Bills.com Team
The Bills.com team combines diverse backgrounds and years of financial experience to achieve our vision of empowering consumers to make informed financial decisions. We're are also wild about habanero burgers (sort of, but it's painful), which you can check out here: spicy habanero burger challenge!
Or read on to learn about who we are.
Anthony Garcia
Production, Creativity, & Social Media Manager
Anthony Garcia is a Broadcast and video professional working in the financial services industry. Anthony brings to the table 6 years of Marketing and P.R. experience. Originally from Los Angeles, he now works, lives, and plays in the S.F. Bay Area. When not out shooting financial education videos, he produces short films, music videos, and mediocre fish tacos.
Brad Stroh
Founder Bills.com
Brad Stroh is a serial entrepreneur and reformed venture capitalist. Before launching Bills.com, Brad first founded Freedom Financial Network and a variety of related specialty financial services companies with his close friend and business partner, Andrew Housser. Brad has also worked for three venture capital and private equity firms, where he sat watching from the outside while many great businesses were being built. Currently, Brad is a Board member, advisor, and investor in several start-ups where he's working hard to continue to bring transparency and empowerment, in a simple way, to consumers. In his free time, he's a husband and dad, where he's the most junior person on the totem pole.
Dale Miles
Account Manager
Dale is an outgoing and strategic-minded professional who is able to identify business needs and clearly articulate solutions to colleagues and senior management; and subsequently implement those solutions with acumen and resourcefulness.
Daniel Cohen
Managing Editor
Daniel Cohen has many years of experience in the financial services industry. Daniel has worked as a mortgage loan officer, a debt counselor, and as a tax consultant. He also owned a small business, manufacturing and distributing clothing, which gives him first-hand knowledge about the challenges of running a business. A common link in all his work experience is a devotion to customer satisfaction. When not working, Daniel enjoys hiking in the redwoods or attending live music shows.
Erin Olson
Provider Development
Erin Olson had years of mortgage experience in her background before joining Bills.com. She now uses that knowledge to help maximize product performance for the Bills.com lender network. Outside of work, she likes to keep active running races, and skiing or hiking the mountains.
Ethan Ewing
President Bills.com
Ethan Ewing combines nearly twenty years in financial services and a decade in online marketing to guide the Bills team. The goal of having an easy-to-access solution for every Bills.com visitor question or need, keeps him focused on maintaining just the right mix of top-tier financial service partners. Ethan spends his out of office time with his family, on the hardcourt, and whenever possible, in the mountains.
Jason Chu
Product Manager
Jason Chu has managed several online search marketing campaigns in the financial services industry including Liberty Mutual, Wells Fargo, and Virgin Money. Jason currently manages the Bills.com search marketing campaigns and focuses on developing new tools and products to empower consumers to better understand their financial situation. In his free time, Jason enjoys following the Los Angeles Lakers and scoring goals on the soccer field.
Jon Pedley
VP, Product Management
Jon brings years of experience throughout the financial services industry, including time at Charles Schwab and JPMorgan, to Bills.com. Through tools like Bills.com's Should I Refinance calculator and the Debt Coach, he hopes to put regular people in the driving seat of their money decisions. When he's not at Bills, you can find Jon skiing the trees at Alpine Meadows, CA.
Keith Badinelli
Web Development Manager
Before joining the Bills.com team in mid-2011, Keith worked with Porsche Cars North America to conceptualize and develop digital marketing and training software. Having been introduced to the financial services industry through Porsche Financial Services, Keith is enthusiastic about the mission of Bills.com to create products that educate and empower users to make smart financial decisions. When he isn’t hard at work, Keith enjoys watching baseball, reading a good book and, most of all, making awesome Lego spaceships with his son.
Mark Cappel
Editor
Mark Cappel has edited magazines, web sites, and books for IBM, IDG, and Prentice Hall for the last 25 years. He earned a degree in law in 2006, and puts his law school lessons and editing experience to work every day in creating content for Bills.com that is accurate legally, yet easy to understand. When he's not in front of a computer, Mark is an amateur actor, a porous soccer goalkeeper, and a Gate Dept. volunteer at Burning Man.
Michael Elsbree
Provider Development
Michael Elsbree brings years of startup experience to Bills.com. Managing the Bills.com Lender Network, his goal is to partner with top tier financial institutions to provide more lending options for consumers; and to ultimately help those consumers make the best money decisions. When not at the office, he can be found jamming with his band mates or honing his BBQ skills.
Oren Gal
Director of Online Marketing
Oren Gal has a diverse background in the surplus line commercial insurance industry as well as online marketing in the music industry. At Bills.com, Oren is responsible for generating traffic and helping users reach their goals in home finance, tax, and debt. When not behind his desk at Bills.com, Oren enjoys exploring the great city of San Francisco and following his home town New York Giants.
Sophia Shoemaker
Web Developer
Sophia Shoemaker has been with Bills.com since August 2009. When she isn't cobbling up code or wrestling IE bugs to the ground, she can be found swimming, sewing and spending time with her family.
Soundarya Subramanyam
Marketing Assistant
Soundarya Subramanyam has been with Bills.com since July, 2010. Before joining Bills.com team, she worked for Freedom Financial for more than a year. As a Marketing Assistant, she keeps the team organized and manages various marketing events. When away from work, Soundarya likes to cook and is a big fan of the Food Network.
