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kevin[at]eventbrite.com
Kevin is responsible for the overall vision of Eventbrite.
Kevin was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company providing services to over 30 countries worldwide. Xoom is backed by Sequoia Capital, NEA, Fidelity Ventures, Stanford University, and Peter Thiel.
Kevin began his career as a product manager at Silicon Graphics (SGI) and later co-founded ConnectGroup, a start-up providing high-speed Internet access to the hotel industry. ConnectGroup was acquired by Lodgenet (NASDAQ: LNET) in 1998. Kevin then joined Outlook Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on seed and early stage technology companies.
Kevin holds a BA and BS from Stanford University, as well as an MA from Oxford University (University College). He has been an active early stage investor and advisor to startups including PayPal (NASDAQ: EBAY), Flixster, Trulia, Tokbox, Geni, Tripit, iControl, Three Rings, Friendster, and BluBet. Kevin currently serves on the Board of Directors of Xoom, BluBet, and TokBox (observer). You can view his full portfolio here. In his spare time, Kevin advises university students on entrepreneurship through Youniversity Ventures.
julia[at]eventbrite.com
Julia is responsible for marketing, finance, and customer service.
Julia is a reformed Television Network Executive and comes to Eventbrite by way of Hollywood. During her tenure in the television industry, Julia was a creative executive at FX Networks and helped supervise The Shield, Nascar Drivers: 360, Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me. Prior to FX Networks, Julia worked in creative development at MTV Networks where she was fortunate enough to work on several prolific shows such as Jackass.
Julia has a BA from Pepperdine University.
renaud[at]eventbrite.com
Renaud is the technical architect of Eventbrite and responsible for engineering, product development, and network operations.
Renaud started his career as an environmental consultant with Geomatrix Consultants where he designed and managed large-scale environmental cleanups. Fascinated by the Internet, Renaud joined, as the Director of Engineering, Internet photo-sharing pioneer, Zing Networks which was funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and later acquired by Sony ImageStation.
Renaud is also an accomplished architectural and travel photographer. His work is represented by various stock photo agencies around the world like Getty Images, Age Fotostock or Alamy. His work has been used in magazines, books, movies, brochures and advertisements in more than 20 countries. A portfolio of his work can be seen on his photography web site.
Renaud has a Master of Engineering from Cornell University and from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France).
juliet[at]eventbrite.com
As Director of Product, Julie is responsible for overall direction and design of Eventbrite.
Julie has over eight years experience managing a variety of software products from conception to release. She started her career as a software engineer and moved into product management to improve communications between customers, engineers and business teams. Julie made her leap to product management while working for Elemental Software, a startup which Macromedia acquired in 1999. At Macromedia she was a Senior Product Manager responsible for major product releases on both the Dreamweaver and Flash product lines. Later, Julie joined Apple as Product Manager of Shake in Apple's Pro Apps Division.
Julie holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from University of California, San Diego and a master's degree from Columbia University.
jack[at]eventbrite.com
Jack comes to Eventbrite after a multi-faceted career that includes stints in both B2B and consumer marketing. His experience spans communications, branding, Web product management, online customer acquisition, affiliate marketing and business development.
He began his technology marketing career as a writer and message architect for IBM, where he helped re-position IBM enterprise software in light of the emerging Internet opportunity under the banner of "e-business." After IBM, Jack joined Altavista soon after its acquisition by CMGI, where he shaped multiple Web properties including Shopping.com and the Raging Search Engine. After AltaVista, Jack was General Manager of the FriendFinder Network, where he drove traffic to 19 dating sites, internationalized traffic acquisition and managed one of the Web’s largest affiliate programs.
Prior to joining Eventbrite, Jack was the lead consultant at Proton Cannon an SEO consultancy he started in 2005.Jack has been numerously published on the subjects of affiliate marketing, search engine optimization and Web publisher responsibility.
He describes himself as a "technical marketer," which is his way of coming to terms with the incurable inadequacy he feels for not being a programmer.
Jack holds a BS in Physics and Applied Math from NYU.
pb[at]eventbrite.com
Patrick is responsible for Eventbrite's customer service, API platform and payment processing.
Patrick is an expert in the online payments industry. He joins Eventbrite from PayPal where he was an early employee. Patrick spear-headed PayPal's "off-eBay" business, handled developer relations and had roles in product management, business development and sales. Prior to that, he worked for American Express in New York where he worked in credit card marketing and product development. Patrick worked on American Express' very first web site as well as the launch of online banking and brokerage services.
Patrick graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a BA in Business Economics. He was member of the Gaucho football team and worked at the award-winning Daily Nexus newspaper.
Patrick lives in San Francisco with his wife, Kattya, and two dogs, Cheeko and Frankie. They own the Cheeko B Pet Boutique in Union Square.
nels[at]eventbrite.com
Nels is responsible for analytics, finance and colorful bar charts.
Nels first got started in finance at Ziff Brothers Investments, a New York based hedge fund. In their risk management department he drew on his experience in the sciences to develop financial models and recommend equity and derivative trades. He also generated various financial reports and metrics used to gauge the performance and risk of the overall fund. Later he was hired by Lehman Brothers where he executed interest rate product trades for institutional investors.
Nels holds a B.A. in physics from Colgate University and a masters (MPhil) in physics from Cambridge University (Trinity Hall). Nels has passed the Series 7, has a scuba diving certification, holds 3 US Sailing certifications, has a Private Pilot's license and a current drivers license.
tom[at]eventbrite.com
Tom is responsible for leading and growing Eventbrite's sales organization.
Tom started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP where he ran multiple engagements for a variety of public and private clients in the technology and financial services sectors. During his tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tom spent his nights, weekends and vacations founding a series of successful screen printing and design companies that each focused on serving specific niche markets.
In 2007, Tom went on to co-found the online event registration company, MadeIt.com where he was responsible for implementing the company's sales infrastructure. He is now leveraging his knowledge of sales in the online events space to significantly contribute to Eventbrite's growth.
Tom holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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