Wendell Brown

Brown was born in the Appalachia region of the United States, and grew up in the northernmost Appalachian town of Oneonta where he was first introduced to computers by his father, who worked as a professor at SUNY Oneonta. Brown attended Oneonta High School, where he began computer programming, selling personal computer systems, and published his first computer article in Byte (magazine).{{cite news | title =From Appalachian Hills to Silicon Valley | work =Computerworld | pages = 43 | publisher =Computerworld Magazine | date = October 1996 }}{{cite news | title =Oneonta's Own Wendell Brown | newspaper =The Oneonta Star | pages = 8 | date =March 2001 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneontahighalumni.org/wall-of-distinction/#1611786504603-80b4edbc-75fd|title=Oneonta High School Alumni Association | Oneonta, NY|website=Oneontahighalumni.org|access-date=10 February 2025}}

Brown's mother and father were both native West Virginians. His father, Foster Brown, was a statistics and psychology professor from Wheeling, West Virginia. His mother, Barbara, was an elementary school teacher from Tunnelton, West Virginia. Brown has stated of his upbringing in the Appalachian region, "I'm proud of my West Virginia heritage, where my family tree has deep roots dating back to the founding of our nation, and I treasure many memories from times spent in the lush countryside of my parents' hometowns."{{cite news | title =Foster L. Brown | newspaper =Theintelligencer.net | publisher =The Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia | date =December 10, 2017 | url =http://www.theintelligencer.net/obituaries/2017/12/foster-l-brown/| access-date =28 August 2018}}

Brown graduated from Cornell University in 1983, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.{{cite web | title =Cornell Club Steaks and Startups | publisher =Cornell Club of Los Angeles | date =September 22, 2013 | url =https://events.cornell.edu/event/cornell_club_of_los_angeles_-_steaks_and_start-ups_in_west_la | access-date =5 November 2013}}{{cite news | title =Oneonta's Own Wendell Brown | newspaper =The Oneonta Star | pages = 7 | date =March 2001 }} While at Cornell, Brown became the youngest recipient to be awarded the Hughes Aircraft Bachelor of Science Undergraduate Fellowship.{{cite web|url=https://calendar.usc.edu/event/exploring_an_innovative_solution_to_reduce_gun_violence |title=Exploring an Innovative Solution to Reduce Gun Violence| publisher= University of Southern California|access-date=2023-11-05}}{{cite news | title =Oneonta's Own Wendell Brown | newspaper =The Oneonta Star | pages = 8| date =March 2001 }}

While studying at Cornell University, Brown was hired as a game designer by California-based video game publisher Imagic. Between 1982 and 1983, he created several bestselling titles including a port of the popular arcade game Star Wars for ColecoVision.{{Cite book|last=Loguidice|first=Bill|date=2014|title=Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time|location=London|publisher= Routledge|page=74|isbn= 978-0415856003}} His games Nova Blast and Moonsweeper, also for ColecoVision, became two of the bestselling home console games of 1983 and 1984 respectively.{{cite web|url=https://colecovision.dk/star-wars.htm |title=ColecoVision Game Index - Star Wars| publisher= Colecovision.dk|access-date=2023-11-02}}

For Mattel's Intellivision home video game console, Brown designed Beauty & the Beast,{{cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/imagic.shtml|title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / Imagic for Intellivision|access-date=2013-11-07|archive-date=2006-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208104806/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/imagic.shtml|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/ |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers| publisher= Dad Gum / James Hague|access-date=2023-11-01}} as well as ports of Nova Blast and Moonsweeper for Intellivision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.colecovision.dk/moonsweeper.htm|title=ColecoVision.dk presents: Moonsweeper © 1983 by: Imagic Interactive Entertainment.|website=Colecovision.dk|access-date=4 August 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionworld.com/English/FAQ/|title=Intellivision World :: Official Intellivision FAQ 7.0|website=Intellivisionworld.com|access-date=4 August 2023}} Upon graduating from Cornell University in 1983, Brown left Imagic shortly before the large-scale recession that hit the video game industry in the mid-1980s.

