Our Team

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Ben Bassi, President and CEO

Ben Bassi, founder and CEO of CommonPlaces, is a seasoned Internet veteran and marketing executive. As the Chief Operating Officer of the Firefly Network, the Web's first personalized community, he led the company’s efforts in developing e-business and privacy solutions for companies like Barnes & Noble, Cendant, MasterCard, Marriott, Proctor & Gamble, and Yahoo! During this time, Bassi also helped to pioneer Internet privacy standards while working with the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft, and Netscape.

As one of the first business executives of Lycos, Bassi was responsible for creating many of the first portal traffic agreements in the industry, and licensing the Lycos portal technology to over 35 companies internationally, including GTE, Microsoft, Netscape, Time Warner and Viacom. Bassi also directed Lycos' joint venture with Bertelsmann, publishing over 50 Internet books. Prior to Lycos, Bassi was VP of North America at Object Design, ranked number one on 1994’s “INC. 500” List.

Ben Bassi's Web Experience

Ben Bassi has a proven track record on the Web. Below are some examples of early Web development projects he directed as COO of the Firefly Network and VP of Business Development at Lycos, Inc:

• Provided hosted Web services for: MSN 1.0, Prodigy, CompuServe, AT&T WorldNet, Sprint, GTE Supper Pages, Blockbuster Video, and MTV Music Guide.
• Built the Firefly Network, one of the Internet’s first personalized communities.
• Launched My Yahoo!, the Internet’s first personalized webpage.
• Created online business-to-business directory for Dunn & Bradstreet.
• Provided off-line Web search catalog for Corel Software.
• Organized a joint venture with Bertelsmann and AOL to deliver online service.
• Partnered with Macmillan Computer Publishing to published 50 Internet guides.
• Provided the infrastructure for Barnes & Noble’s initial e-commerce website.

Our team consists of talented designers, trained marketing professionals, and the most experienced web developers in New England. The members of our team possess both professional training and hands-on experience in their areas of expertise. At CommonPlaces e-Solutions, you will find the three things any Web project needs to be successful: Strategy, Creativity and Technology.

Strategic Marketing Solutions

When you partner with CommonPlaces, you'll be tapping into the Web knowledge of a talented team of online marketing professionals and copywriters. With years of experience in Internet marketing, online advertising, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising, you can be assured that our marketing team will deliver winning strategies to ensure the success of your Web project.

Creative Designs

Our design team excels in creating appealing, captivating websites with CSS and Flash functionality. With an average of seven years of digital design and web programming experience as well as Internet business knowledge, our designers possess not only a keen eye but also a keen insight into the business goals of each project. Our design team has experience working with such major sites as TJX Companies (TJ Maxx, Bobs Stores, Marshalls and Home Goods.com), Polaroid, Bizatomic, and DeWhirst.

Experienced Developers

The engineering team at CommonPlaces continuously demonstrates their ability to solve complex issues with innovative and efficient solutions. The team possesses an average of twelve years of programming and application development experience, and is comprised of industry experts in custom Drupal development, online communities and social networks, Web content management systems and secure e-Commerce solutions. Our development team has experience with: