Leadership
Reputation’s executive team is comprised of experienced, forward-thinking industry leaders who are passionate about helping businesses take control of their online reputation.
Executive Team
Joe Burton
Chief Executive Officer
Joe Burton
Chief Executive Officer
Joe Burton is an accomplished executive who has led public and private billion-dollar organizations in driving new product portfolios, go-to-market strategies, and innovative business models. Having spent the earlier parts of his career in information technology, Joe is passionate about fostering more transparency and trust in the digital world, while championing high performing cultures aligned to mission, vision and social responsibility.
A recognized global transformational change executive, Joe has held the CEO role at Telesign and Poly, as well as serving as the Chief Technology Officer of Unified Communications at Cisco. Having started his career as an engineer, Joe brings both product and development expertise as well as a wealth of knowledge on big data, analytics, machine learning, SaaS, networking, unified communications, consumer electronics, and IoT.
Residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joe completed the Stanford Executive Program and Directors’ Consortium at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and earned a bachelor’s in computer information systems from Excelsior University.
Scott Barmmer
Chief Revenue Officer
Scott Barmmer
Chief Revenue Officer
Scott Barmmer leads Reputation’s global sales organization. Scott joins us from DocuSign, where he spent seven years in a variety of sales leadership roles, most recently having led International Sales from a $50 million a year organization to over $200 million in a matter of three years. Before DocuSign, he held various sales leadership positions for Get Satisfaction, the customer community software platform for technical support, and Salesforce, where he was hired as the first outside hire in Commercial Sales leadership. Over the course of seven years at Salesforce, Scott helped build and execute what is now often referred to as the velocity sales model and sold what was the first ten-figure enterprise deal in company history. Scott started his career at Dun & Bradstreet Software, followed by roles at Oracle and Ariba.
Scott received his undergraduate degree in Finance from Boston College. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and children.
Liz Carter
Chief Marketing Officer
Liz Carter
Chief Marketing Officer
Liz oversees Reputation’s global marketing organization, which includes demand gen, product marketing and corporate marketing function. She is an experienced marketing leader who has built and managed high performing teams that deliver results across demand gen, communications, corporate events, field marketing and thought leadership.
Previously, Liz built the field marketing and corporate events function at ServiceMax and managed various aspects of corporate marketing, communications and demand gen. Prior to joining ServiceMax in 2011, Liz was the Sr. Event Marketing Manager at SuccessFactors where she developed corporate event programs like SuccessConnect, SuccessFactors’ annual user conference and supported SuccessFactors’ goals of high growth and IPO through events. Liz holds a B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University.
Shantanu Sarkar
Chief Technology Officer
Shantanu Sarkar
Chief Technology Office
Shantanu Sarkar is an accomplished executive who brings a wealth of experience as a technology leader with over thirty years of success in leading high-performing large product & engineering teams at Aptiv, Amazon, Poly (formerly Plantronics), and Cisco. With over 150 patents to his credit, he is an expert in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SaaS, and Connected Devices. In addition to deep technical expertise, he has tremendous business experience focused on long-range product and business strategy, launching innovative products (such as Amazon Alexa), and creating new revenue streams, leading to hundreds of shipped products that have generated multi-billion dollar revenue.
Shantanu holds a master’s degree in Computer and Information Science from Ohio State University and a bachelor’s from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Anthony Gaskell
Managing Director, EMEA
Anthony Gaskell
Managing Director, EMEA
A founding member of Reputation’s international organization, Anthony leads Reputation’s European business. Joining the company in 2015, he has been instrumental in the high-growth of the business across the region and has spearheaded key partnerships and ongoing relationships with major European organisations, from Automotive to Hospitality, in over 25 countries including Hyundai, Inchcape, Kia, Mitchells & Butlers, British American Tobacco, and more.
Prior to Reputation, Anthony has over 15 years experience in leading business segments within some of the worlds largest financial services organisations, including Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Zurich.
Anthony holds a BA (Hons.) Degree in Music and Technology from the University of Liverpool, England.