File:Steve Jobs with Wendell Brown in January 1984, at the launch of Brown's Hippo-C software for Macintosh.jpg with Brown at the launch of Brown's Hippo-C software for Macintosh, January 1984]]

After departing Imagic, Brown began a career as an independent computer scientist, founding Hippopotamus Software, known commercially as “Hippo,” in Sunnyvale, California. Hippo was one of earliest software developers for the Macintosh.{{cite news | title = MiniFinders | work = MacUser magazine | pages = 128 | publisher = Ziff Davis| date = May 1986}}

At Hippo, Brown created the Hippo-C development environment, which became the first C compiler for the Mac and Atari ST computer systems.{{Cite book|last=Ward|first=Terry|date=1985|title=Programming C on the Macintosh|location=Boston|publisher= Addison-Wesley|page=252|isbn= 0673182746}} From its release in 1984 until late 1985, the Hippo-C compiler was also the only C compiler for Macintosh that contained a source-level debugger, and was available in two versions, Level 1 for general users or Level 2 for professionals.{{cite news | title =Of Interest | work =Dr. Dobb’s Journal | pages = 118 | publisher =People’s Computer Company | date = June 1985 }}{{cite news | title = Reviews | work =Macworld – The Macintosh Magazine| pages = 65 | publisher = PC World Communications| date = September 1985 }} Between 1984 and 1986, Hippo published more than two dozen software programs for the Macintosh and Atari ST including games, audio and visual editing, word processing, almanacs, spelling checkers, database managers, and a utility for creating personalized sprites and fonts.{{cite news | title = A Turning Point for Atari | work =Compute! Magazine| pages = 31 | publisher = ABC Publishing| date = April 1986 }}

Among the products Brown developed at Hippo was the ST Sound Digitizer, released in 1986, co-created by Brown and one of his former Imagic colleagues, CalTech computer scientist Rick Oliver. The ST Sound Digitizer was the first audio editor of its kind for the platform, which plugged directly into the Atari ST printer port and provided users with special effects software and a microphone to sample, modify, and play back any type of sound.{{cite news | title = A Turning Point for Atari | work =Compute! Magazine| pages = 31 | publisher = ABC Publishing| date = April 1986 }} Although originally created for amateur use, the ST Sound Digitizer quickly gained popularity in major recording studios, leading Todd-AO studio owner Robert Naify to inquire with Brown about creating a more sophisticated sound editing system for professionals.{{Cite magazine|last= Pierson-Perry|first=Jim|date= 1986|title=A Sound Editing Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hogJAQAAMAAJ&q=nilford+labs|magazine=Electronic Musician|location= San Bruno |publisher=Polyphony Publishing Co.| access-date=2025-02-11}}

In late 1986, responding to the needs of recording and post-production studios, Brown and Oliver co-founded Nilford Labs in Los Gatos, California, which developed the ADAP SoundRack system, a pioneering direct-to-hard-disk audio recording system that replaced the traditional method of tape-splice sound editing.{{cite journal|url= http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/hybrid-arts-adap/973|title=Hyrbrid Arts ADAP | journal= Music Technology Magazine | first=Rick | last=Davies |date=November 1986 |issue=Nov 1986 |pages=68–69 |access-date=2023-11-02}} ADAP was used to create and edit soundtracks of Hollywood movies and TV shows, including The Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Die Hard, Born on the Fourth of July, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids.{{cite web|url= https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv4n10/hollywood.html| title=What Does Hollywood Know About Atari? | work= Start Magazine |volume=4 |issue=10 | first= Michael R. | last= Perry | access-date=2023-11-02}}

