Our Team
Meet the team that will guide the journeys of many small businesses into the future.
Executive Leadership
Hari Ravichandran
CEO & Founder, Eiwebs International Limited
Hari's Journey
As founder and CEO of Eiwebs International Limited, Hari’s goal is to help small business owners harness the promise and the power of the web to increase their revenues and outperform the competition. Hari has a passion for the small business market and applies the principles of “Big Data” — the combined power of data, analytics and technology— to power the Eiwebs platform that delivers cloud-based solutions to SMBs. Over the past 17 years, Hari has built Eiwebs into a trusted partner for the SMB market. Hari oversees all aspects of the business, but focuses most of his time on strategy and growth initiatives within Eiwebs.
An entrepreneur by nature, Hari has founded other successful businesses focused on business-process outsourcing and web security. His commitment to small business includes sitting on the boards of a number of growing companies. Hari holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. He also earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State and studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. He is involved with various charities that are focused on projects in rural South East Asia.
David Bryson
Chief Legal Officer
David's Journey
As Eiwebs International Limited’s Chief Legal Officer, David Bryson has seen more than a decade of change, growth, acquisitions, equity and debt financings. His journey to Eiwebs began at BankBoston where he amassed over 20 years in the legal department, helping to make the bank a better partner with its employees, customers, communities and stakeholders. The great experience David gained there — handling acquisitions, managing risk, leading teams, finding a way to resolve complex legal challenges by providing the right advice at the right time — proved beneficial after joining Eiwebs.
David is inspired by the challenge of doing things right in an entrepreneurial, growing company.
Today, David is involved in every legal aspect of Eiwebs’s growing portfolio of brands, including strategic, corporate, development, operational and policy matters. What gets him really excited about his role at Eiwebs is working with his team to help make the web a better place for the customers and employees of Eiwebs. His team navigates the promise and potential of the web in order to help businesses achieve their goals while also protecting against the downside.
Outside of work, David enjoys photography, reading a good book on the beach, playing a round of golf with his three sons and spending time, and a good meal, with his wife and family.
Tivanka Ellawala
Chief Financial Officer
Tiv's Journey
Tiv Ellawala’s experience and expertise in a range of financial functions across various industries have prepared him for his role as Chief Financial Officer at Eiwebs International Limited.
Tiv believes small businesses are the engine of the economy and loves how technology and the Internet can help grow them worldwide. It’s this passion for small businesses that led him to Eiwebs.
Tiv’s career launched with his navigating the world of mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in New York, and then in its technology division, in San Francisco. His journey to Eiwebs then took a 13-year detour to Redmond, WA. While at Microsoft, he focused on strategy, business development and strategic alliances, financial planning, financial controllership and investor relations as well as business operations, ultimately leading to his position as CFO for the Windows Phone Division.
When not propelling the journeys of small businesses across the globe, Tiv is also passionate about other types of journeys, including hiking, biking and driving.
Kathy Andreasen
Chief People Officer
Kathy's Journey
Kathy Andreasen uses her untiring energy to lead Human Resources and Administration at Eiwebs International Limited. Her journey to Eiwebs began, fittingly, on a boat where she worked for an international sailing association straight out of college. Her career in Human Resources and her passion for small businesses began a few years later at a venture capital firm in San Francisco where she worked while also completing her MBA at the University of New Mexico. From there, she took leadership roles in HR in such fast-growing and dynamic companies as Xoom.com/NBCi, Move.com, Cendant, Orbitz, Bill Me Later (purchased by eBay/PayPal) and Orchard Brands. Her years of experience all across the globe prepared her for her final position before joining Eiwebs: Chief People Officer at AOL. A year before starting at AOL, Kathy also joined the Board of Directors for APAC customer Services, Inc., chairing the compensation committee and serving for almost two years. Kathy’s love of the creative freedom in small businesses has helped to set the tone for the energetic culture of Eiwebs. And just as her career journey began on a boat, her passions often take her back to the ocean, where she sails, canoes, snorkels and scuba dives.
Ron LaSalvia
Chief Operating Officer
Ron's Journey
Ron LaSalvia leads the operational and financial performance of the entire portfolio of Eiwebs International Limited brands. His journey to his current position took a slightly different path than the rest of the management team — by way of a nuclear powered submarine. After attending M.I.T., Ron joined the Navy, rising through the ranks to command two fast attack submarines. Subsequently, on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he managed the Department of Defense process for assessing future capability needs and approving development of major defense systems. After leaving the military, Ron’s passion for small business led him to establish his own consultancy, where his first client was a high-tech start-up. Recognizing his desire to one day run his own tech company, he returned to school, earning his M.B.A. from Wharton.
