David Kolner
Seattle, WA
currently: Here to network
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Work history
VP - Product
How would you describe your time at WhitePages.com?
* Leading team of twenty with responsibility for Product Management; Program Management; Project Management; Design Team including Information Architecture, Graphic Design, and User Testing; and Customer Service functions
* Grew online presence by over 100MM pageviews/month with aggressive growth in company earnings
* Responsibility for award-winning m.whitepages.com mobile presence, including 300%+ YOY traffic growth, features and new monetization strategies
* Accountable for P&L for online commerce products, including both consumer-direct WhitePages Plus and B2B W3 Data services
* Responsible for all product releases on company websites including site-wide rebranding and ongoing user improvements across 40+ development staff
* Leadership of two implementations of development methodologies, including waterfall and iterative methodologies (adaptation of pilot of Agile/Scrum)
* Defined user segmentation using mental model, blueprint for company strategy
* Rewarded with three promotions during tenure; currently serving on Executive Team... 
Director, Global Program
How would you describe your time at Travelport/Orbitz for Business?
* Designed and maintained global product offering that resulted in market entry into UK, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada and Mexico.
* Led product development of key initiatives for online booking engine, including industry-leading policy engine and integration of third-party content suppliers
* Primary contact for sales and support based in London and Sydney. Closely involved in every aspect of international business, including sales and account management
* Multiple-time winner of company 'Power' awards for leadership and performance
* Conceived and launched company's first full-service market entry into Canada, including product, service, content, legal/privacy and pricing components
* Designed and managed annual 'Global Roadmap' of strategic objectives to grow business; included Executive initiative to globalize culture at all levels...
Engagement/Consulting Manager
How would you describe your time at Participate.com?
* Led consulting teams to deliver end-to-end online community management solutions for leading business and consumer services companies in the US and UK
* Included strategy definition and presentation, technology (architecture, software selection and/or development), and ongoing management of programs
* Worked with clients' senior managers to evangelize, educate and sell community services and technology (pre Web 2.0)
* Led engagement that landed +$1m management contract (largest to date for firm) for new community management product offering
* Designed and executed three new product offerings for firm: Live International web events (webcasts and seminars), a Knowledge Management offering, and firm's first UK projects, blending known US community principles with international culture and technology constraints...
Director, Internet Strategy
How would you describe your time at OAG/Reed Elsevier?
* Reinvented oag.com website in 3 releases over 18 months, delivered on-time and on-budget; exceeded online global commerce expectations by 1000% in first 6 months; used by customers in over 40 countries on 6 continents
* Managed internal (business) and external (development) teams, in excess of 30 full and part-time staff members in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Singapore
* Created top-selling enterprise Intranet/Extranet application, delivering $5 million/yr. in revenues across global markets (still in use in 2007)
* Product development projects include a wide variety of platforms and technologies: Web Services, iTV, Lotus Notes, Intranet, Extranet and Intranet application and Sabre, Worldspan and Apollo mainframe systems
* Experienced in selling and leading board-level managers, winning approvals for $1 million + development projects
* Developed company-wide eBusiness development strategy and internet culture...
Education
MBA
How would you describe your time at University of Chicago?
Concentration: Strategy & Organizational Behavior
BS
How would you describe your time at Ohio State University?
Major: Marketing & Aviation Management
Minor: English - Creative Writing
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