James Bilefield

Current

• CEO at OpenX

Past

• VP Global BD/GM Europe at Skype
• MD at Yahoo!

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Industry

Internet

Websites

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James Bilefield’s Summary

James is CEO of OpenX (formerly Openads), the company that helps publishers make more money from online advertising. The company provides for free its sophisticated, open source ad serving software, giving website owners everything they need to schedule, manage and track their online inventory. Already used by more than 30,000 publishers in over 100 countries around the globe, OpenX software delivers billions of ads every day. Based in London, England, OpenX is backed by leading investors including Accel Partners and Index Ventures. More information can be found at www.openx.org.

James joined OpenX from Skype, the world's leading provider of free internet calling, which he joined in 2004 as its first Vice President to run the Business Development team. In 2006, he took responsibility for Skype's activities and performance in Europe.

James was previously Managing Director of some of Yahoo!'s core European businesses.

James joined Yahoo! in 1999. He was previously Co-founder and Managing Director of www.upmystreet.com, an award-winning UK local information business. Prior to that, James was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of JP Morgan Chase. James holds a first class degree in Modern Languages (French and German) from the University of Bristol.

James Bilefield’s Experience

• CEO

  OpenX

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• VP Global BD/GM Europe

  Skype

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 8 months)

• MD

  Yahoo!

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

  May 1999 — October 2004 (5 years 6 months)

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