Mark Sendo
CEO
Mark Sendo is the founder and CEO of Bodega. He drives the company by working closely with investors and developers. All the employees of the company feel his enthusiasm.
Mark's start-up experience is vast. His start-ups include A3 Technologies, Ann Arbor, MI and PrepaidSolutions.co.uk, a wholly owned subsidiary based in London, England. Mark designed, created and launched the world's first PartyPoker.com pre-paid gift card. Prior to A3 Technologies, he resurrected Internetmoney.com and co-founded IMX-Solutions.com. Mark was the primary inventor of a Patent that enables Secure Monetary Transactions Across the Internet with IMX-Solutions.com. Mark earned his nickname, MarkDotCom when he launched Mortgageonline@msn.com, the first site to provide mortgages online through Microsoft in 1994. In addition, Mark is also the primary inventor for Kidscash.com, a safe, convenient way for kids to shop online without credit cards. Mark is the primary inventor for URturn having discovered a method to award Points to Users from third party sites. Mark holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and attended the Rackham Graduate School of Applied Economics. Mark is a Macroeconomist by education and is the primary author on the Intellectual Property as well as other patents.
Eoghan Jennings
CFO/Advisor
Eoghan is the CFO of Bodega.
Eoghan is a 15-year veteran of corporate and venture investment management. He is a Managing Partner at Parklane Capital, a specialist technology investment and advisory firm backing entrepreneurs creating world-class enterprises the sectors digital media, internet, software and mobile.
Prior to joining Parklane in 2009, he was XING AG's Chief Financial Officer. He built and managed the accounting, controlling, investor relations, human resources, legal and administrative operations. Eoghan also served on the company's Executive Board from October 2006 until he left in April 2009. After joining XING in 2004 he played an instrumental role in growing the company to a successful enterprise. He assisted the company in raising the initial rounds of business angel financing and in securing Series A venture financing from Wellington Partners in 2005. In late 2006, Eoghan led the IPO team that brought the company to the public markets just three years after inception.
Prior to joining XING, Eoghan was an investment banker assisting private equity and industrial clients raise financing and transact mid-market acquisitions and divestitures for his former employers Lincoln International, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Credit Suisse First Boston. In these roles he gained years of experience as a trusted advisor to public & private companies in growth situations, M&A, reorganizations, & private start-ups in a wide range of industries.
A native of Ireland, based in Hamburg, Eoghan obtained a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Leslie Waugh
Head of Marketing and Design
Leslie Waugh is the Head of Marketing and Design for Bodega.
Leslie is the owner and Chief Creative Officer of Vine Branch Designs a freelance graphic design company that specializes in branding companies, events and people. Since 2003 Leslie has been committed to creating timely and cost-efficient custom designs that reflect both you and/or your company's personality, vision and goals.
Leslie is the Brand Manager and Graphic Designer on the Bodega team. Working hand in hand with the technical team members, she helps bring the Virtual Market Place to Life. It's her goal to consistently create clean, target driven, brand-consistent designs with speed and efficiency
Shashi Goswami
Lead Developer
Shashi is a consultant programmer at Bodega. He earned his graduate degree from Nirma Institute of Technology in Information technology. Shashikant brings great experience in web and social application development. Before joining Bodega, Shashikant worked as a developer for several small organizations.
Muhammad Abdul Muqeet
Muhammad Abdul Muqeet is a programmer for Bodega. He programs aspects of Bodegashop.
Graduated from Karachi University in Software Engineering. He is mainly a Web programmer and also a Mobile Application developer. His works include Facebook applications, Facebook pages application and other Web Applications. He is proficient with some programming languages, concepts and technologies., including, but not limited to: C, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, databases, debugging, reporting, and optimization. He has worked on many different APIs such as various Google APIs, payment gateways, Mobile Applications, etc.Muqeet is always passionate about experimenting new things and tries to keep himself up with most of the things in the software world domain. He believes that every problem can easily be solved by concentrating on the solution rationally and positively.