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Sandra Stiles is the Chief Operating Officer of The Knot Inc., overseeing its local sales and commerce operations. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Knot since May 1998. Stiles has been responsible for the development and expansion of The Knot Registry and for the integration of Weddingpages, Inc., which The Knot acquired in 2000. In addition, she is responsible for ensuring that all The Knot partnerships and acquisitions are integrated seamlessly into the company.
Stiles began her long and varied career in business and finance at the international auditing and consulting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. From there, she went on to become the vice president, comptroller, and treasurer of the U.S. branch of Bertelsmann Inc., one of the world's largest media companies. At Bertelsmann, Stiles was instrumental in the acquisition of RCA Entertainment and Doubleday Books, and then served as the president of OmniCorp Holdings, Inc., the American arm of a private European investment company.
After her work at OmniCorp, she spent eight years at Random House, Inc., first as a vice president and corporate comptroller, then as senior vice president and director of operations for the Children's Book and Value Publishing divisions. Stiles has served on the boards of Living Books, a division of Random House, Knowledge Adventure and Humongous Entertainment, and holds a B.S. in Accounting from New York University. | 