As Vice President, Marketing, John is responsible for driving overall consumer brand strategy, marketing, corporate communications and research. Before joining the WhitePages.com team, John spent four years at Microsoft in a number of marketing roles, most recently leading worldwide marketing efforts for Windows Live Messenger. Prior to Microsoft, John served as co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Platinum Concepts, Inc., a consumer product manufacturing company. In addition, he consulted for Ernst & Young and is a published author. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School at UPENN and a BA in Management Information Systems from SMU.