About Us

Flurry is a leading smartphone application analytics and monetization platform used by more than 30,000 applications across iOS, Android, Blackberry and J2ME. Each month, Flurry tracks over three billion end user application sessions per month.

Flurry Analytics helps developers make better applications, increase retention and grow revenue. Flurry AppCircle is an intelligent, analytics-powered cross-selling network that accelerates user acquisition for promoters and meaningfully monetizes applications for publishers.

Flurry is venture-backed with offices in San Francisco and New York.

Management Team

Simon Khalaf - President & Chief Executive Officer
Simon has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience bringing successful consumer and enterprise products to market. Prior to Flurry, Simon was President and CEO of Vernier Networks, a network security company; President and CEO of Volera, the leading content and video distribution company; VP and GM at Novell; Founder, President and CEO of JustOn, the leading Internet file-sharing service; and Founder, VP of Marketing at Worldtalk, an e-mail and content security company. Simon holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Engineering from Syracuse University.

Sean Byrnes - Vice President, Products - eCommerce, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Sean previously worked in the eServices group at Verizon Communications, developing new consumer services from emerging technologies. He conceived and then lead the deployment of Verizon's New York City-wide WiFi network, named one of the top 10 innovations of 2003 by Yahoo!. He subsequently led the deployment of Verizon's Voicewing (VoIP) service from conception to release, winning Verizon's Masters Award for his leadership. He has been interviewed by the NY Times and LinuxWorld about innovation in telecommunications. Sean holds a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering from Dartmouth College and a Master of Engineering from Cornell University in Computer Science.

Greg Yardley - Vice President, Products - Ad Optimization & Co-Founder
Before Pinch Media merged with Flurry in December 2009, Greg Yardley was Pinch's co-founder and CEO. He has several years of experience designing analytics and ad serving products. Prior to Pinch Media, Greg led product management for the real-time auction portion of Yahoo's next-generation ad serving platform, Yahoo! APT. He joined Yahoo through the acquisition of Right Media, where he was the lead product manager for Right Media's ad server. Earlier, Greg held product management positions at Root Markets and NexTag. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts in History with honors from York University and a Master of Arts in History from Stanford University.

Peter Farago - Vice President, Marketing
Peter brings over 15 years of marketing and product management experience spanning consumer packaged goods, video gaming and wireless industries. Prior to Flurry, Peter led product marketing at mobile game maker, Digital Chocolate, helping build the company into a top-ten publisher world-wide. He joined Digital Chocolate from Electronic Arts, where he managed The Sims franchise, the #1 PC game of all-time. Peter began his career in consumer packaged goods at Pacific Sun, where he was head of marketing and sales. Over his seven year tenure, he helped grow revenues from $8M to $40M. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sean Galligan - Vice President, Business Development
Sean brings more than 15 years of experience in business development, marketing and sales with major operators and start-ups in the telecommunications industry. At Sprint, he helped launch the company's e-business and mobile computing business units. Prior to joining Flurry, Sean served as Vice President, Commercial Operations at Global Motorsport Group (GMG), a wholesale distribution company controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. As a member of the executive team, Sean worked directly with Cerberus to develop GMG's turn-around plan. Sean holds a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.

Investors

Draper Fisher Jurvetson is the pre-eminent venture capital firm with global presence through a network of affiliated funds, with offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4 billion in capital commitments. DFJ's mission is to identify, provide capital for, and serve extraordinary entrepreneurs anywhere who want to change the world. Over the past twenty years, DFJ has been proud to back approximately 300 companies across a myriad of sectors including such industry changing catalysts as Hotmail (acquired by MSFT), Baidu (BIDU), Skype (acquired by EBAY), United Online (UNTD), Overture (acquired by YHOO), Interwoven (IWOV), 411 (acquired by YHOO), Parametric (PMTC), and Digidesign (acquired by AVID). For more information, visit www.dfj.com.

InterWest has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs for over 30 years to build winning technology and life sciences companies. With more than 200 years of combined operating and investing experience, InterWest's team has raised $2.8B, completed more than 70 IPOs, and participated in nearly 60 upside acquisitions. The firm's past successful investments in information technology include: CIENA (CIEN), Copper Mountain Networks (CMTN), Crystal Semiconductor (acquired by Cirrus Logic, CRUS), Cyrix (CYRX; acquired by National Semiconductor (NSM), Lightera (acquired by CIENA), PlaceWare (acquired by Microsoft, MSFT), SiTera (acquired by Vitesse, VTSS), Silicon Graphics (SGI), Stratacom (STRM; acquired by Cisco, CSCO) and Xilinx (XLNX). For more information on InterWest, please visit www.interwest.com.

Union Square Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City that seeks to invest in young companies using information technology to innovate in the Media, Marketing, Financial Services, Telecommunications and Healthcare industries. Over the past 17 years, Union Square Ventures has invested and helped develop over 40 companies. Recent investments include Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, MeetUp and Disqus. For more information, please visit www.unionsquareventures.com.

First Round Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to helping talented entrepreneurs build remarkable companies. First Round Capital typically funds pre-revenue companies - and often provides a company's first outside capital. As former entrepreneurs, the partners at First Round understand the challenges of launching a new enterprise, and offer insight and expertise that are as valuable as its venture capital. The firm has invested in over 80 early stage companies, and additional information on First Round Capital is available at www.firstround.com.

Draper Richards L.P. is a leading venture capital firm investing in seed and early-stage technology companies. Since 1996, the firm has funded entrepreneurs with the energy, vision, experience, and desire to build great companies. Draper Richards' experienced management team, headed by veteran venture capitalist William H. Draper, III, is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve their maximum potential through contacts, advice, and support. Draper Richards L.P. is located in San Francisco, California. For more information on Draper Richards L.P., visit www.draperrichards.com.