Our Team
Mike Stone - Co-Founder, President, and Chief Marketing Officer
Michael Stone is a 2007 graduate of Tufts University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Communications and Media Studies. Michael studied abroad in Talloires, France as well as Melbourne, Australia, and helped teach and administer a Tufts study abroad program in France. He has extensive and international background in the marketing industry through his experience in account management at Arnold Advertising, in Boston and Melbourne, Australia. Michael was also a Fellow in the Spring 2007 StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation, where he was a winning team member of the Social Innovation Competition and a co-founder of DisasterLink, a natural disaster relief satellite communication system. Michael is excited to couple his experience in marketing and social entrepreneurship with his passion for travel at Abroad101.
Adam Miller - Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Technology Officer
Adam Miller is a 2007 graduate of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He began providing computer consulting services at the age of thirteen and has been providing technology consulting services to early-stage companies under the business name Vident Technology for the past few years. Vident Technology operates under the umbrella of The Newport Beach Company, Inc., which aims to become a leader in web start-up incubation. Miller is the former Director of Business Development for CPI Interactive, a Southern California business process management and web technology firm. Miller also sat on the board of Campus Venture Network, operator of StudentBusinesses.com, which was recently sold to the Kauffman Foundation.
Mark Lurie - Co-Founder
Mark Lurie is a 2007 graduate of Harvard College. He has initiated and led several ventures including a summer storage service at Harvard grossing $70,000 in FYE2005. In these ventures Mark managed employees and oversaw the development of an e-commerce platform. In 2004, Mark was selected as a semi-finalist in the Harvard Business School 2004 Business Plan Competition. Mark also has experience in financial services, through which he gained familiarity with a range of financial instruments; In 2006 he marketed and traded interest rate derivatives and currency derivatives as a Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank. Mark has been accepted to Harvard Business School and has deferred for two years. He is excited to be working on Abroad101!
Danielle Ain - Study Abroad Analyst
Danielle Ain is a 2009 graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. She graduated with a major in Sociology and a minor in Philosophy, completing a Sociology thesis that examined the world of "professional volunteers." At Hamilton, Danielle worked in the admissions office as a tour guide and was also a member of the Hamilton College Orchestra. During the spring semester of her Junior year she studied abroad in Prague, Czech Republic. While there, she traveled to over twelve different cities and developed a passion for traveling, Czech art and international politics. Danielle is very excited to be working at Abroad101 where she can incorporate her love of foreign cultures, learning, and higher education into her everyday life.
Marc MacLeod - Software Developer
Marc MacLeod graduated from Tufts University in 2010 with a dual degree in Economics and Computer Science. He incorporated, built, and ran his own online e-commerce business for 2 years in high school, before working as an Engineer at Boylston Technology Group in Boston and as a Research Systems Intern at GMO. In addition to his passion for sports cars, Marc is interested in entrepreneurship and the social web.
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