About Us / Team and Investors
We've assembled a small yet seasoned team to get Glassdoor.com moving in the right direction (and keep it there). Many of us have worked together before and are excited to reunite. We're like-minded people who are passionate about building great products and we're having more than our share of fun building this one.
The Management Team
Robert Hohman - Co-Founder, CEO & Director
Robert Hohman is co-founder and chief executive officer of Glassdoor.com and member of the company's board of directors. Before creating Glassdoor, Bob was most recently president of Hotwire, a leading discount travel site and division of Expedia, Inc. Bob was one of the original team members of Expedia, and was part of the executive team that took it public in 1999. During his Expedia tenure, Bob also served as president of Classic Custom Vacations and executive vice president of Cruise & Packages for Expedia North America. In Expedia's early stage, Bob led the engineering team that built the cruise, hotel, and package booking systems. Bob started his career at Microsoft and worked as a software developer in a range of areas from Windows 95 to interactive television to online games. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University.
Tim Besse - Co-Founder, Vice President of Product and Marketing
Tim Besse is co-founder and vice president of product and marketing of Glassdoor.com. Previously, Tim was the director of product management and online marketing the Asia Pacific division of Expedia. In this role, Tim developed new markets in Australia, Japan, and China, and assumed general management responsibility of the Hotels.com business in Asia. In other Expedia roles Tim helped launch other early stage businesses, including Expedia's telesales and private label businesses as well as its online luxury offering, Classic Custom Vacations. Tim holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Ryan Aylward - Vice President of Engineering
Ryan Aylward is vice president of engineering of Glassdoor.com, who brings more than 10 years experience in the software development field. Previously, Ryan was the senior director of engineering at EzRez Software where he led the development organization responsible for supporting more than 50 travel Web sites. Prior to EzRez, Ryan spent more than five years with Hotwire, where his duties involved both management and development roles, including building the original Web site. Ryan also served as an engineer at Motorola. Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Notre Dame.
The Investors
Glassdoor is backed by Benchmark Capital, a leading venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley. Benchmark's portfolio includes high-profile consumer Internet start-ups like Zillow, Bebo, Yelp, Second Life, and franchise companies such as eBay and AOL.