Leadership

An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Kirsten Mangers was born and raised just miles from where the corporate headquarters of her Orange County, CA.-based software company, WebVisible, Inc., now stands. A self-proclaimed small business advocate, Kirsten was an early innovator behind the localization of online advertising for small-to-medium sized businesses, in what will become a $13 billion industry by 2010.

Today, WebVisible is the leading international name in local online advertising, utilizing a patent- pending software as services platform to help local businesses acquire new customers across a vast network of media options. 

Kirsten has ediv xpanded the company with diverse partnerships across 14 countries, serving small business advertisers in 4 languages. WebVisible’s domestic and international reseller partnerships now include AT&T, British Telecom, Intuit, European Directories, Microsoft, and The New York Times Company, among others.

Kirsten has been instrumental in making “local” a part of online advertising’s global vernacular.

Additionally, Kirsten is on the board of directors for the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County and is vice chairwoman of the Southern California Technology Political Action Committee. She is an internationally renowned industry speaker and lobbyist, frequently recognized by the media as among a prestigious list of “women innovating technology”. In 2009, she won the “Outstanding Woman in Technology” award from TechAmerica.

Previous to WebVisible, Kirsten had accumulated 20 years of experience in the local interactive, wireless, and directory industries, including positions in sales, strategic planning, marketing, and business development for SBC, GTE, Pacific Bell, Go2 Systems and Engage Technologies (a CMGi Company).

Ronald Burr joined WebVisible in 2009 and is responsible for product development, engineering, IT, media and operations.

An industry pioneer, Mr. Burr founded and managed NetZero through its early growth to its dominant position as one of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers. With eight Internet technology patents in the areas of online advertising and market research, he has created technology solutions for many premier companies including IBM, Verizon Wireless and Sempra Energy. Interactive Week named him one of the “25 Top Unsung Heroes of the Net” and he is on Response Magazine’s list of the “21 people leading us into the 21st Century.”

Before joining WebVisible, he served as chief product officer for LRN, the leading application service provider for online education and solutions enabling clients to manage enterprise-wide governance, ethics and compliance processes. Named as one of  “Top 50 IT executives at xSP’s” by InfoWorld, Mr. Burr was also previously chief strategy officer of Jambo, a leading pay-per-call Internet company targeting local business; CEO of Layer2 Networks; partner with international IT consulting firm, IMPACT Software, a senior technology consultant for IBM, and vice president of software engineering with Vault Corporation.

Jason has been managing the financial operations of WebVisible since 2006, overseeing finance and accounting, mergers and acquisitions, legal, treasury, tax, and investor relations for WebVisible's worldwide operations.

Jason has over 15 years of experience in management, finance and accounting, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining WebVisible, Jason led a global finance team in the financial operation of Openwave Global Services' business unit, including financial forecasting, scenario planning, performance analysis, management reporting, and the creation of long-term financial models. Prior to Openwave, Jason was an early addition to Affinity Internet in charge of mergers and acquisitions. Before Affinity, Jason spent five years at Ernst & Young where he developed skills in a broad range of industries, including high-tech, bio-tech, Internet, telecommunications, and general manufacturing and distribution.

Jason attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

Since joining WebVisible in 2005, Paul has been instrumental in the company’s strategic business development, building a diverse collective of domestic and international partnerships across Fortune 500 organizations within the Yellow Pages, newspaper and classifieds publishing, and online marketing industries.

Prior to WebVisible, Paul spent 7 years developing next generation Internet products and services at Dex Media, including the management and development of their first search engine marketing program for local businesses. Additionally, Paul has over 17 years of experience developing and marketing online products and applications for large scale organizations, including FedEx and Qwest Communications.

Paul holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Denver.

Chris Black joined WebVisible in 2009 where he manages all aspects of technology including infrastructure, product development, technical support, data warehousing, and delivery of solutions.

A veteran in the High-Technology and Telecommunications industries, Chris has over 25 years of experience in new product and process development, strategic planning, and systems architecture. Before WebVisible, Chris was the Vice President of Technology for LRN, the market leader in ethics and compliance solutions, and Chief Operating Officer of Jambo, Inc., a telecommunications company developing solutions to accommodate local business exposure on the Internet. Additionally, Chris founded the product group for United Online (formerly NetZero) during its formative years.

A long-time surfer and snowboarder, Chris volunteers his time for Boarding House Mentors, a non-profit organization that reaches out to underserved youth and introduces them to a positive lifestyle through board sports.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Computer Methods from California State University Long Beach.

Since joining the company in 2005, Veena has been an instrumental architect in the development of WebVisible’s culturally and strategically diverse team. Today, Veena leads a team in employee relations, training, recruiting, and benefits that support WebVisible’s rapid growth agenda. Her influence extends beyond the corporate address to satellite offices across the U.S.

As an employee advocate, Veena has adopted one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry, introduced a more modern means of electronic benefits management and reconciliation, and extends benefits packages to cover employee domestic partnerships and those with long term disabilities.

With more than fifteen years in human resources, her prior experiences include assistant vice president of human resources at Washington Mutual, where she was recognized for her fiscal responsibility programs. As a human resources business partner at Conexant, she implemented best practices that streamlined the entire worldwide sales organization.

Veena attended California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, from where she holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management and Human Resources.

Doug LaBahn joined WebVisible in 2009 where he leads a team responsible for product management, advertiser experience and predictive analytics.

An industry leader in innovation and product management, LaBahn has over ­­­20 years of experience in product strategy, new product development, and customer retention and acquisition. Prior to joining WebVisible, Dr. LaBahn held senior product leadership positions focused on serving the Small Businesses and Middle Market companies at Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Corporate Executive Board and LRN Corporation.

A long time small business advocate and expert in customer retention, Dr. LaBahn has advised many small businesses and has been published in numerous professional and academic journals. Dr. LaBahn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine, an MBA from CSULB, and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Maryland.

Bill Lupo joined WebVisible in 2008 where he is responsible for building and managing the company’s internal sales and customer support teams.

Bill is an Internet entrepreneur with extensive experience growing profitable ventures through local, performance-based marketing. His innate ability to identify marketplace trends, capitalize on opportunities in the technology space, and lead teams, has earned him an impressive list of successes. He brings a proven track record founded on a solid, metrics-driven approach to sales management.

Prior to joining WebVisible, he was a regional sales manager at Yodle, where he built and led successful direct sales teams. As strategic partnership sales manager at AltaVista/Shopping.com (eventually sold to Overture), he directed the company’s top producing team and worked to develop the cost per click model used throughout the Internet industry.

Additionally, Bill founded Tech Leads, an online lead aggregator that sold directly into the small business financial services space, and served as national sales manager and e-commerce specialist at GameSpy Industries, Inc.

Bill attended Chapman University in Orange County, CA, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science.

Harold MacKenzie joined WebVisible in 2009 where he is responsible for building and developing operations organization, processes, and procedures to support strategic direction.

An Internet pioneer, Harold was a co-founder of NetZero, where he served as Vice President of Software Development, and helped manage the rapid development of products and technical architecture that enabled NetZero to become one of the fastest growing Internet Service Providers.

Before joining WebVisible, Harold helped numerous startups with strategy, technology, PR, marketing, management, financial modeling, and raising capital as a Partner at Westlake Venture Partners, LP.  He was also previously a Senior Vice President at Layer2 Networks, a Partner at Impact Software, and a Technology Consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Currently named on eight technology patents, Harold began his career conducting Applied R&D in the Robotics Division of Seiko Instruments, where he helped to develop a next-generation UI and robot controller system.  He graduated from California State University, Northridge, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.