Jim Bramson, general counsel of LivingSocial Inc., is no stranger to being on the ground floor of a high-technology pioneer. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was chief counsel of intellectual property, products and technology at AOL Inc., which at the time “was evolving rapidly” and exploring new ways of harnessing the Web, he said.

Since joining LivingSocial in 2010, he’s drawn on that experience as the company has expanded from offering deals to local businesses in a few domestic markets to reaching upwards of 60 million consumers in more than 20 countries.