LAKESIDE HERBAL SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Arden oversees the business planning, strategic finance, treasury, investor relations, corporate development, accounting, controlling and tax functions at Weedmaps. Prior to joining Weedmaps, Arden was Vice President of Global Business Planning at Nike, Inc. and spent nine years at Goldman Sachs in their Investment Banking Division. Arden lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons.
Mr. Lee will serve as WM Technology's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lee has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2019. Prior to joining, Mr. Lee was the Vice President of Global Business Planning at Nike, Inc. from December 2016 to July 2018 and previously worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. from April 2007 to November 2016, most recently holding the position of Managing Director of Investment Banking. Mr. Lee also previously served as Vice President, Investment Banking at Citigroup, Inc. and Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at Deutsche Bank Securities. He holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Ms. Freeman will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Since February 2020, Ms. Freeman has served as Chief Executive Officer for Arteza, Inc., a direct-to-consumer arts and crafts manufacturing and supply company. Ms. Freeman founded and has served as President of Joyeux Advisory Group LLC, a firm providing advisory services to early-stage startups and Fortune 500 companies, since January 2018. From March 2016 to December 2018, Ms. Freeman was Chief Marketing Officer of Magic Leap, Inc., a virtual reality technology company, and from December 2018 to April 2019 was Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. From March 2015 to March 2016, Ms. Freeman served as Chief Marketing Officer of National Geographic Channel, a television network and channel. Ms. Freeman has been a member of the boards of directors of Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. since October 2020, of Caleres, Inc. since April 2017 and of Avnet, Inc. since November 2018. Ms. Freeman previously served on the board of directors of Herman Miller, Inc. from January 2016 to June 2019 and on the board of directors of RTW Retailwinds, Inc. from April 2019 to April 2020. Previously, Ms. Freeman served as Chief Marketing Officer at Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. and was Vice President, television marketing at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Ms. Freeman holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A degree from the University of Maryland. Ms. Freeman is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. based on her business experience and technology industry expertise.
Brian leads the company's legal affairs, regulatory, and compliance groups. Prior to Weedmaps, Brian was associate general counsel at Snap for four years. Before, he was an associate attorney at Cooley law firm.
Mr. Camire will serve as WM Technology's General Counsel. Mr. Camire has served as General Counsel since May 2019. Prior to joining, Mr. Camire served as Associate General Counsel of Snap Inc. from May 2016 until April 2019 and as Corporate Counsel from March 2015 to May 2016. From January 2011 to February 2015, Mr. Camire worked as an associate attorney at Cooley LLP. Mr. Camire holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Government Relations
Bridget offers 15 years concentrated experience working on government relations, communications, strategy development, campaign management, and public relations at all levels of government. She is a political junkie and soccer mom.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Compensation Committee
- Chief Executive Officer
- CEO, Sits Down With NBA Icon Kevin Durant and His VC Firm Thirty Five Ventures Continue to Bet on Cannabis
- Weedmaps CEO
Chris oversees all aspects of Weedmaps' business and is also a member of the company's board of directors. Prior to becoming CEO, Chris was Weedmaps' president and general counsel. Before Weedmaps, Chris was with Colbeck Capital, Deutsche Telekom, Covington & Burling and Davis Polk. Outside of work, Chris is an avid hiker, climber and camper and enjoys spending time traveling with his wife and Boston Terrier, Sterling.
Mr. Beals will serve as WM Technology's Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Beals has served as Chief Executive Officer since March 2019 and as a member of its board of managers since October 2015. Mr. Beals previously served as General Counsel from September 2015, and President from February 2016 to March 2019. Mr. Beals previously served as Senior Vice President of Colbeck Capital Management from December 2014 to August 2015 and Senior Corporate Counsel & Data Privacy Officer at T-Systems International GmbH from February 2013 to December 2014. He also previously worked as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Covington & Burling LLP. Mr. Beals holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Beals is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology based on his substantial business, leadership and management experience as Chief Executive Officer.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Co - Founder of WM Technology, Inc
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Mr. Francis will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Mr. Francis is a co-founder of WM Technology, Inc., and has served as chairman of the board of managers since March 2019 and as a member of the board of managers prior to that. Mr. Francis previously served as Chief Executive Officer from February 2016 until March 2019 and as President from January 2009 to February 2016. Mr. Francis has served in management positions in each of WM Technology, Inc.'s current subsidiaries. Mr. Francis holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Chapman University. Mr. Francis is qualified to serve on the board of directors based on his perspective, experience and institutional knowledge as co-founder and his long tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Engineering
Duncan brings with him 10+ years running technology teams at B2B growth companies in New York City. He spent 3 years as founding CTO of Voray, 3 years as VP of Engineering at ShopKeep, advisor and was consultant to many successful B2B startups. Duncan moved to SoCal from his native New England so he could sail and dive year-round.
