Speakers

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  SIMON GREENMAN, CEO, HomeAdvisor Europe

  Simon is an experienced international general manager and investor in online media, advertising and technology companies. He is currently based in London, England.

  Simon became CEO of HomeAdvisor Europe, an InterActiveCorp company, in early 2013. He was previously Head of Online for both European Directories and Dex Media / R.R. Donnelley where he helped lead the transformations from print directory to digital marketing services businesses. Earlier in his career Simon co-founded the MapQuest.com service. He has also worked or consulted for AOL, Accenture and Merkle Direct Marketing.

  Simon is active in the entrepreneurial community. He has been a Venture Partner and is now an advisor to DN Capital, a leading VC with investments in Shazam and Endeca. He is also a member of the screening committee of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of London.

  He holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA (Hons) in Computing and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

  About HomeAdvisor
  HomeAdvisor is the world's largest network of local sites that connects homeowners with approved home improvement professionals. Since 1999, over 25 million homeowners have been connected to a network of over 80,000 home improvement professionals in 500 categories. HomeAdvisor Europe operates a network of home improvement professionals and local sites in the UK, France, Netherlands and Germany. HomeAdvisor is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, a fortune 500 company (Nasdaq: IACI).

• Thurs., Sept. 12, 3:30 pm
  Fireside Chat: The New Focus on Home Services (and Europe)