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Jason has been with Elevate since 2003. He has held various senior roles prior to his appointment as COO in 2014. In 2019, he was named CEO. In this role, Jason is focused on operational and financial performance -- including the development and implementation of the firm's strategic priorities. He also oversees Elevate products, customer acquisition and servicing activities. Prior to joining Elevate, Jason managed a $225 million loan portfolio and generated more than $400 million in new loans for Guaranty Bank, a $2 billion consumer and commercial bank. Jason graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Finance. In his free time, Jason is an avid fly fisherman and bleeds maroon.

Mr. Lien is Marin’s founder and Chairman of the Board, and rejoined the Company as Chief Executive Officer in August 2016. From September 2015 to August 2016, Mr. Lien has served on boards of private companies as well as Marin Software. From May 2014 until September 2015, Mr. Lien served as executive chairman of Marin Software, and from the founding of the Company in 2006 to May 2014, he served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lien has been a member of the Board since 2006. Previously, Mr. Lien served as Chief Operating Officer of Adteractive, Inc., an online performance marketing company, from 2004 to 2005. In 2001, Mr. Lien co-founded and served as Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Sugar Media, Inc., a broadband services platform, until its acquisition in 2003 by 2Wire, Inc., a leading supplier of DSL equipment and services, which was subsequently acquired by Pace plc in 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Lien served in various capacities at BlueLight.com, LLC, Kmart Corporation’s ecommerce and Internet service provider subsidiary from 2000 to 2001, including as Chief Financial Officer and acting Chief Executive Officer. Prior to BlueLight.com, Mr. Lien spent 10 years at various investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners, with his last role as Managing Director. Mr. Lien holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College, where he was elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lien’s presence as a member of the Board brings his thorough knowledge of the Company into the Board’s strategic and policy-making discussions. He brings his extensive experience in finance, digital marketing and executive roles in the information technology industry into deliberations regarding the Company’s strategy and operations.

Ilan Gur is a Chief Executive Officer at Activate and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Cofounder at SEEO INC; Founder, Division Director, & Executive Director, Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Research Fellow at INTEL CORP. Building studied at University of California - UC Berkeley between 1998 and 2006.