Management Team
Auren Hoffman
CEO & Co-Founder
Auren was formerly Chair of Stonebrick Group and the Connector Group. He's a non-employee cofounder of BrightRoll. Previously, he founded and sold three internet companies: BridgePath (sold in 2002), Kyber Systems (sold in 1997), and GetRelevant (sold in 2002). Auren holds a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley. He writes a blog called Summation.
Phil Davis
General Manager of Marketing Services
Prior to joining Rapleaf, Phil was the President of ConsumerBase, Senior Vice President of Equifax and COO of Daleen Technologies. Phil holds a B.S. in Human Development in Organizations from Vanderbilt University.
Ken Dreifach
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer
Before joining Rapleaf, Ken was Deputy General Counsel of Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, and prior to that, he was a partner in the Sonnenschein law firm. From 2000 through 2006, Ken was Chief of the Internet Bureau of the Office of the New York Attorney General. Ken received his law degree from New York University School of Law, and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Dayo Esho
Co-Founder
As a Co-Founder, Dayo helps lead Rapleaf's Engineering Team. Dayo holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Joel Jewitt
VP of Business Development
Joel was previously co-founder and VP Business Development of Motorola/Good Technology Inc, and prior to that was EVP of Encompass. Joel was also co-founder of Adaptive Media and was the fourth member in the founding team of Palm Computing. Joel holds a B.A. in Physics from Amherst College and a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Ron Johnson
Director of Finance
Prior to joining Rapleaf, Ron was the Director of Strategic Finance for Activant Solutions, and has additionally held Finance roles at Intuit and Solectron. Ron received his MBA from Stanford University, and his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
Jeremy Lizt
VP of Engineering & Co-Founder
Prior to joining Rapleaf, Jeremy was a senior development manager in Oracle's server division. Jeremy was also a founding member of Oracle's application server team. Jeremy holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and a post graduate degree in Jewish studies from Oxford University.
Travis May
Head of Operations
Travis was Founder and CEO of Campus Venture Network, Inc. - which was acquired by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. He studied Economics and Mathematics at Harvard and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa and Magna cum Laude Honors.
Adithya Raghunathan
Head of Product Management
Before Rapleaf, Adithya was Director of Product Management in Symantec's storage management division. Adithya previously worked in a variety of technology roles in financial services, education, security and international development. Adithya holds a B.S.E. in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a joint masters in business and public policy from Harvard University.
Dan Scudder
General Manager of LiveRamp
Dan runs Rapleaf’s display advertising division company titled LiveRamp. Formerly CEO of DormItem. Dan holds a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College.
