jason cook : resume / CV

summary

Google, Inc.  2005-present

Product Marketing Manager

• Based in London, England through 2007; focus on int'l product launches.
• Based in California 2007-present; focus on consumer product marketing.

MBA 2005, Judge Institute of Management,
University of Cambridge (UK)

• Major Consulting Project
  Apple Computer, Inc. -- EMEA market research and analysis.

Terra Lycos, San Francisco,  1997  -  2002

Product Manager, Webmonkey.com

• Managed overhaul of site layout and design; consolidated sponsorships to increase advertising inventory, while generating positive feedback for trimming page clutter and intrusive promotions. Webmonkey pioneered new ad products and formats later adopted across the Lycos Network.
• Designed custom promotions for key clients like Adobe, Macromedia and HP. (Advertising spends in the six-figures.)
• Worked with editorial team to double Webmonkey’s publishing output with a static budget.
• Time.com, The New York Times, Brill’s Content, PC Magazine’s Top 100 Computing sites, and ZDnet gave awards or kudos to Webmonkey in 2001-2002.

Product Manager, HotBot

• Led definition, design, and launch of Personalized Search application on HotBot; promoted this market-leading technology on Lycos’ west-coast press tour.
• Managed rush deployment of GoTo/Overture paid-listing partnership, whose on-time, onspec delivery secured a multi-million dollar contractual bonus payment which proved instrumental to corporate earnings.
• Handled post-acquisition integration of Lycos technology and business directives into HotBot’s search application and user interface; devised metrics which gauged the impact of these changes on our audience, and our bottom line.
• Managed the development and market trial of query-disambiguation tools and natural-language search enhancements based on Cycorp technology.
• Redesigned HotWired’s internal workflow and bug-tracking system, with an emphasis on speed & usability. This streamlined application was subsequently adopted by other development groups within Lycos US.
• As a contractor (1997), production manager (1998), and project manager (1999), implemented a variety of large-scale software development projects, such as migrating HotBot’s code from Apache / XSSI to an IIS / ASP platform.
• HotBot won PC Magazine’s “Editor’s Choice”, PC/Computing’s “Search Engine Shoot-out” MVP, and Forbes’ “Best of The Web” awards during this period.

Additional Information

• Freelance technology writer for Condé Nast’s WIRED Magazine, Macworld Magazine, Playlist, and others.
• Career break: relocated to Rome (2003); pursued language study.

Education

Judge Institute of Management,
University of Cambridge (UK)

• reading for MBA (2005)

University of California Berkeley, class of 1996

• B.A., English Literature, Religious Studies; graduated high honors