Eric R. Korb
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Eric Korb is known for his successes, leadership and a keen eye for technology. Korb, a true visionary, has been founding high-tech companies since 1983.

A person who thrives on challenges, Korb has succeeded in business through his honesty, perseverance, vision and implementation skills. Korb believes that communication is key to all relationships.  He is not afraid of trying something that's never been done before.  Korb is one to discover, invent, and initiate things that motivate others to follow his lead.

Drawing from his broad range of experiences, Korb can assist businesses in a variety of areas.  His enthusiasm and high-energy is infectious, allowing him to motivate at all levels of the organization.  He advises on corporate direction, marketing and sales. Using his technical expertise, Korb is helping companies digitally enable their business processes, ranging from implementing new technology to establishing an Internet presence.

Korb is notable for his ability to quickly assess a business challenge and then implement a solution that has an immediate positive impact.

Currently, Korb is the co-founder and managing partner of Lawyer Links, LLC (www.lawyerlinks.com), which provides an online research service for corporate legal advisors.  The service, designed by Korb, is the first to deliver aggregated legal content without the use of search. In 1998, Korb founded ComLinx, Inc., which was one of the first Internet companies to offer web-based business-to-business teleconferencing.  As CEO and Founder, Korb designed the software applications and managed the many day-to-day operations of the company. The company enabled over 10,000 participants to collaborate using his trademarked WEBINARŪ eVent Hosting Services.

Prior to launching ComLinx, Korb founded Xecute, Inc. in 1990 and in four years built it into a $5 million master reseller of high-end TCP-IP, X-Windows and telecommunications products and services.

This success followed Korb's formation of Access Graphics in 1989 by merging another of his companies, CADsource, with two similar firms. That same year, he led Access into the UNIX workstation business market in a partnership with Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Inc.  This resulted in building a indirect channel of over 4000 resellers and Access subsequently reaching $2 billion in sales.

Honors Korb has earned include being selected in 1989 by Reseller Management magazine as one of its "Key Players in Distribution." In 1988, at age 28, New Jersey Business magazine added Korb to its "Business Watch" list and he was a "Arthur Young Entrepreneur of the Year" finalist. Korb has published numerous professional articles and has been keynote speaker for leading industry conferences and expositions.

Korb lives in central New Jersey. He graduated from the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University in 1981 with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management & Computer Science. He is an avid sports fan, enjoys golf, fine art, photography and charity work.
 



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"What it takes to be an entrepreneur"
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Purdue University, Sept. 27, 2002
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