Management Team

Brian Barnum is responsible for the strategic vision and continued evolution of R.H. Donnelley Interactive which operates two websites DexKnows.com and Business.com as well as their two respective paid search advertising networks.  He oversees all critical aspects of product development to ensure RHDi delivers a multi-product, multi-platform advertising solution dedicated to linking buyers with high quality advertisers.  

Brian brings more than 15 years of financial and operations management experience to RHDi, including CFO positions with high-growth, venture capital backed technology companies. Brian has successfully spearheaded venture financing rounds, an Initial Public Offering, and executed the sale of several Internet/Technology companies. The Los Angeles Business Journal named Brian 2007 CFO of the Year for private companies with revenues up to $100 million.

Prior to joining RHDi, Brian was CFO of Rent.com, where he prepared the Company for an IPO while managing an M&A process which culminated in an acquisition by eBay valued at approximately $415 million.

Prior to that success, Brian served as CFO at UFO Communications, where he executed two venture financings and spearheaded the sale of the broadband services provider to Cogent Communications. Brian also served as the CFO of TNS Inc. (NYSE: TNS), taking the company through an IPO, a follow on equity offering and executing several strategic acquisitions.  Brian has held positions in Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions with Bankers Trust and Alex. Brown & Sons.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Paul Dagum serves as Chief Scientist and Strategy Officer of R. H. Donnelley Interactive overseeing the technology strategy and innovation, and design and development, of systems in information retrieval, pricing and auctions, yield management, search engine marketing and business intelligence.

Before joining Business.com, Paul was at Mohr Davidow Ventures where he collaborated with partners to evaluate high-impact business opportunities in internet technology and medical devices.

Prior to MDV, Paul was Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Rapt (NASDAQ: MSFT), an enterprise-software company for pricing and yield optimization. At Rapt, Paul managed all product development and led the algorithmic and technical innovations in Rapt’s systems. Prior to Rapt, Paul was at Stanford University, where he was principal investigator (PI) on several NSF and NIH grants. Among these, two National Science Foundation grants were awarded to him to research and develop industry and medical applications of decision theory. As PI, he led investigations in probabilistic inference and decision optimization. Through his research, Paul developed the fastest known Monte-Carlo algorithm – the most commonly used general method to solve large-scale problems. He has also made significant contributions in the areas of Bayesian networks, probability forecasting and control, and randomized algorithm design and analysis.

Paul served as a scientist at Rockwell’s decision theory laboratory in Palo Alto, and was a visiting scholar at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley. Paul has over 60 peer-review publications in statistics, computer science and biotechnology journals.

Paul received a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Toronto and an M.D. from Stanford University.

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Rob Feinstein serves as Vice President and General Manager of Business.com, overseeing all aspects of product development, sales and marketing for Business.com and Work.com. At Business.com, Rob was formerly Vice President, Product responsible for user experience and usability, page monetization and optimization, Search Engine Optimization, directory taxonomy, site design and new feature development. BtoB Magazine included Rob in their 2008 "Who's Who in B-to-B" list within the Search category.

Rob was Vice President and General Manager of MonsterTRAK prior to Business.com, the college recruiting specialty division of Monster.com. In that role, he oversaw all business functions including new product development and strategic relationships with major universities nationwide.

Prior to MonsterTRAK, Rob led the creation of subscription-based value added services at EarthLink, ranging from online entertainment services to VoIP. He also held senior web site management positions at CareerPath and GeoCities, and was a marketing, planning and sales executive at the Los Angeles Times.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Brown University, a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University, and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

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Ben Hanna serves as Vice President of Marketing for Business.com, overseeing all aspects of marketing and brand strategy for Business.com and Work.com, including direct and onsite marketing, public relations, search engine marketing, advertising, trade shows and collateral. He brings more than 10 years experience leading B2B marketing efforts from both the agency and company perspectives.

Ben was most recently at eBay where he led the eBay Business team responsible for driving B2B trade on eBay. In that role, he oversaw product, business development, marketing and PR strategies that supported nearly $3 billion in business buying on eBay's U.S. site in 2005.