Eric Sandy, digital editor of CBT, spoke with Justin Dean, Chief Technology officer/Chief Information Officer, about consumer data and how the cannabis consumer experience is changing.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
- Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Upon consummation of the business combination, Ms. Tan will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Since September 2020, Ms. Tan has served as Global Head of Customer and Supplier Technology for Wayfair LLC. Prior to that Ms. Tan held various leadership positions at Walmart Inc., including Head of Technology, Walmart US from March 2019 to September 2020, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Customer Technology, WalmartLabs from January 2017 to March 2019 and Vice President, Engineering, International Markets, WalmartLabs Strategy, and Operations from April 2014 to January 2017. Prior to that Ms. Tan was Vice President, Engineering for Ariba, Inc. Ms. Tan also previously worked for 16 years at TIBCO Software, Inc., as well as for Oracle Corporation. Ms. Tan holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. Tan is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. based on her business experience and technology industry expertise.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, IR / CorpDev / Treasury
Greg heads Weedmaps' Corporate Development, Investor Relations and Treasury functions. Prior to Weedmaps, Greg spent time in Goldman Sachs and Rothschild ‘s investment banking groups in New York and Palo Alto. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Greg lives in Marin County with his wife, two daughters and their pup.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer / Chief Operating Office
Juanjo oversees all aspects of marketing and communications, as well as customer and consumer growth efforts. Prior to Weedmaps, Juanjo worked at Adobe, where he oversaw customer engagement. Before Adobe, Juanjo served as vice president, Marketing and Central Operations, at Instacart.
Mr. Feijoo will serve as WM Technology's Chief Operating Officer / Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Feijoo has served as Chief Marketing Officer since May 2019. Previously, Mr. Feijoo served as Senior Director of Customer Engagement for Creative Cloud at Adobe, a publicly-held global technology company, from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, from 2015 to 2017, Mr. Feijoo served various roles at Maplebear inc (d/b/a Instacart), a private company, including Vice President of Central Operations & Marketing. Prior that, from 2008 to 2015, Mr. Feijoo held several roles at Google, Inc, a publicly-held global technology company, including Head of Consumer Experience, Consumer Operations. Mr. Feijoo holds a B.S. in International Business Management from Oxford Brookes University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Technology Officer
- Chief Technology Officer / Chief Information
Justin leads technology and engineering efforts at Weedmaps. Prior to Weedmaps, Justin directed an epic-scale technology transformation as senior vice president, Technology and Platform, at Live Nation Entertainment. Justin enjoys longs walks with a PBR in hand.
