VP Community, Yahoo!

Mike Speiser is vice president of community products, where he oversees Yahoo!’s popular communities products, including Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! 360° and Bix. In this role, Mike focuses on helping to foster online communities that offer people a place to interact, discover and share knowledge and passions. Mike joined Yahoo! in February 2007 through the acquisition of Bix, a social media service that allows users to create, enter and judge contests, where he served as president and CEO. Prior to co-founding Bix, Mike served as vice president and technical advisor to Symantec CEO, John Thompson. Previously, he was vice president of product marketing and product management at Veritas, which was acquired by Symantec. Mike also co-founded Epinions.com, one of the first user-generated content sites on the Internet, worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and was an analyst with CS First Boston. Mike holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar, and a B.A. from the University of Arizona.