Our Team

We’re committed to making Gazelle the easiest, fastest, and most trusted service for every Customer, on every transaction. We’ve assembled a dedicated team focused on this mission and side-by-side, with you, our loyal Customers, we are ready to lead the way to big changes through small actions.

Israel Ganot

President, Co-founder and CEO

Israel’s enthusiasm and passion for Gazelle is projected through actions and spread through the workspace, creating an environment where employees love to come to work everyday. He surrounds himself in the culture of Gazelle, and personally knows every member of our team, instilling the importance of each role. Israel co-founded Gazelle in 2006 after an attempted recycling effort turned pricey. His belief that individuals should be rewarded for recycling, and the realization that many electronics still hold value but yet are wasting away in landfills sparked the idea to build a business that would redefine the way we think about buying, owning, selling, and recycling electronics. He was named President and CEO of the company in 2008 and under his leadership, the company has rapidly emerged as the nation’s largest reCommerce service, accepting more than 30,000 electronic trade-ins per month. Israel attributes this success to the focus he places on making Gazelle a world-class brand not only through carefully measured metrics but also through the customer and employee experience. This focus has already attracted more than 100,000 customers and continues to entice more consumers to give Gazelle a try. Israel’s background includes more than 19 years in e-commerce and offline retail. He spent six years at eBay and PayPal, where he was instrumental in the company’s international expansion to Europe, Latin America and Asia. Israel also served as Director of Finance & Operations at eBay UK Ltd., helping to scale the local business to $300 million. He started his career as a retail analyst with Goldman Sachs and earned his BS at NYU’s Stern School and his MBA from Harvard University. For his accomplishments at Gazelle, Ernst & Young named Israel a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, and he is frequently quoted as an e-Commerce and reCommerce expert in publications, including The Wall St. Journal, CNN, and Forbes. Favorite gadget: The iPhone 4

Chris Sullivan

Chief Financial Officer

A seasoned financial services professional, Chris joined Gazelle in 2010 with more than two decades of experience working with publicly traded and private technology companies including start-ups to large multinationals. Chris’ strategic thinking, extensive M&A experience and inherent leadership skills as CFO have driven consistent growth at companies including Pegasystems, Event Zero and HR Access, a Fidelity owned, but independently operated global HR and Payroll Services company. Chris has also held senior finance roles at DEC, Compaq and Fisher Scientific. During his career Chris has also served as COO, overseeing functions including Human Resources, Legal, Sales Operations, Information Technology and facilities. Now currently living in Boston, Chris received both his B.S. and M.B.A. from Babson College. Chris’ favorite gadget: iPhone 4

Sarah Welch

Chief Marketing Officer

Sarah leads all aspects of marketing and brings to the role a passion for building trusted online brands and strong marketing teams. Sarah joined Gazelle from TripAdvisor, where she helped lead its growth from a small, largely unknown .com to the world's most visited travel site. She held various leadership roles including VP of Marketing and VP of the TripAdvisor Media Group, partnering to drive the growth of TripAdvisor's large portfolio of travel brands. Sarah previously worked for BabyCenter, the leading online site for pregnant women and new parents, and began her career with a six year stint in management consulting focused on marketing strategy and organizational development. Outside work, Sarah is passionate about her family, a good read and a great meal, whether haute cuisine or quality cheap eats. She earned her undergrad degree from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Favorite gadget: iPad

Ben Katz

Chief Technology Officer

Prior to joining Gazelle in 2010, Ben was CIO of Rue La La, a leading “private sale” e-commerce site, and was Vice President of Innovation at Allurent, where he was responsible for leading User-Experience projects from inception through post-deployment support. While leading Professional Access’s world-wide delivery organization, Ben was responsible for building some of the most popular e-commerce retail sites including anthropologie.com and while serving as Director of Technology at ATG, Ben managed large-scale e-commerce sites including jcrew.com and sun.com. Prior to ATG Ben worked for as an engineer for several companies in the printing & aerospace industries. Ben’s favorite gadget: Apple TV