Meet the Team

A beauty industry veteran since 2003, Sarah has worked with over 300 brands and retailers. She founded Landing in 2012, and leads strategy, sales and marketing. She was formerly CEO of Periscope Solutions, a market research agency with clients including AmorePacific, Johnson & Johnson, GoSMILE and Vitamin Water. Sarah has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Allure, Los Angeles Times, Women’s Wear Daily, Hollywood Reporter, Australian Financial Review among others. She graduated from Boston University.

Lisa Tahk oversees finance, operations and legal at Landing. Prior to joining Landing, she was a partner of Strategic Law Partners focused on venture capital and general corporate law for early stage companies in the tech, food and design sectors. Lisa started her legal career at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati She was a private investor in Handsome Coffee Roasters and managed their acquisition by Blue Bottle Coffee, LLC. She attended the University of California, Berkeley for undergraduate studies and received her legal degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

With over 20 years of experience in IT, Sarah Kim manages Landing’s overall development process including external partnerships and internal resources. Working closely with our tech team, Sarah leverages her extensive project management and strategic development experience to lead the development of new Landing platform features. Prior to joining Landing, Sarah put her expertise to use in diverse contexts from state government to large manufacturing companies. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from MIT.

Annie oversees all agency projects as well as consumer and retail marketing strategy on behalf of our brand clients. She is a beauty brand expert working with brands like Smashbox Cosmetics, Dermalogica, Koh Gen Do, Josie Maran Cosmetics, Tata Harper Skincare, and One Love Organics. She is a graduate of University of Southern California.

Nadia manages Landing’s events, partnerships and digital beauty community. She oversees Landing’s promotional content partnerships, conferences, trade show participation, and manages our digital community of beauty associates. She brings to Landing over 13 years of communications, marketing, and events experience and 8 years in the beauty industry. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton.

An experienced leader in the beauty industry, Gabrielle boasts nearly 2 decades of expertise in recruitment, onboarding, and client management. In collaboration with Landing’s product, marketing and brand teams, Gabrielle oversees the sign-on of our brand partners to BeautyFluent. Prior to joining Landing, Gabrielle worked with multiple beauty brands and retailers including Gucci, The Art of Shaving, Jo Malone London, and The Body Shop where she elevated client experience, coached and developed teams to produce top volume locations, and decreased operational costs.

Based in our Bangkok office, Vichida supports brand partnerships, marketing initiatives, and Landing’s creative projects. She helps oversee Landing’s social media, email marketing, and creative services. She was previously a Marketing Associate in Landing’s LA office and graduated as an entrepreneurship major from Loyola Marymount University.

Melanie oversees Landing’s retail partnerships, leading tactical and marketing decisions to help our brand partners meet growth targets and managing logistics for orders placed through Landing Marketplace. She works closely with both our retailer partners and internal technology team to ensure a smooth user experience for retailers on our platform. Before joining Landing, Melanie worked in beauty retail with a specialty in multi-unit leadership and brand education.

Gavin support accounts receivables & payables, reporting, and other accounting and finance related tasks. He completed his undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University with a B.B.A. in Finance, and is currently pursuing his graduate degree in Global Business at Pepperdine University. His previous experiences include internships at Ernst & Young, and several other companies focused on data analysis and securities trading.

Working closely with our community of beauty advisors, Janette helps manage Landing’s education-related programs and oversees the planning, logistics and execution of retail store training. Before joining Landing, Janette worked in events at Billboard where she helped run Latin Billboard Week 2021. She also worked as a service manager for Ulta where she oversaw a team of beauty pros and was accountable for all aspects of the services business.

John Dezes supports the operations department and helps oversee all aspects of the order management process, including ensuring the timely delivery of shipments, inventory management, and maintaining efficient lines of communication between brands, retailers and our 3PL. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego with an B.S. in Management Science and recently earned his master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Based in our Los Angeles office, Connie supports the efforts of the Landing Agency team with work on influencer outreach, email marketing communications, and promotional event planning. Connie first joined the Landing team as an intern and came on full-time after receiving her degree in political science from the University of Southern California.

As business analyst, Lauren provides data solutions to enhance reporting outputs and data visualization for Landing’s executive team. Bringing a decade of valuable retail experience to her role, Lauren also develops new processes for documentation and communication with our retailer and brand clients. Lauren received her bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently pursuing a master’s in computer science.

Supporting the operations department, Harry assists with all facets of the order management process, from ensuring the timely delivery of shipments to facilitating communication between our brands, retailers and 3PL. Harry attended Kenyon College, where he received his BA in art history, with a concentration in classical architecture.

Katja supports our CEO in her responsibilities, overseeing scheduling, managing day-to-day office operations, and researching new brand partnerships. Before joining Landing, Katja worked at Starbucks for many years while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in technological entrepreneurship and management at Arizona State University.