Founders

• 

  Tim O'Shaughnessy

  CEO and Co-Founder

  Tim sets and communicates LivingSocial's core strategy, and oversees our growth as the next great consumer brand. Before LivingSocial, Tim led the consumer products team at Revolution Health and managed product launches at AOL. Tim graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in Marketing and Operations & Information Management.

• 

  Val Aleksenko

  CIO and Co-founder

  Val is responsible for maintaining the LivingSocial infrastructure, which is proven to handle millions of visitors a day. With over two decades of experience in building and deploying complex systems, Val previously led a team of developers at France Telecom and helped launch Revolution Health. Val studied Computer Science at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine.

• 

  Aaron Batalion

  CTO and Co-Founder

  Aaron is responsible for building products and solutions that meet the changing demands of our users and partners. Prior to LivingSocial, he was Architect at Revolution Health, and led development for Blockbuster's Online Subscription effort. Aaron holds degrees in Computer Science and Japanese from Lehigh University.

• 

  Eddie Frederick

  Co-Founder

  Eddie leads the Office of the CEO, which coordinates major strategic initiatives for the company. 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.

Leadership

• 

  John Bax

  Chief Financial Officer

  John oversees all things financial at LivingSocial. He most recently served at RecycleBank, where he was responsible for all finance and accounting functions, ranging from capital markets to budgeting and forecasting. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Sentient. John is also a former Wal-Mart executive. His various roles within the company included Vice President of Planning and Analysis for Wal-Mart Stores and Chief Financial Officer of Walmart.com.

• 

  Jim Bramson

  General Counsel

  Jim comes to LivingSocial from a chief counsel role at Revolution Health. Prior to that, he served nearly 10 years at AOL as chief counsel of intellectual property, products and technology. He also advised AOL's CIO, CTO, and the heads of its product marketing and new products divisions. Notably, Jim successfully negotiated the $750MM settlement of Netscape v. Microsoft antitrust action and grew AOL's patent portfolio from five to over 200 issued US patents.

• 

  Dickson Chu

  Senior Vice President, Merchant Solutions

  Dickson leads the team that develops tools and solutions for LivingSocial's merchant partners to strengthen their businesses. Prior to joining LivingSocial in 2011, Dickson was Managing Director of Digital Networks at Citi and Vice President for Global Products and Experience at PayPal. Dickson has also served in executive functions at Yahoo!, Wells Fargo, and CSC Index.

• 

  Mandy Cole

  Senior Vice President, Sales

  Mandy brings 15 years of accomplished sales and sales management experience to LivingSocial. She is charged with overseeing the company’s global sales force, as well as developing and implementing sales strategy. Prior to this role, Mandy served five years as Vice President of Sales at MyNewPlace.com. Her experience also consists of senior roles at Wells Fargo and Ticketmaster Online - City Search.

• 

  Eric Eichmann

  President, International

  Eric manages all of LivingSocial's business in five continents outside of North America. He served as COO of Rosetta Stone from 2006 to 2010. During that time, he supervised sales and marketing, international expansion, and business development, which contributed to the company's successful IPO in 2009. Before that, Eric held the SVP of Advertising Operations, Systems and Promotions position at AOL.

• 

  Jake Maas

  Senior Vice President, Consumer Businesses

  Jake oversees LivingSocial's consumer-facing businesses, from Daily Deals to Instant, Escapes, Adventures, Gourmet and Families. He formerly served as a managing director at Revolution Health Group, as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston, and as press secretary for Senator Tom Daschle's re-election campaign. Jake received his MBA from Harvard Business School and has a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

• 

  Doug Miller

  Senior Vice President, New Business Initiatives

  Doug oversees all aspects of new business development, including overall strategy, new market segments, and managing the existing client base. Prior to LivingSocial, Doug served as Global Vice President of media solutions Expedia Inc., where he led advertising sales and operations across the Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Hotwire platforms. He has also held various leadership positions at operating businesses of InterActiveCorp (IAC) including Ticketmaster and Citysearch.

• 

  Mitch Spolan

  Senior Vice President, National Sales

  Mitch is responsible for all national accounts at LivingSocial. He runs the National Sales team, and is focused on growing our relationships with top-tiered brands, as well as creating new ways to leverage LivingSocial's marketing platform. Mitch most recently served as Vice President of North American Field Sales at Yahoo! where he was responsible for all Fortune 500 advertising revenue for North America. Mitch spent 12 years with the internet giant, where he was responsible for multiple creative innovations for advertisers. Prior to Yahoo!, Mitch was a practicing Architect specializing in Architectural Acoustics. Mitch has a Bachelors degree in Design, and a Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Florida.

• 

  Jennifer Trzepacz

  Vice President, Human Resources

  Jennifer Trzepacz ('JT') is LivingSocial's chief 'people person' with a history of recognizing talent and cultivating leaders. She has held senior human resources positions at a number of global organizations, most recently as Vice President of Employee Success at Salesforce.com and prior to that as Vice President of Human Resources at Electronic Arts. Previously, JT held multiple roles at Yahoo! including Vice President of Business Operations, serving as principal advisor and operating manager to the Head of Yahoo Media Group and Yahoo Network, in addition to Vice President of Human Resources.

• 

  Camille Watson

  Vice President, Marketing

  Camille focuses on corporate marketing and strategy for all LivingSocial products. Her 20 years of marketing experience involve senior roles at premier technology and consumer companies such as The Clorox Company, Procter & Gamble, Netflix and StubHub. More recently, she served as Vice President of Marketing at GameFly, managing all elements of the company's marketing program, and was chief marketing officer at eReading service provider, Kobo Inc.