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Activate Networks Appoints Former Senator Bill Bradley To Its Board

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Activate Networks, has named former Senator Bill Bradley, managing director of Allen & Company, to its board of directors. Bradley is a former member of the U. S. Senate Finance Committee, Olympic Gold medalist, NBA Hall of Fame inductee, and Rhodes Scholar.

Regarding his recent appointment at Activate Networks, Mr. Bradley noted, “I’m quite enthusiastic about the opportunity to become a member of the Activate Networks board, primarily because I feel that the company’s social and organizational network analytics work is game-changing.”

Bradley graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in American History. From Princeton, he went on to the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has authored six books on American politics, culture and economy.

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