Management Team

Noah Glass is our Founder and Chief Executive Officer. He has served as a member of our board of directors since the company’s inception in 2005. Prior to founding Olo, Mr. Glass held the position of International Expansion Manager for Endeavor Global, Inc., or Endeavor, a non-profit global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement, where he launched the first African Endeavor affiliate. In addition to serving as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Glass also serves on the board of directors of Portillo’s, a fast casual, chain based restaurant specializing in Chicago-style food, on the board of directors of Share Our Strength, a non-profit focused on ending childhood hunger in the United States, as well as the board of trustees for the Culinary Institute of America, providing guidance and advisory to the world’s premier culinary college.

Mr. Glass holds a B.A. in Political Science (International Relations) from Yale University.

Peter Benevides has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2020. Mr. Benevides previously held the positions of Senior Vice President from January 2018 until December 2019 and Vice President of Finance from April 2015 until January 2018. Prior to joining us, Mr. Benevides held the position of Vice President of Finance and Controller at UrbanDaddy, Inc., a digital media and e-commerce company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Benevides served as the Director of Finance at several companies, including Turntable.fm, Inc., a social music service, and Sony Music Entertainment, a global recorded music company. Mr. Benevides serves on the board of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program.

Mr. Benevides is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant and holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Accounting from the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island.

Nithya B. Das has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2022 as well as our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since November 2022. Ms. Das previously held the positions of General Counsel from October 2019 and Secretary from November 2019 until November 2020. Prior to joining us, from September 2011 to December 2018, Ms. Das served in several roles at AppNexus Inc., an advertising technology company, including as the Chief Legal and People Officer where she oversaw the company’s global legal, corporate development and human resources affairs. Prior to AppNexus, Ms. Das served as an attorney in the New York office of Goodwin Procter LLP where she represented public and private growth technology companies.

Ms. Das holds a B.A. in Business Administration (Finance) from the South Carolina Honors College at University of South Carolina and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Marty Hahnfeld has served as our Chief Customer Officer, leading our sales, marketing, and post-sale customer support services, since July 2013. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hahnfeld served as the Senior Vice President of Community Solutions at Recyclebank LLC, a consumer loyalty company. Throughout his career, Mr. Hahnfeld has served in leadership roles at numerous internet and telecommunications companies, including roles as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at SkyPilot Networks, Inc., a wireless solutions provider, Chief Executive Officer at HyperEdge Corp., a telecommunications solutions company, a member of the founding executive team and Vice President of Sales at Zhone Technologies, Inc. (merged into DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc.) and as Vice President, Sales at Ascend Communications, Inc. (acquired by Lucent Technologies Inc.).

Andrew Murray has served as our Chief Technology Officer since joining us in July 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Murray held various technology positions at Internet Solutions and Dimension Data in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1996 to 2005.

Mr. Murray holds a B.Com Informatics from the University of South Africa.

Deanne Rhynard has served as our Chief People Officer since January 2021. Mrs. Rhynard previously held the positions of Senior Vice President of People and Culture from January 2020 until January 2021, Vice President of People and Culture from January 2018 until January 2020, Senior Director of Operations, Head of People Culture from January 2017 until January 2018, and Director of Operations from January 2014 until January 2017. Prior to joining us, Mrs. Rhynard held various people, corporate relations, and management roles at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, KKR, Marriott, and other technology startups.

Mrs. Rhynard holds a B.A. in Business from Walla Walla University.