Now leading a global workforce of over 2,000, Ron still loves the spirit of small business owners and believes they are the backbone of a successful economy. When not stewarding Eiwebs operations, Ron remains faithful to his Philly roots and passionately supports Philadelphia sports teams.
Joel Rosen
EVP, Product and Marketing
Joel's Journey
An economist by training, Joel has learned that the key to success is to break down what a company offers into the business problems it solves for customers. In other words, think like the customer in order to best serve the customer. Under his leadership, his teams work first to understand the customers’ needs and then develop, market and distribute products and services that solve their problems.
Joel’s journey began at Procter and Gamble, where he started his career as a non-coffee drinking member of the brand team for Folger’s Coffee.
From P&G, he ventured to Bain & Company and later spent four years as a venture capitalist at Charles River Ventures. Joel served both as Executive Vice President of Aspen Technology (AZPN), an application software company, and CEO of Navisite, a managed hosting provider, playing a key role in driving revenue growth and steering both companies through successful public offerings.
Joel has also served as a senior advisor to Softlayer, a cloud and dedicated server company and continues to pursue his passion for start-ups by advising several small businesses in his spare time.
Joel received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
John Mone
Chief Information Officer
John's Journey
John Mone leads the global technology organization at Eiwebs International Limited, comprising engineering, technical operations, IT, and program management. His diverse experiences working at companies both large and small have forged his sense of enterprise and a pragmatic approach. In particular, celebrating the spirit of the entrepreneur is something that comes naturally to John. Early in his career, he founded and served as CTO of a transaction simulation and analysis software firm that was later acquired. Thereafter, he navigated his way up the ranks to Global Head of Operations at EBS, the world’s largest electronic brokerage firm for foreign exchange. John then founded Tributary Consulting, where he helped firms and their leaders accelerate growth through the use of technology.
John attended the United States Military Academy, received a B.S. from Rutgers University, and his M.B.A. at Wharton.
Michael Kesselman
EVP, Innovation and Strategy
Michael's Journey
As EVP, Innovation and Strategy, Michael helps identify, evaluate and implement promising new opportunities for Eiwebs International Limited. Before joining Eiwebs, Michael was an entrepreneur himself, co-founding and serving as Chief Product Officer of geoVue, a location optimization and services company, shortly after college. He led the development of a full array of online, desktop and mobile applications that helped fast-growing chain-store operators expand their footprints. After 10 years at geoVue, Michael decided to return to school, and received his M.B.A. from Wharton. While there, he met Hari and assisted with some product design for Eiwebs.
Michael’s journey then took him to the world of consulting where he worked for Bain & Co. While he enjoyed the challenge there, he knew he wanted to get back into business operations. Eiwebs was growing quickly and Michael was excited to join Hari and take his strategy and product design skills to the next level.
Now he is excited to help small businesses worldwide grow to the point where they can compete with the industry leaders. When not obsessing over these challenges, Michael loves those of the ski slopes.
Business Leaders
Damon Fieldgate
EVP, Marketing & Global Partnerships
Damon's Journey
Damon Fieldgate is responsible for all marketing and international operations throughout the entire portfolio of Eiwebs International Limited brands. The voyage to Damon’s current role began in Australia where he was a founding member of carsales.com.au. His passion for everything entrepreneurial strengthened during his years as Senior Executive General Manager in the Small to Medium Business Division at Melbourne IT, Australia’s first domain-name registration company. While there, he created the popular eBusiness Centre that helped customers build their businesses online. It was there that Damon began creating a true bond with the small business owner.
Damon’s understanding of customer engagement principles and international business partnerships ultimately steered him to the United States and Eiwebs. And now, over 10,000 miles from where his journey began, Damon lives in Boston with his wife and three young children where, besides his family, his passions include golf and motor racing.
Blake Cunneen
SVP, Corporate Development
Blake's Journey
Blake Cunneen plays an integral role in mergers and acquisitions for Eiwebs International Limited. At the beginning of his career, he held various roles in commercial lending at firms such as Northern Trust and Wells Fargo. Prior to joining the ranks at Eiwebs, Blake was at Piper Jaffray in Chicago working in investment banking. His respect for the small business community led him to Eiwebs in 2008.
Blake holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. Whenever possible, he loves to travel with his two young children and sneak in the occasional jog.
