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Key People

Management

Peter Pham, CEO

As CEO of BillShrink, Peter drives company expansion and is an advocate for customer rights and transparency among service providers. He was previously vice president of business development at Photobucket.com, where he was the fifth employee and was responsible for driving user acquisition, strategic partnerships and corporate development. Photobucket was acquired in 2007 by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation.

When Peter left in 2008, Photobucket had grown to more than 61M users, making it the #1 photo sharing site and the 38th most visited site in the U.S. Prior to Photobucket, Peter was in the enterprise space for more than 8 years working in sales, marketing, reseller channel development, product and strategy for multiple startups in the fields of mid-range server computing, software as a service, solid state storage and mobilization of enterprise software.

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a minor in business management from the University of California, Irvine.

Schwark Satyavolu, Co-Founder

Schwark is a co-founder and one of the original visionaries behind BillShrink. As a result of his own family’s frustration with information overload and confusion when trying to switch cell phone plans, Schwark, a serial entrepreneur, started thinking about how to use web technology to solve this problem.

Schwark was previously an entrepreneur-in-residence with Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), where he explored opportunities to leverage the Internet and innovative information aggregation techniques to solve real-world problems. Prior to his tenure with BVP, Schwark was with Yodlee for eight years, where he developed the technology, co-founded the company, and served in a variety of functions, including chief technology officer. Prior to this, Schwark worked at Microsoft, where he was responsible for designing and developing several key features of Microsoft’s project management tool.

Schwark has produced seminal TCP/IP research and holds three patents, with 15 others pending. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Samir Kothari, Co-Founder

Samir is a co-founder of BillShrink and manages product development by maintaining a constant dialogue with users and tailoring the product to meet their needs.

He previously led product management and strategy for TrialPay, a fast-growing company at the intersection of online advertising and digital payments. Samir had previously worked at BEA Systems, where he headed product marketing for WebLogic Workshop and played a key role in launching the WebLogic Platform. He also worked as a product manager with Microsoft. Samir also spent several years working as a venture capitalist with Battery Ventures and Summit Partners, focusing on investments in software and consumer Internet companies.

Samir graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s in computer science and an AB in Economics. He also received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Millar Scholar.

Board of Directors

David Cowan

David Cowan is at Bessemer Venture Partners and is the lead investor in Vimo Inc. In his career at Bessemer, David has made 43 early-stage investments, including 19 that have gone public, and 16 that have been acquired by public companies. David’s investment interests are diverse and include such firms as VeriSign, Cienna, PSI-Net and Postini. David’s notable other Internet services investments include such firms as Hotjobs, KeyNote Systems, Flycast and Blue Nile Inc.
David also teaches computer science at the Keys Middle School in Palo Alto. He received both his A.B. in math and computer science and his M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University.

Matt Coffin

Matt Coffin is a Los Angeles-based internet entrepreneur and investor. He was the CEO and founder of LowerMyBills.com, which was sold to Experian in 2005 for $330 million. In addition to LowerMyBills.com, he was president of Experian Online Customer Acquisition Services and President of the incubator-like Experian Interactive Innovation Center. Matt was an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of Year award winner in 2007 and was Southern California Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006.

Gus Tai

Gus Tai is a General Partner at Trinity Ventures and PlayFirst board member. He currently serves on the Boards of Aventail, Blue Nile (NILE), Modulus Video and Amalfi Semiconductor. In addition to these companies, he was part of the team responsible for Trinity's investments in BackWeb (BWEB), FatBrain (FATB), Invio Software, KIVA Software and Network Alchemy. Prior to joining Trinity, Gus worked at Bain & Company, where he consulted with technology firms on business strategy and new product development. He joined Bain from Digital Equipment Corp.'s Alpha Microprocessor Division, where he was an engineering and business development manager. For more information about Trinity Ventures: www.trinityventures.com.

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