yahoo! inc (YHOO:NASDAQ GS)

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Mr. Scott Thompson has been the Chief Executive Officer of ShopRunner, Inc. since July 2012. Mr. Thompson serves as an Advisor of Ignite Capital and focuses on advising on internet and media sectors. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Yahoo! Inc. from January 9, 2012 to May 13, 2012. He served as the President at PayPal, Inc at eBay Inc. from January 2008 to 2012. He served as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of PayPal, Inc. ... from February 7, 2005 to January 2008 and was responsible for Product Development, Technology, and Operations. He oversaw all aspects of global payment systems, including product roadmap, architecture, information management, and operations. While at PayPal, he helped scale it through its most rapid growth years growing it from $1 billion in revenues to $4.4 billion in revenues, and established it as the leading global online payment service. He also served as a Senior Vice President at Ebay Inc. from February 7, 2005 to January 2008. Mr. Thompson joined PayPal from Inovant LLC. From September 2001 to February 2005, he served as an Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions of Inovant LLC, where Mr. Thompson was responsible for all development, support, and maintenance of its Global Payment System, which processed tens of billions of transactions in 2004. From April 2000 to February 2005, he served as an Executive Vice President and the Global Chief Information Officer for Inovant. From August 1997 to April 2000, he served as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Systems Group at Visa U.S.A., Inc. From 1998 to September 2001, he served as the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology and Support Services for Visa U.S.A., Inc. Mr. Thompson served as the Chief Information Officer of Barclays Global Investors, where he implemented a new strategic technology platform and global infrastructure. In addition, he worked as a Partner with Coopers and Lybrand. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Yola, Inc. He has been a Director of Coupa Software Incorporated since April 2013, Vertica Systems, Inc. since August 11, 2010, Kabbage Inc. since September 27, 2012 and Zuora Inc. since September 2008. He has been Director of PaySimple, Inc since November 13, 2012. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at FastScale Technology, Inc. He has been a Director of PerkStreet Financial, Inc. since November 16, 2011. He served as a Director at F5 Networks Inc., since January 2008. He served as a Director at Splunk, Inc. from November 2011 to May 18, 2012. He served as a Director of Yahoo! Inc. from January 9, 2012 to May 13, 2012. He served as a Member of Strategic Advisory Council of Tablus Inc. In 2011, he was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Northern California for his leadership in the Financial Services industry. Mr. Thompson received a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Stonehill College.

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