TheLadders.com Names Alain Benzaken Vice President of Technology
Internet Pioneer at Priceline.com and Prodigy Tapped to Lead Technology for Executive Job Search Web Site
NEW YORK (July 11, 2005) - TheLadders.com, the world's leading $100k+ jobs search engine, today announced that Alain Benzaken has joined the company as Vice President, Technology. In this role, Benzaken will oversee all Web site operations and spearhead new technology development.
Benzaken was an executive at Priceline.com from 1998 through 2002, serving most recently as Vice President, Development, International Systems, where he launched e-commerce travel products in Europe and Asia, and was the architect of Priceline.com's Customer Systems. Benzaken also spent eleven years on the Web frontier at Prodigy Services Corporation, where he was a developer of the company's proprietary Web Browser and editorial tools.
"We are thrilled to have Alain leading TheLadders.com's technology efforts," said President and CEO Marc Cenedella. "He has helped build several Web-based success stories and we are excited to have him be a part of ours."
Before joining Priceline.com, Benzaken founded Gameline, LLC., a developer of fantasy sports products that were co-marketed with Sports Illustrated, FoxSports, and ESPN. Benzaken also held senior positions at Ground Travel Technology Team, Inc. (GT3) where he led efforts to build a national ground transportation reservations system. He recently consulted for TravelWorm.com and has also served as a consultant to IBM, a developer of Educational Games and an Engineer at Sperry Corporation. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia and a master's degree in physics from Yale.
"I look forward to putting my skills to work for a company that is revolutionizing the way people find high-end jobs," said Benzaken. "I've had great experiences in the technology industry, but this is really a higher calling: we're leveraging the power of technology to make a difference in people's lives."
Now reaching over 435,000 readers and featuring over 20,000 new $100k+ job listings each month, TheLadders.com is the largest online job search service catering exclusively to the $100k+ market. Marc Cenedella founded TheLadders.com in July 2003 after a tenure as Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations, at HotJobs.com, ultimately shepherding that company's sale to Yahoo, Inc. (NASD: YHOO) in 2002.