kendall fargo

I am currently the Chief Revenue Officer of Tripping.com. We are the world’s largest search engine for vacation homes and short term rentals. Tripping.com helps travelers save time and money by curating rental properties from the world’s top travel sites. With over 8 million listings in 150,000 locations worldwide, Tripping.com is the easiest way to search, compare and book vacation rentals.

Previously, I was the Founder and CEO of Rewarder, Inc. Rewarder was the leading social marketplace connecting those seeking unique knowledge or expertise with real people who are eager to help. Rewarder grew to over 750,000 experts.

Additionally, I was the GM of Small Business Marketing Products at Intuit, Inc. I was responsible for the marketing tools that were rolled out to Intuit’s 7 million SMB customers. I was also responsible for our partnerships with with Google, Yahoo, Verizon SuperPages, AT&T YellowPages.com, Ask.com, CitySearch and others. I joined Intuit in September 2006 when Intuit acquired my company, StepUp Commerce, Inc.

As the Founder and CEO of StepUp Commerce, Inc., I was responsible for ensuring that StepUp fixed local shopping. StepUp was the Internet's local shopping service with over 5,000 individual retailer customers translating to over 30 million location-specific product pages viewable through search engines, media sites, shopping comparison sites and other partners.

Prior to founding StepUp, I was the VP of Internet and Enterprise Business at Handspring, Inc. from June 2000 through December 2003 and oversaw the company's e-commerce business and U.S. Sales Channels. I also established and managed Handspring’s enterprise and government business strategies.

Before joining Handspring, I was the Vice President, of Operations and Sales at Beyond.com from early 1997 though June 2000. I oversaw all Enterprise and Government Business Development.

I was also an original employee at CyberSource Corporation starting in March 1995 where I was General Manager of web sales and marketing.

I have a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.