About
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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy - Chief Executive OfficerBefore joining Polyvore, Sukhinder was CEO-in-Residence at Accel Partners. From 2005-2009 Sukhinder was President of Asia Pacific and Latin America for Google, where she built the company's presence from inception to scale across 40 domains and 103 different countries. Sukhinder first joined Google in 2003 as the General Manager for Google Local & Maps. From 1999-2003, Sukhinder was Co-founder and SVP of Business Development at Yodlee, a leading provider of software to the financial services industry. Sukhinder also serves as a board member of J.Crew, A Woman's Nation, and Jobtrain. A self-confessed shopaholic who loves the "thrill of the hunt", Sukhinder's #2 passion is fashion and decor, her #1 being her 3 kids, including newborn Kieran. The 10 p.m feed is often followed by the 11 p.m visit to Polyvore.com :) |
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Pasha Sadri - Co-FounderBefore co-founding Polyvore, Pasha was a principal software engineer at Yahoo, where he built several products from scratch, including Yahoo Pipes and Yahoo Trip Planner. Polyvore was one of Pasha's many ideas for a startup (the others included dirt pills for city kids, tomato-scented vegetable spray, and hydroponic restaurants), but the team is glad he chose Polyvore over those ideas. Pasha has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego. |
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Jianing Hu - Co-FounderJianing was most recently a software engineer at Yahoo, where he worked on Yahoo Trip Planner. Jianing has a degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is unsure if he will ever finish the Ph.D he started at Carnegie Mellon, because working at Polyvore is too much fun. Jianing is an avid rock climber. |
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Guangwei Yuan - Co-FounderAfter getting his B.S. and Masters in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and Duke University, Guangwei worked at Oracle for 4 years. He joined Yahoo in 2005 and left in 2007 to co-found Polyvore together with Pasha and Jianing. Guangwei is Polyvore's reigning ping pong champion and has the superhuman ability to eat enormous quantities of food without gaining any weight. |
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Jess Lee - Vice-President of Product ManagementAfter graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Science, Jess worked at Google for 4 years. She was a product manager for Google Maps and launched features like My Maps and draggable driving directions. Jess enjoys drawing, owns way too many comic books, and is hopelessly addicted to making Polyvore sets. |
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Kenson Yee - Software EngineerKenson was most recently a software engineer on the Google, where he worked on search quality for Google Maps. Prior to that, he studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Kenson must weigh less than 160lb at all times or face dire consequences from his girlfriend. |
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Nadia Hussain - Community ManagerAfter graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Communications, Nadia worked at Google for 5-1/2 years. She helped grow the Google AdWords Online Sales & Operations team from 50 people in Mountain View to hundreds of people around the world. Nadia is currently looking for a storage space large enough to hold her shoe collection. |
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Liz Xu Wilson - Software EngineerLiz graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Computer Science, and then worked at Google for 4 years where she led the My Maps team and the Blogsearch China team. Liz was sent to Shanghai to help with the growth and development of the Shanghai office, and fell in love with fashion there. Liz loves alternative rock, arts & crafts, and of course, shopping.
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Mandy Chenmin Liang - Software EngineerMandy graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in Computer Science. Mandy likes digging through data to find interesting things. She also likes to travel and experience new languages, cultures, and food. Mandy is a sports lover whose part-time activities include playing on a volleyball team and teaching dance.
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Milee Yu - Marketing ManagerMilee graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and then worked as a designer at Thomas Wylde before joining Polyvore as a marketing manager. Milee loves music, shopping, and taking trips to Los Angeles.
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Melanie Jones - Office ManagerMelanie graduated from University of Illinois with a B.A. in English. She worked for University of Chicago in Alumni Relations and Development for 3 years where she set up their Downtown Chicago and Western & Asia-Pacific Regional offices. Melanie loves candy and dinosaurs and plans to never grow up.
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Katherine McClymonds - Account DirectorKatherine grew up in the south and hightailed it to New York immediately after graduating from University of Georgia. She used to work for The New York Times selling advertising to beauty and fashion accounts. She prides herself on finding the best places to shop and eat in the city. Katherine is mildly obsessed with crossword puzzles, French Bulldogs, and world travel.
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Katia Hayati - Senior Software EngineerKatia graduated from UIUC with a Master's in Mathematics and from UCSC with a Master's in Computer Science. She worked for Yahoo!, Tellme, Microsoft when it acquired Tellme, and started Harmonious.ly, her own tiny two-person startup. Katia loves singing in choirs, lifting weights, and figuring out how many colors she can cram into a single outfit.
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