Leadership

Prior to his appointment as General Manager, Kevin was the Vice President of Sales from 2001 to 2006 where he cultivated and managed relationships with national property-management companies, trained and directed the Apartments.com internal sales force and developed strategic partnerships with organizations and associations that benefit the multi-family industry, property managers and visitors to Apartments.com.

As Vice President of Sales, Kevin was responsible for growing the Apartments.com customer base from 8,100 customers in 2001 to more than 14,000 in 2006. In addition, Kevin was instrumental in the development of programs and resources to facilitate a 90% customer retention rate and building a top-notch sales team consisting of more than 100 customer-centric employees located throughout the United States.

Prior to Apartments.com, Kevin spent 11 years in the technology arena including positions with Headhunter.net, BrassRing, Terra-Starr and Chicago Tribune. Previous accomplishments include creating the first-ever offline career fair for Yahoo Careers and Headhunter.net and contributing to the development of “Silicon Prairie”--a high-tech magazine for IT professionals. Kevin is also a two-time winner of the Campbell Award, a Chicago Tribune top sales honor.

Kevin earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Notre Dame University. He and his wife, Lisa, reside in LaGrange Park, IL with their five children.

Prior to Apartments.com, Brad worked for 19 years within the newspaper industry, most recently as the vice-president/director of advertising at the Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California. At the Tribune, Brad served on the SLO County YMCA Board, Finance Committee and South County Advisory Board.

A Chicago-area native, Brad earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Northern Illinois University and is currently working on completing his Master’s Degree in Finance from Benedictine University.

Ketan’s impeccable focus and desire for success is evidenced by his impressive background. Most recently he served as the director of finance and operations at Ubid, an online business to consumer retailer of computers and electronics. He has also held previous positions at Fortune 500 companies including Baxter, Abbott Laboratories and Northern Trust Bank. Collectively, Ketan has 15 years of experience in finance and operations.

Ketan is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelors of Business Arts in Finance and Accounting from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.

Cristen began her career at Apartments.com in 2002 as an operational manager, was promoted to director in 2003 and became vice president in 2007. During this time, Cristen applied and created new and more efficient processes contributing to the Apartments.com operational goal of providing the absolute best product for their customers in the shortest time possible.

Prior to Apartments.com, Cristen worked in print production, primarily business-to-business trade publications. Previous employers include, Cahners Publishing Company and Primedia Inc.

Cristen attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Chris is a four-year veteran of Classified Ventures and prior to joining the Apartments.com team, he served as a group product manager at Cars.com. Chris developed significant revenue enhancing products within the Cars.com division and brings his acumen for innovation to Apartments.com. Since joining the Apartments.com team in July 2007, Chris has begun building additional product offerings which will serve to drive revenue and value for Apartments.com and its customers.

Chris earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Prior to working at Apartments.com, Pat served as the Vice President of Technology at FTD.com, a leading brand of floral services and products, where she supported a $300 million online retail business.

Pat earned her B.S. in Computer Science for Business from the Missouri Institute of Technology in Kansas City, MO..

Previously, Lee was the vice president of marketing at Rewards Network, a national leader of dining frequency and rewards programs, where he developed consumer and business-to-business marketing initiatives including positioning and online communications programs.

Lee earned his M.S. in Integrated Marketing at Northwestern University and B.A. from the University of Vermont.

Lynee joined Apartments.com in April 2008, following a successful career at the Chicago Tribune. Previously, Lynee oversaw key accounts in the food, drug and discount division. In this management role, she was responsible for $75 million in annual advertising sales revenues from large national retailers such as Jewel-Osco (Supervalu), Walgreens, CVS and Wal-Mart.

Prior to that, Lynee served as the publisher and director of sales and marketing at Chicagoland Publishing Company (a subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune) for five years. She was responsible for advertising sales, online development, distribution and production. She oversaw a team of sixteen people and grew advertising revenues 40% over a four-year period. Lynee was awarded the first-ever “Newspaper Partner of the Year” award from Dayton Hudson Corporation in 1995.

Lynee received a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Previously, Larry was the CEO and president for Capitol Media Group ("CMG"), the parent company of Apartment Home Living. At CMG, Larry successfully transitioned Apartment Home Living from a high-cost local print catalog to a high-margin and profitable national online brand where he steered the overall company direction and led a team of 60 employees.

Prior to that role, Larry was the founder, CEO and president of Sandbox.com, an online fantasy sports provider. At Sandbox, Larry oversaw the company, which resulted in more than eight million members and $20 million in online direct marketing revenue. Additionally, Larry successfully sourced and negotiated the sale to All Star Stats and NBC Universal. Prior to Sandbox, Mr. Cotter was the director of business development and franchising at Moovies, Inc. where he performed financial analysis and modeling and supported the company’s overall strategy.

Larry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, in Accounting from James Madison University, where he was also awarded the Alton Wheelock Scholarship for Most Outstanding Accountant. Mr. Cotter received his Certified Public Accountant from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1992.