Back in December, daily deal group-buying site BuyWithMe’s CEO abruptly left the company after only eight months on the job. (This was the same week that Groupon denied Google’s mammoth buyout offer.) One week later, reports were swirling that Google was courting BuyWithMe or LivingSocial – but nothing seemed to come from those rumors. Today, we have learned that BuyWithMe has filled that CEO position.

Who’s at this quickly growing company’s helm? One of the serial entrepreneurs from Boston’s m-Qube tech-mafia, Jim Crowley. Crowley was COO at m-Qube, which sold to Verisign for $250M in 2006. After a brief stint as VP Digital Content & Messaging at Verisign, he went on to serve as CEO of the Westwood-based game development company, Turbine, creators of games like Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings. With help from Crowley, Turbine raised $94M and sold this past April to Warner Bros. for $160M.

We originally covered BuyWithMe back in December 2009 before they raised capital — when the company had already reported saving Bostonians over $1M that year. And while the company was founded here and has an office here, its headquarters are now in New York City.

The company currently publishes deals in over 25 cities, and has carved out a nice spot on their website for merchants and businesses to learn more about how they stand apart from other group buying sites. The section includes stats about their audience and buyers, who are both wealthy (50 percent earn more than $80k a year) and savvy influencers (99 percent share BuyWithMe deals with friends).

BuyWithMe raised $5.5M in January 2010 from Matrix Partners, and an additional $16M from Matrix and Bain Capital Ventures six months later in July. We’ll be keeping our eye on the company’s growth as seasoned CEO Crowley takes the helm.

Learn more about BuyWithMe on their website, and be sure to follow their deals on Twitter @BuyWithMe.