StumbleUpon Hires Ari Balogh as Vice President of Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- StumbleUpon, a discovery engine, today announced that Aristotle "Ari" Balogh, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Executive Vice President (EVP) of Products of Yahoo!, will become the company's Vice President of Engineering.

Balogh will report to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder Garrett Camp. He will oversee all of the company's engineering functions including product development, science, infrastructure and internal IT support. He will also become a part of the company's executive management team and will start with the company on June 1.

"We are thrilled to have Ari on board to help drive technical innovation and growth as we continue to expand discovery across all media and platforms," said Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon CEO and co-founder. "Ari's combination of deep technical knowledge and extensive management experience make him a perfect fit for StumbleUpon."

"StumbleUpon's unique combination of algorithmic recommendations and human curation helps consumers find personally relevant web content and information, much of which are hard-to-find gems that couldn't easily be discovered otherwise," said Ari Balogh. "Garrett and his co-founder Geoff Smith have built a company with industry leading technology, a passionate and growing community of users and an exceptionally talented group of employees, and I am excited to help continue delighting StumbleUpon's users and growing the business."

Balogh spent two and a half years at Yahoo! as CTO and EVP of products where he was responsible for product development including improving the quality of Yahoo!'s consumer experiences, accelerating innovation, and driving state of the art platform development. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Balogh was EVP, CTO and Head of Global Product Design for VeriSign, Inc., where he spent nearly ten years leading all product and internal technology.  Before VeriSign, Balogh held leadership positions at SRA Corporation and Roadnet Technologies.

StumbleUpon partnered with Riviera Partners on this executive search.

About StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that recommends the best web and mobile content for each user. With more than 15 million users and 1 billion personalized recommendations per month, StumbleUpon is the leading way to discover great, peer-sourced content on the Internet. More than 60,000 marketers have used StumbleUpon to promote their products and services. StumbleUpon is based in San Francisco and backed by some of the same investors behind Google and Facebook. For more information, visit www.StumbleUpon.com.

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