Executive Team

Loren Bendele, General Management

Loren Bendele joined Savings.com in January 2007 as the CEO.  Prior to that Loren ran Teleflora’s Partner Marketing business, selling through key relationships including USAA, UPS, American Express, Sears, JC Penney, American Airlines, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, and other major communities.  Loren started his career with Dow Chemical, initially as a chemical engineer in Dow’s Strategic Services group.  He then joined the Dallas office of The Boston Consulting Group where he provided strategy/management consulting services for industries including airline, health care, software and telecommunications.  He has also worked as a consultant focusing on strategy, business development, fund raising, product management and M&A for companies ranging in size from emerging ventures to established companies such as Amgen, Earthlink and WeddingChannel.com.  Loren graduated with honors in chemical engineering from The University of Texas A&M.

Marcus Flemming, Business Development & SEO

Marcus Flemming got his start on the web professionally in 1997 when he built his first web site ranked by PC Magazine as a top 3 online destination in its space (DVD). This entrepreneurial effort led to nine additional Internet based start-ups spanning from the fitness industry to commercial television and online web business solutions while building partnerships with companies such as Yahoo, Comcast, and Peer1.  While studying business administration and psychology, he expanded his skills beyond business planning and development to include hands on technical experience through advanced search engine optimization, network architecture and administration, and the management, design, and development of over one hundred online destinations.  Marcus joined the team in January of 2007 to focus on business development and SEO initiatives.

Gregory C. Kim, Marketing & Strategy

Greg Kim joined Savings.com in October 2009 as the head of marketing, strategy and monetization. Prior to Savings.com, Greg served as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at People Media where he built out the team, infrastructure, website and roadmap to build a global leader in niche dating. People Media was sold to Match.com/InterActiveCorp for $80 million in July 2009. Prior to People Media, Greg was Senior Director of Strategy & Corporate Development at LowerMyBills.com and helped the company become a category killer in comparison shopping for services and a lead generation platform in home loans, education and insurance. During Greg’s tenure, LowerMyBills.com grew from $10 million to $250 million in revenues in 3 years and the company was sold to Experian for $400 million. Prior to LowerMyBills.com, Greg was an investment banker with Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin where he worked on engagements across all product and industry groups and clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Greg earned his M.B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies and Finance from the The Anderson School at UCLA, and graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.

Tom Kuljis, Deal Operations

Tom Kuljis started his business career in the Direct Marketing industry while studying philosophy in Santa Barbara CA.  He signed on at a small ecommerce start-up, Commerce Planet Inc., in early 2003, and he quickly rose through the ranks, occupying various positions including Director of Customer Service, Director of Quality Assurance, and he eventually became the VP of Consumer Relations for the business at the age of 23.  Post acquisition he worked as an independent consultant focused primarily on streamlining call center operations and establishing employee training processes for small businesses.  Tom joined the Savings.com team in March of 2007 to manage the company’s Deal Entry Resources.

Evan Labb, Business Development

Evan Labb joined Savings.com in April 2010 as Head of Partnerships & Business Development. Prior to Savings.com, Evan was at Wetpaint - an Accel Partners portfolio company - where he was responsible for all partnerships and business development in the media, publishing and content verticals. Prior to Wetpaint, Evan ran the Partner Relations team at Veoh Networks- the online video venture backed by Michael Eisner, Goldman Sachs and Spark Capital.  At Veoh Evan managed the team responsible for all aspects of the company’s content partnerships including Veoh’s relationships with CBS, Warner Bros., ABC, ESPN and MTV Networks. During his tenure there, Veoh increased its user base from two million to over 28 million unique monthly visitors. Before Veoh, Evan was an executive within the WPP Group where he advised clients such as American Express, Cisco, IBM, HP and Dow Corning on marketing strategy and planning. Evan earned his MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Pete Mauro, Product Management & Marketing

Pete Mauro is a Product Management executive with 10 years experience bringing web, social media, mobile and PC products to market.  He joined Savings.com in September 2008, focusing on consumer products, marketing and PR.  Prior to Savings.com, Pete co-founded SceneTag, a social media company dedicated to creating the largest online collection of movie and TV quotes.  Previously he managed product development and content licensing for Warner Bros. Mobile.  Prior to that, Pete launched consumer products for several early stage tech startups including Event411.com and Cloud 9 Interactive.  During his career, Pete has worked with popular entertainment brands and properties such as Looney Tunes, Harry Potter, The Matrix, The OC, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon and Disney. 

Craig O’Neill, Merchant Support

Craig O’Neill joined Savings.com in April of 2009 to head up the Merchant Outreach Division. Prior to Savings.com, Craig and his team managed $20 million in annual revenue for Experian Interactive Media, in both their lending and education verticals, from 2006-2009. He was responsible for Experian’s strategic partners, and his clients included Citibank, Chase Manhattan, Wells Fargo, Notre Dame and Boston University. Prior to that, Craig managed over $100 million in client assets for Morgan Stanley in Beverly Hills.

Sheryl Ryan, Operations

Sheryl Ryan joined Savings.com as VP Operations in August 2008.  After earning a BS in Finance from Rutgers University School of Business, Sheryl joined the US Marine Corps to work in Avionics Electronics as an Air Traffic Control Radar Specialist.  During her 5 years in the Corps, Sgt. Ryan earned her MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University.  Sheryl has done IT consulting for Keane, and she was part of the Internal Consulting and Auditing team for Toyota North America.  She has held various senior analysis roles for a Reed Elsevier holding company and for Teleflora, where she also ran the Inside Sales Department and where she later managed their B2B eCommerce operations.  Prior to joining Savings.com, Sheryl worked in Australia and directed the overseas purchase of Neptune Shipping company for Fiji Water.

Jacob Shin, Online Marketing

Jacob Shin joined Savings.com in April 2009 to be the driver in the growth and execution of Paid Search and Online Marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Savings.com, Jacob successfully managed multi-million dollar, high volume search campaigns across Finance and Travel verticals for Low.com and Lowfares.com, respectively. He has been actively involved in online marketing since starting his own business in 2004. Jacob graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology from The University of California, San Diego.

Joe Zulli, Technology

Joe Zulli joined Savings.com in January 2006 as Software Architect and later became the Director of Technology. Joe was one of the earliest Savings.com employees, and he’s responsible for the technical vision and strategy of the company. Joe spent most of his career in the online advertising industry working at Fastclick as the Technical Lead for AdServer, a self-serve ad serving platform, as well as Fastclick’s search optimization platform. There he managed the product development from the early design stages to launch. This is also where he gained his expertise in SEM technology and strategy. Prior to that, Joe worked as a Lead Developer at Computer Associates. Joe graduated with a degree in Computer Science from The University of California Santa Barbara.