Meet Our Leaders
Julia Hartz
Co-Founder & CEO
Julia is responsible for the vision, strategy and growth of Eventbrite. Under her leadership, the company has become the world’s largest event technology platform, and has received multiple awards for workplace culture and performance. These accolades include Fortune's 100 Best Workplaces for Women and also for Millennials, Glassdoor's 2016 Best Places to Work, and San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work in the SF Bay Area list for seven years straight. Julia has been honored as one of Fortune’s 2015 40 Under 40 business leaders, Inc.’s 35 under 35 in 2014, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013.
Kevin Hartz
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Before founding Eventbrite and serving as the company’s CEO for a decade, Kevin was Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company that went public and was acquired by PayPal in 2015. He has served as an early-stage investor and advisor to successful start-ups including the likes of Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber, Lookout, Trulia, Flixster, Skybox Imaging, and Yammer. Kevin has an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a master's degree from University College, Oxford.
Renaud Visage
Co-Founder & CTO
As Eventbrite's CTO and founding technical architect, Renaud manages the Platform's technical roadmap. Trained as a civil engineer, Renaud joined the dot com world in 2000 as Director of Engineering at photo-sharing pioneer Zing Networks. In 2014, Renaud was recognized in Wired UK's Top 100 digital influencers in Europe. He's also an active angel investor and mentor on the European start-up scene. Renaud is also an accomplished architectural and travel photographer, and has had his work represented by various stock photo agencies around the world.
Randy Befumo
VP of Strategy
As a former Director of Research at Legg Mason Capital Management, Randy brings two decades of investment experience to his role at Eventbrite, where he combines analysis of the product, market, and competitive landscape to drive business and product strategy.
Jaleh Bisharat
CMO
With more than 20 years of experience growing products from inception to vibrant brands that delight customers, Jaleh oversees worldwide marketing for Eventbrite. Previously, Jaleh led global marketing teams at companies including Upwork (formerly oDesk), Amazon, and OpenTable, where she also served on the Board of Directors.
Tamara Mendelsohn
General Manager of Consumer
As General Manager of Consumer, Tamara drives global consumer strategy across all facets of the organization. She was one of Eventbrite's earliest hires in 2009, and before taking on her current role, Tamara built the company's global marketing team from the ground up. Prior to joining Eventbrite, Tamara was a Senior Analyst with Forrester Research, specializing in eCommerce technology.
Dana Kilian
VP of People
Dana is responsible for the growth, development and evolution of Eventbrite’s team of 500+ “Britelings,” and award-winning company culture. Prior to this role, Dana was the VP of Customer Experience at Eventbrite for six years, where she perfected scalable, efficient and personal service. Under her leadership, she led the world-class team to achieve and maintain one of the highest Net Promoter Scores possible. Before Eventbrite, she worked on the customer experience team for AdWords at Google.
Pat Poels
VP of Engineering
Pat leads the world-class engineering team at Eventbrite. Previously the Vice President of Software Development at Ticketmaster, Pat was responsible for host system development and wrote much of the reserved seating inventory system that's still in use today.
Matt Rosenberg
CRO
Matt is responsible for strategy and growth of our global sales and business development. Before Eventbrite, Matt headed up sales at ServiceSource where he helped grow the company from $65M in revenue to over $220 million, propelling them toward a successful IPO in 2011.
Mark Rubash
CFO
As Chief Financial Officer, Mark juggles budgets and costs management, sets aggressive financial goals, and measures performance. Prior to Eventbrite, Mark handled finance for companies including eBay, Yahoo! and Shutterfly, and was also a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Laurent Sellier
VP of Product
Laurent is leading Eventbrite's worldwide product strategy as we build out our discovery platform and create a global marketplace for live experiences. Previously serving as Twitter's Director of Product Management, Laurent focused on product strategy for their mobile apps, and led their most recent redesign. Prior to Twitter, Laurent worked for seven years at Amazon on the team that built the Kindle business from the ground up.
Julia Hartz
Kevin Hartz
Renaud Visage
Randy Befumo
Jaleh Bisharat
Tamara Mendelsohn
Dana Kilian
Pat Poels
Matt Rosenberg
Mark Rubash
Laurent Sellier