Ken Norton

Current

• Senior Product Manager at Google

Past

• Vice President, Product Marketing at JotSpot
• Senior Director, Product Management, Search at Yahoo!
• Director, Product Strategy at Inktomi Corp.

• Co-Founder at Grand Central Communications
• Chief Technology Officer & VP of Technology at NBC Internet / Snap
• Director, Software Engineering at CNET Networks
• Senior Software Engineer at Softbank Services Group

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Education

• Boston University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• University of California, Berkeley

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Industry

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Ken Norton’s Summary

I'm a product manager at Google. I joined in 2006 with the acquisition of JotSpot.

Ken Norton’s Experience

• Senior Product Manager

  Google

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

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Vice President, Product Marketing

  JotSpot

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

  May 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 6 months)

• Senior Director, Product Management, Search

  Yahoo!

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

  March 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 3 months)

• Director, Product Strategy

  Inktomi Corp.

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

  July 2002 — March 2003 (9 months)

• Co-Founder

  Grand Central Communications

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

  March 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 7 months)

• Chief Technology Officer & VP of Technology

  NBC Internet / Snap

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

  July 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 9 months)

• Director, Software Engineering

  CNET Networks

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CNET; Internet industry)

  July 1996 — July 1998 (2 years 1 month)

• Senior Software Engineer

  Softbank Services Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years)

Ken Norton’s Education

• Boston University

  B.A. , Political Science , 1989 — 1993

  cum laude

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  M.S. , Technology Management

  GPA 4.0/4.0

• University of California, Berkeley

  Certificate , Project Management

  Awarded with distinction

Additional Information

Ken Norton’s Honors:

Products launched have received ABC News "Ten Technologies That Will Change The World", PC Magazine Editors Choice, CNET Editors Choice, Search Engine Watch Awards, InfoWorld Technology of the Year awards, Forbes Best of the Web, .NET Magazine Readers Choice, Red Herring 100 and the AlwaysOn Top Innovator Award.