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Student Advantage, LLC is a leading integrated media and commerce company
focused on the higher education market. Student Advantage works with hundreds of
colleges, universities and campus organizations, and thousands of discount locations
nationwide to develop products and services enabling students to make
purchases less expensively around campus, across the country, and online. The
Company reaches its consumer base offline through the Student Advantage Discount
Card and through its website, studentadvantage.com. Student Advantage is a wholly owned
subsidiary of The CBORD Group, Inc. |
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Amy Barkan
Director, Partnership Development, Boston
Amy Barkan joined Student Advantage with eight years experience in direct marketing and client services.
Today, Amy oversees the Partnership Development team, which manages the relationships with Student Advantage
key corporate partners as well as the acquisition of new strategic national accounts and media clients. Prior
to joining Student Advantage, Amy worked at eBay, developing marketing materials for eBay Live! 2004. Prior
to eBay, Amy worked at Collabrys, a San Francisco based integrated e-mail marketing firm. Amy is a graduate
of Denison University and enjoys snow sports and travel. |
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Mark Egan
Director, University Relations, Boston |
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Richard Libby
Managing Director, Boston
With more than 25 years experience working at consumer-based companies in an entrepreneurial role, Rick
Libby oversees the day-to-day operations of Student Advantage. Prior to Student Advantage Rick founded and
served as President of The Traveling Vineyard, America's largest home wine tasting company. Prior to the
Traveling Vineyard, Rick served as President of MoveCentral, Inc. under his leadership, the company made
the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies list twice and was acquired by Monster.com in June 2000. Previous
to MoveCentral, Rick was a senior executive at Cendant Corporation where he developed new products across
the travel, real estate and membership businesses of the Company. Rick honed his general management and
sales and marketing skills in the hospitality industry with Marriott, Residence Inns, Summerfield Suites
and as a partner/owner of CondoNetwork, America's leading condominium rental reservation center. Rick is
a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University. |
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Phil Mazarakis
Director of IT, Boston
Phil has more than 15 years of technology experience working in a wide variety of environments. This experience
includes working for Fortune 500 companies like ADP and Smith Barney, in addition to working for the Federal
Transportation Board and several startup enterprises. When not working with Student Advantage's web applications
and servers, he likes to travel with his family and do a host of geeky tech things. |
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Ed Vargas
Director of Business Development, Boston
Ed has 20+ years of achievements in sales and sales management of advertising/marketing strategies and
programs. Prior to joining Student Advantage, Ed was President and Owner of Targeted Marketing Strategies
where he represented such notable publications as Good Housekeeping, Women's Day, and Smart Money among
others. Ed also draws from his management experience as a former senior executive with a media division of
Time Inc. in various sales and management capacities, selling strategic marketing programs to national/global
companies. Ed is a graduate from the College of The Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He is fluent in Spanish,
resides in Reading, MA, and is active in his community coaching youth travel Soccer and Baseball. |
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