Work
Instacart (2020 – )
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VigLink (2009 – 2018)
From 2009 to 2018, I ran VigLink which sought to be the indispensible platform for content driven commerce. In 2018 the company was acquired by Sovrn and continues today as Sovrn Commerce. When it was sold the company was responsible for ~$1B in annual consumer spend and worked with more than 75,000 advertisers and 2 million publisher domains.
Xbox Live Video Marketplace (2005 – 2006)
I ran the team that built the back end for the Xbox Live Video Marketplace
Zune (2005 – 2006)
Not everything can be your best work
MSN Music Subscription (2005)
The story of Mango and Juice, the greatest music subscription service that never was.
MSN Music (2003 – 2004)
I was product manager for the MSN Music download service
Digital Aristotle (2001 – 2003)
I was program manager for an AI research effort at Vulcan called Project Halo
Echo Networks (1999 – 2001)
I was Director of Advanced Technology for Echo Networks
Hive / Things That Think (1997 – 1999)
I was a sponsored research assistant at the MIT Media Lab in the Things That Think consortium
Media Appearances
Half of the volume and much of the growth of online traffic is due to mobile. A quarter of smartphone users bought something from their device and purchases are set to exceed $100billion by 2015. What is unclear is how ready retailers and affiliate networks are to capture the value of mobile traffic. Mobile conversion remains low even though merchants understand the need for mobile-optimized sites.
