Ryan Versen

Shirley Versen is a successful sales leader with vast experience in digital advertising and SaaS sales, having built and scaled high performing sales teams for start-up, public, and private companies. With an entrepreneurial approach, Shirley is an analytical and results-oriented executive recognized for delivering the highest sales performance and growth within multiple divisions and regions. With impressive achievements, she was part of the founding executive team of a start-up technology company that saw massive growth, from having 700k users and <$3M revenue to becoming a publicly traded company with a market cap of $470M and 95 million users. She is a persuasive communicator and negotiator, with a rich history of appearances on major TV news stations, leading industry publications, and as a speaker and panelist at major industry conferences. Shirley attended prestigious institutions, having studied general management at Harvard Business School and finance at Stanford University. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Management at Notre Dame de Namur University. Shirley's impressive career journey includes serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Full Harvest, as a board member at MAVATAR TECHNOLOGIES INC, and Principal at True North. She was also Vice President of Partner Performance at Walmart Marketplace, Regional Vice President of National Sales at Yelp, and Chief Revenue Officer at Rakuten. Shirley was President, North America, from 2008 to 2014 and Board Advisor in 2015 at Travelzoo, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Travelzoo, Director of Western Sales at Walt Disney Internet Group, Account Director of Global Accounts at IDC, and Global Account Director at UBM Tech.