Mr. Dean will serve as WM Technology's Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Dean has served as Chief Technology Officer since December 2019 and Chief Information Officer since November 2018. He previously served as the Senior Vice President of Technology and Head of Infrastructure and Platform at Ticketmaster from February 2015 to November 2018, Vice President of Global Infrastructure and Head of Technical Operations at Shopzilla (formerly Bizrate) from January 2007 to February 2015 and Vice President of Information Technology at B3 Corp from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Dean started his career in technology while serving as a Network Systems Engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps from October 1995 to October 1999 and then went on to serve in senior technical architecture roles at National Realty Trust and Compuware (assigned to Sempra Energy).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Co - Founder of WM Technology, Inc
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Mr. Hartfield will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Mr. Hartfield is a co-founder of WM Technology, Inc., and has served as a member of the board of managers since inception and served as chairman of the board from February 2016 to March 2019. Previously, Mr. Hartfield served as Chief Executive Officer until February 2016. Mr. Hartfield holds a B.S. in Computer and Information Sciences and Supportive Services from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Hartfield is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. based on his perspective, experience and institutional knowledge as co-founder and his long tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Meera leads the People function at Weedmaps. She has over 15 years of experience in human capital strategy, business partnership and global organizational transformation. Outside of work, Meera enjoys traveling, reading and hanging out with family, friends and dogs.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Business Operations
Michele heads and oversees the Weedmaps' corporate portfolio, business strategy, and operations on a daily basis. She has 15+ years experience in business strategy, operations, and growth-stage development. Michele is a lover of Asian food and podcasts.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Product
Mike oversees product and design at Weedmaps across our consumer and business product portfolio. Prior to Weedmaps, Mike has led product organizations at leading companies like Etsy, Pandora, LinkedIn and more. Mike has 12 patents in advertising and personalization technologies. Outside of work, Mike enjoys advising and investing in tech companies, fitness and family time.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Ms. Gonzalez will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Since January 2021, Ms. Gonzales has served as Global Business Leader for Wild Fork Foods, an online specialty food service. Prior to that, Ms. Gonzalez held various leadership positions at Walmart Inc., including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walmart México y Centroamérica from July 2017 to April 2020, Vice President Commercial & Operations Finance at Walmart México y Centroamérica from October 2014 to June 2017, Chief Financial Officer at Walmart Chile from 2011 to 2014, and Vice President, Internal Audit Services Latin America at Walmart US from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, Ms. Gonzalez had served as Director, Internal Audit at General Motors Company from 2006 to 2010 and from 1996 to 2004, Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Assurance Services at the American Express Company from 2004 to 2006, and Internal Audit at Banco Santander from 1989 to 1996. Ms. Gonzalez holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico and an M.B.A. from Florida International University. Ms. Gonzalez is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. based on her business experience and financial expertise.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Audit Committee / Compensation Committee
- Chairman of Silver Spike 's Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Mr. Gordon will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. Mr. Gordon has been the Chairman of Silver Spike's board of directors and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Since 2016, Mr. Gordon has been the co-founder and Chairman of Egg Rock Holdings, parent company of the Papa & Barkley family of cannabis products with related subsidiary assets in manufacturing, processing, and logistics. Egg Rock Holdings also is the parent company of Papa & Barkley Essentials, a hemp-derived CBD business based in Colorado. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Gordon was also President of Fintech Advisory Inc., investment manager for a multibillion dollar family office fund focused on long-term and opportunistic investments in emerging markets. From late 2013 to 2016, Mr. Gordon served as a Portfolio Manager at Taconic Capital Advisors, a multi-strategy investment firm. Prior to joining Taconic, Mr. Gordon was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Caxton Associates from 2009 to 2012. He was also a Senior Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets at Marathon Asset Management from 2007 to 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gordon held leadership positions at Bank of America and ING Capital. Mr. Gordon was a founding member of the Emerging Markets business at JP Morgan where he worked upon graduating from Bowdoin College in 1983. Mr. Gordon is qualified to serve on the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. based on his experience in emerging markets and in the cannabis sector.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of WM Technology, Inc
Mr. Aquila will serve as a member of the board of directors of WM Technology, Inc. In June 2019, Mr. Aquila founded AFV Partners, an affirmative low-leverage capital vehicle that invests in long-term mission critical software, data and technology businesses and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its founding. In 2005, Mr. Aquila founded Solera Holdings Inc., and led it as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to a $1 billion initial public offering in 2007, and in the following years sourced and executed over 50 acquisitions significantly expanding Solera's total addressable market. Mr. Aquila oversaw Solera's $6.5 billion transaction from a public-to-private business in 2016. Mr. Aquila currently serves as the Chairman for Aircraft Performance Group, LLC, a global provider of mission critical flight operations software, since January 2020, RocketRoute Limited, global aviation services company, since March 2020, APG Avionics LLC, an aviation data and software company for the general aviation market, since September 2020 and Canoo Inc., a mobility technology company, since December 2020. From November 2018 to July 2020, Mr. Aquila served as the Global Chairman of Sportradar Group, a sports data and content company. Mr. Aquila is qualified to serve on the board of directors of New WMH based on his business experience as a founder, inventor, chief executive officer and director of publicly-listed companies and his investing experience.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Quality Engineering
For the past 3-years Viktoriya has been leading Quality Engineering efforts at Weedmaps. She brings with her 17+ years as Vice President of Quality Engineering, and Project Management for Fortune 500 companies including Siemens, Ticketmaster, and Spectra-Comcast. Viktoriya enjoys outdoor activities and is a travel fanatic. She loves to see new places, meet new people, and try new and different foods.