Groublogpon – The Serious Blog of Groupon

We’re thrilled to announce two recent hires at Groupon: Jason Harinstein, SVP of Corporate Development, and Rob Grabowski, Supplies and Operations Temp.

Jason, who has a penchant for the letter ‘G,’ most recently served as Director of Corporate Development at Google. In his six years there Jason oversaw some of the company’s largest and most important deals, including Doubleclick and Feedburner. He also played a key role in building Google’s display advertising business. Jason considers himself a pseudo-Chicagoan as an alum of both Northwestern and University of Chicago, and casually flirted with the idea of being a Cubs fan as a partial ticket holder in the mid-90′s.

Rob, who has a penchant for penchants, most recently worked as an office assistant at comedy house iO Theater in Chicago. He brings a strong week’s worth of experience to Groupon, having briefly served as a Groupon temp in early January 2011. Rob will maintain a rigid package-sorting hierarchy supporting 1,200 Chicago employees while stocking Diet Coke, Vitamin Water and tiny flannel shirts in kitchens across four floors of Groupon headquarters. Rob considers himself a better Chicagoan than Jason, having moved to Chicago three years ago to spark a career in comedy. He very seriously flirts with the aspiration of playing a dead body on Law & Order. (If you can help him do that, email him at rob.grabo@gmail.com.)

Let’s give them a warm welcome – we genuinely consider these two ‘wins’ for our team.