Management Team (listed alphabetically)

Hannes Blum
President and Chief Executive Officer, Abebooks
After working in strategy consulting for the Boston Consulting Group for three years, Hannes was one of the founders of JustBooks, the German company that Abebooks acquired in 2001. At JustBooks, Hannes acted as managing director overlooking business in the German, UK and French market with a focus on Finance, HR and Corporate Development. He holds a Masters degree from the Technical University Karlsruhe, where he graduated with honors in an integrated study of Business Administration and Engineering.

Ulrich Brand
Managing Director, Abebooks Europe
After finishing his graduate studies in Business Administration, Ulrich started his career in the field of marketing and adverstising, working as an account manager with different advertising agencies in Düsseldorf, Germany. He then went abroad to work and live in Vancouver, B.C., for some time. Back in Germany, Ulrich joined JustBooks (now Abebooks Europe) as one of the first employees, building up the departments of Customer Service and Human Resources. Since March 2003 Ulrich has headed Abebooks Europe as Managing Director.

Nick Duncan
Director, Software Development
After joining Microsoft in 2001, Nick Duncan had a key role in producing Microsoft Content Management Server as well as participating in research projects for the office of the CTO. He previously held several positions, including Development Manager and Quality Assurance Manager, at NCompass Labs, an internet startup company in Vancouver, Canada, which was acquired by Microsoft. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Queen’s University.

Marven Krug
Director, Product Development
Dr. Marven H. Krug joins Abebooks Inc. from six years at Amazon.com Inc., where he helped to launch both the German (Amazon.de) and Canadian (Amazon.ca) Web sites, from Munich and Seattle, respectively. At Amazon, Marven held a number of positions including Senior Editor, Director of Web site Development and finally, General Manager. Prior to Amazon, Marven lived in Berlin, Germany, where he worked on numerous Web-related projects dating back to 1995, including the launch of a large online newspaper. Marven Krug has an M.A. and Ph.D. in European history from the University of Toronto. He has lectured on European history both there and at Brock University.

Jayson Minard
Chief Information Officer
Jayson Minard joins Abebooks from five years working at Borland in Scotts Valley, California, where he held various positions, most recently as Chief Architect for the Java Business Unit. He is experienced in defining technical strategies for high tech companies and has a strong background in software development and network operations. Prior to working at Borland he founded OpenAvenue where he also held the position of Chief Technology Officer. Jayson has extensive experience leading software development, Q&A, and network operations groups at companies including StarBase, BEA, Novell, and Greenbrier & Russel.

Lisa Stevens
Director, Marketing
Lisa Stevens comes to Abebooks from 13 years at Sony Music where she held various positions at the Classical label, most recently as Sr. VP of Marketing. Her responsibilities included overseeing the activities of both the Product Management and Marketing groups for all releases on the label, where she drove the campaigns behind many highly successful recording artists, soundtracks, and cast albums. A graduate of the University of Victoria with a B.A in Sociology and Economics, Lisa spent several years in London working at Amnesty International and in international film and television distribution before moving to New York and embarking on her Marketing career at Sony.

Boris Wertz
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Boris Wertz is one of the founders of JustBooks, the German company, that Abebooks acquired in fall 2001. At JustBooks, Boris was responsible for Marketing, Business Development, IT as well as the international expansion of the company into the UK and France. Before starting up JustBooks, Boris successfully finished his PhD as well as his graduate studies at the Graduate School of Management (WHU), Koblenz, majoring in Business Economics / Business Management. Boris has held various positions within Abebooks Europe and Abebooks. Prior to becoming COO, Boris held the position of Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

Bryan Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
Bryan served as Chief Financial Officer of Unity Wireless, a developer and manufacturer of acoustic and wireless technologies, and as Vice President of Finance and Planning for Phytogen Life Sciences, Inc., a Vancouver-based manufacturer of natural product pharmaceuticals. To add to his extensive experience in finance, planning, and negotiations, Bryan earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.