Greg Cohn
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Founder & CEO
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Founder & CEOAd Hoc Labs makers of Burner DialedOct 2011 - Current (14 years 9 months)Burner is a privacy layer for the mobile phone. Our mission is to empower users with tools to take control of their communications. We are a small but passionate team of talented developers committed to building the next generation of communications software, backed by top-tier venture capitalists including Venrock and Founder Collective. We are based in Los Angeles, CA, and we are HIRING.- Sr. Director, Global Head of Product, Yahoo! Social Monetization & GamesYahooSep 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 2 months)
- Director, Strategy & Business Development, Yahoo! Open StrategyYahooDec 2005 - Nov 2010 (5 years)Lead a team responsible for market-facing functions for Yahoo!'s open and social platform (YOS), including strategy, ecosystem development, and developing and supporting partnerships such as the OpenSocial Foundation, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and many others. Previously supported Yahoo! Developer Network, Pipes, MyBlogLog, Brickhouse. Previously: Sr. Manager, Emerging Publishers Managing the business strategy and product marketing for "long tail" publishers in the Yahoo Publisher Network.
- T"Chief Business Guy"The New West NetworkOct 2004 - Nov 2005 (1 year 2 months)Key management role responsible for product development, product management, business development, business plan and financial model during startup and launch of an award-winning crowdsourced journalism project founded by Jonathan Weber (founder of the Industry Standard, managing editor of The Information)
- ACo-FounderAuctions for ChangeSep 2004 - Sep 2007 (3 years 1 month)A charity-driven side project, Auctions for Change (www.auctionsforchange.com) produced and promoted online charity auctions featuring entertainment-related event tickets, VIP experiences, and memorabilia.
- General Manager, HealthEveryday HealthOct 2003 - May 2004 (8 months)P&L responsibility for $20+M product line, including the highly successful South Beach Diet Online during its largest growth phase. Owned full product cycle: pricing, promotions, market positioning, analysis, retention, and feature pipeline. Managed key relationships with Rodale and other licensors.
- Independent Deal DevelopmentSelfemployedOct 2001 - Sep 2003 (2 years)Internet travel roll-up play targeting the consumer vacation rental and exchange space, funded by private equity,
- AVP, Content Strategy & PartnershipsAwaycom now a division of CendantOct 1999 - Oct 2001 (2 years 1 month)Away.com is the market-leading internet adventure travel provider and specialty content company (now a division of Cendant) Responsibilities o Key executive of prominent VC-funded startup o Developed and implemented content creation, licensing, and distribution strategies o Managed content operations; oversaw team of five Results: o Content supported advertising growth to $5+M and successful distribution partnership strategy o Closed or helped lead critical partnerships with major media and travel brands, including Outside, PRIMEDIA, Gannett, Discovery, AOL, Expedia o Successfully survived numerous bubble-related crises
- Director, Travel BooksSt Martins PressSep 1994 - Sep 1999 (5 years 1 month)St. Martin's Press is a prominent New York book publisher (a division of Holtzbrinck) Responsibilities: o P&L responsibility for $7.5M travel book line, over 60 titles including the bestselling Lets Go guidebooks o Directed all publishing functions: product development, acquisitions, editorial, and marketing o Directly managed permanent team and large seasonal team through operationally intense production and sales cycle Results: o Grew net sales by 10% and forward projections by 25% o Successfully consolidated title segment into its own category, leading to creation of a new company imprint (which I was offered the opportunity to direct) o Published a national bestseller, LL Cool Js autobiography
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- M.Phil, Victorian Literature & literary theoryUniversity of OxfordOct 1992 - Jun 1994 (1 year 9 months)
- OM.Phil, Victorian Literature & literary theoryOxford UniversityJan 1992 - Dec 1994 (3 years)
- B.A, English, FrenchUniversity of PennsylvaniaJan 1988 - Dec 1992 (5 years)