Industry Moves: Reunion.com; Nielsen Business Media; ipsh!; Kleiner Perkins
This story was written by Amanda Natividad.
-- Reunion.com: Rachel C. Glaser joins the company in a dual role as COO and CFO. Reporting directly to CEO and founder Jeffrey Tinsley, Glaser will oversee all aspects of the company's financial planning and investor relations as well as be responsible for corporate development and business operations. Most recently, Glaser was SVP of finance at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), where she led a global finance team responsible for forecasting and analysis. Release.
-- Nielsen Business Media: The company has appointed Mark Hosbein as its SVP of marketing, where he will lead marketing and strategy development efforts across all platforms, reporting to president of Nielsen Business Media, Greg Farrar. A 20-year marketing and media veteran, Hosbein was most recently SVP-brand management and advertising for Discover Card.
-- ipsh!: Brad Vettese has joined the wireless marketing and mobile media agency of Omnicom's The Marketing Arm as its EVP/managing director, West Coast. Most recently he served as CMO for Teleflip and was previously VP of marketing for Limbo 41414. Release.
-- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers: William "Bing" Gordon will join the firm as partner in June. For the past 10 years Gordon served as Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) and will maintain his relationship with the company as Chief Creative Officer Emeritus, returning to lead periodic workshops on innovation. He was previously EVP of marketing, EVP of EA Studios and EVP of entertainment production, and is currently a board member of Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN). Release.
By Amanda Natividad