Intelius: a Company Profile
Based in Bellevue, Washington, Intelius is an information commerce enterprise that provides predictive intelligence by virtue of innovative information to consumers and businesses. Intellius ranks among the top 100 commerce sites on the Internet, offering products and solutions relevant in decision making as well as in protecting loved ones, businesses, and assets.
Brief History
In 1996, Naveen Jain left Microsoft Corporation, after seven years of working for the computer technology company, to form his own firm InfoSpace. For a time, he led the company, which offered private-label Internet search services. In 2002, Naveen Jain left his position as CEO at InfoSpace and in January 2003 — along with a group of creative minds who came from Microsoft and InfoSpace — he founded Intelius.
Executive Team
William Owens
Chairman
Naveen Jain
Chief Executive Officer
Paul Cook
Chief Financial Officer
William Kerr
Chief Corporate Officer
Kevin Marcus
Chief Technology Officer
Edward Petersen
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
John Arnold
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Chandan Chauhan
Senior Vice President, Product Marketing
Niraj Shah
Executive Vice President, Engineering
Anu Jain
Vice President, Community Relations
Products and Services
Intelius offers a wide selection of products and services including protection services such as identity protection, criminal checks, and reverse cell phone directory; information services including basic people search, email lookup, and business people search; verification services such as property check, reverse phone search, and background check; and business services counting employment screening, tenant screening, and customized business solutions.
Awards and Recognitions
Only six years in the business yet Intellius has attracted numerous praises from different institutions including:
- Fastest Growing Private Companies 2008 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Rising Star (Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program 2007)
- Inc.500 Fastest Growing Company, Security Category 2007 (Inc. magazine)
- Best New Company 2006 (American Business Awards)
