Bryan Lip

Bryan Lip is a Silicon Valley based international executive and is currently the Senior Business Development Lead, Growth and Strategic Partnerships at Houzz. Bryan has more than 20 years internet industry experience in a range of sectors including travel, banking, broking, home design and telecommunications.

Bryan holds a postgraduate degree in law from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a qualified lawyer. Bryan has worked for a range of organizations from startups to Fortune 100's including directorship and head of roles. Over 25 years experience using the internet and it's earlier incarnations (circa 1989).

Prior roles include 8 years at Expedia as their Senior Director Partnerships & Global Head of Search, the Global Head of Website/Directorship at Barclays in their Wealth management division and the Head of Alliances & Acquisitions at global online financial services firm E*TRADE in APAC for 7 years between 1999-2006.

Bryan regularly consults with some of the world's largest travel businesses on transformational strategy and online execution. Bryan also runs a successful online travel search arbitrage business focused on the sale of travel products - yephotels.com & hotelmiles.com.

Bryan is also an advisor for Silicon Valley startup "TourNative.com" which is the uber or airbnb of tours and activities. Check out the iphone app to learn more.