Company Management

As Senior Vice President, Technology and Operational Strategy, Ms. Combes is responsible for all aspects of technology including product development and the IT infrastructure as well as the development and execution of operational strategy. From August 2004 to December 2008, she led financial planning and operational strategy at ZipRealty, most recently as Senior Vice President, Planning and Operations.

Prior to joining ZipRealty, Ms. Combes spent over ten years in various capacities in JP Morgan H&Q's (previously Hambrecht & Quist) Equity Research Department. Most recently, Ms. Combes served as Managing Director of JP Morgan H&Q's Consumer Research Group. Her research coverage of consumer internet services included sub-sectors such as online commerce, internet travel services, online brokerage and mortgage services. She has acted as an underwriting analyst for numerous investment banking transactions in the sector. Ms. Combes was recognized as an All-Star Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in 1999. She was also named as the Home Run Hitter of the Year by Institutional Investor Magazine in 1998.