Josh Jacobson

Josh Jacobson

Sr. Director of Product Management at Xobni

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Sr. Director of Product Management at Xobni
Past
  • Senior Product Manager at Yahoo!
  • Manager, User Experience at Sony
  • Director of Human Interface at Kick.com, Inc.
Education
  • Stanford University
Connections
278 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

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

  • Sr. Director of Product Management

    Xobni

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    August 2008Present (2 years )

  • Senior Product Manager

    Yahoo!

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

    July 2006July 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.

  • Manager, User Experience

    Sony

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

    January 2002June 2006 (4 years 6 months)

  • Director of Human Interface

    Kick.com, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    March 2000January 2002 (1 year 11 months)


Josh Jacobson’s Education

  • Stanford University

    BS ME , Mechanical Engineering, Product Design , 19931997


Additional Information

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Josh Jacobson’s Groups:

  •    BayCHI
  •    Stanford Product Design and Joint Program in Design
  •    Yahoo!
  •    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
  •    Stanford University Alumni
  •    Fans of Xobni
  •    SONY

Josh Jacobson’s Contact Settings

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