Founder and CEO

Ari is the founder and CEO of Extenteam. Ari got into the STR space in 2009 while getting his Industrial Engineering degree at USC “by mistake”. He previously owned a short-term-rental company with over 300 units and while managing realized a need for offshore talent. He quickly scaled up Extenteam, the industry's premier full-service remote staffing provider to over 200 unique short-term rental brands and 400+ team members - in just over three years. Ari is also interested in the legislative side of the STR business and is the co-founder of Los Angeles Short Term Rental Alliance and a member of Nashville Area Short Term Rental Association. Ari is a former VRMA speaker at various events including National and European conferences and served on the Homeaway Software (part of Expedia Group) Advisory Board.