Addicted.com provides addiction recovery resources and tools for addicts,
family members and friends throughout the Internet community. We provide
help to our visitors through online tools such as our Zip Code Locator,
which can locate help nearby, including addition treatment centers,
counselors, doctors and psychologists.
Originally designed as an addiction treatment referral service, Addicted.com
now provides many other features including online forums, social networking
and professional advice through Q&A's. Our goal is to maintain a well-known
site for people to visit when they need advice, answers, assistance or just
someone to talk with. Common addictions our visitors deal with include drugs,
alcohol, gambling, sex, over-eating, gaming and shopping.
We have also realized the need for an online "Aftercare" program.
Commonly, addicts are sent to a 15 to 30 day treatment center for rehabilitation.
After their stay, they often find themselves back home in the same environment –
with the same temptations. We have designed, what we call, our Online Aftercare
Program that allows the recovering addicts to logon to our site and chat in
real-time with the alumni and counselors from their previous treatment stay.
This gives them instant access to help that they are familiar with – from the
comfort of their own home. We are offering a place where anyone can logon and
find help 24 hours a day.
John S. Shegerian
jss@addicted.com
Shegerian, Addicted.com's founder is also the Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI). Established in 2002, ERI is an Electronic
Waste collector and recycler, specializing in the environmentally safe and socially responsible dismantling of
electronic items such as computers, televisions and monitors. Electronic Recyclers International is
recognized as the Number One Electronic Waste Recycler in the state of California and one of the largest in
North America.
Shegerian was also co-founder and CMO of
www.finanicialaid.com , one of the most successful student loan companies in the country. While at
financialaid.com, John created www.rateyourcampus.com (a college student
polling and feedback community) which then led to the creation of www.campusdirt.com
(which evolved into the most relevant and trafficked college search engine). Last but not least,
www.campusclix.com was created and became one of the first college social networking
properties on the web. In October 2004 John and his partners sold financialaid.com and all the aforementioned affiliated
properties to Education Lending Group, which was purchased for $400M in February 2005 by CIT (NYSE: CIT) . Shegerian went on
to create and be the Founder of Addicted.com, dedicated to the promise of a comprehensive, interactive website that could
help those struggling with the disease of addiction.
Shegerian is driven by his commitment to innovate and develop companies that benefit and inspire others and are socially
responsible. Shegerian has a 25 year track record of quickly converting start-ups into large, highly successful business
enterprises.
Shegerian serves alongside Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a member of the California
Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth and was recently appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve on the Governor's
Gang Advisory Committee, focused on providing the State's top legislators with guidance pertaining to policies geared toward
the reduction of gang and youth violence. In 1993, he also co-founded Homeboy Tortillas and Homeboy Industries, which continues to serve as a paradigm for urban renewal in America and was awarded
the New York Stock Exchange "Building for the Future" Award for creating new jobs and opportunities for gang-impacted
youth in post-riot Los Angeles. John is also the recipient of the prestigious "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award,"
presented by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Committee to businessmen working to provide compassionate solutions
for society's problems.
Passionately espousing his trademarked mantra that "Green is Good," Shegerian serves as an executive board member of
the Alliance Toward Harnessing Global Opportunities , as a board member of the
Coalition
for Clean Air, as a corporate board member of the Environmental Media Association, and as a board member on the VerdeXchange for Innovations and Developments
in the Green Economy. He also serves on the Fundraising Committee and as an Ambassador of Education at California State
University at Fresno. Shegerian also serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Fresno and on the Media Relations
steering committee for the State of California's Integrated Waste Management Board.
Eric Rawn
erawn@addicted.com
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Addicted.com. The technology infrastructure
of Addicted.com was designed and is currently overseen by Eric. With more than 10 years
of experience in business technology, Eric oversaw the creation and development of
Addicted.com's front and back end.
In 1996, Eric founded BCT Consulting, Inc.,
one of California's most advanced network
consulting firms. BCT Consulting provides technology services for hundreds of firms,
government agencies, agricultural facilities and businesses throughout the state.
Eric has a degree in Business Administration – Information Technology from California
State University, Fresno.
Christopher Rawn
crawn@addicted.com
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Addicted.com. Chris was instrumental in the
development of the corporate relations and marketing strategies for Addicted.com. Chris
has implemented ethical and moral practices in which Addicted.com has based their
business model and goals.
Christopher graduated from California State University, Fresno with his degree in Business Management.
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