Business owner
Own Impermium
as CEO and Co-founder
Work experience
Sr. Director of Product Management, Yahoo! Mail at
Yahoo!
June 2007 – July 2010
• Senior leader of global Mail business unit; lead development of and execution against product strategy, including market assessment, product design & roadmap, research & development, and go-to-market.
• Directly supervise fourteen-person product management team; dotted-line responsibility for business development, consumer & product marketing, operations, PR, research, and support.
• Manage corp-dev/acquisition of Internet startup company Xoopit; coordinated Mail-team business development for many strategic deals, including Evite, Facebook, Google, and PayPal.
• Frequent presenter to Y! CxO executive staff. Top-reviewed speaker at numerous international conferences including RSA and SXSW, print & broadcast interviews, and US Congress and international government.
"Spam Czar" at
Yahoo!
June 2007 – July 2010
Manager of global product development for security and abuse products to protect over 300M user accounts
• Board member and sub-committee chairman of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (maawg.org)
Board of Directors at
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group
January 2007 – January 2010
Chairman of Web Messaging Abuse subcomittee; author of Web Messaging Abuse BCP: http://bit.ly/9Il0nh
Group Product Manager at
b-swing
January 2006 – January 2007
Co-Founder at
CAMEO Style
January 2004 – January 2007
Designed and launched online/offline software business to retrofit digital photography boutiques to create just-in-time photo albums and gifts. Company acquired in 2007, now at 95 franchise locations.
• Managed and led all aspects of startup company: product & software development; manufacturing & supply chain; marketing & PR; business and corporate development; and retail operations.
• Drove roll-out and deployment of B2C retail "pop-up store"; achieved cash flow break-even in 32 weeks.
• Launched international B2B franchise licensing program for photo retailers.
• Architected and managed development of customer-facing software kiosk and web platform (C#/C++/Win32).
Program Manager, Windows Mobile Devices at
Microsoft Corporation
January 2003 – January 2004
Directed product roadmap and software functional design for major areas of PDA and Mobile Phone businesses.
• Supervised Microsoft Word, Excel, and Internet Explorer for Pocket PC and Smartphone, and urgent and time-critical projects to meet hardware and network partner requirements.
• Led 10+ member project teams comprising design, development, localization, test, and release.
• Coordinated features and schedule with visiting Fortune 100 CxO customers, sales & marketing, hardware & network partners, and international team members.
Group Product Manager at
Vividence
January 1999 – January 2002
Define new product direction on five-person PM team for enterprise reporting and analytical dashboard
Education
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Harvard University
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BA
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Computer Science
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