Sr. Director of Product Management at Xobni
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Sr. Director of Product Management at Xobni
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Josh Jacobson’s Summary
I build & launch marquee products for start-ups and large corporations in the areas of software, media, and communications. Currently, I am the Director of Product Management for Xobni. Previously, I ran the Yahoo! Messenger product team, which included Windows, Mac, and Web-based clients. Prior to that, I was a founding member of Kick.com, a media sidebar application that was acquired by Sony. While based in Tokyo at Sony, I led a portable audio experience design group.
Josh Jacobson’s Experience
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Sr. Director of Product Management
Xobni
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — Present (2 years )
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Senior Product Manager
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
July 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Lead of Messenger Clients including Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, Yahoo! Messenger for Mac, Yahoo! Messenger for the Web, and Messenger.yahoo.com.
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Manager, User Experience
Sony
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)
January 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 6 months)
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Director of Human Interface
Kick.com, Inc.
(Internet industry)
March 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 11 months)
Josh Jacobson’s Education
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Stanford University
BS ME , Mechanical Engineering, Product Design , 1993 — 1997
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