Anil Pereira

Who is Anil Pereira?

Anil Pereira is Founder CEO of SecondSpace,

Inc.,

an online services company, and serves as an advisor to a number of

privately-held startups. He is best known for his leadership role at

internet services provider VeriSign, where, during his six-year tenure,

he was instrumental in launching numerous high-growth businesses,

generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenues. During

this time, VeriSign grew from 90 to 3,500 employees and from $500,000

to $1.2 billion in revenues.

From

2003-2004, Anil served as Senior Vice President of New Businesses and

International for Classmates Online, prior to its sale to United

Online. At Classmates, he launched several new businesses, including

Classmates' highly successful European operations. Earlier in his

career, he spent six years at American Express in a variety of

executive roles, including Vice President of the Affinity Card Group

and head of Direct Response Television.

Anil

holds a Bachelor of Management Degree (with Great Distinction) from the

University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada where he was named Alumnus

of the Year in 2000. He also holds an MBA in Strategy and Finance from

the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.