Groupon Appoints Parker Barrile As SVP Of Product

(RTTNews) - Groupon, Inc. (GRPN) said Monday that it has appointed Parker Barrile as Senior Vice President of Product.

Barrile will lead Groupon's global product teams focused on web, mobile and design.

Barrile joins Groupon from LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) where he was VP of Product Management and led teams for several of the company's core monetization products including Talent Solutions, Premium Subscriptions and the Payments Platform.

Prior to LinkedIn, Barrile founded and served as the CEO of Predictify, a community-based prediction platform where members could make and vote on predictions regarding current events. He has also held roles at Google, Inc. (GOOG) and Bain & Co..

Barrile will join Groupon's senior leadership team and will report to CEO Eric Lefkofsky. He will be based in Groupon's Palo Alto office, beginning in September.