Simon Khalaf

COO and Board Member

WorkWhile

May 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)

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Board Member

Tyrianai

Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)

Building the Alphabet of Trade with highly accomplished Fintech and Banking execs.

Chief Executive Officer

Marqeta

Feb 2023 - Mar 2025 (2 years 2 months)

NASDAQ: MQ

Chief Product Officer

Marqeta

Jul 2022 - Jan 2023 (7 months)

Board Member

WorkWhile

May 2019 - May 2025 (6 years 1 month)

Workwhile is the first company to deploy AI to power the nation’s fastest growing labor platform. Our team is working hard to disrupt this 5 Trillion USD industry , dramatically increase labor productivity, and give shift workers financial safety, career growth and prosperity. We are aiming for 10x changes and we are achieving it. Come join the team, we are growing fast.

Sr. Vice President and GM, Twilio

Twilio

May 2019 - Jun 2022 (3 years 2 months)

P&L responsibility (3B+) for Twilio's Core Communications Products (Messaging, Contact Centers, Video, Voice, Low Code/No Code Developer tools, etc.)

Sr. Vice President and GM, Verizon Media

Verizon

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 (3 years)

Direct P&L responsibility (5B+ Net USD) for all Media Products at Verizon Media including: Yahoo, Tumblr, Huffpost, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, TechCrunch, Engadget, BUILD Studios, Flurry, Ryot, and Verizon's Streaming Media products. The role involved leading and working alongside a global team of 2,500 to deliver great OTT media and financial services products to over a billion people by blending AI-driven utilities with premium content from award winning journalists, creators, media companies, sports and eSports leagues.

Sr. Vice President, Yahoo

Yahoo

Jan 2014 - Dec 2017 (4 years)

Acquired by Verizon: P&L responsibility (2B+ USD) for Yahoo consumer products, used by over 1 B people, including: The Yahoo Home Page, Tumblr, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, Newsroom, Yahoo View (in partnership with Hulu), Yahoo Sports, Fantasy Sports, Polyvore and Flurry.

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President and CEO

Flurry Analytics

Jan 2008 - Dec 2014 (7 years)

Flurry (now part of Yahoo) led the market of mobile app analytics, growth automation, advertising and measurement. Flurry was acquired by Yahoo in August of 2014.

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President and CEO

Vernier Networks

Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 (3 years)

Vernier built network security equipment allowing enterprises to roll out Wireless Networks without compromising security. The Vernier solution protected any corporate network from vulnerable laptops and mobile devices through the combination of on-the-fly vulnerability assessment, access control and deep-packet inspection in the fabric of the network.

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Co-Founder, President and CEO

Volera

Jan 2002 - Dec 2004 (3 years)

Acquired by Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) Launched Volera as a tax-free spin-out of Novell with investment from Accenture and Nortel Networks. Volera built the first streaming CDN establishing a solid platform for an OTT TV delivery world. The Volera platform enabled media companies to transition from pure broadcasters to full Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) service providers and auction their Video ads to digital ad companies.

Sr. Vice President and GM

Novell

Jan 2000 - Dec 2002 (3 years)

Ran one of 3 product divisions at Novell focused on Cloud Computing: Linux deployment and data center management, Identity, Security and CDNs.

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