Eric Pulier

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Eric Pulier
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Harvard University
OccupationEntrepreneur

Eric Pulier is an American entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California.

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Early life and education

Pulier was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, [1] where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1984. [2] He began programming computers in the fourth grade and started a database computer company in high school. Pulier began studying at Harvard University in 1984. He majored in English and American literature, was an editor and wrote a column for The Harvard Crimson , and took classes at neighboring school MIT. He graduated magna cum laude in 1988. [3] [4]

Career

Pulier moved to Los Angeles in 1991, where he founded People Doing Things (PDT), a company that addressed health care, education, and other issues through the use of technology. In 1994, he founded the interactive agency Digital Evolution. The company merged with US Interactive LLC in 1998. [3] Pulier led the effort to build Starbright World, a private social network for chronically ill children where they can chat, blog, post content and meet others who share similar experiences. [3] [5]

In 1997, the Presidential Inaugural Committee selected Pulier to create and execute the Presidential Technology Exhibition in Washington D.C. called "The Bridge to the 21st Century." [6] Following the exhibition, he participated in then-Vice President Al Gore's health care and technology forum and advised on health care and technology initiatives. [3] Pulier is also a supporter and participant with the Clinton Global Initiative. [7]

Pulier founded numerous other ventures, including Vatom, Desktone, Media Platform, Akana, and others. He also co-authored Understanding Enterprise SOA, a book on service-oriented architecture. [8] He is a former board member of Genius Group. [9]

On 13 April 2015, Pulier resigned from CSC following a bribery scandal related to his selling of the company ServiceMesh to CSC and was subsequently indicted for bribery in 2017. Although criminal charges were dismissed with prejudice, [10] in a related 2021 civil complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Pulier consented to a judgment of $4.8 million in penalties. [11]

In Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia IT executives Keith Hunter and Jon Waldron both faced charges of receiving bribes from Pulier. Hunter pleaded guilty in 2016 and was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. [12] In May 2024, Waldron was convicted for accepting AUD$3M in bribes from Pulier [13] via the latter's registered company, ACE Inc.

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Erica. "How Eric Pulier is Helping to Shape the Software Industry", Gazette, September 11, 2017. Accessed September 11, 2017. "Eric Pulier was born in Teaneck, New Jersey."
  2. ↑ Education Archived 2017-09-12 at the Wayback Machine , EricPulier.com. Accessed September 11, 2017. "Mr. Pulier graduated from Teaneck High School in 1984."
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mand, Adrienne (1 February 1999). "IQ Insider: Vision Thing". adweek.com. Adweek. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Writer: Eric Pulier". thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson, Inc. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Kaplan, Karen (3 November 1997). "Turning a Bit Stream Into a Raging River". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Shiver Jr., Jube (20 January 1997). "A Romp in D.C.'s Playground". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Bassett, Deborah. "The Clinton Global Initiative: Inspiring Change". peacemagazine.org. Peace Magazine. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Understanding enterprise SOA. WorldCat. OCLC   62585081 . Retrieved 3 July 2015– via worldcat.org.
  9. ↑ "Two Leading Experts in AI, VR, and Exponential Technologies Appointed to the Genius Group Board". GlobeNewswire. 18 Oct 2023. Archived from the original on 23 Oct 2023. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
  10. ↑ Jennifer Duke. "US court drops bribery charges against former CBA executive". Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ↑ Kim, Mee (7 September 2021). "2021-068: SEC. Eric Pulier". National Law Review. Eric Pulier, who, without admitting or denying the allegations, consented to a judgment of $4.8 million
  12. ↑ "Ex-Commonwealth Bank IT executive Keith Hunter jailed for bribery". The Australian Financial Review. 20 Dec 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Mills, Kelly (14 May 2024). "Former CBA IT manager found guilty of bribery scam". Australian Computing Society. Retrieved 18 June 2024. Pulier himself made the payments to the two CBA IT executives through ACE Inc, a corporation registered by him.
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