Doug was born in a rural suburb of Philadelphia. After graduating from college with a computer science degree from Bucknell University in 1992, Doug moved to San Francisco to develop his skills as a programmer, working at several Bay Area startups as a web developer and IT Manager. Since then, he has helped dozens of niche organizations develop sophisticated web-based database systems, including e-commerce and CRM applications. In 2008, he teamed up with a local farmer and bakery owner to create Eugene Local Foods, an online aggregator of local produce for Eugene, OR. Doug first wrote Local Food Marketplace technology to run Eugene Local Foods. Based on the success of Eugene Local Foods, Local Food Marketplace was born.
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