Founder of Marin Software, Inc. and Sugar Media, Inc., Christopher A. Lien currently occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Marin Software, Inc.

He is also on the board of SocialChorus, Inc.

In the past Mr. Lien was Chief Operating Officer at Adteractive, Inc., Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, Principal at Evercore, Inc. and Managing Director at Evercore Group LLC (a subsidiary of Evercore, Inc.), Chairman & Chief Financial Officer at Sugar Media, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer at Bluelight.com LLC and Member of The Phi Beta Kappa Society.

He received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.