Christa Quarles

Christa Quarles

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Chief Executive Officer
California, United States

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  • Nuro
    Board Member
    Nuro
    May 2022 - Current (4 years 4 months)
  • Parallels
    Chief Executive Officer
    Parallels
    Sep 2020 - Current (6 years)
  • Affirm Inc
    Lead Independent Director
    Affirm Inc
    Oct 2018 - Current (7 years 11 months)
    Lead Independent Director (2024-Present) Chair of Audit committee (2021-2024) Compensation committee (2021-Present) Nom Gov committee (2024-Present)
  • Kimberlyclark
    Board Member
    Kimberlyclark
    Jun 2016 - Current (10 years 3 months)
    NGC and compensation committees. (2021-present) Audit committee member. (2016-2021)
  • Share Our Strength
    Leadership Council Member
    Share Our Strength
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 8 months)
    Working to end childhood hunger in America. No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world.
  • Corel Corporation
    Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair
    Corel Corporation
    Sep 2020 - May 2026 (5 years 9 months)
  • Alludo
    Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
    Alludo
    Sep 2020 - Dec 2025 (5 years 4 months)
    KKR portfolio software company. Alludo empowers All You Do with a portfolio of trusted brands that help you enable, ideate, create, and share on any device, anywhere. Alludo was brought together to connect Parallels, CorelDRAW, WinZip, and MindManager.
  • ADVENT INTERNATIONAL
    Operating Partner
    ADVENT INTERNATIONAL
    Oct 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year)
  • OpenTable
    Chief Executive Officer
    OpenTable
    Nov 2015 - Dec 2018 (3 years 2 months)
    I helmed a chapter of transformational change for this beloved consumer brand, driving substantial operating leverage via self-funded, disciplined investments.
  • OpenTable
    Interim CEO
    OpenTable
    Aug 2015 - Nov 2015 (4 months)
  • OpenTable
    Chief Financial Officer
    OpenTable
    May 2015 - Aug 2015 (4 months)
  • Nextdoor Inc
    Chief Business Officer
    Nextdoor Inc
    Jun 2014 - May 2015 (1 year)
  • The Walt Disney Company
    SVP, General Manager, Mobile and Social Games
    The Walt Disney Company
    Dec 2013 - Jun 2014 (7 months)
  • The Walt Disney Company
    General Manager, Disney Mobile Games
    The Walt Disney Company
    Jun 2013 - Dec 2013 (7 months)
  • The Walt Disney Company
    CFO and Head of Business Operations
    The Walt Disney Company
    Sep 2010 - Jun 2013 (2 years 10 months)
  • Playdom
    Chief Financial Officer
    Playdom
    Dec 2009 - Sep 2010 (10 months)
    http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/27/playdom-acquired-by-disney-for-up-to-763-2-million/
  • Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
    Partner, Equity Research
    Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
    Jul 2000 - Dec 2009 (9 years 6 months)
    Established and maintained coverage of the internet media and services sector, spanning such heavyweights as Google, Yahoo!, eBay, and Netflix as well as traditional media, including Time Warner, Viacom, and The New York Times. Worked on multiple IPOs and secondary offerings. * Ranked by The Financial Times as the top internet analyst in 2009. * Ranked by StarMine (now Thomson Reuters StarMine) within the top five analysts in 2006, 2008, and 2009. * Ranked as the top analyst at Thomas Weisel from 2006-09 and in the top five since 2004. * Ranked by Greenwich Associates within the top 10 analysts from 2005-09.
  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management
    Summer Associate
    Morgan Stanley Investment Management
    May 1999 - Aug 1999 (4 months)
  • Merrill Lynch
    Associate Vice President
    Merrill Lynch
    Jun 1995 - Jul 1998 (3 years 2 months)
    Fixed income research
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  • Harvard Business School
    MBA
    Harvard Business School
  • WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Economics
    WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    BS, Economics and German
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Graduated 1st in the Department of Economics. Phi Beta Kappa, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Basketball. University and college honors. Academic All-American
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