About Us
Why Pickv?
Earlier this year, following a breakup, I wondered how I was ever going to meet someone that I connect with. I knew that there had to be a better way to find someone than the traditional dating sites that were already out there. Tired of reading profiles of guys who all said that they were "funny," I wanted to know exactly what kind of funny. I wanted to know if he could sit through the quirky little movie "Me and You and Everyone We Know" and laugh until snot came out of his nose. The best thing that came out of that breakup was that the idea for this site was born. I wanted to create a site where users could easily find someone to connect with based off of their favorites. Everyday we see people carry around their music players and wear their headphones; we listen to so much music and consume so many movies and pieces of literature, that our favorites of these become a bit of our personality dna of sorts. So, instead of having to sift through profiles full of exaggerated "About Me" sections, and having to answer tons of personality questions, I wanted to create a different kind of site - a site that was easy and quick to use, where I didn't have to write much, answer much, or read much, and where people with similar favorites were simple to spot and connect with. I hope that Pickv helps you find someone!
Posted by Christina, December 2009
The Team
Prior to Pickv, Christina most recently worked at YouTube. Joining as an early employee in 2005, she was the company's first UI Designer, and helped to create many of the site's most prominent features. Later, she went on to lead the UI Design for YouTube Mobile, and was responsible for creating an interface that brought YouTube videos to cell phones. Before joining YouTube, Christina worked at MRL Ventures, NASA Ames Research Center, and Keynote Systems. She holds a Master's Degree in Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Prior to Pickv, Dwipal was one of the early engineers at YouTube. At YouTube he helped create many of the site's most visible community features, including Channels and maintained important core functionality such as the video encoder which ensured that the site was robust. Dwipal started the mobile group at Youtube, and launched YouTube's various mobile offerings on devices like the iPhone, Android and Helio, as well as the mobile Website. Before joining YouTube, Dwipal worked at PayPal and Elitecore Technologies, where he helped build online payment and billing systems, focusing on security and scalability. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, where he focused on Streaming Media Technologies.
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