✓ Founder, Blachford Capital LLC
✓ Nominating and Governance Committee (Member)
✓ Independent Director
Qualifications/Expertise:
- Corporate Strategy
- Finance
- Entrepreneur
- Operational Management
- Technology Industry
- Corporate Governance
Erik Blachford (age 57) has served on the Board since May 2005. Mr. Blachford is an independent venture capital investor and advisor with a primary focus on consumer technology and travel companies. He founded Blachford Capital LLC in 2021. Mr. Blachford has also served as a partner at Narrative Fund Management LLC, a private venture capital firm, since November 2019, and consulted as a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity and venture capital firm (“TCV”), from March 2011 until September 2021. He previously served on the board of directors of Peloton Interactive, Inc., a public interactive fitness platform, from April 2015 until February 2022; Nerdy, Inc., a public online instruction platform, from October 2021 until August 2022; Liftopia, Inc., a private online ski lift ticket booking service, from December 2011 until August 2020; Siteminder Limited, a private online hotel distribution and connectivity platform, from December 2013 until January 2020; and TourRadar, a private online travel booking service, from July 2018 until March 2020. Mr. Blachford has been an active independent investor in a variety of early-stage private companies and has held other leadership and board of director positions at various other publicly and privately held companies.
Current Other Company Board Service:
- Busbud Inc. (a private online travel booking service), since September 2017
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in English and Certificate in Theater, Princeton University
- Master of Business Administration, Columbia University Graduate School of Business
- Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco State University