management team

Jasper Malcolmson, Co-Founder & CEO

Jasper was previously the VP of Consumer Products for Yahoo! Search, as well as VP/GM of the Yahoo! Local Marketplaces & Commerce Division. He spent five years bringing the most relevant information, products, and offers to consumers, with a particular focus on Yahoo! Travel and Yahoo! Shopping. Jasper is passionate about combining social and algorithmic methods to find the best offers from across the web. He received his undergraduate education at Princeton University and later attended Harvard Business School.

Ashish Baldua, Co-Founder & CTO

From 1996 to 2007, Ashish lead the engineering group for Yahoo!’s entire Commerce Division. Ashish brings extensive experience conceptualizing and leading the development of both commerce-oriented consumer internet technologies. He is passionate about innovating the online commerce realm using social-oriented products.

Frazier Miller, COO

Frazier previously spent six years as a senior manager at Yahoo! His roles included General Manager for Yahoo! Local and Director of Product management for Y! Instant Messenger. Most recently, Frazier lead Yahoo! India as the Head of Audience.Frazier is passionate about transforming local commerce with internet-based technologies. Frazier earned degrees from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School.

Lily Shen, CMO

Before coming to Bloomspot, Lily spent eight years as the Director of Marketing at eBay. Prior to eBay, she led product and marketing as the CMO of Wealthfront and spent four years in the Fixed Income Asset Management department of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. Lily earned her undergraduate degree from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and earned Executive Education degrees at both Harvard Business School and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Dan Gill, SVP, Sales

Dan brings over 17 years of sales experience to Bloomspot, including his most recent role as Senior Vice President of Sales at BuyWithMe. Previously, Dan spent four years as the Vice President of Sales & Business Development at Gotuit Media, along with multiple senior sales management roles at companies like VeriSign, m-Qube, and Gryphon Networks. Dan earned his undergraduate degree in economics at Williams College.

Gustavo Bitdinger, Director, Product Development

Previously, Gustavo led product development at Doostang, a career website for young professionals. Gustavo’s past project experience includes work for Google, Wal-Mart.com, P&G, GM, Method, Disney, and the City of Palo Alto. His passion lies in user-centered design and he earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Cornell University. Gustavo also received a Master’s in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Tiffany Teng, Director, Content

Tiffany joined Bloomspot by way of non-profit development. She employed her background is in research, business development, and management as Bloomspot’s first Product Manager before leading the Content and Production Team. Tiffany has a passion for helping people and systems achieve their full potential. She earned her undergraduate degree in Human Biology with a specialization in Neuroscience from Stanford University.