Armen Abrahamian

VP of Product and Engineering

Bring a Trailer Media LLC

Jun 2020 - Current (6 years 3 months)

Lead the product, design, and software engineering teams for Bring a Trailer, the best way to buy and sell vehicles online.

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San Francisco CTO Club

Aug 2016 - Current (10 years 1 month)

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VP Product & Technology

Hearst Autos

Jan 2022 - Nov 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Lead product development and strategy for Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, and the rest of Hearst Autos' businesses.

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VP of Engineering

Hearst Autos

Jan 2019 - Jan 2022 (3 years 1 month)

Set technology strategy for the company, and manage the software engineering and advertising technology groups for Hearst Magazines' automotive division, including Bring a Trailer, Car and Driver, Road & Track, and Autoweek.

VP of Technology

Jumpstart Automotive Media

May 2015 - Jan 2019 (3 years 9 months)

Hired and built the company's first true software engineering team and practice, and delivered many new products, tools, and automation, leading to a true competitive advantage for the company.

Senior Director of Technology

Internet Brands

Jan 2015 - May 2015 (5 months)

Led three development teams (4 PMs, 30 developers, and 13 QA across five locations) spanning all of Internet Brands’ Automotive E-Commerce, Communities, and Classifieds lines of business including 100+ sites, 150M+ PVs/month, and ~$50M in annual revenue. http://www.internetbrandsauto.com/

Director of Technology

Internet Brands

Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 (3 years)

Led a team of 25+ working on CarsDirect, and all its supporting sites, services, standalone apps, and back-office tools. http://www.carsdirect.com/

Senior Technical Lead

Internet Brands

Mar 2010 - Dec 2011 (1 year 10 months)

Senior Tech Lead for the Home Division - ApartmentRatings.com - Splitcoaststampers - Wedding Bee - Quilting Board - Craftster - Dave's Garden

Web Development Consulting

Various

Aug 2008 - Feb 2010 (1 year 7 months)

– Technical PM for special projects at Shopzilla: blog network powered by Wordpress MU, GPSReview.net features, and a recommendations engine for related products. – Developed and launched a modern, search engine optimized e-commerce site for a specialty hardware company. YOY Visitors +101%, Pageviews +125%, and Revenue +107%. – Defined MVP for early-stage travel startup Stash Rewards. Evaluated third party technology platforms and vendors; provided architecture guidance.

Program Manager, Platform

Expedia

Jan 2006 - Jan 2008 (2 years 1 month)

- Technical product manager for all-new Java/MVC Web Presentation Framework used for new Expedia products and features globally. - Designed and delivered world-class SEO features for the new PF that have powered huge gains in Expedia’s organic search traffic. - Leading member of the winning team for Expedia’s first-ever “Hack Day” contest. Package Search 2.0 project inspired the new Expedia Hotel Search experience. - Member of SEO Task Force and Governance Board. - Founded JavaScript Working Group to establish company-wide JS standards and best practices.

Program Manager, Customer Experience

Expedia

Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Expedia ThankYou Loyalty Program - Lead PM for ThankYou Travel Rewards redemption site. - Managed project team through requirements specification, development, functional testing, UAT, 3rd party security testing, and launch. Delivered the project early. Expedia’s Operations Team deemed it the “smoothest release ever at Expedia”. - ThankYou Travel site achieved over $100 million in gross bookings in its first year. Expedia Cruise Sales & Customer Experience - PM of the Cruise shopping and sales customer experience on Expedia.com.

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