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June 22, 2007
Jon Arnold / Don Albert - Skype - Canadian Update
On this week's podcast, Jon's guest was Don Albert, VP and General Manager for Skype North America. Don provided an update on how Skype is doing in Canada, and shared some metrics on users and broadband adoption. The discussion touched on several topics, including Skype for Business, SkypeIn/Out, the Canadian developer community, and routes to market for Skype. Don noted how the family of Skype-supported endpoints continues to grow, and that by year-end, their online store will start shipping to Canada.
Don Albert is Vice President and General Manager of Skype North America, in which role he manages North American operations for the Internet communications company owned by eBay.
Don moved to Skype in early 2006 from eBay, where he managed business development in the Strategic Partnerships Group for four years, during which time he formed strategic partnerships with companies ranging from HP to Toyota to Twentieth Century Fox. Don was recognized in 2004 as a Marketer of the Year by Promo magazine for his team's innovative marketing partnerships.
Before joining eBay, he held senior management roles at several leading Internet and media companies. He was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales at wireless technology startup fusionOne and Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales and E-Commerce at rich-media pioneer PointCast. He led early efforts in online classified and directory advertising at AOL's Digital City, where he was head of advertising sales and marketing, and at washingtonpost.com, where he was part
of the launch team and Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales.
Posted at June 22, 2007 12:38 PM
Comments
i have been using skype ever since they came out with this cool service... i like how it logs the chats automatically for future reviewing. i think its more user friendly than windows live msn messenger. i have also been using another free service called zyb zyb has allowed me to upload all my cell phone information online for future purposes. it's great !!
Posted by: matt at July 2, 2007 04:20 AM
