Arivale Leadership

Sean has spent the past twelve years working in companies that help people achieve better health. Prior to joining Arivale, Sean was the Executive Vice President at Free & Clear, the nation’s leading health coaching company for tobacco cessation and healthy nutrition and activity, where he helped build a business that assisted over 400,000 people per year in living healthier, more productive lives. He was responsible for marketing, product management, information technology, software development, clinical affairs, research, evaluation and training services. Sean’s previous positions include Director of Product Development at Applied Discovery, a venture capital-based legal technology company (sold to LexisNexis in 2003) and product manager at a digital media company, Loudeye. Sean acts as advisor to several start ups in the health and wellness space, and is an active runner and cyclist. Sean was an Asian Studies major at Bowdoin College, later earning a Masters in Business with Honors from the University of Washington.

Grant oversees the industry’s leading data marketplace, in addition to LiveRamp’s TV and B2B businesses. He joined LiveRamp via the acquisition of Pacific Data Partners, a company he co-founded that was a leading digital advertising B2B data marketplace.

Grant Ries was also co-founder, Board Member and CRO of BlueKai, which built the world’s largest consumer data marketplace and DMP. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014 and Grant served as Vice President of the Oracle Data Cloud, a global business unit he co-launched. Grant is an active technology angel investor and has provided advisory and operating support at his various investments in the technology sector for over 15 years.