Selina Tobaccowala Explained

Birth Place:Saddle River, New Jersey
Occupation:entrepreneur, software product executive
Years Active:1997 - present
Known For:Co-founding Evite
Education:Stanford University

Selina Tobaccowala is an American entrepreneur and software product executive. She is known for co-founding the company Evite.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Selina Tobaccowala attended Ramsey High School in New Jersey.[3] When she was 14 years old, Tobaccowala spent 6 days volunteering at the Mother Teresa Asha daan, a shelter for the mentally and physically disabled that is affiliated with the Missionaries of Charity in India.[3] Tobaccowala later attended Stanford University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in computer science.[4]

Career

While in college, Tobaccowala and fellow Stanford student Al Leib founded Evite in 1997. She served as vice president of engineering at Evite until 2001, when Evite was acquired by Ticketmaster.[5] [6] After managing the transition, she became senior vice president of product at Ticketmaster's Europe division.[7]

Tobaccowala joined SurveyMonkey in 2009 as vice president of product and engineering,[8] before becoming president and chief technology officer.

In 2016, Tobaccowala joined with Evite co-founder, Al Lieb, to start Gixo, a fitness app that streams live exercise classes to mobile devices.[9] Gixo was acquired in 2019 by Openfit, a subsidiary of the Beachbody Company.[10] Tobaccowala has served as Openfit's chief digital officer.[11]

Tobaccowala serves on the board of Redfin[12] and Vital Voices.[13] She previously served on the board of Tugboat Yards and the advisory board of HubSpot.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: ALBANESE jr . GIOVANNI . April 16, 2008 . 'Evite' Founder Selina Tobaccowala Moves on to Running Fitness Startup 'Gixo' . en-US . India West News . dead . February 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409035305/https://www.indiawest.com/news/business/evite-founder-selina-tobaccowala-moves-on-to-running-fitness-startup/article_7e2bc272-3921-11e8-aa10-dfea25490853.html . 2018-04-09.
  2. Web site: August 2018 . Her Mentor Passed Away. It Inspired Her to Make a Change--and Launch a Startup . 2023-04-09 . Inc.com.
  3. News: Coutros . Evonne . Trip to India changed her life . The Record . October 6, 1993.
  4. News: Evite co-founder Al Lieb is back in the startup game as CEO of ClearSlide. Delevett. Peter. November 8, 2013. The Mercury News. June 11, 2018. en-US.
  5. Web site: Ticketmaster Agrees to Acquire Online-Invitation Service Evite. 2016-10-04.
  6. Web site: Selina Tobaccowala Grace Hopper - GHC Schedule. en-US. 2016-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005200345/http://schedule.gracehopper.org/speaker/selina-tobaccowala/. 2016-10-05. dead.
  7. Web site: Successful Entrepreneur and Engineering Leader Selina Tobaccowala of SurveyMonkey Hackbright Academy. 2013-06-26. en-US. 2016-10-04.
  8. Web site: Selina Tobaccowala: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek. www.bloomberg.com. 2016-10-04.
  9. News: Selina Tobaccowala: Let fires burn Masters of Scale podcast. WaitWhat. 2018-03-20. en-US.
  10. Web site: Ellingson . Annlee . Openfit launches 'FaceTime for fitness' with live workout coaching . November 7, 2019.
  11. Web site: Walker . Tom . Beachbody co-founder Jon Congdon launches digital health and fitness platform Openfit . November 11, 2019.
  12. Web site: Evite co-founder, former Priceline.com CFO named to the board of Redfin. 2014-02-10. en-US. 2016-10-04.
  13. Web site: Vital Voices Board Members.
  14. Web site: Company Spotlight: HubSpot - InHerSight Blog. InHerSight.com. 2016-10-04.

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