Eric Pulier

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

Eric Pulier
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Entrepreneur

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]

Legal Issues

On 13 April 2015, Pulier resigned from CSC related to a dispute over a non-profit he funded that engaged 11 experts in technical fields, two of whom were allegedly unauthorized by their employer to moonlight. As these two individuals had been IT employees of a customer in the past, a controversy arose, resulting in allegations of bribery. Pulier maintained his position from the start that his actions were legal, ethical, and properly documented. After careful review, the DOJ dismissed the matter in its entirety with prejudice, "in the interest of justice."<ref> In addition, a copycat case the SEC brought in the matter was settled on a no-admit/no-deny basis, with all allegations of intentional fraud removed. The settlement included no bars on serving as an officer or director of public companies, and no bar on continuing his work with the U.S. government. An erroneous press release improperly reported that he paid disgorgement, while in fact he paid nothing out of his own pocket and all allegations of intentional fraud had been removed. Pulier filed a petition to the SEC to have that press release corrected, though it still is discoverable on the internet. In the aftermath of the vindication, Pulier returned to his work with governments and enterprise partners and customers. Jennifer Duke. "US court drops bribery charges against former CBA executive". Sydney Morning Herald.