OleOle

OleOle is the worldwide leading social media site for football fans. Fans around the world need a site that publishes news and information independent from the traditional media, leagues, clubs or organizations who deliver their own content. OleOle’s multi-lingual site enables football fans to connect with each other in an environment that has 100% fan-driven content - blogs, fan clubs, articles, news, podcasts, photos, videos, football scores, stats, and history.  Using social media technologies, football supporters can write, contribute, share, rate and vote on multimedia content in 10 languages.  Founded in 2006, OleOle is a privately-held international company with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California and offices in New Zealand as well as across Europe and South America.

Doug Knittle

Chief Executive Officer & Founder 

Doug Knittle is the chief executive officer and founder of OleOle. He oversees business operations as well as acquisitions. Doug founded the company in 2006 with a vision to build the world’s largest football platform and continues to drive OleOle’s business strategy and growth plans.

Prior to starting OleOle, Doug served as chief executive officer and founder at Razorgator, the worldwide leading online ticket exchange agency specializing in hard-to-get tickets for events, concerts, and theatre. Doug founded the firm in 2001 and negotiated partnerships with Yahoo!, MSN and Fox Sports. He helped Razorgator become the top Web destination for hard-to-get tickets to high-profile events such as the Super Bowl, the FIFA World Cup, and the Olympics. With his help, the company raised USD $49.5k from KPCB, Oak Ventures and Steamboat Ventures and grew from concept to a USD $170+ million company.

Doug is a successful serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the ticket industry. Naturally, he is a spirited (over the top?) football fan, and supports Liverpool FC. Doug never walks alone.

David Mok

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

David Mok is OleOle’s chief technology officer, responsible for overall technology operations and strategy, as well as the company’s product roadmap including IT infrastructure, applications, and services.

Prior to OleOle, David was VP of Technology of Vancouver-based Hcareers.com, the leading vertical job board in the hospitality and restaurant industries in North America. In this role, David managed the IT budget and all strategic and tactical technology planning.

Before joining Hcareers.com, David served as CTO of Razorgator, the leader in online event ticket sales in the North American secondary ticket market, where he built the company’s e-business division from ground up in 2001 and built a $15M USD sales channel for the company by the end of 2002. David was the principal architect, key designer and developer in the creation of the company’s first fully e-commerce enabled website serving over a million unique visitors a month.

David received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Regis University, Denver, CO as well as a postgraduate diploma in education from Nanyang Technology University in Singapore. David is a cosmopolitan who has lived and worked in Singapore, Canada, the United States and New Zealand. He loves all of football, but is quite partial to FC Barcelona.

Tom Kuhr

Chief Marketing Officer

Tom Kuhr manages all aspects of the online user experience and leads the company’s online and offline marketing, public relations and product management efforts around the world. He has 15 years of experience bringing new technologies and online services to diverse global markets.

Prior to joining OleOle, Tom served as chief marketing officer for CircleUp, a social media and communications company. In this position, he helped to grow the company from concept to over 100k users in five months. Before joining CircleUp, Tom was vice president of marketing at Telelogic where he managed global marketing efforts in over 30 countries for this public European software company, before it was acquired by IBM. Tom has held other international marketing and management positions at B2C and B2B technology firms including Stamps.com, NewWorldIQ, and Day Software where he introduce new internet products and services to Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

Tom has lived in Europe and worked for Swiss, British and Swedish companies.  He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts where he played club football, and has been running up and down pitches since the age of 6.  Tom is an avid supporter of Manchester United (Go REDS!).

Ian Chalmers

Executive Vice President, Business Development

Ian Chalmers leads all aspects of OleOle’s business development strategy and operational execution of deals with strategic partners including all official relationships, acquisitions, ticketing, and hospitality. Ian has been with the company since its inception in 2006 and has negotiated agreements for OleOle’s major partnerships.

Prior to OleOle, Ian was founder and president of PrimeSport International, the leader in hard-to-get event packages and corporate hospitality services for sold-out sporting events worldwide. PrimeSport was the first-ever company to offer ticket packages online using a real time booking engine. Ian sold PrimeSport to Razorgator in January of 2005 and remained as president and as a member of the Razorgator management team until the fall of 2006.

Ian graduated from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, with a B.A. in Administrative and Commercial Studies. Ian simply adores both the Canadian and the Scottish national team and is a keen follower of Manchester United, Tottenham, and Celtic.