ADAP was also used by recording artists Peter Gabriel, Fleetwood Mac, The Pointer Sisters, Mötley Crüe, David Bowie, and Nirvana among others for sound effects and digital music editing. The Walt Disney Company and Toshiba used ADAP to create sound effects for rides and live action productions at Disney amusement parks in the US and Japan.{{cite news | title =Hippo-C creator Wendell Brown's new ADAP SoundRack | newspaper =Macworld | pages = 17 | publisher =Mac Publishing | date =August 1988}} MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) company Hybrid Arts acquired Nilford Labs in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/view/adap-soundrack/home|title=What is ADAP? | publisher= Chuck Peplinski |access-date=2023-11-02}}

From 1988 through the mid-1990s, Brown worked with National Semiconductor as a telecommunications cryptography expert where he built hardware implementations of DS3 algorithms.{{cite news | title =Hippo-C creator Wendell Brown's new ADAP SoundRack | newspaper =Macworld | pages = 18 | publisher =Mac Publishing | date =August 1988 }}

After leaving National Semiconductor, Brown reunited with another of his Imagic colleagues, Stanford University computer scientist Mark Klein, to co-found computer software company WalkSoftly in 1995, based in Palo Alto, California.{{cite news | title =From Appalachian Hills to Silicon Valley | work =Computerworld | pages = 43 | publisher =Computerworld Magazine | date = October 1996 }} In 1996, they developed the first mass market software cybersecurity program for PCs, including a bestselling Internet security program, Guard Dog. Their innovation was awarded the Software Publishers' Association Top 4 most innovative security products of the 1990s and named by PC Data as one of the Top 10 bestselling retail security software products of all time. WalkSoftly was acquired by CyberMedia (a division of McAfee/Intel) in 1997.

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In 1995, while Brown served as a Director and Vice President of Technology at Syncronys Softcorp, the company became embroiled in controversy after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged the company engaged in "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" by misrepresenting the performance of the SoftRAM computer program it manufactured.{{cite web|url=https://ftp.st.ryukoku.ac.jp/pub/published/oreilly/windows/win95.update/softram2.html|title=SoftRAM95 Archives | publisher= O'Reilly & Associates |access-date=2025-02-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/1996/10/c3688cmp.pdf|title=In the Matter of SYNCRONYS SOFTCORP | publisher= Federal Trade Commission |access-date=2025-02-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-25/pdf/96-18856.pdf|title=Syncronys Softcorp Proposed Consent Agreement | publisher= Federal Trade Commission |access-date=2025-02-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/containers/fix071/798077/0000950148-96-002364.txt|title=SYNCRONYS SOFTCORP | publisher= Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=2025-02-08}} The FTC settled with the company in 1996 with no admission of any violation of law by Syncronys Softcorp or its officers.{{cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/1996/07/computer-software-manufacturer-agrees-settle-charges-software-misrepresentation|title=Computer Software Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Charges of Software Misrepresentation | publisher= Federal Trade Commission |access-date=2025-02-10}}

Brown is regarded as a pioneer of Internet messaging, VoIP technologies, as well as Internet-based gig work and remote work.{{cite web|url= https://www.computerworld.com/article/2584512/start-up-gets-backing-of-e-mail-pioneers.html

|title= Startup Gets Backing of Email Pioneers | work= Computerworld Magazine | first=Linda | last=Rosencrance |access-date=2023-11-04}}{{cite web|url=https://techfreedom.org/3-reasons-why-were-challenging-the-fcc-in-court/|title=3 Reasons Why We're Challenging the FCC | publisher= TechFreedom.com | access-date=2023-11-05}}{{cite web |last=Scheiber |first=Noam |date=11 November 2017 |title=Plugging Into the Gig Economy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/business/economy/call-center-gig-workers.html |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111132218/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/business/economy/call-center-gig-workers.html |archive-date=11 November 2017}}{{cite web|title=Learn About the History of LiveOps|url=https://www.liveops.com/company/history.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420184706/https://www.liveops.com/company/history.html|archive-date=20 April 2008|website=Liveops.com}}

