People: Kayak Software Corp (KYAK.O)

KYAK.O on Nasdaq

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Terrell Jones

 64 2004 Independent Chairman of the Board

Paul English

 49 2012 President, Chief Technology Officer, Director

Daniel Hafner

 44 2004 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Melissa Reiter

 44 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Paul Schwenk

 46 2004 Senior Vice President - Engineering

Robert Birge

 42 2009 Chief Marketing Officer

Karen Klein

 43 2008 General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Christian Saller

 41 2010 Managing Director, Europe

Keith Melnick

 43 2010 Chief Commercial Officer

William O'Donnell

 45 2004 Chief Architect

Giorgos Zacharia

 39 2009 Chief Scientist

Joel Cutler

 55 2004 Independent Director

Michael Moritz

 58 2007 Independent Director

Hendrik Nelis

 49 2006 Independent Director

Brian Sharples

 52 2011 Independent Director

Gregory Stanger

 48 2011 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Terrell Jones

 Mr. Terrell B. Jones is Independent Chairman of the Board of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Jones has been the President of On, Inc., a travel and e-commerce consulting firm, since he founded it in May 2002, and has been Special Venture Partner at General Catalyst Partners since mid-2003. Prior to founding On, Inc., Mr. Jones served in various positions with The SABRE Group, a distributor of electronic travel-related products and services, from 1986 until 2002, including most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelocity.com Inc., an online travel services provider which he helped found and which is currently a subsidiary of The SABRE Group, from 1996 until 2002 and Chief Information Officer of The SABRE Group from 1996 until 1998. He has served on the board of directors and audit committee of Earthlink, Inc., a publicly-traded Internet service provider, since May 2003. Additionally, he is member of the board of directors of Rearden Commerce Inc., a privately held provider of web-based services ranging from travel and entertainment to shipping and event planning, since June 2006, Smart Destinations, a privately held provider of pre-paid access to sightseeing destinations, since July 2009 and Luxury Link, LLC, an online luxury travel information provider since July 2011. Mr. Jones previously served on the board of directors and audit committee of Earthlink, Inc., a publicly-traded Internet service provider, from May 2003 until March 2011. He has also previously served on the board of directors and audit committee of Overture Services, Inc. from January 2002 until June 2003, La Quinta Corp. from May 2004 until June 2006, the board of directors of Travelocity.com Inc. from March 2000 until May 2002 and the board of directors of Entrust, Inc. from November 1998 until 2004, where he also served on the compensation committee. He received a B.A. in history from Denison University.

Paul English

 Mr. Paul M. English is President, Chief Technology Officer, Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. English was previously Vice President of Technology for Intuit Inc. from March 1999 until March 2002. In 1997, he cofounded Boston Light Software Corp., which was acquired by Intuit Inc. in August 1999. He also helped establish Intermute Inc., a provider of anti-spam and anti-spyware solutions in May 2000. Mr. English also served as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing and Senior Vice President Engineering at Interleaf Inc., a developer and marketer of software products and services, from February 1989 until December 1995. Mr. English has served on the board of directors of Partners-In-Health since October 2010 and Village Health Works since January 2010, two non-profit corporations aimed at providing health care to the poor. He received his B.A. and M.S. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Daniel Hafner

 Mr. Daniel Stephen Hafner is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Hafner received a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

Melissa Reiter

 Ms. Melissa H. Reiter serves as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of Kayak Software Corp. Prior to that she served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations since October 2009. From October 2006 until October 2009, Ms. Reiter held various positions, most recently as the Vice President of Finance, for Potbelly Sandwich Works, LLC, a restaurant chain. From May 2002 until January 2006, she held various positions, most recently as Controller, at Orbitz, Inc. and prior to that, from August 1991 until May 2002, she held various positions, most recently as senior manager, at Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Reiter received a B.S. in business administration from Miami University, Ohio.

