Ian Kennedy
Bio
Ian joined Yahoo! two years ago and has worked with Yahoo!'s Publisher Network and Corporate development group. He currently is product manager at MyBlogLog, a company Yahoo! acquired in January 2007.
Prior to Yahoo!, Ian was Director of Sales and Partner Development at Six Apart where he helped establish the TypePad business class program and Movable Type's Hosting Partner program.
Ian has also worked at Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters joint venture where he held roles in Product Management, Business Development, and North Asian Sales Director based in Tokyo, Japan where he lived for 10 years.
He is the founder and original webmaster of one of the web's longest running weekly city guide sites, Tokyo Q, an English city guide for visitors and residents of Tokyo.
Ian earned a B.A. at the University of California at Berkeley. He currently lives in the San Francisco area with his wife and two children.
Work History
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May 2007 - August 2006
Social Media maven.
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August 2006 - May 2007
Responsible for care & feeding of Yahoo's publisher portal, http://publisher.yahoo.com.
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August 2004 - September 2005
Channel sales development for consulting and hosting partners for Six Apart's Movable Type and TypePad products.
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December 2001 - December 2001
Identified, targeted, and managed relationships with companies that help Factiva reach new markets either through unique software, client base, or regional representation. Designed and launched partnership program and partnership evaluation metrics.
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October 1996 - July 2000
Managed Sales, Marketing, Support, & Product Development staff across Japan and South Korea. Responsibilities included planning and execution of local sales and business development strategies, contracts, budgets, and representing interests of Japanese market to US and UK senior management. Rationalized distributor network in South Korea and Japan. Managed integration of two sales teams during the period Factiva Joint Venture was established.
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