Jamie Girouard
Chief People Officer
Jamie Girouard
Chief People Officer
Jamie Girouard is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of global HR experience, primarily within the technology industry. Currently Chief People Officer at Reputation, Jamie has served as a CHRO in various private and publicly traded companies, including Quantum Corporation – and, most recently – Telesign. Jamie is known for innovating total rewards programs and helping organizations develop high-performing teams through initiatives focused on culture enhancement. She brings a unique background blending statistics and psychology that she applies to create people-centric human capital strategies that align with organizational objectives.
Her expertise spans employee engagement, leadership development, talent acquisition, executive coaching, organizational design, and HR operations. Beyond her professional endeavors, Jamie has been the Executive Director on local and national non-profit boards.
Jamie holds a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Colorado State University.
Board of Directors
Michael Fertik
Executive Chairman, Founder
Michael Fertik
Executive Chairman, Founder
Michael Fertik founded Reputation in 2006 with the belief that people and businesses have the right to control and protect their online reputation and privacy. A futurist with more than ten patents, Michael is credited with pioneering the field of online reputation management (ORM) and lauded as the world’s leading cyberthinker in digital privacy and reputation.
Michael was most recently named Entrepreneur of the Year by TechAmerica, an annual award given by the technology industry trade group to an individual they feel embodies the entrepreneurial spirit that made the U.S. technology sector a global leader.
He is a member of the World Economic Forum Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet, a recipient of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011 Award and through his leadership, the Forum named Reputation.com a Global Growth Company in 2012. Fertik is an industry commentator with guest columns in Harvard Business Review, Reuters, Inc.com and Newsweek.
Named a LinkedIn Influencer, he regularly blogs on current events as well as developments in entrepreneurship and technology. Fertik frequently appears on national and international television and radio, including the BBC, Good Morning America, Today Show, Dr. Phil, CBS Early Show, CNN, Fox, Bloomberg, and MSNBC. He is the co-author of two books, Wild West 2.0 (2010), and New York Times best seller, The Reputation Economy (2015).
Fertik founded his first Internet company while at Harvard College. He received his JD from Harvard Law School. He now teaches at Harvard Law School.
Michael Fertik is an active technology investor as Founder and Managing Partner of Heroic Ventures.
Follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelFertik.
Joe Burton
Chief Executive Officer
Joe Burton
Chief Executive Officer
Joe Burton is an accomplished executive who has led public and private billion-dollar organizations in driving new product portfolios, go-to-market strategies, and innovative business models. Having spent the earlier parts of his career in information technology, Joe is passionate about fostering more transparency and trust in the digital world, while championing high performing cultures aligned to mission, vision and social responsibility.
A recognized global transformational change executive, Joe has held the CEO role at Telesign and Poly, as well as serving as the Chief Technology Officer of Unified Communications at Cisco. Having started his career as an engineer, Joe brings both product and development expertise as well as a wealth of knowledge on big data, analytics, machine learning, SaaS, networking, unified communications, consumer electronics, and IoT.
Residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joe completed the Stanford Executive Program and Directors’ Consortium at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and earned a bachelor’s in computer information systems from Excelsior University.
Shannon Brayton
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
Shannon Brayton
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
Shannon Brayton has more than 25 years of experience leading teams and shaping corporate narratives for some of the world’s most innovative and disruptive brands. She is currently a partner and the Chief Marketing Officer at Bessemer Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that funds consumer, enterprise, and healthcare startups. She and her team work closely with portfolio companies on their marketing strategies and brand communications. She’s also a member of the Board of Directors of Vidyard, a software company that hosts and analyze companies’ video strategies; Quizlet, a leading consumer learning brand that builds tools for teachers and students; KQED, a public-supported alternative to commercial media in Northern California; and Reputation, the only platform that manages consumer feedback from acquisition to loyalty. Shannon is widely regarded as a strong operational executive and a world-class manager and leader.
