Mike George Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Technical, operational and business (P&L) responsibility for Amazon.com's global payments platform, gift certificate business/services, private label & institutional credit business/services, etc. Support all consumer and merchant transactions facilitated by Amazon's ecommerce platform; all Amazon.com and Amazon.com enabled merchant web sites. Staff leadership and management responsibilities over hundreds of employees in 5+ countries.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for driving world-wide Human Resource policies, practices and operations: inclusive of HR Generalist activities, Recruiting, Compensation, HR Information Systems, Leadership Development & Training, etc.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for driving the launch of Amazon.com Marketplace in Germany, UK, Japan, Canada, and France. Launched Germany, UK and Japan in 2002. Also, primary driver of the World Wide Marketplace P&L. Coordinated related activities with business owners in all Markets to achieve plan. Exceeded plan in all Markets for 2002. Also responsible for:

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for defining and delivering seller platform tools that help make Amazon.com the best place for third party sellers to conduct business with buyers on-line. Also, drive the development and growth of non-retail product businesses: Marketplace, Auctions, zShops, Health & Beauty, New Cars, and Travel. Create, standardize and enforce policy to ensure that only credible and reliable sellers participate in all Amazon.com third party seller platforms.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible the definition, development, and deployment of Amazon Commerce Partner platform components. Also, responsible for the launch and on-going maintenance of ACN partner sites.• Health & Beauty – www.drugstore.com, New Cars – www.carsdirect.com, Photo Processing – www.ofoto.com, Downloadable Books – www.audible.com, Home Furnishings – www.living.com, and more.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for ongoing management of worldwide IT resources associated with distribution center infrastructure, data center design and delivery, the UK, Gemany, and all emerging countries. Also responsible for Amazon.com’s help desk, deskside support, move/add/change, and global infrastructure program management groups. During 1999, was responsible for all Amazon.com Systems & Networking administration and operations: staff of 260. Owned Amazon.com’s Y2K program and delivered project on time without incident.

Responsible for establishing and managing business development and sales activities for the Junglee Corporation, a silicon valley based software startup company that was founded in June of 1996. Junglee had created patented virtual database (VDB) technology that enabled the integration of hundreds of data sources, structured and unstructured, into single, fully normalized structured sources. Junglee used the technology to develop products in the online employment advertising and online shopping marketplaces.

Responsible for managing all Digital Ink Company technical personnel, strategic systems & product development, ongoing system maintenance, system and user support, and technology budgeting. Products launched in '95-'96: The Washington Post Digital Ink, careerpath.com, careerpost, washingtonpost.com, electionline.com, politicsnow.com, Post Haste, AutoPlus, MoviesPlus

Mclean, Va, Us

Responsible for managing a department of 34 information systems professionals with a focus on prepress publishing systems development, support and maintenance.• Established and managed annual expense and capital budgets for USA TODAY prepress publishing systems (1993 expense budget - approximately $1.7M, capital budget - approximately $3.5M)• Planned for the selection, acquisition, and implementation of systems which supported the publishing process within USA TODAY• Facilitated the technical and professional development of department staff• Directed in-house prepress publishing system development efforts • Managed vendor/USA TODAY relationships and contracts as related to the acquisition, development, implementation, support and maintenance of prepress publishing systems• Established standards in prepress publishing systems hardware, software, and support

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

• Managed the development of the Apple Macintosh networks, systems, and software within The Baltimore Sun Company• Coordinated hardware and software support for the Macintosh user community• Co-Managed a project to replace the Sun's Ad Composition system(s)• Established a corporate Macintosh Users Group• Architected and managed the development of a Zoned TV Book Production System (involved 10baseT Ethernet, Sun Microsystems Sparcstations, IBM PS/2 Model 60's, Apple Macintoshes, Xerox 7650 Scanners, Hyphen Postscript RIPs and ECRM Pelbox 108S Image Recorders)

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

• Managed a team of four programmer analysts who were responsible for the implementation of all Integrated Publishing System (IPS) projects (involved the integration of Ethernet, DEC VAX systems, interfaces to IBM 3090 and Tandem fault tolerant systems, large scale Postscript image recording technology, Xerox scanning technology, VMS, Unix, DECNet, TCP/IP, and more)• Coordinated the construction of a data center for new display ad composition systems• Coordinated the IPS project feasibility study and vendor selection (approximately two year process)• Coordinated the selection and implementation of the Sun's automated ad layout system• Coordinated the production system selection efforts for The Aegis, a Baltimore Sun Company subsidiary (approximately a $500k project)• Assisted in the development of micro, mini, and mainframe computer standards and procedures (hardware, software, and processes)

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

• Supported all business micro and mini computer systems and users within The Baltimore Sun Company• Developed microcomputer standards and procedures (hardware, software, and processes)• Coordinated overall user support activities• Established a microcomputer education and support center• Created, coordinated and conducted various microcomputer training programs• Directed Information Sharing Project planning efforts• Coordinated all mainframe electronic mail systems and activities (evaluated, selected and implemented IBM Profs and ADR eMail)• Installed and supported the XETA-DATA Stock Labeling System (takes stock wire from AP 9600 Digistock News Wire)• Maintained an IBM System 36 network• Planned and implemented DP activities for Ski Racing Magazine (a Baltimore Sun Company subsidiary)• Interfaced HP 3000 and DEC PDP 11/23 minicomputers with IBM PC's• Installed and IBM Series 1-based videotext system

• Supported the microcomputer user base within the bank's five state district• Established all microcomputer hardware and software support standards• Coordinated, composed and conducted seven different microcomputer courses for the banks microcomputer users• Architected and implemented a bank-wide budgeting system based on distributed PC's running Lotus 1-2-3• Coordinated a videotext R&D project called Grassroots America• Evaluated and selected LAN and connectivity solutions for PC to IBM 4300 and PC to PC communications

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Sold IBM Personal Computers, IBM System 23's, IBM Displaywriters and other related products out of the Baltimore, MD IBM Product Center• Represented IBM at various trade shows • Participated in account calls with branch office marketing rep's in a technical consultation capacity