Benjamin Pashman

Current

• Vice President Sales and Business Development at Gigya

Past

• Senior Director of Advertising Sales at InsiderPages.com
• Director of Advertising Sales at Travelzoo
• Advertising Director at Condenet

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Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder

Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Benjamin Pashman’s Summary

15 years of Sales and Marketing experience with 10 years of managerial experience leading advertising sales teams. Previous work experience includes: Entertainment Publications (division of IACI) Doubleclick, Condenet and Travelzoo. Start up experience includes heading up sales at Sequoia funded Insderpages and my current position heading up sales and business development with Gigya a Benchmark and Firstround funded company.

Benjamin Pashman’s Specialties:

Strategic Sales and Marketing, interacting with the highest levels of executive management at Fortune 1000 companies. Player/ Coach enabling the team to meet and exceed revenue goals on a consistant basis. Proficient in start up operations and creative marketing techniques.

Benjamin Pashman’s Experience

• Vice President Sales and Business Development

  Gigya

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Gigya is the leading widget distribution network on the internet. Gigya currently has over 3,000 partners including, Doubleclick, EA, CNET and MTV. Gigya is a venture funded company backed by Mayfield Fund, Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital. To date we have raised $23.5mm in three rounds of financing.
  
  As the VP of Sales and Bus. Dev. and as employee #1 in the US I am charged with building distribution partnerhships and am responsible for driving all revenue generating events for the company. In 18 months the team has grown to 40 employees in four offices in the US and Israel.

Benjamin Pashman’s Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  BA, English, 1989 — 1993

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