As co-founder and Chief Ideas Officer of eVoice, Brown created the eVoice voicemail platform in 1998, the world's first large-scale, Internet-enabled voicemail system.{{cite news | title =

Net2Phone President Departs To Run Closely Held eVoice | newspaper =The Wall Street Journal | publisher =Dow Jones & Company | date =August 25, 2000 | page= | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB967229330755943888 | access-date= 8 November 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/929531|title=Start-up Aims to Speed Internet Messaging|website=Internetnews.com|access-date=4 August 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-internet-social/6062033-1.html|title=Software Services Applications Internet Social/6062033-1.html|website=Allbusiness.com|access-date=4 August 2023}} eVoice developed techniques such as voicemail-to-email, visual voicemail, and enhanced caller ID,{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6603838B1|title=Voice messaging system|website=Google.com|access-date=2025-02-10}} innovations that are considered some of the earliest "apps," and which were later deployed by Google Voice and Apple. By 2000, the company had 1.5 million paid subscribers and also supplied white label voicemail solutions to AT&T, MCI, AOL, and regional phone companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/09/02/feat.html?sh=726815963936|title=Fresh Face at eVoice|website=Forbes.com|access-date=5 November 2023}} AOL Time-Warner acquired eVoice in 2001 where it became part of the AOL Time-Warner voice services group.{{cite web|title=Evoice|url=http://www.virtualpbxcompare.com/service-provider/evoice.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603175041/http://www.virtualpbxcompare.com/service-provider/evoice.html|archive-date=2013-06-03|website=Virtualpbxcompare.com}}

After the acquisition of eVoice, Brown left AOL Time-Warner in 2001 to co-found CallCast, a Palo Alto-based telecommunications company that merged with LiveOps in 2002.{{cite web|date=11 November 2011|title=Our History|url=http://www.liveops.com/company/history.html|website=Liveops.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101010857/http://www.liveops.com/company/history.html |archive-date=2011-11-01 }} Brown had served as CallCast chairman and chief technology officer. The same year, he was recognized as one of the Top 100 leading computer industry executives in America by technology magazine MicroTimes.{{cite web|title=Wendell Brown: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=22110183&privcapId=23378968|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131204184430/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=22110183&privcapId=23378968|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2013|website=Investing.businessweek.com}} As of 2023, LiveOps provides outsourcing solutions and social media management for a variety of industries.{{cite web|date=2023-11-05|title=Customers|url=http://www.liveops.com/liveops-customers-case-studies|website=Liveops.com}}

Brown went on to co-found another communications company, Teleo, in 2005,{{cite news | title =The meaning of free speech | newspaper =The Economist | pages = 38 | volume=377 | publisher =Economist Newspaper Limited | date = October 2005 }} an early competitor of Skype, where he created VoIP applications enabling users to send and receive phone calls over the Internet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/au/|title=IT news, careers, business technology, reviews|website=Computerworld.com|access-date=4 August 2023}} Teleo was acquired by Microsoft and became part of Microsoft's MSN group in 2006.

{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2005/08/30/microsoft-acquires-teleo-innovative-voip-technology-company/ |title=Microsoft Acquires Teleo, Innovative VoIP Technology Company|date=30 August 2005 | publisher= Microsoft.com|access-date=2023-11-02}}

