About LivingSocial

LivingSocial.com is a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to review and share their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer. As the most comprehensive interest-based online community, LivingSocial is now helping more than 6.4 million users catalogue their interests, seamlessly integrating with Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, and Orkut. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C. To start cataloging your interests, or to find out more information about LivingSocial, visit www.livingsocial.com.




Aaron Batalion

Tim O'Shaughnessy

CEO and Co-founder

Tim is the CEO of LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to review and share their favorite movies, books, music, games, restaurants and beer. He's part of the original visionary team behind the product, which integrates users' interest profiles seamlessly with Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, and Orkut. Most recently, Tim led the consumer products team at Revolution Health where he integrated multi-million dollar acquisitions into the company, and previously, he managed product launches at AOL. When he's not working to make it easier for users to share and discover their own passions online, he's usually reading, traveling, or trying to take in a ball game. Tim graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in Marketing and Operations & Information Management.
Eddie Frederick

Eddie Frederick

President and Co-founder

Ed is the president and co-founder of LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to share reviews of their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer. Ed's extensive experience in product development, software design and operations enables him to rapidly translate ideas into deployed implementations. Prior to co-founding LivingSocial, he designed and built innovative product prototypes and platform infrastructure at Revolution Health. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. When he's not working to help people review and share their interests online, you can find him in an Apple store spending money on their latest hardware. As a big reader and movie fan, Eddie's favorites are ReadingSocial and ReelSocial.
Aaron Batalion

Aaron Batalion

CTO and Co-founder

Aaron is the co-founder and chief technology officer for LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to share reviews of their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer. Aaron brings extensive experience in strategy and development to LivingSocial, having led technology direction for multiple web properties that reached millions of users. Prior to LivingSocial, he was Architect at Revolution Health, and led design and development for Blockbuster's Online Subscription effort. Aaron holds degrees in Computer Science and Japanese from Lehigh University. When he's not working to help people review and share their interests online, he enjoys traveling around the world and getting lost in the Japanese countryside. Aaron's love for craft beers means BrewSocial is his favorite.
Val Aleksenko

Val Aleksenko

CIO and Co-founder

Val is the co-founder and chief information officer for LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows people to share reviews of their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer. Val is a software development veteran with over 18 years experience in building and deploying complex systems. His recent assignments include leading a team of developers at France Telecom and helping with launching RevolutionHealth.com. Val studied Computer Science at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine. When Val isn't working, he enjoys adding film noir movies and sci-fi books to his LivingSocial collections but his two cats have other ideas for his free time.