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Michael Schaffer, CTO
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Jeanie Bunker, VP Sales & Marketing
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Richard Weatherford, Founder
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Peggy DeLeon, VP HR
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Mark Nason, VP Operations
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Richard Hewitt, VP Finance
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Skip Rudolf, VP Sales
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Liz Derr, VP Engineering
Alibris Names Liz Derr Chief Operating Officer
Top online book, music, and movie marketplace to focus on improving customer satisfaction and expanding business partnerships
EMERYVILLE, CA—March 5, 2008—Alibris, the premier online marketplace for new and used books, CDs, and DVDs is pleased to announce the promotion of Liz Derr to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Derr has been VP of Engineering at Alibris for the past two years, after joining Alibris in 2005.
In her role as COO, Derr continues to lead the company's Engineering department, and she shoulders additional responsibilities. She now manages Alibris's partnerships with online and traditional retail partners, like Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Chapters/Indigo, and Half.com by eBay, and heads Alibris's customer service organization, which supports the online marketplace's millions of retail customers and thousands of independent book, music, and movie sellers.
"Liz has successfully led Alibris through new initiatives and major infrastructure changes, and has taken over leadership of our cross-functional operations team this past year," said Brian Elliott, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alibris. "She has a real passion for improving customer satisfaction. Having Liz integrate our engineering, customer service, and business- partnership initiatives allows us to better serve sellers, buyers, and partners by implementing improvements that drive long-term growth for our business." Elliott further explained that Alibris has made significant infrastructure investments—investments the book, music, and movie marketplace intends to leverage in 2008 to help their independent sellers find more buyers through the broadest available base of both online and traditional retail outlets.
Already in 2008, Alibris has launched the following four initiatives to help both sellers and buyers:
Sellers can now provide buyers with delivery-confirmation or tracking numbers on items purchased through the Alibris marketplace.
Sellers are now able to upload custom images of their new and used books, CDs, and DVDs, which is especially helpful for listing rare and hard-to-find books.
Alibris now provides sellers with access to exclusive data about the marketplace's top-selling books.
Alibris and Blackwell U.K. launched a partnership to provide Blackwell U.K. customers with access to the incredible selection available through Alibris's global network of independent sellers of books, music items, and movies.
"I am very excited to continue building on our strong start in 2008," said Derr. "The Blackwell U.K. relationship is only the first of many new business partnerships that will leverage the new Alibris E-commerce Integration Framework. We will also be expanding our current partnerships with major online and traditional media retailers this year."
Derr also confirmed the renewed focus on customer satisfaction, indicating that Alibris is actively working on significant upgrades to the level of service they provide to buyers and sellers. "Our team is stronger than ever, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to drive initiatives that build on our solid foundation of unparalleled selection and extensive partnerships," she said.
About Alibris
Alibris is the premiere online destination for new and used books, music items, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles. We connect people who love books, music, and movies to the best independent sellers from 45 countries around the world. Our proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow us to offer more than 75 million used, new, and out-of-print titles to consumers, libraries, and retailers, which include Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters/Indigo, and Half.com. Founded in 1998 and acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2006, Alibris was named a "Fast 50" and a "Technology Fast 500" growth business by Deloitte in 2005. Alibris is a registered trademark.
Brian Elliott, President/CEO
Alibris names Brian Elliott CEO
Founder Marty Manley turns Alibris over to his successor
EMERYVILLE, CA—December 5, 2007—Alibris, Inc. founder Marty Manley today announced that Brian Elliott would take over as CEO of the online book, music, and movie exchange as of the new year. Elliott is an eight-year veteran of Alibris and has served as the company's President and COO since 2006.
"I have had a very rewarding ten years," declared Manley, who launched the company with bookseller Dick Weatherford in late 1997. "When we started Alibris, we thought the Internet could help sellers find new customers and help book lovers find what we used to call 'hard-to-find-books.' Alibris has grown from a few employees working out of my house to a large, consistently profitable, global exchange for books, music, and movies. The end of a decade is the right time for me to make a transition that we have been considering for some time. Brian is the right person to lead this company through the next stage of its growth, and I am proud to turn the business over to him."
Elliott thanked Manley for his leadership, noting that "What Marty has built at Alibris in the last ten years is phenomenal. Under his leadership, we have created a media exchange that is unmatched in its breadth of seller channels—from our retail site, which is visited by millions of visitors each year, to our business partnerships with major online retailers and institutional libraries." Elliott said that Alibris has never had more customers or a stronger organization, technology foundation, or market position than it does today. "We have a great leadership team, and the investments we made in 2007 will allow us to deliver more sales and services to more sellers than ever before and will enable our customers to discover new sources of books, music, and movies.
Manley indicated that he is starting a new company and would announce details in the new year.
About Alibris
Alibris is the premiere online destination for new and used books, as well as rare and out-of-print books. We connect people who love books, music, and movies to the best independent sellers from 45 countries around the world. Our proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow us to offer more than 75 million used, new, and out-of-print books to consumers, libraries, and retailers, which include Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters/Indigo, and Half.com. Founded in 1998 and acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2006, Alibris was named a "Fast 50" and a "Technology Fast 500" growth business by Deloitte in 2005. Alibris is a registered trademark.
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Craig Gentner
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Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon built his career over the past 30 years as an entrepreneur in the audio and computer industries, a software and computer industry executive, and a venture capitalist. He worked with Apple computer through his own business to set up Apple's early dealer network in the early 1980's, was the original sales and marketing VP of Aldus, the creators of PageMaker software which spawned the desktop publishing industry, worked in Venture Capital as a partner at Mohr, Davidow Ventures during the late 1990's, and served on the Boards of several successful companies as well as being CEO or founder of three other ventures along the way. He joined Audyssey in December 2004 as CEO, thereby, connecting the dots in his career to his first job as a retail audio sales person while in school.
Peter Mills
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Robert Kaplan
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Paul Klingenstein
Paul Klingenstein has been a venture capital investor for most of his professional career. Beginning at Warburg, Pincus in the early 1980s, he joined Accel Partners in 1986 and helped, through the next decade, to build a leading venture capital firm. After a brief period as an advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation, he formed Aberdare Ventures in 1999. During this period he has invested in more than 50 companies, the majority of which are now public, or have been merged into public companies. These investments comprise mostly early-stage domestic businesses, but also include later-stage, public, and non-U.S. companies, and management buyouts. His current and former boards include Alibris, Ample Medical, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Aviron, CapitalThinking, Circline, Glycomed, Idun Pharmaceuticals, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Pharmion, U.S. Behavioral Health, and Xomed Surgical Products. He has served on the boards of various educational and non-profit institutions including the African Wildlife Foundation, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Juma Ventures, the Marin Country Day School and the Taft School. He received an AB from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford.
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John Ingram
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