Frederick Crosby

Current

• Director of Cross-Border Trade at eBay

Past

• Head of Cross-Border Strategy and Development at Paypal
• Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Dialink Corp.
• Director FP&A at Indus International

• Manager - Project Controls at Bechtel

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Education

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
• Ross Business School, Univ. of Michigan
• Univ of California, Berkeley

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Frederick Crosby’s Summary

Many years of experience in developing expansion strategy and bringing concepts to reality in the hi tech industry, from VoIP start-ups to larger companies like eBay. Expertise in breaking down new markets, untangling messy data into clean business sense, and leading global cross-functional teams toward success. Knowledge in global e-commerce, e-payments, internet applications, and telecommunications.

Frederick Crosby’s Specialties:

global e-commerce, on-line payments, business metrics and analysis, new market strategy, product marketing, business development, foreign exchange, wine

Frederick Crosby’s Experience

• Director of Cross-Border Trade

  eBay

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ebay; Internet industry)

  April 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Manage eBay's cross-border strategy to drive more business between the company's expansive global network. Team responsible for cross-border focused product, marketing and policy.

• Head of Cross-Border Strategy and Development

  Paypal

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

• Vice President of Sales & Marketing

  Dialink Corp.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2001 — April 2004 (2 years 7 months)

  Helped build one of the first profitable business models around VoIP technology. Created toolkit for SOAP integration and acted as central communication point between customers and development team.

• Director FP&A

  Indus International

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; IINT; Computer Software industry)

  October 1996 — July 1999 (2 years 10 months)

  Led FP&A department of expanding ERP company during explosive Y2K growth period. Financial leadership during acquisition and mergers.

• Manager - Project Controls

  Bechtel

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Construction industry)

  July 1990 — October 1996 (6 years 4 months)

  Project estimates, scheduling and cost/contract controls for multi-million dollar projects worldwide.

Frederick Crosby’s Education

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  MBA, 1999 — 2001

• Ross Business School, Univ. of Michigan

  MBA, September 1999 — April 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduation with Honors
  Semester abroad at IESE, Barcelona
  Pioneer of UMBS's first Wine Club

• Univ of California, Berkeley

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

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