Peter Pham
CEO

As CEO of BillShrink, Peter drives company expansion and is an advocate for customer rights and transparency among service providers. He was previously vice president of business development at Photobucket.com, where he was the fifth employee and was responsible for driving user acquisition, strategic partnerships and corporate development. Photobucket was acquired in 2007 by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation.

When Peter left in 2008, Photobucket had grown to more than 61M users, making it the #1 photo sharing site and the 38th most visited site in the U.S. Prior to Photobucket, Peter was in the enterprise space for more than 8 years working in sales, marketing, reseller channel development, product and strategy for multiple startups in the fields of mid-range server computing, software as a service, solid state storage and mobilization of enterprise software.

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a minor in business management from the University of California, Irvine.

How does Peter save money?
As a self-proclaimed “Foodie,” Peter has learned to manage his personal dining budget by eating out less frequently, but at only the highest-rated places when he does.

Schwark Satyavolu
Co-Founder & President

Schwark is a co-founder and one of the original visionaries behind BillShrink. As a result of his own family’s frustration with information overload and confusion when trying to switch cell phone plans, Schwark, a serial entrepreneur, started thinking about how to use web technology to solve this problem.

Schwark was previously an entrepreneur-in-residence with Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), where he explored opportunities to leverage the Internet and innovative information aggregation techniques to solve real-world problems. Prior to his tenure with BVP, Schwark was with Yodlee for eight years, where he developed the technology, co-founded the company, and served in a variety of functions, including chief technology officer. Prior to this, Schwark worked at Microsoft, where he was responsible for designing and developing several key features of Microsoft’s project management tool.

Schwark has produced seminal TCP/IP research and holds three patents, with 15 others pending. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

How does Schwark save money?
He moved his liquid cash from a regular savings account to an online savings account to increase his interest rate 5x!

Samir Kothari
Co-Founder & VP Products

Samir is a co-founder of BillShrink and manages product development by maintaining a constant dialogue with users and tailoring the product to meet their needs.

He previously led product management and strategy for TrialPay, a fast-growing company at the intersection of online advertising and digital payments. Samir had previously worked at BEA Systems, where he headed product marketing for WebLogic Workshop and played a key role in launching the WebLogic Platform. He also worked as a product manager with Microsoft. Samir also spent several years working as a venture capitalist with Battery Ventures and Summit Partners, focusing on investments in software and consumer Internet companies.

Samir graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s in computer science and an AB in Economics. He also received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Millar Scholar.

How does Samir save money?
Samir turns off his HBO subscription during the nine months of the year when Entourage isn’t on!

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