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Board of Directors


Court Cunningham
Chief Executive Officer


As CEO of Yodle, Court oversees all aspects of operations and strategy, including technology, product development and sales and marketing. Court joined Yodle as CEO in 2007 when it had 10 employees and 200 customers. Today, Yodle has over 300 employees serving 7,000 local businesses in the top 40 major metros across the United States. Prior to joining Yodle, Court held the position of COO at Community Connect, a niche social networking company, where he lead consumer marketing, product development and business development efforts. Prior to Community Connect, Court served as SVP & General Manager of the Marketing Automation group at DoubleClick, where he built DARTmail into a $60 million industry leading email marketing solution that was sold to Epsilon in 2005.

Court received a BA in English from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Court is also the co-author of Local Online Advertising for Dummies, the first ever comprehensive book covering online advertising for local businesses.





Rick Faulk
Chief Executive Officer of Landslide


Rick is President & CEO of Landslide and has more than 30 years of experience in executive management, sales, and marketing for some of the world's most successful SaaS and technology companies including Mzinga, Cisco, WebEx, Intranets.com and PictureTel. Prior to Landslide, Rick was President & CEO at Mzinga. Rick helped build Mzinga into the market leader providing on-demand social software solutions to major global brands.

Immediately prior to Mzinga, Rick was Chief Marketing Officer of WebEx Communications and President of WebEx Small Business, where he was responsible for the company's worldwide go-to-market and customer acquisition strategies.

Rick holds a BS in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University.





Alex Ferrara
Vice President of Bessemer Venture Partners


Alex is a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners, the oldest venture capital practice in the country, with a focus on investments in financial services technologies, software, technology-enabled services and digital media - including current investments Revver, Quadriserv, Zopa, Pure Networks and Gerson Lehrman Group. He was also part of the investment team for SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee) and Skype (acquired by eBay).

Prior to BVP, Alex worked in Technology Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he was involved with merger advisory and corporate finance primarily in the IT services and software sectors. He was also a founding member of Mainline Marketplace, an online auction business, acquired in 2000 by Sales Online Direct, and Boston Technical, an IT consulting group. He started his career in the financial sector as a systems developer for Salomon Brothers, and then as a derivatives trader on the New York Board of Trade.

Alex holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He co-authored O'Reilly & Associates' "Programming .NET Web Services".





Randall S. Glein
Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund


Mr. Glein joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 2002 and is a Managing Director of DFJ Growth Fund. His career spans more than 20 years in the technology and media industries as a venture capital investor, operating executive and entrepreneur. Prior to DFJ Growth Fund, Mr. Glein was CFO of FeedBurner, a DFJ portfolio company acquired by Google, while also serving as a special partner with DFJ. He was previously a Managing Director of Tribune Ventures and Vice President of Tribune Company, where he led early-stage investing and served on the boards of BlackVoices (AOL), Centerpost (West Corp), iExplore, Intellinex (ACS), Legacy, Performics (DoubleClick) and Teach.com (E&Y / Intellinex).

Mr. Glein has also held principal investing positions with CID Equity Partners and Hughes New Ventures, where he participated in the founding investments for DIRECTV, Motient, and XM Radio. Additionally, Mr. Glein served in senior operating positions with DIRECTV and Screenz, where he played key roles in their formation, development and growth. He began his career as an engineer with GM Hughes Electronics and Martin Marietta.

He holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS with High Honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.





Tom Mawhinney
General Partner of JAFCO Ventures


Tom Mawhinney joined JAFCO in 2003 as a general partner, bringing a 15-year background in the technology industry as both a venture capitalist and an operating executive. At JAFCO, Tom is actively involved with The 41st Parameter, Aperto Networks, ClairMail, Conformia Software, Groundwork Open Source, Mimosa Systems, Neterion, Solidcore Systems, Voltage Security and Xambala. Prior investments while at JAFCO include Brion Technologies (acquired by ASML), DATAllegro (acquired by Microsoft), Infinera (INFN) and PostPath (acquired by Cisco Systems).

Before joining JAFCO Ventures, Tom was with Canaan Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with $2 billion under management. Prior to joining Canaan, Tom co-founded and served as President and COO of North Systems, a venture-backed software company that he helped manage for five years. Tom first developed his skills as a technology investor and entrepreneur during the five years he spent with Summit Partners, a venture capital firm with over $6 billion under management today.

Tom received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College.





David Rosenblatt
Chief Executive Officer of DoubleClick


As CEO and former president of DoubleClick, David is responsible for developing the long-term strategic vision as well as overseeing the day-to-day operations. He joined DoubleClick in 1997 as a core member of the initial management team, and was instrumental in helping to make the company's technology division a leading player in the industry.

Before that, David spent several years at S.G. Warburg & Co, in Hong Kong, London and New York, where he was responsible for advising on mergers, divestitures, IPOs and other strategic transactions for international and domestic clients. He also led the design and implementation of Omnipoint Communications' online content products as part of Omnipoint's Fall 1996 rollout of PCS, the wireless telephone service.

David graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a BA in East Asian studies, and earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.





Andreas Stavropoulos
Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson


As Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading venture capital firm, Andreas serves on the boards of a number of private companies. His past investments include Mobile 365 (acquired by Sybase) and Centerpost (acquired by West Corp.), with a focus on software (consumer/internet and enterprise infrastructure), mobility and technology-enabled services.

Prior to joining DFJ, Andreas was at McKinsey & Company, where he worked with senior management teams of corporate clients with an emphasis on information technology. Before that, he was a senior analyst at Cornerstone Research, a financial and economic consulting firm that helps resolve complex issues arising in high-profile business litigation.

Andreas is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College with a BS in computer science. He also holds an MS in computer science from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and graduated first in his class.





Nathaniel V. Stevens
Director & Founder


Nathaniel founded Yodle in 2005 while attending the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was accepted into the Venture Initiation Program, a selective incubator designed to foster entrepreneurship. He has also been recognized as one of the "Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek Magazine and "30 Under 30" by DMNews. Today, Nathaniel serves as a member of the Yodle Board of Directors and advises the company on strategic issues.