DotNetNuke Corporation
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DotNetNuke Corporation is the steward of the DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke is an open source web content management system based on Microsoft .NET technology.DotNetNuke was written in VB.NET, though the developer has shifted to C# since version 6.0. It is distributed under both a Community Edition BSD-style license and commercial proprietary licenses as the...

 open source
Open source
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 project, the most widely adopted web content management system
Content management system
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 (CMS) and application development framework for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke is an open source web content management system based on Microsoft .NET technology.DotNetNuke was written in VB.NET, though the developer has shifted to C# since version 6.0. It is distributed under both a Community Edition BSD-style license and commercial proprietary licenses as the...

 to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranet
Intranet
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Company overview

DotNetNuke Corporation was founded in 2006 by the leadership of the DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke is an open source web content management system based on Microsoft .NET technology.DotNetNuke was written in VB.NET, though the developer has shifted to C# since version 6.0. It is distributed under both a Community Edition BSD-style license and commercial proprietary licenses as the...

 open source project - Shaun Walker, Nik Kalyani, Joe Brinkman and Scott Willhite. In November 2008 the company raised Series A financing from Sierra Ventures and August Capital. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...

. In February 2009 the company launched the first commercial version of the DotNetNuke framework, the DotNetNuke Professional Edition, for critical web applications.

The company's main product is the DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke is an open source web content management system based on Microsoft .NET technology.DotNetNuke was written in VB.NET, though the developer has shifted to C# since version 6.0. It is distributed under both a Community Edition BSD-style license and commercial proprietary licenses as the...

 Web Content Management Platform which is available in both a free Community and subscription-based Professional and Enterprise Editions. DotNetNuke Corporation also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase third-party modules and skins for the DotNetNuke platform.

Key people

The Board of Directors of DotNetNuke Corporation includes:
  • Navin Nagiah, President and CEO
  • Shaun Walker, Co-Founder and Chief Architect
  • Tim Guleri, Managing Partner, Sierra Ventures
  • Vivek Mehra, Partner, August Capital
  • Larry Augustin
    Larry Augustin
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    , Angel Investor
  • Frank Artale, VP of Business Development at Citrix


The leadership team consists of experienced open source and business entrepreneurs:
  • Navin Nagiah, President and CEO
  • Shaun Walker, Co-Founder and CTO
  • Bob Cortale, VP of Sales
  • Terry Erisman, VP of Product Marketing
  • Lee McGrath, CFO
  • Scott Willhite, Co-Founder/Director of Community Relations
  • Joe Brinkman, Co-Founder/Technical Fellow

Additional information

The official website is located at www.dotnetnuke.com.
A LinkedIn company profile page is available at www.linkedin.com/companies/dotnetnuke-corporation
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