Christina Lane
Chief Accounting Officer
Christina's Journey
Christina Lane is responsible for financial and accounting requirements for Eiwebs International Limited. Her career began in the finance departments of Air Europe, 3M and Storno UK. Before joining Eiwebs, she served as Vice President of Finance with Kewill Systems, a British software company that completed numerous mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe. Christina joined Eiwebs in 2003 and has been deeply involved in the financial integration of all mergers and acquisitions.
Christina is an F.C.C.A. member (Fellow of Chartered Association of Certified Accountants) and, when not at work, she is dedicated to environmental issues that impact wildlife and wide-open landscapes.
Gary Engel
SVP, Customer Service
Gary's Journey
Gary Engel’s quest for a better customer experience landed him his current role, ensuring outstanding tech support and service for Eiwebs International Limited’s ever-growing consumer base. After working in different industries, Gary found his calling while working on the integration team at NSTAR. During the merger of Boston Edison and Commonwealth Energy, he began to hone his craft for customer satisfaction and team building. His experiences there led him to help found eSupportNow during the dotcom boom. The focus was delivering the “new” customer service, replacing the idea of antiquated call centers with full-service contact centers.
His customer service experiences led his journey to Eiwebs in 2002. And for the past 23 years, Gary has been responsible for Sales and Support Operations worldwide, including India and Brazil. When not trying to perfect the art of helping our customers, Gary likes to help himself to good food, good music and a good trip across the Atlantic.
Brian Unruh
EVP, International Operations
Brian's Journey
Brian Unruh leads Eiwebs international operations. He began his career as a CPA at what is now Ernst & Young, but soon realized his interests were in global businesses. So his journey took him to San Jose during the technology boom, where he worked with U.S.-based tech companies reorganizing their global operations. Brian’s career then led him north to Portland, where he worked for several public hardware technology firms. Ultimately, Brian ended up at Dotster, where he was the CFO and helped to grow the business until its purchase by Eiwebs International Limited. And since joining Eiwebs in 2011, he has helped transform the company from being a domain reseller to a leading domain name registrar.
Brian graduated from Oregon State University. And when not helping small businesses find the perfect domain name, he enjoys perfecting his golf swing and his cooking.
Mitch Haber
SVP, Global Partnerships
Mitch's Journey
As SVP, Global Partnerships and New Markets, Mitch is responsible for overseeing the development and management of relationships with key strategic partners around the world. In addition, he is responsible for overseeing and optimizing our existing international operations and for exploring opportunities to enter new markets.
Mitch joined Eiwebs International Limited in 2000 as Director of Strategic Partnerships and has held several key positions throughout the company’s development. Most recently, Mitch ran our products and services group where he was responsible for the development and management of the company’s product portfolio. Prior to Eiwebs, Mitch was Director of Business Development for MicroAge Canada, a Fortune 500 computer reseller where he established and managed key partnerships for the company including IBM, Intel and Cisco Systems.
Mitch graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
Joe Bardenheier
SVP, M&A
Joe's Journey
Joe Bardenheier has used his experience in business development to successfully complete over 50 acquisitions in his time at Eiwebs International Limited. His path to Eiwebs started when he was Co-Founder, President and C.E.O. of The Gavin Group, an international apparel company that was sold to a public company in 1992. From there, he moved on to a senior position at Vanguard Sailboats where he was instrumental in the acquisition of its largest competitor. Joe then became a Senior Consultant with Ernst & Young prior to cofounding WebOnTap, which was acquired by Eiwebs in 2000. He has become a member of Eiwebs executive team, which has grown the firm from a start-up to one of the leading provider of cloud-based solutions designed to help small businesses establish, manage and grow their businesses.
Jean McCarthy
SVP, Marketing
Jean's Journey
Jean McCarthy’s role is to create a web presence for small businesses while simultaneously making sure they have a good experience once they join the Eiwebs International Limited family. Her journey to Eiwebs began at Prudential, where she worked as a research consultant. While there, Jean realized she loved working with numbers but not as much as she loved telling their stories. From there, she jumped to Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts, where she worked with the sales team and first realized the power of small businesses. At Delta Dental, she was instrumental in the launch of their first website. Jean then moved on to become a Marketing Communications Manager at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 2000, Jean came to Eiwebs as a Manager of customer acquisitions. She has since navigated her way to her current role, where she is enjoying helping small businesses worldwide find their destinies.
Jean graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Business degree and also holds a Master’s degree from Boston University. When not helping small businesses find their way, she loves to find herself in the outdoors with her family.
