TheLadders.com Names Rick Eaton Chief Financial Officer
Seasoned Financial Executive to Help Drive Global Expansion of World's Leading $100k+ Jobs Platform
NEW YORK (April 7, 2008) -TheLadders.com, the world's leading online platform for $100k+ jobs, announced today that Rick Eaton has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Eaton will oversee TheLadders.com's finance and administrative functions. He will also work with TheLadders.com management team to help lead the company's ongoing global expansion.
A veteran financial manager, Eaton brings 25 years of experience with fast-growing technology companies to TheLadders.com. He has previously held positions with highly successful tech firms such as Quigo Technologies and Juno Online Services.
"Rick has that unique combination of long-term vision and immediate, tactical focus that is so invaluable to fast-growing companies," said Marc Cenedella, president and CEO of TheLadders.com. "His time spent at the helm of burgeoning technology firms and his superior accounting skills will be critical as we continue to grow. He is a great addition to our management team."
Eaton joins TheLadders.com from Quigo Technologies, Inc., a creator of auction-based advertising marketplaces, which was acquired by Time Warner's AOL unit (NYSE: TWX) in December 2007. Eaton was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary at Quigo, joining the firm in 2004, overseeing its fundraising, and building its financial, legal, human resources and administrative systems. Previously, Eaton served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Juno Online Services, Inc., one of the nation's leading Internet Service Providers. He joined Juno in 1996, created its financial systems and managed its initial public offering and other fundraising activities. Juno was merged with Netzero, Inc. in 2001 to form United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD). Eaton also held positions with a number of business-to-business software companies, including Metaserver, Inc., Datalogix International, Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co., Inc. He began his career at Coopers & Lybrand.
"TheLadders.com is proving itself to be a disruptive category leader, maintaining an impressive year-over-year growth rate by any standard," said Eaton. "All of the pieces are in place for the TheLadders.com to redefine the professional and business services marketplace. I look forward to playing a part in this company's very exciting future."
Eaton graduated summa cum laude from Pace University, with an MBA/BBA in public accounting. He is a member of the Connecticut Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.