Kevin Briody

Current

• Director of Marketing & Partner Development at WebJunction/OCLC

Past

• Sr. Marketing Manager - Community at Microsoft - Windows Live
• Product Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Senior Marketing Manager at Edifecs

• Marketing Manager/Direct Sales Manager at Valence Research
• Business Development Manager at Tactica Corporation

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Education

• University of Washington, Seattle - Business School
• University of Oregon

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Blog

Kevin Briody’s Summary

A senior marketing manager with 10+ years experience in several startups and Microsoft in a range of functional roles including technical marketing, product management, and marketing communications.

Education:
MBA University of Washington
BS University of Oregon

Kevin Briody’s Specialties:

influentials, community, blogging, product management, product marketing, marketing communications, online marketing

Kevin Briody’s Experience

• Director of Marketing & Partner Development

  WebJunction/OCLC

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  *Currently driving all aspects of marketing and partner development efforts for a social enterprise which serves the library community. WebJunction provides an open online community for library staff and fee-based training and hosted Web services for organizations.
  *WebJunction (www.webjunction.org) is part of OCLC (www.oclc.org) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and IMLS.

• Sr. Marketing Manager - Community

  Microsoft - Windows Live

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

  November 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 9 months)

  Develop and manage a community and influencer marketing plan for the emerging Windows Live set of products and services (Live.com, Search, Messenger, etc.).

• Product Manager

  Microsoft Corporation

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

  August 1998 — November 2005 (7 years 4 months)

  Lead US evangelism and engagement efforts targeting technical higher education students (CS, EE, IT, etc) for Microsoft, with a focuses on .NET platform, Visual tools, and related. Drove the Microsoft sponsorship of INETA (International .NET Association) through its launch and early growth.
  
  Previously held marketing roles in US Developer Marketing and with the Windows Server (NT4/2000) team focusing on clustering products.

• Senior Marketing Manager

  Edifecs

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

  July 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 3 months)

• Marketing Manager/Direct Sales Manager

  Valence Research

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1998 — August 1998 (7 months)

  My favorite job of all time. :)
  Acquired by Microsoft August 1998.
  Maker of Convoy Cluster Software, now known as Network Load Balancing in Windows Server.

• Business Development Manager

  Tactica Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — January 1998 (8 months)

  Led sales sourcing and business development across a seven state region.

Kevin Briody’s Education

• University of Washington, Seattle - Business School

  MBA, Technology Management, 2001 — 2002

• University of Oregon

  BS, History, Business Administration, 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Kevin Briody’s Websites:

• My Blog

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