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management team
![]() Dan Marriott, Chief Executive Officer
Before founding Pronto.com, Dan spent three years in various management roles within IAC Corporate, including Senior Vice President of Interactive Development, where he launched multiple new businesses for IAC, and Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning, where he led all efforts in mergers and acquisitions, investments and strategic planning. Prior to his role with IAC Corporate, Dan spent four years with Ticketmaster-Citysearch (now Ticketmaster), which was IAC’s first Internet investment, beginning in 1997. From 1999 to early 2002, Dan was Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development for Ticketmaster, where he was responsible for leading all efforts in mergers and acquisitions, third party partnerships and strategic investments. He has also served as President of Citysearch, where he led the management and strategic direction of Ticketmaster's national and international city guide business. Dan joined Ticketmaster-CitySearch in August 1997 as Vice President, Marketing. Prior to Ticketmaster-Citysearch, Dan worked with PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Division for seven years where he managed multiple brands with revenues exceeding more than $3 billion in retail value. He also spent time in New Product Development and Operations. Dan received both his BS and MBA from the University of Illinois. ![]() John Foley, President
John has been a business leader with IAC since 1996. Prior to Pronto, John ran Evite.com for 3 years where he brought the business to profitability with over 1000% growth in traffic and revenue. Before Evite.com, John ran functional departments for both Ticketmaster.com and Citysearch.com. John has an MBA from Harvard and a BS in Engineering from Georgia Tech. ![]() Brad Perry, Chief Scientist
Brad has over 17 years experience architecting and developing solutions for distributed Internet information applications. Prior to Pronto, Brad was the Chief Scientist and Founder of Semantic Discovery, a textual and predictive modeling company. Brad was also a Founder of Easytrieve, an early Internet data harvesting company that went from start to profitable in under 9 months. Brad has also held senior research and management positions at Whizbang Labs, MCC and Hughes Research Laboratories. Brad received his Ph.D and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and his BS degree from the University of California, Berkeley. ![]() Greg Stevens, Chief Revenue Officer
As the Chief Revenue Officer, Greg oversees advertiser sales and development, consumer marketing and client services. Before Pronto, Greg was a Director at Claria Corporation where he focused on the strategic development of Fortune 500 advertisers and top interactive agencies. Prior to Claria, Greg served as the Director of Business Development at LinkShare Corporation. Greg graduated from Tufts University with a focus on Biology, Genetics and English. He is an active sailor and has represented the U.S. in several World and National Championships. ![]() Hisao Kushi, General Counsel
Hisao is General Counsel for both Pronto and Gifts.com and has been with IAC since 1999. Prior to his current position, Hisao served as in-house counsel at numerous IAC businesses, including as Vice President and General Counsel of Citysearch.com and Evite, and Assistant General Counsel for Ticketmaster. Prior to IAC, Kushi held various roles at Universal Studios and as a litigation associate in Boston. Hisao holds a JD from Boston College Law School. |









