Barnaby Dorfman

I'm the CEO of Foodista.com, the online cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit. Originally from New York City, I grew up with a love of variety in food and cultures. That interest was enhanced over the years while living in and traveling throughout Mexico, Spain, Italy, and the United States. My first professional cooking experiences were in high school during summers at a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Later I worked for Taste Catering in San Francisco during college at California State University. After a short stint in my "official" area of study, international business, I joined my first startup, Marsee Baking, Portland's first all-scratch European style bakery. I left Marsee to go to the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, followed by over a decade in technology management at startups and major companies, including Microsoft and Amazon.com. During 7 years at Amazon, I developed the first Gourmet Food category, created IMDbPro.com, and most recently served as Vice President of the search division. Foodista.com, my fifth startup, offers me the opportunity to combine lifelong loves of cooking and technology!