Mike Speiser is Vice President of Community Products at Yahoo! and a PlayFirst board member. At Yahoo! Mike oversees the company'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. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Speiser co-founded and served as president and CEO of social media service, Bix.com (now owned by Yahoo!). Mike also co-founded Epinions.com, one of the first user-generated content sites on the Internet. Previously, Mike has worked as a vice president and technical advisor to Symantec CEO, John Thompson, served as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and was an analyst with CS First Boston. |