Paul Banas
Paul Banas is the founder and CEO of GreatDad.com, a parenting website aimed at fathers. Born in Minnesota, Paul Banas currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and two children. He is also a published author of fictional short stories.
Biography
Being a native of Minnesota , he spent several years residing in that state. He has a B.A. degree in French from the University of Minnesota and an M.A. in French at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. In addition, Paul holds an M.B.A. from the Garvin School of International Marketing at Thunderbird.
Career
Paul has an experience of more than 20 years of marketing and business development at companies including Unilever, Visa International, Alibris.com and most recently, Yahoo! Inc. Following his stint at these companies, Paul shifted his focus, looking for a business that would allow him to spend more time with his family. This led to the founding of Greatdad.com.
In addition to managing GreatDad.com, Banas is a member of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), a former president and founder of the International Advertising Association’s San Francisco chapter, and a member of the San Francisco Thunderbird Alumni group. Paul also sits on the Board of the Institut Francais de Washington (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and works on the Public Affairs committee for Planned Parenthood’s Golden Gate Chapter.
GreatDad.com
The parenting website GreatDad.com is the brainchild of Paul Banas. As a father himself, he became aware that many dads today are more involved in parenting. However, there were limited resources with a man’s perscpective to better understand the challenges of the changing role of fathers. To cater to the needs of this growing community and to underscore the father's aspect of parenting, Banas set up his own website.
GreatDad.com enables all dads – working, stay-at-home, single, gay, domestic partners, and more – to find ways to be involved and understand how dads are functioning as parents today. The site has a wealth of information related to medical, developmental and educational articles culled from across the Web.
References
1. Greatdad.com