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Rue La La, a lifestyle online shopping destination, provides its Members with access to curated boutiques of coveted designer offerings at private sale prices. Each day, Rue La La Members discover the most desired men's, women's and children's apparel and accessories| home decor and accents| and exclusive destinations and experiences. Rue La La's engaging approach to retail has brought theatre and excitement to online shopping, creating a captivating e-commerce destination that strategically supports its brand partners and inspires its Members daily. Most recently, Rue La La was recognized as the 2012 Mobile Merchandiser of the Year by Mobile Commerce Daily.

A seasoned entrepreneur, Anthony has driven the technology direction of rapidly growing startups from the ground floor to billion dollar valuations. He is now catalyzing rapid technology growth at Rue Gilt Groupe, which is immaculately positioned to expand its business and disrupt the fashion tech scene. RGG has come a long way from its birth as two independent flash sale sites in 2007, Rue La La and Gilt. Through unmatched skill in brand relationships, customer experience, merchandising, technology and logistics, RGG is now well-positioned to use its considerable resources to double-down on technology and accelerate. Imagine a technology startup embedded in an already exciting, vibrant, and healthy business, and you’ll get an idea of why Anthony is so pumped about the future! RGG's leadership made a big commitment to technology, attracting talented and driven engineers. RGG's team includes veterans of Turbine, Zynga, Hubspot, TripAdvisor, Carbonite, and Microsoft, who have come from all over to inspire confidence in others and to have a massive impact on a growing market. Previously while at Upserve, Anthony's team made substantial inroads delivering its vision of an operating system for local commerce, achieving product-market fit. Upserve's growth mirrors the early success of Tellme Networks. Anthony was the Chief Architect for Tellme's Voice over IP infrastructure, that uses commodity hardware to handle millions of phone calls a day with carrier-grade reliability. Anthony holds Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. degrees from MIT. His published research contributions span multiple disciplines, including speech processing, high availability, and optics. Specialties: Agile Development, Application Development, AWS, Big Data, Data Science, Deployment Orchestration, Distributed Systems, High Availability, SaaS, Signal Processing, Statistics, Systems Architecture, Technology Management, Technology Strategy, Web Services.