Paul Levine

Current

President, New Media at Current TV
Board Member at Zvents

Past

VP, Products & Marketing at AdBrite
VP/GM Local at Yahoo
VP of Product / Director of Online Marketing at E*TRADE Financial

Product Manager at Intuit
Business Analyst at Braxton Associates
Research Associate at JSA International

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Education

Stanford University
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Amherst College

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

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Paul Levine’s Summary

General management executive with experience in marketing, product management, business development, overall P&L management.

Paul Levine’s Specialties:

Consumer internet services, online advertising, search, local search, vertical search, online communities, product management, marketing, monetization, customer acquisition, public relations, business development

Paul Levine’s Experience

President, New Media

Current TV

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

Head of online division for Current Media. Current includes Current TV, the Emmy Award-winning TV network that reaches 58 million households, and Current.com, reaching 7 million monthly online users. I lead the company’s consumer engagement and monetization initiatives for online, mobile, and emerging delivery platforms.
Board Member

Zvents

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Zvents is a local search and advertising network with hundreds of web and mobile partners, featuring event listings to promote local business. The company allows local merchants, retailers, and service providers to submit both free and paid listing into its network, providing them with a highly targeted and dynamic marketing channel to local consumers.
VP, Products & Marketing

AdBrite

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

August 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Head of product management, marketing, and customer operations for rapidly-growing advertising marketplace backed by Sequoia Capital. AdBrite has created a simple and more effective advertising exchange for advertisers and publishers of all sizes, leveraging a large distribution network, advanced targeting technologies, and a simple self-serve interface.
VP/GM Local

Yahoo

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

2003 — 2007 (4 years)

VP and general manager for Yahoo! local search, yellow pages, maps, city guides, real estate, classifieds. Led creation of Yahoo! Local and its growth to the largest online local destination at 20 million monthly unique users. Negotiated series of local advertising partnerships and built self-serve listings products that drove 6x increase in revenue over 5 years. Overall P&L, strategy, product management and business development oversight.
VP of Product / Director of Online Marketing

E*TRADE Financial

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ET; Financial Services industry)

1998 — 2003 (5 years)

Held a number of management positions at E*TRADE. As Director of Online Marketing, drove record-setting growth in online customer acquisition by establishing performance media partnerships in the era before search marketing. As VP of Product Management, Paul led the evolution of E*TRADE’s brokerage product line, including the Power E*TRADE program for active traders. Won first-ever Chairman's Award in 2001.
Product Manager

Intuit

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

1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Business Analyst

Braxton Associates

(Management Consulting industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years)
Research Associate

JSA International

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years)