Shannon joined LinkedIn in 2010 as its Vice President of Communications, and in 2015, she expanded her purview to oversee all marketing activities at the company as CMO. She led a team of 700+ professionals around the world who covered all aspects of integrated marketing and communications, including product marketing, market research, brand, employee communications, social impact, demand generation, and events. Shannon and her team are also credited with managing the LinkedIn communications strategy for the company’s acquisition by Microsoft, which became a blueprint for managing M&A in the media. She was also responsible for the communications strategies for the high-profile IPOs of both OpenTable in 2009 and LinkedIn in 2011.
Having risen through the communications ranks from PR Associate to Chief Marketing Officer, Shannon has been credited with many corporate and consumer public relations successes. Her diverse experience includes managing all aspects of a company’s public profile — from developing crisis plans and IPO roadshow decks to building global teams and producing high-impact consumer and customer events. In addition to the 26 years spent in Silicon Valley, Shannon lived and worked for two years in Zurich, Switzerland, further broadening her perspective as a global executive.
Shannon was named one of the most world’s most influential CMOs for three consecutive years by Forbes Magazine, and she was described by PRWeek in 2017 as “a force of nature any company would want on their side.” Also, as part of her role at LinkedIn, she enjoyed the privilege of interviewing a variety of luminaries, including Richard Branson, Chelsea Clinton, Reed Hastings, Reid Hoffman and Michelle Obama.
Shannon lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children. Her hobbies include reading the news, traveling with her family, and doing the New York Times crossword every day.
Bryan Bui
Investor, Heritage Group
David Cowan
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
David Cowan
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
David Cowan, a partner in Bessemer Venture Partner’s Silicon Valley office, launched the firm’s practices in cloud infrastructure, consumer tech, cyber-security and space tech. His historical portfolio includes Ciena, Blue Nile, Twilio, LinkedIn, LifeLock, Qualys and 16 other IPOs, as well as many large acquisitions such as Twitch, Postini, Cyota, iSight, Tripwire, Netli, Playdom, Nonimum, Dropcam and Skybox Imaging. His current portfolio – spanning startups founded in the U.S., Argentina, Singapore, Israel, New Zealand and Scotland – includes Rocket Lab, Spire, GetInsured, Smule, Endgame, Claroty, Tile, Iris Automation, Auth0 and Zapier.
During his tenure at BVP, David co-founded three cyber security companies: VeriSign (IPO), where David served as initial Chairman and CFO; Good Technology (fka Visto, acquired by Blackberry) where David served as CEO, and Defense.net (acquired by F5).
David earned an A.B. in math and computer science and an MBA degree, both from Harvard University. Forbes ranked him #6 on the Midas List and tied for 4th in the Midas List of Hall of Fame. He serves on several non-profit boards including Center For Inquiry. David is co-writer of the Silicon Valley mockumentary series Bubbleproof.
Howard Hartenbaum
Investor, August Capital
Howard Hartenbaum
Investor, August Capital
Howard Hartenbaum joined August Capital in 2008. Prior to joining, he served as a General Partner at Draper Richards LP where he was the founding investor in Skype and a former member of the board of directors where his achievement resulted in his joining the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists.
Before entering the venture capital field, Howard was at Hughes Electronics, where he was responsible for supporting business development, marketing and sales of satellite, information security and automotive technologies developed by HRL Laboratories. He also worked in engineering positions in ergonomics and user experience at Honda Motor Company and manufacturing at Teledyne Relays. Howard has worked overseas for a total of ten years in Luxembourg and Japan.
Howard received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.
Current August investments: Beckon, Callisto Media, DITTO, DocSend, Eat Club, Gigwalk, MyFlickList (dba Reelgood), OpenGarden, Reputation, Turo and Wove.
Other Previous investments: Skype (acquired by eBay), Photobucket (acquired by Fox Interactive Media), Bebo (acquired by AOL), Netkraft (acquired by Adea Solutions), PowerReviews (acquired by Bazaarvoice), DimDim (acquired by Salesforce.com) and Flurry (acquired by Yahoo!).
