Meet the Local Splash Technology Team
DAVID J RODECKERFounder and CTO
DAVID has been involved with high-technology companies for over a decade. David led technology development at Interchange Corporation, launching local.com which became the fastest growing local search destination hitting 4.4MM unique visitors in 3 months. Over 6 years, David held key senior positions at Interchange which IPO’d in 2004, raising $22MM. As a founding partner at Mail2World, he created an e-mail service, establishing its use to 6.5MM hosted mailboxes in 3 with clients ICQ, iVillage, EsMas and NetIdentity. David has appeared on CNBC and TechTV evangelizing Web-hosted software services. At PIMCO, the world’s largest manager of fixed income portfolios, David led the implementation of a high-capacity electronic exchange, which conducted over $1.2 trillion dollars in trades during its first year. David has also consulted as a technical analyst to Fortune 500 companies. David graduated with an Engineering degree from the University of Southern California as a Phi Kappa Phi scholar and holds an MS degree in Biomathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Get to know Dave, watch his Meet the Local Splash Team episode here!
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EADE “EJ” HOPKINSON III.T. Manager
Started: February, 2010
EJ is a great man of mystery who enjoys making people laugh. He has an MA from Cal State Long Beach and hopes to progress far in his career and life. His parents have made a great impact on his life and made him the man he is today.
Favorite quote: “In the words of the all-knowing tiger, never trust squirrels.”
Get to know EJ, watch his Meet the Local Splash Team episode here!
CHUCK JANCOSenior Web Developer
Started: March, 2004
CHUCK enjoys watching his 2 daughters grow, teaching them new things and also learning a lot from them. He likes to travel, camp, hike, watch the History Channel and play with fun technologies like GIS. He is an Army veteran, Cal Poly Pomona graduate and has 12 years of experience as a Web Developer.
Favorite quote: “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
BENJAMIN VAN DRUNENDeveloper
Started: November, 2009
BEN likes to play sports, video games, and waste time on technology blogs and websites…oh and work sometimes.
Favorite quote: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” -Mark Twain
Get to know Ben, watch his Meet the Local Splash Team episode here!
HITESH CHOUDHARYDeveloper
Started: April 2011
PRIYA GANDHIDeveloper
AJAY RAHATEKARSoftware Developer
ASHRAF ELNASHARSenior Software Developer
Started: March 2012




