Larry Cornett

Current

• Vice President, Product Management and Design at Yahoo, Inc.

Past

• Principal Consultant at MindSpan Design (Sole Proprietorship)
• Director at eBay, Inc.
• Senior Designer at Apple Computer

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Education

• Rice University

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Industry

Internet

Larry Cornett’s Summary

Larry Cornett is currently the Vice President of Product Management and Design for Yahoo! Search. Before that, he was a Director at eBay, where his team focused on multiple products for Tailored Shopping Experiences, Platform, and International sites. Earlier in his career, he was a designer at Apple Computer, where he worked on the Finder, OS, and International software; and IBM, where he worked on database and development tools. He was also the principal consultant for MindSpan Design, an interaction design agency where he worked on desktop, web, and mobile solutions for a variety of clients (http://www.mindspandesign.com). He received his Ph.D. from Rice University, where he designed and developed a coaching system for training software users. He holds multiple patents, which include design work on web-based products and hardware solutions.

Larry Cornett’s Specialties:

Managing and building product teams; Researching and creating product vision, strategy and frameworks; Blending business, product and user requirements into holistic solutions; Developing collaborative and strategic relationships with business, product, and technology partners.

Larry Cornett’s Experience

• Vice President, Product Management and Design

  Yahoo, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Vice President of Product Management and Design for Search at Yahoo! Head up a multinational team of product managers, designers and developers focused on creating a world-class Search experience.