Paul Ollinger

Paul Ollinger is an Atlanta area investor and advisor to start-ups in the Social Media space.  A veteran of the online world, Paul joined Facebook in 2007 as an early member of the sales team.  He quickly assumed management positions and served as West Coast VP of Sales for two years before leaving to pursue private ventures in 2011. 

He is a regular speaker and panelist at industry conferences.  In 2005-2006 he represented Yahoo! Buzz in hundreds of weekly radio and television interviews. 

When he's not opining on the world of social media, he is writing and performing stand-up comedy about media, the working world and life as a devoted (persecuted) husband and father of two wicked beautiful children. 

Paul earned his BA from Rhodes College and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.  He is an Aries who loves jazz, Avril Lavigne and frozen pizza.