Management Team

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.

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Erin Brockman
Vice President of Client Services

As Vice President of Client Services, Erin Brockman is responsible for driving customer satisfaction to our thousands of local business clients across North America. Prior to Yodle, Erin served as the VP of Operations for Yahoo! HotJobs, where she successfully led the transition from a high-growth start-up in 2001 to an industry-leading media and recruitment solutions business today. Prior to Yahoo!, Erin served in management positions at GotSchool Market and Kozmo.com and started her career in Change Management consulting at Accenture.

Erin is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelors of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Mike DeLuca
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

As Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mike is responsible for sales and marketing strategy as well as channel development and management for Yodle. DeLuca came to Yodle from Yahoo! where he served as Vice President of Sales for the Yahoo! HotJobs division, where he managed a team of 200 people during his four years with the company. Mike joined Yodle with more than 17 years of technology and online sales leadership experience. At Yahoo! HotJobs, DeLuca was responsible for leading Direct and Channel Sales for North America, and grew the organization’s year-over-year Search and Display media revenue exponentially under his leadership. Prior to his time at Yahoo!, DeLuca led sales teams at EMC, StorageApps and Hewlett Packard. He was part of a 5-member executive team that sold StorageApps to HP in 2001.

Mike is a graduate of Boston College with a Bachelors Degree in Communications.

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Michael Gordon
Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer at Yodle, Michael oversees all aspects of finance, accounting, corporate development and legal affairs. Prior to joining Yodle, Michael was a Managing Director in the Media and Telecom investment banking group at Merrill Lynch, where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising transactions. Previously, Michael worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble. He is on the Board of Directors of Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading anti-hunger organizations.

Michael received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Milind Mehere
Vice President of Business Development

As Vice President of Business Development, and part of the founding team at Yodle, Milind Mehere is responsible for expanding Yodle’s Advertising network through distribution & media partnerships. Previously, Milind led the client operations team which was responsible for account management. Prior to Yodle, Milind was Director of Global Solutions Engineering at OATSystems (acq. by Check Point Systems-CKP) and was responsible for sales engineering and industry solutions. He also held several leadership roles at i2 Technologies, a supply chain management company, where he helped launch i2’s ASP/B2B online exchange for small and medium businesses.

Milind has an MS in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bombay.

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John Merryman
Chief Technology Officer

As CTO at Yodle, John is responsible for the technical vision and the development and operation of Yodle's innovative technology platform. Merryman came to Yodle from Didit Search Marketing, where he also served as CTO. At Didit John lead the strategy and development of their bidding optimization engine, Maestro, as well as designed custom solutions for Fortune 500 enterprises. Prior to Didit, John held various management positions at DoubleClick including spearheading the DART API Project and product management for DART for Advertisers.

John earned his BS in Computer Science and MA in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University.

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Denise Stott
Vice President of Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Denise Stott is responsible for leading all aspects of people development at Yodle. Prior to Yodle, Denise served as SVP of Human Resources at ZenithOptimedia. She also held leadership roles at DoubleClick, including management of the HR function for Asia, Europe and the UK as well as leading the staffing and organizational development functions. Denise has held a variety of HR roles at several notable companies including: Bank of America, Taco Bell (PepsiCo), Citibank, Blockbuster, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Vanderbilt University.

Denise holds a BS in Mathematical Economics from Tulane University and an MBA in Human Resources and Organizational Management from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

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