StyleSeat Appoints April Chang as Vice President of Engineering
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- StyleSeat, the leading destination for beauty and wellness bookings, announces the appointment of seasoned engineer, April Chang, as Vice President of Engineering. Chang will oversee the engineering team for the largest and fastest growing marketplace. The appointment reflects StyleSeat's continued commitment to filling the gap between salon professionals and their customers.
"April was previously an advisor here at StyleSeat and with her impressive resume and skill-set, we were so excited to have the opportunity to bring her on in a larger capacity," said CEO and Co-founder Melody McCloskey. "April's invaluable expertise will continue to help us raise the bar in delivering support to beauty artists and services across the nation."
As the Vice President of Engineering, Chang will construct the company's mobile and online vision to best serve the brand's customers and professionals. She will collaborate across all divisions of the company to adhere to the needs of all necessary audiences and partners.
Chang brings over 20 years of development, platform and marketplace experience to her role at StyleSeat along with a proven track record of leading teams through periods of extraordinary growth. Before joining StyleSeat, Chang developed the marketplace behind EventBrite, the self-service ticketing platform, while spearheading the engineering team and transforming its products from desktop to mobile. Prior to EventBrite, Chang led a team of 250 software developers at four global locations for PayPal. Chang earned her Masters in Computer Science from the University of Arizona.
"This is a seventy eight billion dollar industry and StyleSeat is such a unique platform in that it impacts everyone," said Chang. "StyleSeat gives consumers the chance to book beauty appointments in over fifteen thousand cities across the United States. So no matter who or where you are there is a service for you. I'm looking forward to building out the engineering team and I plan to double our size within the next year."
This announcement comes during a successful year for StyleSeat and follows the announcement of $25M raised in a recent series B funding round. This year the company is on track to power over $1B in appointments booked as it continues to expand both internally and across the nation.
ABOUT STYLESEAT: StyleSeat is the leading destination for booking beauty and wellness appointments. McCloskey co-founded StyleSeat in 2011 with business partner Dan Levine to simplify the appointment booking process. More than 330,000 beauty professionals in over 15,000 cities use the platform today and clients use StyleSeat to book everything from haircuts to manicures and facials. With StyleSeat, industry experts gain a place to showcase their work, connect with clients, and build their business, while clients can discover new services and stylists and book appointments on the go. For more information, please visit www.styleseat.com.
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