| Purdue University, B.Sc. | |
| Industrial Engineering | |
| Columbia University, MBA |
David Liu, Senior Vice President of AOL LLC, oversees AIM, ICQ, Bebo and Socialthing products as GM of People Networks. David and his team are creating next generation social platforms based on communications and self expression delivered through desktop clients, mobile and web products that are used by more than 90 million active users worldwide.
David is responsible for all aspects of product strategy, design and engineering for People Networks. In the past year, David led the company’s efforts to completely open up the AIM platform and application, grow AIM to over 30 million active users and ICQ to over 40 million active users, rebuild Bebo and conceptualize and launch Socialthing for Websites, as well as played a lead role in acquiring and integrating Goowy Media and Socialthing.
David first joined AOL to work in the Business Development group, leading the structuring and execution of several strategic transactions. He then moved to the operating side of the business and led AOL’s earliest development of the AOL.com portal and played a key role in shaping AOL’s web audience business model in 2006. David launched and led the growth of the AOL.com portal to over 45 million active users through 2007. He also relaunched the AOL Toolbar and led its growth to over 30 million active users through 2007.
Prior to joining AOL, David worked as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney advising Fortune 500 companies in the consumer products, aerospace and automotive sectors on product development strategies, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management execution. David received his Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