In 2015, Brown started the San Francisco and New York City-based cybersecurity company Averon, which develops frictionless identity solutions based on mobile technologies.{{Cite news|last=Brooks|first=Steve|date=2018-04-20|title=Business Leader interview with Wendell Brown – CEO at Averon -|url=https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2018/04/20/business-leader-interview-with-wendell-brown-ceo-at-averon/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722205214/https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2018/04/20/business-leader-interview-with-wendell-brown-ceo-at-averon/|archive-date=22 July 2018|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Enterprise Times|language=en-GB}} Averon presented a verified location concept on the main stage of the global TED Conference in 2016, and introduced its Direct Autonomous Authentication (DAA) mobile security technology in 2018.{{cite web|last1=Ha|first1=Thu-Huong|last2=May|first2=Kate Torgovnick|last3=McClure|first3=Laura|date=17 March 2015|title=Machines that learn: A recap of Session 3|url=http://blog.ted.com/machines-that-learn-a-recap-of-session-3-at-ted2015/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318175659/http://blog.ted.com/machines-that-learn-a-recap-of-session-3-at-ted2015/|archive-date=18 March 2015|website=Ted Blog}}{{Cite web|last=Alspach|first=Kyle|date=2018-01-11|title=10 Coolest Products at CES 2018|url=https://www.crn.com.au/news/10-coolest-smb-products-at-ces-2018-480892|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233818/https://www.crn.com.au/news/10-coolest-smb-products-at-ces-2018-480892|archive-date=30 December 2018|access-date=2018-10-22|website=CRN|language=en}} Multinational telecommunications provider Telefónica is a technology partner of Averon.{{cite web|last=Lomas|first=Natasha|date=16 April 2014|title=Wayra U.K. Adds Six More Startups To Its Mentoring Program|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/wayra-uk-six-more/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418194334/http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/wayra-uk-six-more/|archive-date=18 April 2014|website=TechCrunch}}

In January 2012, the World Economic Forum in Davos honored Brown's energy efficiency inventions as a Technology Pioneer Award Nominee.{{Cite book|last=|first=|date=2012|title=World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Programme|url=

https://worldcat.org/title/1346059125|location=Geneva|publisher= World Economic Forum & World Bank|page=133|isbn=}} His high-efficiency LED lighting technology, called Nularis, is used by global franchises including Hyatt Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Brown has created dozens of U.S. and internationally patented inventions in the fields of cybersecurity, telecommunications, virtual workforce, electric vehicles, LED lighting, 3D cameras, renewable fuels, online music distribution, and mobile phone apps including WebDiet, a method of using mobile phones to count food consumption to improve health. The WebDiet app was recognized as the first app to count calories and automate meal coaching.{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/09/08/demofall-08-webdiet-uses-mobile-phone-to-help-count-calories/|title=DEMOfall 08: WebDiet uses cell phones to help count calories|website=Venturebeat.com|date=8 September 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=wendell+brown&oq=wendell+brown|title=Wendell Brown - Google Patent Search|website=Google.com|access-date=2023-11-05}}

As a Silicon Valley angel investor, Brown has also been involved in funding notable startup companies including Appeo, ADISN,{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10034606-52.html|title=iPhone app gleans healthy grub nearby|access-date=2009-11-16|archive-date=2013-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173336/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10034606-52.html|url-status=dead}} MOEO,{{cite web|url=http://vator.tv/company/moeo?competition=122|title=MOEO - Vator Profile|website=Vator.tv|access-date=2013-01-27|archive-date=2018-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106073649/http://vator.tv/company/moeo?competition=122|url-status=dead}} and IronPort,{{cite web|url=http://www.epochnews.com/artman/publish/printer_3454.shtml|title=Cisco to Acquire IronPort|date=January 4, 2007|website=Epoch News|publisher=PESource|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194636/http://www.epochnews.com/artman/publish/printer_3454.shtml|archive-date=July 10, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=January 5, 2018}} which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007 for US$830 million.{{Cite news |title= Cisco buys IronPort for $830 Million |url= http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/54992.html |first= Keith |last= Regan |work= E-Commerce Times |date= January 4, 2007 |access-date= November 5, 2013 }}

Brown's philanthropic involvements include the endowment of a named scholarship at Soka University of America (Aliso Viejo, California), support for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Aviation Safety Lab & Library, and private sponsorship of underprivileged students in South America.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

He is a longtime contributing member of the Human Rights Campaign for the advancement of LGBT civil rights, and of global Jewish service organizations.

