Executive Management Team

Richard B. Kimber, Chief Executive Officer

Richard leads the company's global business, guiding Friendster's operations in Asia as well as the U.S. Richard comes to Friendster with strong Internet credentials, a notable track record of managing operations in several international locations, a deep network and knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, experience in consumer Internet monetization and strategy, marketing and sales expertise.

Most recently, Richard was the regional managing director of South Asia at Google, where he successfully led business operations and strategic partnerships across the region. Prior to Google, Richard was the CEO for FirstDirect Bank in the UK, a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, the world's largest banking group. Richard previously served as global head of eMarketing and CEO of HSBC Internet Payment at HSBC Bank USA. Additional experience includes roles as head of personal eBusiness at HSBC, founder and managing director at HSBC InvestDirect, associate director at Westpac Banking Corp., and other important positions at leading banking establishments.

Richard holds an MBA in Strategy / Finance and a BSc in Psychology / Statistics from Macquarie University in Australia.

Chander Sarna, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Product

Chander joined Friendster in March 2006 and currently manages a best-in-class team of engineers and has extensive experience working at high-profile start-ups. Prior to Friendster, Chander was a Senior Director of Engineering at Siebel Systems and VP of Engineering at Greenlight.com. Additional work experience includes Director of Product Development at Netscape and engineering positions at Borland, Tandem and Intel.

Chander holds an MSCS from SUNY Stony Brook, MSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic & a BSEE from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.

David Jones, Vice President of Global Marketing

David joined Friendster in December 2006 with more than 19 years experience in marketing, business development, and product and business strategy. Prior to joining Friendster, David held several marketing and general management roles at eBay Inc, including roles focused on scaling the number of active members of the eBay community. David was also the director of eBay's media and entertainment businesses in the United States. Prior to eBay, David was the Vice President of Business Development at Blue Wireless and an associate partner at the management and technology consulting firm of Arthur D. Little.

David holds a B.A. from Stanford University in Quantitative Economics With Honors & Distinction, 1990.

Aaron Barnes, Vice President of Global Sales & Business Development

Joining Friendster in April 2006, as Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, Aaron manages all sales, business development, and advertising operations for the company.

Aaron brings over 18 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations with an impressive track record in online advertising sales, business development and subscriptions. Aaron has held senior sales, marketing and business development roles at Sequoia Capital backed Quote.com (Lycos Finance), Trident Capital backed WhenU, Inc., and publicly traded Looksmart (NASDAQ: LOOK). Aaron's global sales strategies and tactics implemented have resulted in Friendster scaling revenue to historic company highs in 2006 and 2007 while in parallel significantly improving the synergistic efficiencies of strategic business alliances.

Aaron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Pennsylvania and studied Entrepreneurial Management at The Wharton School of Business.