David Jones
Vice President of Global Marketing, Friendster, Inc.

David joined Friendster in December 2006 with more than 19 years experience in marketing, business development, and product and business strategy. Prior to joining Friendster, David held several marketing and general management roles at eBay Inc, including roles focused on scaling the number of active members of the eBay community. David was also the director of eBay’s media and entertainment businesses in the United States. Prior to eBay, David was the Vice President of Business Development at Blue Wireless and an associate partner at the management and technology consulting firm of Arthur D. Little. David holds a B.A. from Stanford University in Quantitative Economics With Honors & Distinction, 1990.

Sessions

1:10pm Wednesday, 06/11/2008

Bring Your Own Platform (BYOP): Build, Buy, or Borrow?

General
Location: Regency E

Oren Michels (Mashery), Jessica Alter (Bebo), Daniel Burton (Salesforce), David Jones (Friendster, Inc.)

Facebook has Platform. Google has OpenSocial. Many social networks are choosing to roll out their own application platform offering. Get an overview of several new social networks, and find out what choices they made in creating their social platforms. Read more.