Andrew is the founder of Groupon and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our inception in November 2008. Prior to co-founding Groupon and The Point, Andrew worked as a software developer with Innerworkings, Inc. Andrew received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Northwestern University.
Jason Child CFO
Jason joined Groupon as Chief Financial Officer in December 2010. Before Groupon, Jason held a number of senior positions at Amazon.com including CFO and VP of Finance, International. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Mr. Child spent more than seven years as a C.P.A. and a consulting manager at Arthur Andersen. He has lived and worked in Munich, Tokyo, and Seattle. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Jason Harinstein SVP of Corporate Development
Jason has been Groupon's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since March 2011. Before coming to Groupon, Jason worked in Corporate Development at Google, where he led the DoubleClick acquisition. Jason received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Northwestern University and his MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Jeff Holden SVP of Product Management
Jeff has been Senior Vice President of Product Management since April 2011 and is driven by a highly-caffeinated desire to discover new ways for people to have great experiences using Groupon. Prior to joining Groupon, Jeff was the CEO and co-founder of Pelago, whose flagship product, Whrrl, was designed to help people get out of a social rut and discover new things in their cities. Jeff also spent more than eight years at Amazon.com, where he was Senior Vice President of Consumer Websites, Worldwide. Jeff received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
David Schellhase General Counsel
David has been Groupon's General Counsel since June 2011. Prior to Groupon, David worked at Salesforce.com as the EVP of Legal. David received his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and his JD from Cornell Law School.
Brian Schipper SVP of Human Resources
Skip has been Groupon's Head of Global Human Resources since June 2011. Skip has worked for a variety of companies including Microsoft, Cisco, and PepsiCo. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Business and English from Hope College and his MBA from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University.
Brian Totty SVP Engineering & Operations
Brian has served as our Senior Vice President of Engineering since November 2010. He came to Groupon from Ludic Labs, a startup venture developing a new class of software, where he was CEO. While at Ludic Labs, Brian created the Diddit social platform and the Offer Foundry self-service deal exchange. Groupon acquired Ludic Labs in November 2010. Before that, Brian was a co-founder and Senior Vice President of Research and Development of Inktomi Corporation and helped lead Inktomi to become the biggest IPO of 1998. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his Master of Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School and his Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.