Joe spent 9 years at Microsoft in a variety of senior roles including Chief of Staff at MSN and, from 2003 to 2008, General Manager of Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions. In this position Joe was responsible for product management for all advertising products and technologies at Microsoft (including Microsoft AdCenter, Microsoft PubCenter, the Display Ad Platform, Massive, and AdECN, among others) as well as serving as the lead spokesperson for advertising technology and solutions at Microsoft. As General Manager, Joe set the broad strategic direction for the advertising business and also led Microsoft’s acquisition and integration strategy for the many advertising based businesses purchased by Microsoft including Massive, ScreenTonic, DeepMetrix, AdECN and aQuantive.
Prior to Microsoft, Joe was at General Mills in brand management and before that a Captain in the United States Army, 7th Infantry Division.
Joe is a graduate of West Point, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. He also holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Harvard Business School where he concentrated in Entrepreneurship and Finance.
