Flurry increases the size and value of mobile application audiences, already helping more than 60,000 companies in over 150,000 applications across iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, JavaME and HTML5 platforms. Flurry has built the world's leading mobile application analytics and data-powered advertising platform, with more ground breaking services in development.
Simon is responsible for Flurry’s day-to-day operations. He has been an entrepreneurial executive for over 20 years, having built numerous consumer, media and enterprise solutions that have generated over $800 million in M&A and IPO transactions. Prior to Flurry, Simon held senior executive positions at JustOn, Novell, Vernier, Volera and Worldtalk. Simon earned an undergraduate engineering degree from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Engineering from Syracuse University.
Sean oversees all product development and management functions at the company. Prior to Flurry, he led a product development team in the eServices group at Verizon Communications, developing new consumer services from emerging technologies. Sean earned an undergraduate engineering degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Peter leads all marketing and corporate communication functions for Flurry. Prior to Flurry, Peter led worldwide product marketing for mobile game maker, Digital Chocolate. He joined Digital Chocolate from Electronic Arts, where he led product management for The Sims franchise, the #1 PC game of all- time. Peter spent the first seven years of his career in consumer packaged goods as head of marketing for Pacific Sun, a foods manufacturer. Peter earned an undergraduate business degree from University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Sean leads advertiser sales and business development functions for the company. Prior to joining Flurry, Sean served as Vice President, Commercial Operations at Global Motorsport Group (GMG). Sean joined GMG from Sprint, where he helped launch the company's e-business and mobile computing business units. Sean earned his undergraduate degree in business from Purdue University and an MBA from Cornell University.
Yannis oversees the Flurry publisher network, delivering monetization solutions to app developers. Prior to Flurry, Yannis held positions as GM Europe and Vice President of Marketing for Smilebox, a photo and video sharing service. Before Smilebox, Yannis was a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, where he planned and launched Windows Starter, a Windows OS product for emerging markets. He began his career as a strategy consultant at the Monitor Consulting Group. Yannis earned an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford University.
As Managing Director of Europe, Richard leads the company’s UK office as well as advertiser sales and publisher relationships across Europe. Prior to Flurry, Richard led the digital media sales team for Amazon in Europe. Prior to Amazon, Richard was Commercial Director for Northern Europe for Yahoo!, UK MD for Enpocket (sold to Nokia to become Nokia Media Business in 2006), UK Deputy MD & BD Director for AdLink (a direct response media sales organization, sold to HiMedia in 2009) and the first UK Commercial Director for DoubleClick, subsequently sold to AdLink in 2001. Prior to DoubleClick Richard spent nearly 10 years in B2B publishing in tech press on titles such as Computing and Personal Computer World and during this time he launched Information Week and Computer Reseller News in the UK for CMP Media.
Jeanne is responsible for all financial aspects of the company. Prior to Flurry, Jeanne held the CFO position at deCarta, Inc., a location-based services company, where she helped secure several rounds of funding and assisted in the company’s international expansion. Jeanne began her career as a CPA at Coopers & Lybrand, before leaving to spend ten years in various financial management positions at Cadence Design Systems, joining the company in its start-up phase and helping it grow to a multi-million dollar public company. Jeanne earned an undergraduate degree in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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