executive team.

Mariam Naficy

Mariam Naficy

Founder and CEO

Mariam loves building the Minted brand, ensuring our products are the best in the world, and working with Minted’s talented community of designers, who inspire her every day. During the Christmas season, she is very often picking up the phone in customer service herself. She has pioneered consumer Internet models since 1998, when she co-founded Eve.com, which was sold for over $100 million. Mariam sits on the Board of Polyvore. She started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and is a Stanford GSB and Williams alum.

Melissa Kim

Melissa Kim

Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer

As a co-founder, Melissa has played roles ranging from marketing to finance to chief box packer during the holiday rush. Right now, she is focused on driving traffic and revenue growth. Melissa previously worked in eBay’s Corporate Strategy group and at The Boston Consulting Group. She received her MBA from Stanford, where she graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Niniane Wang

Niniane Wang

Chief Technology Officer

Niniane leads the world-class Minted engineering team to develop features and keep the site running smoothly. She has 11 years of experience leading engineering teams at Google and Microsoft, on Desktop Search (won a Google Founder's Award), Gmail, Google Lively, and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Niniane is an inventor on 33 patents in various stages of filing. She has a MS in computer science from University of Washington, and a BS in computer science from Caltech, which she received at age 18.

Marc Chapman

Jen Faenza

Chief Operating Officer

Marc is tasked with scaling the company's operations to support the rapid growth of the Minted community. He oversees all product fulfillment, customer support, backend operations, and finance. Marc has over 13 years of e-commerce experience. He helped start and build Snapfish.com into a profitable company that was acquired by Hewlett Packard in 2005. Prior to Snapfish, Marc held strategic, finance, and operational roles at Intel, Eastman Kodak, and Capital Formation Group. Marc received his MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.

Jen Faenza

Jen Faenza

VP, Product Management

Jen leads Minted’s product management team, and is focused on building site features and functionality to make shopping on Minted a delight for our customers. Prior to Minted, she worked at eBay and Yahoo, where she spent several years managing the Yahoo Homepage. Jen has an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Brady Wood

Brady Wood

VP, Product Marketing

Brady leads Minted’s product marketing, business development, and public relations teams, helping to expand the audience for our design community. He built his first online community in 1996 and taught a for-credit class about emerging social media at Duke University while an undergrad in 1997. Before joining Minted, Brady co-founded Shmoop, an award-winning educational resource used by tens of millions of teachers and students. Prior to Shmoop, he worked in product marketing at Yahoo, where he was recognized with the company’s top employee award. Brady has a BA with honors from Duke and an MBA from Stanford.

Rich Baiardi

Rich Baiardi

Head, Supply Chain

Rich ensures that customers are delighted with Minted by managing customer service, printing and fulfillment. Rich's 32 years of experience include running operations of the $350 million Kodak personalized photo business and IT consulting at Accenture. Rich is a native New Yorker who loves exploring the Bay Area.