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Kimathi Marangu is a recognized expert in loyalty marketing, affiliate marketing and e-commerce. Kimathi has been a contributor to Colloquy, DMNews and MarketingProfs, interviewed by Fox Business News, and quoted in USA Today, BusinessWeek.com, New York Newsday, Red Herring and others. Prior to co-founding Mall Networks, he ran a consulting business, Seaspray, whose clients include Apple and Teleflora. Kimathi grew Apple's affiliate program into one of the largest in the industry. He also established Apple's U.S. search and comparison shopping partnerships with Google, Yahoo! Shopping, Shopzilla, Overture, Shopping.com and PriceGrabber. Previously, Kimathi was GM of eCommerce at Schoolpop, an online school fundraising company. There he refined the business model that delivered over $250 million in trackable, multi-channel sales to merchants, raising millions of dollars for schools. He began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan in New York and Australia. A wildlife conservationist, he has served as Special Assistant to Dr. Richard Leakey at the Kenya Wildlife Service. Kimathi has his A.B. in Economics from Vassar College and his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he is past President of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association and Emeritus Member of the Business School Advisory Council. | 