Venkates Swaminathan

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Founder and CEO at LifeLaunchr

Technology / Software / Internet

I'm excited to be starting LifeLaunchr, which is dramatically expanding delivery of college counseling resources and services for high school students. Prior to LifeLaunchr, I was in charge of all national earned revenues at GreatSchools. My role there included driving advertising sales, sponsorships, and licensing, which grew in excess of 20% YoY during my tenure. GreatSchool, the nation's leading education-focused parenting site, drives parental engagement in education by providing information about all 130,000 schools in the U.S as well as content to help parents. I led business development at Plaxo, Inc., in Mountain View, CA, where I focused on generating revenue and user growth t...