Selina Tobaccowala
| Selina Tobaccowala | |
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| 🏫 Education | Stanford University |
| 💼 Occupation | entrepreneur, software product executive |
| 📆 Years active | 1997 - present |
| Known for | Co-founding Evite |
Selina Tobaccowala is an entrepreneur and software product executive. She is known for co-founding the company Evite.[1][2]
Education
Selina Tobaccowala attended Stanford University in Stanford, California and graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science.[3] While in college, she and fellow Stanford student Al Leib founded Evite in 1997.[3]
Career
She served as vice president of engineering at Evite until 2001, when Evite was acquired by Ticketmaster.[3][4][5] After managing the transition,[3] she became senior vice president of product at Ticketmaster's Europe division.[5][6]
Tobaccowala joined SurveyMonkey in 2009 as vice president of product and engineering,[7] before becoming president and chief technology officer.[1] In 2016, Tobaccowala joined with her Evite co-founder, Al Lieb, to start Gixo, a fitness app that streams live exercise classes to mobile devices.[8] Gixo was acquired in 2019 by Openfit, a subsidiary of the Beachbody Company.[9]
Tobaccowala serves on the board of Redfin,[10] the board of Vital Voices,[11] and on the advisory board to HubSpot.[12] She previously served on the board of Tugboat Yards.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ALBANESE jr, GIOVANNI (April 16, 2008). "'Evite' Founder Selina Tobaccowala Moves on to Running Fitness Startup 'Gixo'". India West News. Archived from the original on 2018-04-09. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Her Mentor Passed Away. It Inspired Her to Make a Change--and Launch a Startup". Inc.com. August 2018. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Delevett, Peter (November 8, 2013). "Evite co-founder Al Lieb is back in the startup game as CEO of ClearSlide". The Mercury News. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Ticketmaster Agrees to Acquire Online-Invitation Service Evite". Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Selina Tobaccowala | Grace Hopper - GHC Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Successful Entrepreneur and Engineering Leader Selina Tobaccowala of SurveyMonkey | Hackbright Academy". 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Selina Tobaccowala: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ↑ "Selina Tobaccowala: Let fires burn | Masters of Scale podcast". WaitWhat. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ Ellingson, Annlee (November 7, 2019). "Openfit launches 'FaceTime for fitness' with live workout coaching".
- ↑ "Evite co-founder, former Priceline.com CFO named to the board of Redfin". 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ↑ "Vital Voices Board Members".
- ↑ "Company Spotlight: HubSpot - InHerSight Blog". InHerSight.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
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