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Leaf Group is a diversified internet company which owns and operates consumer media and marketplace businesses. read more

This company is accepting feedback from verified employees EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 120

TOTAL RATINGS: 3359

CEO: Sean Moriarty

Brian Pike — Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Leaf Group

Executive Bio

Mr. Brian Pike has been Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Leaf Group Ltd. (formerly, Demand Media, Inc.) since May 2015 and October 14, 2014 respectively. Mr. Pike served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Rubicon Project, Inc. since May 2012. He managed the engineering, product management and technical operations teams that drive innovation and execution of Rubicon Project's real-time trading platform, REVV. Mr. Pike was responsible for continuing to scale Rubicon Project's high-performance, high-availability Real-Time Cloud with hardware, software, data and network architectures. Mr. Pike served as the Chief Technology Officer of Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC. He was responsible for the planning, development and operations of all aspects of Ticketmaster's ticketing systems. He joined Ticketmaster in 2003 as Vice President of CRM and Data Analytics from Citysearch, where he served as Vice President of Product Development. He served as a Consultant of Arthur D. Little from 1992 to 1996 and focused on technology architecture and the redesigning of business processes. Previously, he served for Morgan Stanley from 1987 to 1990, where he designed and built computer networks. Mr. Pike has Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Stanford University and his MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer Impact on Engineering Department's Culture

Brian Pike holds the highest position within the Engineering department at Leaf Group — Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Engineering department. The average employee described daily life within the Engineering department as a Comfortably fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Leaf Group's Engineering department are invested in Leaf Group's goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	90%
No	10%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	87%
No	13%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	88%
No	12%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	100%
Negative	0%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	12%
Good	63%
Average	25%
Poor	0%
Horrible	0%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	87%
No	13%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from Leaf Group Employees

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Leaf Group's Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

91% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - Executive 98/100

Department - Sales 97/100

Department - IT 96/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 68/100

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 68/100

Gender - Non-Binary 70/100

Leaf Group's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 219 ratings, Leaf Group's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A+” or 88/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Executive department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Customer Success department.

Leaf Group's Executive Team ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in Los Angeles and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 201-500 Employees.

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