Paul Schwenk

 Mr. Paul D. Schwenk is Senior Vice President - Engineering of Kayak Software Corp. He is responsible for product development. From 1999 until 2004, Mr. Schwenk was a Senior Group Manager at Intuit Inc., a maker of financial and tax preparation software. From 1998 until 1999, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Boston Light Software Corp., a developer of web products and software. In 1997, Mr. Schwenk cofounded, and was the President of, Digital Direct Network, a multi-media networking company. Prior to that, he worked as a software engineer for each of NetCentric Corporation from 1995 until 1997, Avid Technology Inc. from 1994 until 1995 and Interleaf Inc. from 1990 until 1994. Mr. Schwenk received a B.S. in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Robert Birge

 Mr. Robert M. Birge is Chief Marketing Officer of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Birge has more than 15 years of experience in marketing, most recently as the Chief Marketing Officer for IMG Worldwide, Inc., a sports, entertainment and media company, from August 2006 until May 2009. From April 2001 until July 2006, he held various management positions, including Managing Director, at TBWA/Chiat/Day, an advertising agency. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Birge worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he assisted in the start-up phase of Orbitz, Inc. He received a B.A. in history and government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

Karen Klein

 Ms. Karen Ruzic Klein is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Kayak Software Corp.Prior to joining the company, Ms. Klein served as Group Vice President, Legal, with Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., an online travel company, from November 2004 until October 2007. From July 2001 until November 2004, she served as Senior Counsel to Orbitz, Inc., and prior to that, she held various legal positions in technology and software companies, having started as an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in 1995. Ms. Klein received a B.A. in political science and international relations from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Christian Saller

 Dr. Christian W. Saller is Managing Director, Europe of Kayak Software Corp. He has also served from February 2008 to September 2012 as Managing Director of swoodoo GmbH. Dr. Saller previously was the Chief Financial Officer of GIGA Television GmbH, a gaming television network in Germany, from April 2006 until January 2008. From September 2005 until March 2006, Dr. Saller served as the Chief Operating Officer of Betty TV AG, an interactive TV infrastructure company. He received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Munich Technical University and an M.B.A. from the London Business School.

Keith Melnick

 Mr. Keith D. Melnick is Chief Commercial Officer of Kayak Software Corp. Prior to which he was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from June 2006 until August 2010 and Vice President of Business Development from February 2004 until June 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Melnick was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group since May 1999, where he concentrated primarily on travel, e-commerce, financial services and industrial goods and helped found Orbitz, Inc. From 1996 until 1999, he served in Revenue Management and Finance with American Airlines, Inc. Mr. Melnick received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in finance with highest honors from the University of Southern California.

William O'Donnell

 Mr. William T. O'Donnell, Jr., is Chief Architect of Kayak Software Corp. He is responsible for mobile products and strategy. From 2003 to 2004, he served as Chief Architect at Intuit, Inc. From 1999 to 2003 he served as staff software engineer at Inuit, Inc. From 1998 to 1999 he served as Chief Architect at Boston Light Software. From 1997 to 1998 he served as Chief Technology Officer at Digital Direct Network. From 1995 to 1997, he served as software engineer at Interleaf, Inc., and from 1989 to 1995 he served as software engineer at a variety of technology companies. Mr. O'Donnell received a B.S. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Giorgos Zacharia

 Dr. Giorgos Zacharia is Chief Scientist of Kayak Software Corp. In February 2007, he founded Emporics Capital Management, a hedge fund management firm, of which he is a general partner. In January 1999, Mr. Zacharia founded Open Ratings Inc., a provider of supply risk management services which was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Corp. in 2006, and served as its Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist until July 2008. Dr. Zacharia has won five medals in International Mathematical and Physics Olympiads and received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar and a Telecom Italia fellow.

Joel Cutler

 Mr. Joel E. Cutler is Independent Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Cutler is a managing director of General Catalyst Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, which he cofounded in 2000. Prior to cofounding General Catalyst Partners, he cofounded and operated numerous businesses in the travel, information services, specialty retail, consumer direct marketing and payment processing industries. These businesses include: National Leisure Group, a leisure travel technology and distribution company; Retail Growth ATM Systems, a national ATM and interactive network provider; and Starboard Cruise Services, an operator of duty-free retail stores, for whom he served as Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until 2002. Mr. Cutler has served on the board of directors and the audit and compensation committees of FanSnap, Inc., an online ticket comparison shopping site, since October 2007, and Roost, Inc., a real estate search engine operator, since March 2005, all of which are privately held companies. He has also served on the board of directors of TravelPost, Inc., a privately held online hotel reviews and ratings source operator, since March 2010. He previously served on the board of directors of ITA Software, Inc., a provider of airfare pricing and shopping, OLX Inc., an operator of a website for classified ads, from September 2006 until August 2010, and Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of threat detection software and services, from July 2003 until August 2010, all of which were privately held companies during the periods of his service. He served on the compensation committee of OLX Inc. and Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston and The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Mr. Cutler received a B.A. in government and economics from Colby College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.

