Meet Our Leaders
Kevin Hartz
CoFounder & CEO
Before founding Eventbrite, Kevin served as Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation (NASD: XOOM), an international money transfer company. He has served as an early-stage investor and advisor to successful start-ups including PayPal, Pinterest, Lookout, Flixster, Airbnb, Trulia, and Yammer.
Julia Hartz
CoFounder & President
Focused on in-house strategy and growth, Julia is responsible for building, evolving, and sustaining Eventbrite's growing team of 500 "Britelings" and award-winning company culture (voted Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area six years running). Before co-founding Eventbrite, Julia worked as a television development executive at MTV and FX Networks. Here is a video of Julia discussing entrepreneurship and building Eventbrite from the ground up.
Renaud Visage
CoFounder & CTO
Renaud is the founding technical architect of Eventbrite and is responsible for the internationalisation of the Eventbrite platform. Renaud is also an accomplished architectural and travel photographer, and has had his work represented by various stock photo agencies around the world.
Randy Befumo
VP of Strategy
As a former Director of Research at Legg Mason Capital Management, Randy brings two decades of investment experience to his role at Eventbrite, where he combines analysis of the product, market, and competitive landscape to drive business and product strategy.
Nels Gilbreth
VP of Finance
Nels is responsible for Eventbrite's analytics and financial models. With a B.A. in physics from Colgate University and a masters (MPhil) in physics from Cambridge University (Trinity Hall), Nels got started in finance at the New York hedge fund, Ziff Brothers Investments, and later worked at Lehman Brothers where he executed interest rate product trades for institutional investors.
Tamara Mendelsohn
General Manager of Consumer
As General Manager of Consumer, Tamara drives global consumer strategy across all facets of the organisation. She was one of Eventbrite's earliest hires in 2009, and before taking on her current role, Tamara built the company's global marketing team from the ground up. Prior to joining Eventbrite, Tamara was a Senior Analyst with Forrester Research, specialising in eCommerce technology.
Dana Kilian
VP of Customer Experience
Dana ensures Eventbrite's customers are fanatically happy with our service and support. Perfecting scalable, efficient, and personal service, Dana has helped Eventbrite achieve and maintain one of the highest Net Promoter Scores possible. Her passion for improving the customer experience began on the AdWords team at Google.
Pat Poels
VP of Engineering
Pat leads the world-class engineering team at Eventbrite. Previously the Vice President of Software Development at Ticketmaster, Pat was responsible for host system development and wrote much of the reserved seating inventory system that's still in use today.
Matt Rosenberg
SVP of Sales and Business Development
Matt is responsible for strategy and growth of our global sales and business development. Before Eventbrite, Matt headed up sales at ServiceSource where he helped grow the company from USD 65M in revenue to over USD 220 million, propelling them toward a successful IPO in 2011.
Mark Rubash
CFO
As Chief Financial Officer, Mark juggles budgets and costs management, sets aggressive financial goals, and measures performance. Prior to Eventbrite, Mark handled finance for companies including eBay, Yahoo! and Shutterfly, and was also a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Laurent Sellier
VP of Product
Laurent is leading Eventbrite's worldwide product strategy as we build out our discovery platform and create a global marketplace for live experiences. Previously serving as Twitter's Director of Product Management, Laurent focused on product strategy for their mobile apps, and led their most recent redesign. Prior to Twitter, Laurent worked for seven years at Amazon on the team that built the Kindle business from the ground up.
Jaleh Bisharat
CMO
With more than 20 years of experience growing products from inception to vibrant brands that delight customers, Jaleh oversees worldwide marketing for Eventbrite. Previously, Jaleh led global marketing teams at companies including Upwork (formerly oDesk), Amazon, and OpenTable, where she also served on the Board of Directors.
Kevin Hartz
Julia Hartz
Renaud Visage
Randy Befumo
Nels Gilbreth
Tamara Mendelsohn
Dana Kilian
Pat Poels
Matt Rosenberg
Mark Rubash
Laurent Sellier
Jaleh Bisharat