John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in scholarly research and education, has announced the appointment of Beth Birnbaum, former Chief Operating Officer at PlayFab, to its Board of Directors, effective September 27, 2018.
Birnbaum is a product and business leader with extensive experience scaling high-growth companies. At PlayFab, she led business operations, sales, customer success, marketing and financial planning, playing a key role in the company’s sale to Microsoft in 2018. Before joining PlayFab, Birnbaum served in multiple roles at GrubHub from 2011 to 2016, most recently as Senior Vice President of Product. She joined GrubHub in 2011 as Vice President of Product and led product management, user experience and design during GrubHub's growth from a $20 million revenue startup to a public company with over $350 million in revenues. Prior to GrubHub, Birnbaum served in a variety of roles at Expedia from 2003 to 2011, most recently as Vice President of Product and Connectivity, where she re-architected Expedia's commercial and technical relationships with global distribution systems.
Birnbaum currently serves as a board director at GawkBox, a leading monetisation platform for live streamers and online content creators, and at Forterra, a non-profit focused on conserving Washington's keystone wild and urban spaces.
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