Lead Through Your People

SelectMinds technology helps corporations source talent and new business through the online connections of their current and former employees.

The SelectMinds Executive Team


Anne Berkowitch
CEO

Jack McClunn
CFO

Michael Mallin
VP Product Management

Maria Marasco
VP Marketing

Joseph O'Connell
VP Technology

Michael Rodriguez
VP Project Management

Chris Durand
VP Client Operations



Anne Berkowitch

CEO

Office: New York City

Department: All

Start Year: 2000 (Founder)

 

Expertise

Problem solving, making (business) cases, engaging online networks, client service, team building

Interests

Family, friends, good meals/good wine, South of France, mountains, runs/hikes & puzzles

WORK EXPERIENCE

Booz Allen & Hamilton

EDUCATION

MBA – MIT;
Concentration in Finance

BS – Brown University;
Concentration in Applied Math and Biology

Jack McClunn

CFO

Office: New York City

Department: Finance

Start Year: 2009

 

Expertise

Certified Public Accountant (CPA); Accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, HR & forecasting and planning

Interests

Family, guitar (in a band), scuba diving, sailing, aikido & astronomy

WORK EXPERIENCE

ePresence Inc

SpaFinder Inc.

EDUCATION

BA – La Salle University;
Concentration in Business Administration/Accounting

Michael Mallin

VP Product Management

Office: New York City

Department: Product Management

Start Year: 2009

 

Expertise

Developing new products; listening to users and markets; balancing creativity with obsessive attention to detail; working with engineers

Interests

People; fatherhood; any music that's good; Mad Men; lots of other stuff

WORK EXPERIENCE

10 years experience in product management with early to later stage startups - most recently at the Gerson Lehrman Group.

EDUCATION

BSc in Economics – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania;
Concentration in Finance

MSc – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Concentration in Computer Science

Maria Marasco

VP Marketing

Office: New York City

Department: Sales & Marketing

Start Year: 2010

 

Expertise

Brand strategy, integrated marketing and PR programs

Interests

Traveling, pop culture, thoroughbred horse racing, my family, the New York Yankees

WORK EXPERIENCE

TheLadders.com

Sirius Satellite Radio

SilverStream Software, Inc.

EDUCATION

BA – Loyola Marymount University;
Concentration in Business and Communications

Joseph O’Connell

VP Technology

Office: New York City

Department: Product Development / Technology Operations

Start Year: 2003

 

Expertise

SaaS Platform Security & Development. Java, J2EE, MySQL, Oracle. OOD, Design Patterns

Interests

Running, Photography, Spending time with a very big family

WORK EXPERIENCE

8 years full SDLC experience developing hosted web applications for Fortune 1000 clients.

EDUCATION

BA – Colby College;
Concentration in Computer Science

Michael Rodriguez

VP Project Management

Office: New York City

Department: Client Services / Technology Operations

Start Year: 2008

 

Expertise

Project Management, Technology Operations Management, Information Systems/Technology, Client Services and Relationship Management, Business Process Engineering, SaaS

Interests

Technology, gaming, professional sports -primarily football (both kinds) and baseball, recreational sports, traveling, drawing and painting, reading, but most of all I love spending time with my family and amazing little daughter

WORK EXPERIENCE

News Corp/Dow Jones

MarketWatch

ScreamingMedia/Pinnacor

EDUCATION

BA – Rutgers University; Concentration in Psychology and Spanish

MSIS – Stevens Institute of Technology; Concentration in Information Management and Project Management

Chris Durand

VP Client Operations

Office: New York City

Department: Client Services / Technology Operations

Start Year: 2011

 

Expertise

Problem Solving; Instituting internal procedures to ensure software is delivered both timely and reliably; Strategically positioning technology for an optimal positive bottom line impact

Interests

Travelling, technology trends, recreational & fantasy sports, volunteerism, friends & family

WORK EXPERIENCE

StorageNetworks, Inc.

GameTrust, Inc. (acquired by RealNetworks in 2007)

Infosys Consulting, Inc.

EDUCATION

MBA - Northwestern University (Kellogg); Majors in Entrepreneurship, Management & Organizations; Wade Fetzer Scholar

BA - Boston College; Major in Computer Science; Graduated cum laude