Prior to eBay, Ben was Vice President, Marketing for IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used construction equipment, where he built the marketing team and was responsible for all corporate and product marketing functions. Ben also co-founded a B2B strategic marketing agency specializing in product launches, company launches and corporate repositionings for high-tech companies in the semiconductor, telecommunications and Internet industries.

Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Business from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

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Alan Lang serves as Vice President, Engineering at Business.com, where he is responsible for managing all technology functions including development, operations, quality assurance, project management, and design.

Before joining Business.com, Alan served as Vice President of Advertiser Systems Engineering at Overture Services, a Yahoo! company. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing the design, development, and operations of many of Overture's critical business systems. During his four year tenure at Overture, Alan was instrumental in developing and scaling Overture's systems to handle several hundred thousand advertisers, millions of bid changes per day, and billions of dollars in revenue per year.

Prior to Overture, Alan served as Vice President of Engineering at eMemories, which grew to be one of the leading photo sharing sites on the internet prior to its acquisition in the winter of 2000. Alan has also worked in engineering management and development roles at a number of high profile companies including Pfizer, Xerox, Inference and Locus.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Hooman Malekzad currently serves as Vice President and General Manager, Network Distribution.

Most recently, Hooman served as Vice President, Engineering for Business.com where he ran all technology-related aspects of the site, including application development, operations, quality assurance, project management and design. Prior to that he served in design, production and art direction roles for a number of media and technology firms, including a web design and development shop that he founded and ran.

Hooman's early career was dominated by entrepreneurial experiences. Prior to the web design business, Hooman established a successful jewelry design and manufacturing business that served customers such as Nordstrom, Barneys and The Nature Company.

Hooman earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance from California State University at Northridge.

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Daniel Machock
Vice President, Finance of R.H. Donnelley Interactive and Corporate Controller of Business.com Inc.

Daniel Machock serves as Vice President, Finance of R.H. Donnelley Interactive and Corporate Controller of Business.com Inc. overseeing all aspects of corporate finance, accounting, risk management, legal and human resources.

Before joining Business.com, Daniel held various financial and strategic positions at uBid.com, an online auction startup, CMGI, Inc. and Aleri, Inc, an information retrieval software Company.  He performed a wide range of responsibilities relating to the coordination annual audits, managing numerous SEC filings, including initial and secondary public stock offerings and acquisition of uBid by CMGI, Inc. in 2002.  He started his career at Ernst & Young in Chicago where he coordinated audits for several SEC clients.  

Daniel earned his Bachelor of Accounting and Finance degrees from the University of Indiana. He successfully passed his CPA exam in the State of Indiana.

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Patricia Neuray
Vice President, Sales

Patricia Neuray serves as Vice President of Sales, overseeing all aspects of the Business.com sales strategy.   She has a proven track record of developing innovative advertiser solutions as well as cultivating sales teams that consistently exceed goals.

Before joining Business.com, Patricia served in a key management role at TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications (formerly a division of Monster.com.) Prior to that position, she was Vice President of Sales at both Yahoo Search and LookSmart.  She has also consulted for several Internet start-ups, advising on sales, business development, search and marketing strategies and implementations.

Patricia’s early career focused on the publishing world. She held several roles at Imagine Media, brokering new partnerships across Western Europe and launching the Mac Addict Network of Websites.  She began her career at premier publications like BusinessWeek and Newsweek. 

Patricia received her BA in Political Science from the University of Florida. 

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Jeremy Bellinghausen
Vice President, Product Management

Jeremy Bellinghausen serves as Vice President, Product Management at Business.com, where he is responsible for managing and improving upon the user experience for business buyers. He is also responsible for the Business.com’s advertiser and publishing systems, powering both CPC and display advertising on Business.com and across the Business.com Network.

Jeremy was most recently at Rent.com (purchased by eBay in 2005), where he oversaw the product team responsible for all systems supporting their industry-leading apartment search and discovery algorithms. While there, he also launched Rent.com’s self-serve listing product targeting independent property owners.

Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Business.

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