Michael Moritz

 Mr. Michael Moritz is Independent Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Moritz has been a member of Sequoia Capital, a venture capital fund, since 1986. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1986, he worked in a variety of positions at Time Warner and was a Founder of Technologic Partners, a technology newsletter and conference company. Mr. Moritz has been a member of the board of directors of Green Dot Corporation, a publicly-traded financial services company, since February 2003, where he serves on the compensation committee, and of LinkedIn Corporation, a publicly-traded online professional network, since January 2011. He has previously served on the boards of directors of Flextronics Ltd., Google Inc., PayPal, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Zappos.com, Inc. He received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from the University of Oxford.

Hendrik Nelis

 Mr. Hendrik W. Nelis is Independent Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Nelis is a partner at Accel Partners in London, a venture capital fund which he joined in July 2004. Prior to joining Accel Partners, Mr. Nelis was an investor at Perry Capital from 2002 until 2004, a hedge fund, where he invested in public communications, media and technology companies. From 1999 until 2002, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs International, where he advised businesses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Nelis founded E-Motion, a venture-backed software company. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Nelis was at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto where he held various engineering positions. He received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Brian Sharples

 Mr. Brian H. Sharples is Independent Director of Kayak Software Corp., since December 2011. Mr. Sharples is one of the co-founders of HomeAway, Inc. and has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its board of directors since its inception in April 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Sharples was an angel investor from 2001 until 2004 and also served as Chief Executive Officer of Elysium Partners, Inc., a company in the vacation club ownership market, from 2002 until 2003. Mr. Sharples served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc., a supplier of marketing data and research to Fortune 500 technology companies, from 1996 to 2001, as President from 1991 to 1996, and as Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1991. Prior to IntelliQuest, Mr. Sharples was Chief Executive Officer of Practical Productions, Inc., an event-based automotive distribution business, from 1988 to 1989 and a consultant with Bain & Co. from 1986 to 1988. Mr. Sharples has served on the board of directors and compensation committee of Whaleshark Media, Inc., an online coupon site aggregator, since June 2011. He received a B.S. in math and economics from Colby College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Gregory Stanger

 Mr. Gregory S. Stanger is Independent Director of Kayak Software Corp. Mr. Stanger serves as the Chief Financial Officer of oDesk Corporation, an online employment platform operator, and has so served since March 2012. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Chegg, Inc., a textbook rental service, from March 2010 to October 2011. From June 2005 to June 2009, Mr. Stanger served as a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity and venture capital firm, and was an executive in residence from December 2003 to June 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Stanger served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and director of Expedia, Inc., an online travel company, from February 2002 to December 2003 and as its Chief Financial Officer from October 1999 to December 2003. Before joining Expedia, he served as Senior Director, Corporate Development of Microsoft Corporation and held various positions within Microsoft's finance and corporate development departments since 1991. Mr. Stanger has previously served on the boards of directors of Netflix, Inc., drugstore.com, Inc. and numerous private companies. He served as audit committee chair on most of these boards, including Netflix and drugstore.com. Additionally, he has served on the board of the Yosemite Conservancy since 2010. He received a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.

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JONES TERRELL B

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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STANGER GREGORY S

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JONES TERRELL B

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JONES TERRELL B

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ENGLISH PAUL M

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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ENGLISH PAUL M

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JONES TERRELL B

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STANGER GREGORY S

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JONES TERRELL B

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STANGER GREGORY S

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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SHARPLES BRIAN H

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STANGER GREGORY S

 1,683 $0.00

JONES TERRELL B

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JONES TERRELL B

 589 $27.29

STANGER GREGORY S

 589 $27.29

STANGER GREGORY S

 1,766 $27.29

JONES TERRELL B

 5,048 $0.00
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