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8 <center><h6>About Freeside Internet Services, Inc. and the Freeside project</h6></center>
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10 <p>Freeside had its start as an internal application for a large regional ISP in 1996. In 1998, after obtaining copyright to the code from his former employer, Ivan Kohler releaesd the first open-source version of the code.
11 Growing demand for commercial support and services prompted him to start providing Freeside consulting full-time in 2001.
12 <p>Freeside Internet Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2005. Focused initially on development, offerings expanded to support, services and hardware. Jeremy Davis joined the team in 2009 as our Director of Support.
13 <p>The company provides consulting services, pre-configured hardware, support, customization and training for the Freeside billing system and other aspects of ISP and network operations. Freeside Internet Services, Inc. is a privately held California corporation.
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22 <b>Ivan Kohler</b><br>
23 <i>President and Janitor</i>
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32 <b>Jeff Finucane</b><br>
33 <i>Software Developer Extraordinaire</i>
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48 <b>Rebecca Cardennis</b><br>
49 <i>Designer Emeritus</i>
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58 <b>Julia Murillo</b><br>
59 <i>Shipping and Receiving, Interim director of music selection</i>
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