SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Averon today
proudly announced that Sheila Lirio
Marcelo has joined the Averon Advisory Board, adding to an
already stellar roster. Marcelo is the acclaimed founder,
chairwoman and CEO of Care.com (NYSE: CRCM), the world's
largest online destination to find and manage family care, which
serves more than 27 million people in more than 20 countries.
Internationally recognized for her humanistic business focus,
Marcelo has been lauded for her lifelong support of increased
opportunities for women around the world.
"The team at Averon has developed innovative solutions for
today's biggest cybersecurity problems, and I am honored to join
the Advisory Board and contribute to this exceptional team
improving our world," Marcelo said. "Averon's technology offers
urgently needed protection for society and social media, from
addressing the fake news epidemic to defending our individual
online identities. I believe Averon is uniquely positioned to
become the global standard for digital identity."
Marcelo founded Care.com in 2006 and took the company public in
2014, making her one of the few female tech founders to achieve
that milestone. She is also the co-founder of LandIt, a
digital platform for female career growth, and is a frequent
speaker on women in technology, systemic change, female
entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Marcelo is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a Young
Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and was awarded a
Marshall Memorial Fellowship. She sits on the Boston
Children's Hospital Board of Trustees, the Library of Congress
Trust Fund Board, and the Board of the Philippine Development
Foundation. She is also a member of the Massachusetts
Competitive Partnership and advises numerous start-up companies.
Prior to founding Care.com, Marcelo was an Entrepreneur in
Residence at Matrix Partners and held executive positions at
Upromise, helping families save for college, and TheLadders.com, an
executive search engine. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and received her J.D. and
M.B.A. degrees from Harvard
University.
"Sheila Marcelo's impeccable
track record is highly relevant to Averon," said Lea Tarnowski, President, COO and co-founder of
Averon. "Sheila has brilliantly taken Care.com from inception
to IPO and knows exactly what is needed for success each step of
the way. As our Averon team creates a new global standard for
digital identity, we are proud to welcome Sheila as an
advisor. Personally, I'm also delighted to collaborate with
another female executive who is raising the bar for everyone."
Marcelo joins Averon's other extraordinarily talented Advisory
Board members, including:
- Emily Ward, former VP and
Worldwide Chief Technology Counsel for eBay and PayPal, and
co-founder of ChIPs, a non-profit organization dedicated to the
advancement of women in law and technology
- John Hjelmstad, WeWork Vice
President of Engineering, and former Head of Google Identity
- James Kondo, former Vice
President of Twitter and Chairman of Twitter Japan
- Professor John M. Smith, a top
expert on cryptography and cybersecurity, and the Olga &
Alberico Pompa Professor of Engineering, Applied Science & CIS
at UPenn
- Ruvan Cohen, former managing
director of Citibank's global credit card business
About Averon
Averon's mission is to help the entire
digital world Be Authentic. Averon is the developer of the
world's first fully automatic and ultra-secure mobile identity
verification standard, which works seamlessly whether users are on
WiFi or LTE. Protected by 25 patents, Averon's
conversion-increasing innovations authenticate users by leveraging
real-time mobile network signaling and hardware already contained
in every smartphone. Averon is trusted by the world's leading
rideshare and transportation services, digital currencies,
cryptocurrency wallets, and global telecommunications companies to
provide the most elegant user experience with the highest caliber
security. Averon requires no installations, zero effort by users
and doesn't rely on personally identifiable information, making it
the most private security solution across the digital realm, from
banking and ecommerce to fraud prevention in ticketing and bot
commerce. Averon can also authenticate IoT devices, including
connected locks on homes and vehicles. Live on all US wireless
service providers, Averon makes it easy to Be Authentic and
stay effortlessly protected while connected. For more information,
visit www.averon.com.
Averon and Be Authentic are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Averon US, Inc., in the
United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks
or registered trademarks are the property of their respective
holders.
Contact:
Heather
Gore
Spark
(415) 321-1885
averon@sparkpr.com
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