Mark Collier

Current

• Senior Director of Business Development, Yahoo! Media Group at Yahoo!
• Director of Business Development, Yahoo! Entertainment at Yahoo!

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Mark Collier’s Summary

A Technology Executive with a strong product background and extensive experience negotiating deals between companies large and small, most recently in Social Media/Web2.0 for the Yahoo! Media division (Music, TV, Movies, Sports, News, Finance...) P&L responsibility managing the strategic partner channel for Yahoo! Music.

Soup to nuts entrepreneur from modeling new businesses and deals to distribution & channel strategy; deal negotiation to product launch. Strongly value results above convention, with a preference for large high stakes deals.

A self taught, lifelong geek from the birth of the Apple II to programing in Logo on the Coleco Adam to Twitter. Especially passionate about the intersection of Music & Technology, realized by living in Austin while negotiating and managing partnerships between Yahoo! Music & key players like RockYou, Rhapsody, Bebo, Dell, Piczo, and Skyrock.

Always interested in connecting with like minded souls in the Austin area to talk technology, the evolution of the web, business ideas, or to just take in some live music.

Mark Collier’s Specialties:

Business Development, Contract Negotiation, Consumer Marketing (Brand & Product Marketing), Business Planning, Financial Analysis for: Digital Media, Social Networking, Web Services, Consumer Electronics.

Mark Collier’s Experience

• Senior Director of Business Development, Yahoo! Media Group

  Yahoo!

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

  February 2008 — Present (6 months)

  Lead a team of Business Development professionals establishing partnerships in Media & Entertainment across all Media Properties:
  
  • Yahoo! Media: Music, Movies, TV, Games, Video, OMG, Originals, News, Finance, Sports, Lifestyles, Kids, Food, Astrology, Education, Tech, Shine
  • Market Analysis, Deal Modeling, Contract Negotiation, Relationships
  • Hire & Manage team, set priorities with Yahoo! GMs & negotiate largest deals
  
  Deal Types:
  • Social Media Widget Syndication to Blogs/Social Networks and large Media Partners, Web Player Distribution, Transaction partners, Platform technology licensing, Content Licensing
  
  Recent Closed Deals:
  • RockYou/Facebook, Rhapsody, Playlist.com, Skyrock, Piczo, Bebo

• Director of Business Development, Yahoo! Entertainment

  Yahoo!

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

  August 2004 — Present (4 years)

  Lead a team of Business Development professionals establishing partnerships in Media & Entertainment on behalf of Yahoo! properties with over 50M users/month
  
  • Yahoo! Entertainment: Music, Movies, TV, Games, Video, OMG, Originals
  • Market Analysis, Deal Modeling, Contract Negotiation, Relationships
  • Hire & Manage team, set priorities with Yahoo! GMs & negotiate largest deals
  • Lead Y! Music transition from premium subscription model to ad-monetization funnel model with key partnerships in web 2.0 and connected device space
  
  Deal Types:
  • Syndication to Blogs/Social Networks and large Media Partners, Web Player Distribution, Transaction partners, Web Services to CE, Platform technology licensing, Content Licensing