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In 2013, Brown was honored by his hometown with a permanent plaque on Oneonta High School's Wall of Distinction for his accomplishments in business and technology.

Brown participates as a speaker, technology judge and advisor in communities including the Israel Conference,{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/theisraelconference/9033473763/|title=Daren Riley and Wendell Brown of APPEO|website=Flickr.com|date=30 May 2013 }} the World Economic Forum,{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/|title=The World Economic Forum|date=26 July 2023|website=Weforum.org|access-date=4 August 2023}} TED (conference),{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/54268|title=TED: Keys to the Future|website=Ted.com|access-date=4 November 2023}} Google and MIT Hackathons,{{Cite web|url=http://hackgeny.com/#judges|title=Hacking Generation Y Official|website=Hackgeny.com|access-date=4 August 2023}} Digital Life Design Munich and DLD Tel Aviv Conferences,{{Cite web|url=https://dld-conference.com/|title=DLD Conference: Digital-Life-Design|website=Sld-conference.com|access-date=4 August 2023}} the Web Summit Dublin,{{cite web|url=http://www.summitdublin.com/attendees/attendees-2014|title=Attendees 2014|access-date=2014-08-19|archive-date=2014-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802073921/http://www.summitdublin.com/attendees/attendees-2014|url-status=dead}} TechCrunch, CTIA - The Wireless Association,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctia.org/|title=CTIA - Home|website=Ctia.org|access-date=4 August 2023}} AlwaysOn ("Networking the Global Silicon Valley"),{{cite web|url=http://www.alwayson.goingon.com/AboutAO|title=About AO|website=Always On|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425001553/http://www.alwayson.goingon.com/AboutAO|archive-date=April 25, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=January 5, 2018}} El Financiero (Bloomberg),{{cite web|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/no-te-lo-pierdas/139-no-te-pierdas/39900-tv-via-web-mejor-inversion-que-licitar-cadena-wendell-brown.html|title=TV vía web, mejor inversión que cadena: Wendell Brown|access-date=2013-11-05|archive-date=2019-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223044332/http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/no-te-lo-pierdas/139-no-te-pierdas/39900-tv-via-web-mejor-inversion-que-licitar-cadena-wendell-brown.html|url-status=dead}} and the Mita Institute Tech Talks.{{cite web|url=http://mitainstitute.com/2013-speakers/wendell-brown/|title=Wendell Brown/|website=Mitainstitute.com|access-date=2013-09-17|archive-date=2013-09-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917002241/http://mitainstitute.com/2013-speakers/wendell-brown/|url-status=dead}}

Brown is an advisory committee member of the Progressive X Prize for automobile innovation including new fuel technologies and electric car development,{{cite web|url=http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/about/advisors|title=Advisors|website=Progressiveautoxprize.org|access-date=2011-02-04|archive-date=2011-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114001707/http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/about/advisors|url-status=dead}} an advisor to the MITA Institute Venture Fund,{{cite web|url=https://mitaventures.com/en/team/ |title=Mita Ventures Investment Advisors | publisher= Mita Ventures |access-date=2023-11-04}} as well as an advisor to Gener8, a stereoscopic 3D movie company with film credits including The Amazing Spider-Man and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Brown is a licensed private pilot and is active in the development of new airplane, rocket, and electric vehicle designs. He is married to American author Taro Gold.{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Tina|date=December 1, 2020|title=Happiness Becomes You|url=|location=|publisher=Atria Books|page=196|isbn=978-1-9821-5215-4}}

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• [https://news.microsoft.com/2005/08/30/microsoft-acquires-teleo-innovative-voip-technology-company/ Microsoft/Teleo acquisition]
• [http://www.scmagazine.com/cisco-acquires-ironport-for-830-million/article/34404/ Cisco/IronPort acquisition]
• [https://ianbell.com/2001/07/23/its-official/ AOL/eVoice acquisition]

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