Valeh Vakili

Current

• SVP, Sales Strategy and Operations at MySpace

Past

• Director Media Sales Operations at Yahoo!
• Senior Manager, Media Sales Operations at Yahoo! Europe
• Business Manager, East Region Sales at Yahoo!

• Analyst, East Region Sales at Yahoo!

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Education

• Harvard University
• Georgetown University

Connections

290 connections

Industry

Online Media

Valeh Vakili’s Experience

• SVP, Sales Strategy and Operations

  MySpace

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

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Director Media Sales Operations

  Yahoo!

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

  October 2006 — September 2008 (2 years )

  Lead a team responsible for revenue forecasting, annual planning, category/strategy planning, quarterly business reviews, off-network advertising deal analysis, investment case evaluation, and demand planning/ analysis of acquired businesses for Yahoo’s display advertising business.

• Senior Manager, Media Sales Operations

  Yahoo! Europe

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

  March 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 8 months)

  Built the first ever Pan-European sales business operations team to support day-to-day management of local offices that had previously operated independently. Centralized annual revenue and budget planning, forecasting, compensation design and goal setting for Yahoo! UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain’s display advertising business.

• Business Manager, East Region Sales

  Yahoo!

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

  October 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Managed East region media planning and analysis for Yahoo!'s display advertising business including revenue goal setting, weekly forecasting and pipeline management. Launched planning and analysis for Yahoo!’s national sales category program. Primary business partner to VP of East region & VP of National Category Sales.

• Analyst, East Region Sales

  Yahoo!

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

  June 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 5 months)

Valeh Vakili’s Education

• Harvard University

  MA , Regional Studies, Middle East , 1998 — 2000

• Georgetown University

  BS , Foreign Service , 1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Valeh Vakili’s Groups:

•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group

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