Sean Suchter

Current

• Vice President, Web Search Technology at Yahoo

Past

• Director, Search Engine at Inktomi
• Engineering Intern at Vocal Point
• Engineering Intern (part time) at Tanner Research

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Education

• California Institute of Technology

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Sean Suchter’s Summary

Engineering & product executive with over 10 years web search experience. Focus on huge scale, huge impact products.

Sean Suchter’s Specialties:

Systems software, architecture, engineering and product management, capex, operations

Sean Suchter’s Experience

• Vice President, Web Search Technology

  Yahoo

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  I run Yahoo's web search engine, with overall responsibility for its success. This includes engineering, product responsibility, operational stability, results quality, capex spending and revenue (from the paid inclusion program)

• Director, Search Engine

  Inktomi

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; INKT; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 1998 — March 2003 (5 years)

• Engineering Intern

  Vocal Point

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

  June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)

• Engineering Intern (part time)

  Tanner Research

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

  June 1995 — February 1997 (1 year 9 months)

Sean Suchter’s Education

• California Institute of Technology

  1994 — 1998

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