention of a solar home design for which he was awarded U.S. Patent 4420036.
In 1986-92 Britt was the angel investor and later President and CEO of Dynamac Computer, the first authorized Macintosh clone.
In
1992-4, he co-founded the Trust Company of Washington in Seattle.
He escaped the DotBust and since then has advised clients on a range of increasingly
technical projects.
Britt has an eclectic background: Patrol Leader, Colorado Outward Bound School (climbed five of Colorado's 14,000 ft. peaks); USAF combat pilot in Vietnam (awarded 2 Air Medals and 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses); ski instructor; Trustee and Development Director, Colorado Academy (Colorado's largest independent school); Trustee, Colorado Children's Chorale; Author, Xpertweb peer-to-peer reputation protocol; Senior advisor for Internet strategy for the Howard Dean Campaign; Senior architect for web strategy, Spirit of America; Widely read blogger at "Escapable Logic".
Now based in Manhattan, Britt founded and serves as CEO of Open Resource Group, LLC, a developer of a comprehensive content management system for spontaneous community-forming. The architecture and user orientation is based on lessons learned from the Howard Dean campaign and the Spirit of America project. ORG's clients are communities that want to grow and organizations seeking to inspire and support a dynamic community around their efforts.