Fritz Lanman

Chief Executive Officer

2022 - Current

President, ClassPass and Mindbody Marketplace

2021 - 2022

CEO

2017

Executive Chairman

2014 - 2017

Led the seed and Series A financings for ClassPass and helped the founders build an amazing company

Angel Investor

2010

Angel investor in Pinterest, Wish, ClassPass, Flexport, Formlabs, Flexe and many others.

Chairman and Cofounder

2011 - 2017

Chairman and Cofounder

2013 - 2017

Changing the way you hear the world...

Founder and CEO

2011 - 2013

I founded and sold Livestar, a mobile recommendations startup for personalized, trusted recommendations. We used machine learning and information retrieval to match you to high quality sources (i.e., friends, critics and people who had similar taste) of reviews for restaurants, movies, music and apps. We were backed by many of the top investors in tech and media and we sold to Pinterest in March 2013.

Senior Director, Corporate Strategy Group

2009 - 2010

Led several multi-billion dollar M&A evaluations and strategy projects for divisional Presidents, including Entertainment, Online Services, Microsoft Research, Windows and more. Also ran Microsoft Senior Leadership team retreats for the CEO, CFO and divisional Presidents. Authored numerous memos and presentations for the Board of Directors.

Director

2005 - 2009

Manage a team doing strategy and M&A for Microsoft's Online Services Group. Projects & deals included: Facebook investment, Yahoo deal, Annual Strategy Review, Advertising strategy, Aquantive acquisition, Mobile strategy, Video strategy and the Video distribution deal with Hulu (NBCU/News Corp.).

Product Manager

2003 - 2005

- Managed positioning, messaging, sales-force coordination and business management for Core CAL server SKU, helping grow annual revenues from $700M to $1B over 12 months. - Led SKU strategy and pricing for new subscription Server bundle SKU. Oversaw $300K market research budget spent on focus groups, discrete choice and conjoint analyses. Received Marketing Excellence Award from Server and Tools Marketing VP for role on this project, which was referred to by CEO Steve Ballmer as “one of the top revenue opportunities for the company”. - Selected for executive leadership development program at Kellogg School of Management. Graduated from Microsoft’s Marketing Leadership Recruits program in top 3 of class. - Received CEO Performance Recognition Award in 2004 for “significant achievement”.

Summer Analyst

2002 - 2002

- Analyst for mid-market private equity firm, specializing in food and beverage buyouts. - Collaborated directly with Managing Partner and Operating Partner in development of Frozen Desserts industry entry strategy, identifying acquisition candidates, growth opportunities and exit strategies. - Observed first-hand how a successful private equity firm identifies, acquires, grows and exits portfolio investments.

Flyfishing Guide

2001 - 2001

Best summer job ever. Took people on catch and release trout fishing trips on some of Colorado's most beautiful rivers. Mostly tried to just learn from my guide buddies how to be a better fisherman.

Construction Laborer

2001 - 2001

Didn't know they distinguish between "laborer" and the rest of the construction workers, but alas... Hard work but great summer job!