Brian Barnum

Chief Financial Officer, Skillable

Brian Barnum is Chief Financial Officer of Skillable, joining the company from a previous role as a member of its Board of Directors, working Shamrock’s portfolio companies to improve operations and increase value.

Prior to joining Shamrock in 2017, Brian held a number of senior executive roles for privately held media, communications and technology companies including COO of Brighter, Inc., COO/CFO of The Rubicon Project, the COO/CFO of Business.com and later the President of Dex Media’s Digital businesses after it acquired Business.com, the CFO of Rent.com through its acquisition by eBay, and the CFO of Transaction Network Services, which he guided through an IPO. Prior to his roles as an operating executive, Brian worked in investment banking to media companies at Bankers Trust Company and to technology and communications companies at Alex. Brown & Sons.

Brian has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

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