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Two Years With Kiva
This month marks our two year anniversary loaning to small entrepreneurs worldwide through the Kiva “loans that change lives” program. It’s been a great payoff seeing so many people succeed and pay us back so we can lend again. We started with only four loans in December of 2008 and now have over 160 loans, totaling more than $4,000 lent.
For just $25 per loan, you can help an entrepreneur reach their goal too! It also makes a great holiday gift
Jeremiah Joins the Team
Jeremiah Hemphill was hired a little over four weeks ago as an engineer here at Cloudspace. He comes to us from the University of Rochester where he graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Music. He plays the Euphonium, it looks like a tuba but smaller, and is big into robotics. If the last name sounds familiar that because his brother, Jacob Hemphill, is also an engineer at Cloudspace. He is going to UCF in the fall for a Computer Science Masters degree. Welcome Jeremiah!
Mashable Impressed by Tweetpo.st
This week Mashable featured Tweetpo.st on their “10 Impressive New Implementations of Facebook Connect” list.

Meet the Team: Dave
Meet Dave Geffken. Dave has been working with Cloudspace for almost 6 years and is our resident non-profit website and application specialist. He is also currently getting trained for our agile development team which he will be joining in the coming month. As you will read below, Dave is big into watching football, snowboarding and pinball. And now here’s more about Dave:
Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I grew up in a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale called Lauderhill. I went to a small Catholic school in Lauderdale Lakes called St. Helen’s. Typical Florida suburb upbringing; played with friends in the neighborhood after school, went to summer camp at the local park, played sports at school and with the city. I went to the beach a lot and learned how to surf, skim board, wake board and water ski.”
Meet the Team: Jacob
Meet Jacob Hemphill. Jacob is the youngest engineer at Cloudspace and works with our Professional Services team. He is also currently a student at the University of Central Florida. He is a quick learner, a very dedicated employee and a great addition to the team! He has a very bright future with Cloudspace. Now on to the interview…
Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in the United States, but I grew up in several parts of the world, namely the USA, Russia and the Philippines.”
Tim is Presenting at Ignite Orlando
Tim will be presenting “300 Seconds of OAuth” at Ignite Orlando on Wednesday, March 4. Ignite Orlando is a free event that brings individuals with like interests together for a night of learning, drinking and networking. The event starts at 7pm and is being held at Slingapours in the Wall Street Plaza downtown. So if you are in the Orlando area Wednesday night, check out Tim’s presentation and meet up with other members of the Cloudspace agile team at Ignite Orlando!
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Meet the Team: Michael
Meet Michael Orr. Michael is the CEO and overseer of everything here at Cloudspace. He is one of our top engineers and has recently joined efforts with our Agile Development team. Outside of work, he is big into comic books (Comic Book Wednesdays!), animals, Nine Inch Nails and traveling. Michael brings his excitement of the internet to the team and is a great person to work with as you will read below…
Where were you born? Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I was born in Owensboro, Kentucky and I moved around a lot. After Kentucky I lived in Knoxville, TN; Jacksonville, FL; Lawrenceville, GA; Lake City, FL; Waycross, GA; Atlanta, GA; Palm City, FL; Orlando, FL. I’ve lived in Orlando now longer than any of the other places, I came to Orlando in August 2000.”
Meet the Team: Austin
Meet Austin Flores. Austin is one of the newest engineers at Cloudspace and is currently working with our Professional Services team. He came to us from the UCF Techrangers in December last year; yet another programmer we have snatched from them. Not only is Austin a skilled engineer but he is also a talented swing dancer and beer connoisseur. He makes his own beer (all different kinds that are yummy) and teaches dance on Friday nights at UCF. So check him out if you want to learn some moves and drink some homemade brew. Now on with the interview…
Meet the Team: Roozbeh
Meet Roozbeh Meghdadi. Roozbeh is our in-house graphic designer, as well as professional photographer. Any website design that we have launched for ourselves and our clients, in the last three years, have all been his creations. Roozbeh is the type of person that says “anything is possible”, especially with the web; a true go-getter and as you will read below an inspiring addition to our team.
Where did you grow up & what was it like there?
“I grew up in Tehran, Iran. It’s not like what you see on TV or the news, it’s a different culture. It has a big city feel like NYC.”
Meet the Team: Tim
Meet Tim Rosenblatt. Tim has been an engineer at Cloudspace for almost two years and is the Director of our Agile Development Team. He actually worked at Cloudspace over 5 years ago but opted to be a Techranger at UCF while finishing school. We are glad to have his smiling face, off-the-cuff sense of humor (as you will read below) and enthusiastic input back at Cloudspace! If you happen to be in the Orlando area February 7th, check Tim out at the acts_as_conference. He will be presenting “OAuth and APIs: Sharing your data without leaving your zipper down.” Now on to the interview…

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