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Don Albert is listed as Tech entrepreneur. Former executive of Skype, eBay, AdsWizz, AOL, Time Warner, Washington Post, New York Times, Prodigy based in Saratoga, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Don Albert.
Don Albert previously worked as Member Board Of Trustees at Business Today and Board Member at Various. Don Albert holds Bachelor’S Degree, Politics from Princeton University.
Don is an innovative leader who has built and led teams at some of the world's leading Internet and media companies, as well as at startups pioneering new media, advertising, and commerce models. His experience spans marketing, sales, BD, and general management.Most recently, Don was President of North America at AdsWizz, the leading ad tech provider to digital audio publishers, networks, and advertisers, which was acquired by Pandora. He is also currently an investor and advisor to several Internet and blockchain companies. Previously, he was the VP and GM of the Americas and Advertising at Skype for 5-1/2 years until its sale to Microsoft for $8.5 billion.Prior to Skype, Don led the BD team at eBay that developed strategic partnerships with marketers and built a $50M advertising revenue line. He was recognized as Marketer of the Year by Promo magazine for his team's innovative marketing partnerships. Don pioneered and evangelized new digital media models beginning in 1989, when he led the first-ever online sales and e-commerce teams at Prodigy, one of the first online services. He led early efforts in local online advertising at AOL's Digital City and at washingtonpost.com, where he was part of the launch team. He led early efforts to sell the branding value of online advertising at PointCast in 1997, and helped launch an emergent mobile advertising industry in 1999 as a founder and the first Vice Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association.In addition to his media sales experience, Don has built and led outbound marketing teams at both established media brands and startups. He built and led marketing teams at startups AOL Digital City, Skype, and fusionOne. He also led brand marketing and ad sales development at both Sports Illustrated and Newsweek magazines, and held marketing and ad sales management positions at The New York Times.Don holds a BA in Politics from Princeton University, and an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business.
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Princeton, NJ, US
Business Today, run entirely by Princeton undergraduate students, is the leading forum for student-executive interaction. Through its magazines, conferences, Seminar Series events, and Online Journal blog posts, BT has created a platform for current and future business leaders.
Member of Board of Directors of Apptera and Raved, Advisory Board Member at Highfive, Crowd Science, Strutta, PosIQ.
San Mateo, CA, US
AdsWizz, the leading technology provider of advertising solutions for the digital audio industry, was acquired by Pandora. The company seamlessly connects the digital audio advertising ecosystem with its suite of platforms and software solutions. AdsWizz provides leading audio publishers with its advanced server-side and client-side insertion software, and.
Redmond, WA, US
Member of the exec team that grew Skype revenue from $60M to $1B and sold the company to Microsoft for $8.5B. Built and managed the team responsible for the Skype P&L for the Americas region and grew US from $8M to $200M+ in annual revenue. Grew active users 10X over 5 years, 50% faster than the global rate. Among my team's accomplishments:Monetization.
San Jose, CA, US
Built and managed a team of 10 business development professionals that developed marketing partnerships that drove revenue and other strategic benefits to eBay and its community, while meeting partners’ marketing objectives. Responsible for all ad sales in the eBay US Marketplace. Built new annual revenue stream of $50M and exceeded revenue goals for 12.
New York City, NYC, US
Brought together mobile operators, handset manufacturers, ad agencies, clients, and major Internet players to form the leading mobile marketing trade association. Led the development and voluntary adoption of the first mobile marketing privacy standards and technical specs.
San Jose, CA, US
fusionOne was a software company that offered cloud-based synchronization services. Built marketing department of 35 responsible for product marketing, product management, branding, direct user acquisition, customer relationship management, premium service sales for the company’s Internet Sync and wireless data solutions. Launched and managed company’s web.
US
Managed a staff of 40 responsible for generating revenue through the sale of pioneering rich media advertising and sponsorships, and e-commerce. Managed PointCast’s content and ad sales partnerships with media companies, including CNN, Time Warner, The Wall Street Journal, Ziff Davis and 16 major newspapers.
New York, NY, US
Built and managed marketing team and agency partnerships for the national launch of AOL’s local content and community platform. Established brand identity and initial strategies for marketing Digital City to consumers. Also built and managed a staff of 11 (plus 40 dotted-line reports in local markets) responsible for creating local and national advertising.
Washington, DC, US
Member of executive team that designed and launched washingtonpost.com. Managed a department of ten people responsible for selling advertising in the new media products of The Washington Post Company. Launched classified marketplaces and the first online newspaper yellow pages product in the U.S.Managed a department of 26 people responsible for the.
New York, NY, US
Managed a department of 20 responsible for marketing Sports Illustrated to advertisers and their advertising and promotional agencies, and for supporting the ad sales staff. Developed integrated sports marketing solutions for advertisers that resulted in millions of dollars of incremental revenue. Created the Sports Illustrated CampusFest, the largest.
Directed the first-ever online ad sales department of six salespeople that sold many brand marketers their first online presence. Played a key role in defining the initial product and pricing models for ad packages, which included banners, sponsorships, site development, and e-commerce.As one of the first e-commerce merchandising managers, developed the.
New York, NY, US
Group Manager, Automotive Advertising Sales (1987-89) Managed a $30 million ad sales category, with a staff of six sales representatives that sold to dealers, dealer associations, and the regional offices of OEM’s. Reversed a five-year decline in auto classified advertising. Conceived and introduced new ad products that generated $1 million in incremental.
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Don Albert is listed as Tech entrepreneur. Former executive of Skype, eBay, AdsWizz, AOL, Time Warner, Washington Post, New York Times, Prodigy.
Don Albert is based in Saratoga, California, United States.
Don Albert has worked for Business Today, Various, Adswizz, Skype, and Ebay.
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Don Albert holds Bachelor’S Degree, Politics from Princeton University.
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