Brad Garlinghouse serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Ripple. Prior to Ripple, Brad served as the CEO of file collaboration service Hightail. From 2009 to 2012 he was President of Consumer Applications at AOL and prior to that he held various executive positions at Yahoo! from 2003 to 2009, including Senior Vice President. Earlier in his career, Brad helped to pioneer the VoIP industry as CEO of Dialpad Communications. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of OutMatch and has held board positions at Ancestry.com and Tonic Health. Brad serves as Board Member at Raised In Space. He is also an angel investor. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Harvard.