7Park Data transforms data to revolutionize business decisions. They have announced Rishit Shah as their Chief Product Officer. Rishit will oversee all product efforts for 7Park. Leveraging advanced machine intelligence, their platform transforms one petabyte of unstructured information into Leading Performance indicators for over 10,000 companies. Their Clients are the most sophisticated investment firms and Fortune 500 corporations who depend on 7Park Data for more accurate benchmarking, forecasting and strategic decision making.

FUNDING: Mueller Ventures, Granite Capital Management

* Acquired by Vista Equity Partners 2018

Handy is the leading platform for connecting individuals looking for household services. They have announced Kulesh Shanmugasundaram as their SVP of Engineering. Kulesh will oversee all engineering efforts for Handy.

From home cleaning to handyman services, Handy instantly matches thousands of customers every week with professionals in cities all around the world. With a seamless 60-second booking process, secure payment and always on customer service, Handy is the easiest, most convenient way to book home services.

FUNDING: Highland Capital Partners, General Catalyst, MassChallenge, BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, TPG Growth, Revolution, AddVenture, Sound Ventures, Fidelity Investments

* Acquired by ANGI Homeservices/IAC 2018

Frame.io, the platform powering the future of creative collaboration, has announced Sockyung 'Sox' Hong as their first VP of Product. He will help lead product strategy and execution while growing their product team. Sox brings a strong design pedigree to product management which can be seen during his nine year tenure as SVP of Product for Vimeo. Sox led over 40+ employees across Product Management, QA, design, Messaging, and Community Teams.

Today's Leading media companies use Frame.io to streamline their video review and collaboration process with teammates, clients, and a variety of stakeholders. They supercharge post-production workflows for more than 500K video professionals by bringing together media and stakeholders. Their platform makes things faster, smoother and more efficient while allowing you to work seamlessly across both web and mobile.

FUNDING: Accel, Shasta Ventures, SignalFire, FirstMark, Tectonic Capital, Kortschak Investments

* Acquired by Adobe August 2021

CommentSold helps business sell products digitally. They have announced Lindsey Serafin as their VP of Customer Success. Lindsey will help build a world-class nationally distributed Customer Success team that includes Account Management, Customer On-boarding and Support organizations. For the last four years she has been a key leader of Customer Success at InVision, a unicorn status software company founded in NYC.

With the CommentSold platform, businesses can manage inventory, automate invoicing, enable sales through social networking, and power web and mobile applications. Their mission is to democratize e-commerce by creating affordable, innovative, and easy-to-use software solutions. They were named 2019 BEST EASE OF USE for Billing & Invoicing, and Inventory Management according to Capterra. CommentSold is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.

FUNDING: Zelnick Media Capital

Fundera, an NYC-based online credit marketplace for small businesses, announced Ryan Young as VP of Engineering. Ryan joins from Etsy where he spent over seven years, most recently as Director of Engineering. He was an original architect of Etsy's payment processing platform and he contributed to the growth of Etsy from 70 employees to over 900 when he left. Ryan received his BS, Computer Science & Engineering from MIT.

FUNDING: BoxGroup, Khosla Ventures, Susquehanna Growth Equity, Core Innovation Capital, First Round, QED Investors

* Acquired by NerdWallet 2020

RUN, a mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology company offering cutting-edge mobile solutions has announced Ragu Kamakshisundaram as their Head of Product. He will lead product strategy, development, marketing and support for the RUN Platform.

Prior to joining RUN, Ragu held engineering, operations and product management roles in various companies including Akamai, Tremor Video and Bank of New York Mellon. He is active in the ad tech community and has contributed to multiple IAB committees defining standards for online advertising.

Ragu has MBA degrees from Columbia Business School and London Business School, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology..

FUNDING: Verizon Ventures

* Acquired by Publicis Groupe 2014

Dering Hall, the premier digital publishing and analytics marketplace platform for the interior design industry, has announced Michael Lacy as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he will work closely with CEO and Co-Founder to develop the product, technology and operating strategy.

Dering Hall’s mission is to assemble a community of the world’s leading creators in one place and to connect them with other designers and savvy, sophisticated consumers.

FUNDING: Lerer Hippeau, Hearst Communications, SoftBank Capital

* Acquired by Chairish Inc. 2019

Etsy, the ecommerce website focused on handmade or vintage items, supplies as well as unique factory-manufactured items, has announced Jeff Amlin has Head of Analytics. He will lead company-wide analytics to leverage data to make actionable product, marketing and business recommendations to improve key metrics.