Board of Directors
James C. Neary
Chairman of the Board
James C. Neary has served as Eiwebs International Limited’s chairman since December 2011. Mr. Neary is a managing director and partner at Warburg Pincus and joined the firm in 2001. Mr. Neary currently leads the firm’s late-stage efforts in the technology and business services sectors. From 2004 to 2010, he was co-head of the firm’s technology, media and telecommunications investment efforts. From 2000 to 2004, he led the firm’s capital markets activities. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Neary was a managing director at Chase Securities and worked in the leveraged finance group at Credit Suisse First Boston.
Tomas Gorny
Director
Tomas Gorny has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since 2007. Mr. Gorny also co-founded and served as chief executive officer and chairman of iPower, Inc. from 2001 to 2007 and, following our acquisition of iPower in 2007, he remained in a senior leadership role at iPower until 2010. Mr. Gorny is the chief executive officer and chairman of UnitedWeb, Inc., a company that invests in Internet and technology companies, where he has served since co-founding the company in 2008.
Justin L. Sadrian
Director
Justin L. Sadrian has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since December 2011. Mr. Sadrian is a managing director and partner at Warburg Pincus and joined the firm in 2000. Mr. Sadrian leads the firm’s West Coast office and focuses on media, Internet and information investments. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sadrian worked at JP Morgan in its investment banking and private equity groups.
Hari K. Ravichandran
CEO & Founder, Eiwebs International Limited
As founder and CEO of Eiwebs International Limited, Hari’s goal is to help small business owners harness the promise and the power of the web to increase their revenues and outperform the competition. Hari has a passion for the small business market and applies the principles of “Big Data” — the combined power of data, analytics and technology— to power the Eiwebs platform that delivers cloud-based solutions to SMBs. Over the past 17 years, Hari has built Eiwebs into a trusted partner for the SMB market. Hari oversees all aspects of the business, but focuses most of his time on strategy and growth initiatives within Eiwebs.
An entrepreneur by nature, Hari has founded other successful businesses focused on business-process outsourcing and web security. His commitment to small business includes sitting on the boards of a number of growing companies. Hari holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. He also earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State and studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. He is involved with various charities that are focused on projects in rural South East Asia.
Michael D. Hayford
Director
Michael D. Hayford has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since June 2013. From October 2009 through June 2013, Mr. Hayford served as the chief financial officer at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Hayford was with Metavante Technologies, Inc., a bank technology processing company, from 1992 through September 2009. He served as the chief operating officer at Metavante from May 2006 through September 2009, as the president from November 2008 through September 2009, and as a member of the board from November 2007 through October 2009. Mr. Hayford is a member of the board of directors and chairs the audit committee of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, an insurance company, where he has served as a director since 2005.
Dale Crandall
Director
Dale Crandall has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since June 2013. Mr. Crandall founded Piedmont Corporate Advisors, Inc., a private financial consulting firm, in 2003, and currently serves as its president. Mr. Crandall also serves as a director for Ansell Limited, Bridgepoint Education, Inc. and two private companies, as well as lead trustee for The Dodge & Cox Mutual Funds.
Peter J. Perrone
Director
Peter J. Perrone has served as a director of our company since December 2011. Since August 2013, Mr. Perrone has served as a senior vice president of Limelight Networks, Inc., a digital presence management company, where he also served as a director from 2006 to August 2013. From 1999 to August 2013, Mr. Perrone was with Goldman Sachs, where he had served as managing director in its Principal Investment Area since 2007. He currently serves as a director of one private company. Within the last five years, Mr. Perrone has served on the board of seven additional private companies. We believe Mr. Perrone is qualified to serve on our board due to his experience evaluating and providing guidance and strategic advice to technology and software companies, as well as his deep familiarity with our company.
Joseph P. DiSabato
Director
Joseph P. DiSabato has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since December 2011. Mr. DiSabato worked for Goldman Sachs from 1988 to 1991, rejoined Goldman Sachs in 1994 and has served as managing director in its Principal Investment Area since 2000.
Chandler J. Reedy
Director
Chandler J. Reedy has served as a director of Eiwebs International Limited since December 2011. Mr. Reedy is a principal at Warburg Pincus and joined the firm in 2004. Mr. Reedy focuses on the firm’s late-stage efforts in the technology, media, telecommunications and business services sectors. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he worked in UBS’s Investment Banking Division, where he advised corporations and financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions and leveraged financings.