Papilia

Natasha Deganello Giraudie (CEO, Founder) Natasha is CEO and Founder of Papilia, which combines the proven principles of major-donor fundraising with a new generation of personalization technology to help nonprofit clients attract new supporters and better engage their existing ones. Natasha founded Papilia with a cross-discipline background in software, communications, and philanthropy. She was previously Chief Content Officer for LivePix (later MGI Software) which built more than a dozen enterprise and consumer imaging and publishing solutions for companies such as Kodak, Fuji, Epson and Warner Brothers. Natasha was in charge of both business development and content creation for the products. Her business background is paralleled by 15 years as an active philanthropy volunteer in childrens' organizations around the world. Natasha has recently spoken at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the Net Impact Conference at Columbia University, the Annual Conference of the Yale Goldman Sachs Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures, UC Berkeley Haas Business School and the London Business School. She holds a Masters in Communications from Stanford University and was the recipient of the Donald Kennedy Public Service Fellowship.

Stephane Giraudie (Founder, Chief Product Officer) Stephane is the Chief Product Officer and Founder of Papilia, where he has been responsible for designing fundraising and communications solutions that help nonprofit clients attract new supporters and better engage their existing ones. Stephane has spent his entire career developing long-range technology product strategies, building the teams to support them, and successfully taken offerings to market. Stephane has defined, launched and managed more than a dozen consumer products for MGI Software and for Qualys. Stephane holds a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, an MBA from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Toulouse, and has studied entrepreneurial finance and management at the Stanford University executive program.

Patrice Vallmajo (Chief Technology Officer) Patrice is the CTO of Papilia, where he and his world-class team are responsible for the development of patent pending personalization technology as well as the company's fundraising and communications solutions. Patrice has specialized in imaging and publishing technologies, spending the last decade designing software architecture, developing innovative core technology and leading engineering projects through aggressive schedules. As Architect and Image Scientist for Snapfish he was responsible for the architecture, systems designs and software development that served millions of users and hundreds of millions of their pictures. Previously, he was Engineering Manager and Lead Developer for MGI Software (formerly LivePicture and LivePix). Among his clients there were Kodak, Fuji, EPSON and Minolta. Patrice graduated from the ESSI Software Engineering School of Sophia-Antipolis (France) and holds Master of Science in Image Processing and Virtual Reality from the University of Nice.

Hillary New (VP, Client Services) Hillary is the Vice President of Client Services, where she is responsible for each client’s success and satisfaction with Papilia’s fundraising and communications solutions. She has extensive experience in both acquisition and retention marketing, managing email and online marketing programs at Post Communications (now Yesmail), Digital Impact (Acxiom Digital) and Merkle|Quris. While there, she developed and executed strategies across an array of clients, including Kraft Foods, Charles Schwab, Sony Electronics, Yahoo!, Countrywide, DirecTV, Visa and Lexus. Before working online, Hillary worked in direct advertising overseas and developed nationwide marketing campaigns for RCA Label Group, A&M Records, Polydor Records and their artists. Hillary graduated with honors from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in French and International Studies.

Adolfo Vide (Lead Imaging Scientist) As Papilia's Lead Image Scientist, Adolfo has pioneered the company's position as a leader in imaging, and has fulfilled the company's promise to offer a uniquely user friendly experience to its customers. Adolfo has spent the past 19 years developing innovative software that includes imaging technology, games and handwriting recognition. He has been the main contributor for seven approved patents and one pending. Most recently, he was VP of Software and R&D at EGG Solution Optronics where he was responsible for their 360° imaging core technology. Prior to that, he was the France General Manager for Live Picture where he developed customizable and scriptable software for acquiring, retouching, compositing and printing digital photos for companies such as Kodak, Fuji and Minolta. Adolfo received a BS in Engineering from the University of Cachan in France.

Carole-Lynn Glass (Interim Chief Financial Officer) is a senior consultant for Rose Ryan and brings to Papilia many years of experience in finance and management with a variety of technology-based and international companies. She was CFO and VP, finance at SteriGenics International, Inc. at the time of IBA's acquisition of SteriGenics in July 1999. Additionally, she has served as VP of Finance with Golden State International, Inc., VP of Finance and Administration with Autodaq Corporation. Carole-Lynn has worked successfully with start-up and development stage companies, as well as public and private companies, including SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and solid team management.

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