Nick Kaiser
Investor, Marlin Equity
John Kuelper
Investor, Ascension Ventures
John Kuelper
Investor, Ascension Ventures
John Kuelper joined Ascension Ventures in 2014 as a Kauffman Fellow. John is Founder and President of Qualia Holdings LLC, a platform for systems biology and therapeutic ventures. He has advised or worked for several investment firms (Adams Street Partners, Sterling Partners, Abundant Venture Partners), medical technology companies (Stereotaxis, Orpheden Therapeutics), and nonprofits (The Kresge Foundation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association).
John began his career as a medical researcher studying computational neuroscience and medical robotics and has over fifteen years of experience as a commercial software developer. John earned JD and MBA degrees from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management where he graduated with honors and was elected Beta Gamma Sigma (top 10% of class). He earned a BA in cognitive neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating magna cum laude. In 2014 he was elected to the Kauffman Fellows Society. In his spare time, John enjoys hiking and camping with his two dogs and listening to live music.
Tom Mawhinney
Investor, Icon Ventures
Tom Mawhinney
Investor, Icon Ventures
Tom Mawhinney joined Icon Ventures in 2003 as a General Partner, bringing a 15-year background in the technology industry as both a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur. Tom has a wide range of technology investing experience and brings a passion for helping to scale young, rapidly growing companies. His venture investing capabilities were acknowledged when he was named to the AlwaysOn Venture Capital 100 Power Players in the Cloud and Entrepreneurial Power Player – West lists.
Before joining Icon, Tom was with Canaan Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with $2 billion under management. He first developed his skills as a technology investor and entrepreneur during the five years he spent with Summit Partners, a venture capital firm managing over $6 billion. As an entrepreneur, Tom co-founded and spent five years as President and COO of North Systems, a venture-backed software company.
At Icon, Tom is on the Board of or actively involved with Area 1 Security, Bill.com, Ionic Security, KIXEYE, Opcity, Reputation, Synack, Teladoc (TDOC) and The Muse. Prior Icon investments include 41st Parameter (Experian), Brion Technologies (ASML Holdings), ClairMail (Monitise), DATAllegro (Microsoft), Huddle (Turn/River), Infinera (INFN), MarketLive (Vista Equity), PostPath (Cisco Systems), Solidcore Systems (McAfee), Voltage Security (HP) and Yodle (Web.com).Tom’s past investments at Canaan and Summit include AmeriPath (PATH), HAHT Commerce (Global eXchange Services), IntelliQuest (IQST), MEDNAX (MD), Microbank Software (SunGard Data Systems), Powerwave Technologies (PWAV) and SteriGenics International (STER).
Tom received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated with honors from Harvard College.
Ted Schlein
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Ted Schlein
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Ted Schlein is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins and a preeminent expert on cybersecurity and enterprise software. Ted was the founding CEO of Fortify Software and has led Kleiner Perkins’ involvement in a number of successful investments including Alien Vault, Arcsight, CarbonBlack, Internet Security Systems, Phantom Security, Mandiant and Oakley Networks. Ted serves on the board of directors of AppOrbit, Area 1 Security, Chegg, FullStory, Incorta, Inspirato, Ionic Security, IronNet Cybersecurity, JASK, Reputation, Shape Security, Synack, Trusona and UJet. Additionally, Ted oversees Kleiner Perkins’ investments in Ayasdi, Endgame Systems and Segment.
Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Ted served as vice president, Enterprise Solutions at Symantec. One of Symantec’s early employees, he played an instrumental role in the company’s growth and dominance as a global software leader. Ted led Symantec’s successful move into the software utilities market, as well as the launch of its commercial anti-virus solution, an offering that quickly emerged as the industry gold standard.
Ted is the former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a national alliance advocating the role of venture investing in job creation, technology innovation, and economic development. He is also the former president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the founder of DoD-sponsored DeVenCI program. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the Board of Overseers of the Engineering School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Ted serves on the Board of Trustees at InQTel. Ted frequently participates as an opinion leader in public, private and government forums, providing perspectives on security technology, related investments, and market adoption trends. Ted holds a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.