Don Campbell

Current

President at Expand2Web, LLC
Consultant at Baynote Inc.

Past

VP, Platform Evangelism at Etelos, Inc.
Co-founder at KidConfidence, Inc.
Technical Evangelist at Microsoft

Sr. Director Product Management at Infravio, Inc.
Group Product Manager at Interwoven, Inc.
Internet Technologies Specialist at Ford Motor Credit Company

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Education

Eastern Michigan University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Don Campbell’s Summary

Strategic business development and platform evangelism for on-demand Web applications.

I build relationships with strategic partners, customers and communities to demonstrate the value of building on SaaS - software-as-a-service on-demand platforms.

As a vehicle for platform evangelism, I manage developer communities including sample applications, blogs, screen casts, podcasts, wikis, video podcasts to magnify the impact and reach of the message.

Don Campbell’s Specialties:

WordPress and SEO, Web software development technologies, developer community outreach via Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Podcast, Video, CSS, Web Design, Flash, Web Services. Local Search optimization expert for Small Businesses websites.

Don Campbell’s Experience

President

Expand2Web, LLC

(Internet industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

I help small businesses create WordPress websites and get new customers from Google, Yahoo and Bing local searches.
Consultant

Baynote Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )
VP, Platform Evangelism

Etelos, Inc.

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year )

Etelos provides a platform for building and distributing on-demand, customizable Web applications.

Software developers can:
1) Bring your existing PHP, Java, .Net or Ruby application, or create a new one using the language of your choice.
2) Distribute and monetize your app in the Etelos Marketplace.

Etelos handles the hosting, licensing and billing for you.
Co-founder

KidConfidence, Inc.

(Computer Games industry)

January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)

KidConfidence is a resource for parents find the right video games for their children - games that are both fun and have learning value.
Technical Evangelist

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 7 months)

In this role I built relationships with partners, customers and communities to demonstrate the value of building on Office and Office Live (software-as-a-service) platforms.

I managed the on-boarding process for the first 30 partners to build on the new Office Live platform.

As a Microsoft technical evangelist, I built prototypes, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts to develop compelling use-cases of Office and other Microsoft technologies integrated with other systems.

As a vehicle for platform evangelism, I managed and developed Office developer content on the popular Channel 9 developer community (http://channel9.msdn.com) including sample applications, blogs, screencasts, podcasts, wikis, video podcasts and community participation reaching over 4 million visitors per month.
Sr. Director Product Management

Infravio, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 7 months)

- Defined complete Web services Management Platform for early-stage start-up company in emerging Web services market.

- Established partnerships with strategic technology partners resulting in VP and CTO level relationships with IBM and Sun.

- Defined product offerings within each partner’s eco-system and attained advanced partner levels and validation within both IBM and Sun. Established initial partnerships with BEA and Oracle.

- Built and performed compelling product demonstrations to Fortune 1000 companies, evangelized Infravio products and Web services technologies resulting in the company’s first four enterprise customers.
Group Product Manager

Interwoven, Inc.

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

June 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 2 months)

At Interwoven, I started out in technical sales, moved into product management and business development in this whirlwind tour of a full-cycle startup from 40 people to 1,000 and IPO.
Internet Technologies Specialist

Ford Motor Credit Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Financial Services industry)

July 1989 — June 1998 (9 years )

Managed the Ford Credit web site production process, including: content development, managing web site updates across vendors and internal developers, coordinating production server and firewall issues with web site hosting facilities.

Designed and developed Java-based electronic commerce initiatives including a mission-critical commercial paper trading system, and Ford Credit’s pre-approval application integrated with the Ford Motor’s virtual shopping service

Don Campbell’s Education

Eastern Michigan University

BBA , Operations Research, Computer Science , 1985 — 1989

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Don Campbell’s Interests:

WordPress, SEO, SEM, AJAX, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Flash, Design, digital photography, computer gaming, XBox 360, Tae Kwon Do, downhill skiing, inline hockey