Etsy was launched by Robert Kalin, Haim Schoppik, Jared Tarbell, and Chris Maguire in June 2005 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. Etsy went public (ETSY) on April 1, 2015.

FUNDING: Union Square Ventures, Accel, Mosaic Ventures, Index Ventures, Acton Capital Partners, Manatt Venture Fund, Burda Principal Investments, Glynn Capital Management, Breyer Capital

* IPO (2015) - NASDAQ: ETSY

RUN, a mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology company offering cutting-edge mobile solutions has announced Matthieu Labor as their EVP of Technology. He will be responsible for overseeing infrastructure and bidding technology. Prior to joining RUN, Matthieu was VP of Engineering at ActionX where he led a team of engineers build an innovative cross screen and retargeting engine which was later acquired by Xaxis/WPP.

Before moving into ad tech he worked in high frequency trading, and simultaneously developed his own startup bringing HFT to individual investors. Matthieu holds a master's degree in computer science from ECAM, France.

FUNDING: Verizon Ventures

* Acquired by Publicis Groupe 2014

PlaceIQ, a powerful, location-based audience and insights platform, has announced Jason Shao as their VP of Engineering. He will be responsible for growing the engineering team along with supporting PlaceIQ’s media business (Adserving, Business Intelligence, Business Workflow) and core analytics products (Location Analytics Platform, PVR, Audience and Campaign Analytics).

PlaceIQ uses its detailed understanding of location and consumer activity to reach a targeted audience, and also to derive powerful insights about consumer behavior to inform market and business strategies for national brands. The company is headquartered in New York City and also has offices in Palo Alto, Chicago, and Detroit.

FUNDING: IA Ventures, MDC Ventures, Neu Venture Capital, Valhalla Partners, Iris Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Harmony Partners, Venvest Capital, Alibaba Group

Jibe, a SaaS-based recruiting technology solution for Global Fortune 1000, has named Andreas Turanski as Head of Engineering. Andreas will lead all growth and engineering efforts, including building the next generation Jibe Platform.

Jibe is headquartered in New York City and also has offices in Washington, D.C., Dallas, TX and Oakland, California.

FUNDING: Polaris Partners, Lerer Hippeau, Zelkova Ventures, Thrive Capital, DFJ, Gotham Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures

* Acquired by Publicis iCIMS 2019

RUN, a mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology company offering cutting-edge mobile solutions has announced Chris Outram as their Chief Data Officer. He will be responsible for designing RUN's DMP product, analytics, science and audience data ingestion processes.

Before RUN, Chris was development lead for Targetspot and envIO Networks. He also spent four years leading the development of Fantasy Sports Application for Sporting News.

He has a B.S. in Computer Science from NYU and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

FUNDING: Verizon Ventures

* Acquired by Publicis Groupe 2014

S2 Security, an independent manufacturer of IP-based physical security and video management systems, has announced Steve Habermas as their VP of Engineering. He will be responsible for all engineering efforts of the company’s products. S2 Security creates a powerful, cost effective way to protect people, property and assets. Providing unmatched reliability and a 100% Web browser delivered user experience, S2 products are the physical security management systems of choice for Fortune500, education, healthcare, manufacturing and government customers around the world.

They are headquartered in Boston, Ma.

Arrivalist, the leading location analytics company, has announced Jason Falk as their VP of Engineering. He will be responsible for all engineering efforts of the company’s patent-pending location analytics platform that provides insights in to the way owned, paid and earned media exposures impact visitation from users who’ve been exposed to its clients’ media. Arrivalist works with 70+ Location Marketers including 23 States, 40 Cities/ Regions and 4 National Tourist Offices. Arrivalist is based in New York City with an office in San Francisco..

FUNDING: Lighter Capital

The Daily Beast, the online news source that delivers reports and opinions on politics, pop-culture, and world news has announced Ken Judy as their Chief Technology and Product Officer. He will be responsible for the roadmap and execution in design, product, and engineering for the consumer facing properties of The Daily Beast.

The Daily Beast was founded in 2008 as the vision of Tina Brown and IAC Chairman Barry Diller. Curated to avoid information overload, the site is dedicated to breaking news and sharp commentary. The Daily Beast is the winner of two consecutive Webby awards for “Best News” site and regularly attracts more than 15 million unique online visitors a month. Deidre Depke is the Editorial Managing Director, John Avlon serves as Executive Editor, and Rhona Murphy is the Chief Executive Officer.