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Product, business, and market development professional with strong wireless/mobile, internet consumer application, and communications experience. Technical and product background with proven business development track record. Bio: Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) is Partner at Passion Capital, the leading early-stage technology venture capital investment firm in Europe, based in London. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned...

Product, business, and market development professional with strong wireless/mobile, internet consumer application, and communications experience. Technical and product background with proven business development track record. Bio: Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) is Partner at Passion Capital, the leading early-stage technology venture capital investment firm in Europe, based in London. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at Yahoo!, Skype, Apple and elsewhere. Eileen has been included in the WIRED100 each year since 2012; is one of London's 1000 Most Influential people according to the Evening Standard newspaper (2014); and was named one of the 12 Most Influential People in Tech by the Telegraph (2014). She is also a frequent guest and commentator for media including Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Sky News and the BBC. On behalf of Passion, Eileen serves as board director for Duedil, Digital Shadows, Lulu, wireWAX, Mondo, Kovert Designs and other portfolio companies. Outside of Passion, Eileen serves as one of nineteen members of the Prime Minister David Cameron's Business Advisory Group; HM Treasury's Special Envoy for FinTech, appointed by the Chancellor George Osborne; Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson; Patron for Naace, the National Association for Advisors in Computing Education; and advisor to edtechUK and also Cyber London Lab, Europe's first cybersecurity startup accelerator. She was made an MBE for services to UK Business in June 2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eileen holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Member @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) FinTech Envoy @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Partner @ From March 2011 to Present (4 years 10 months) Co-founder (startup angel/advisor) @ From July 2009 to Present (6 years 6 months) Advisor @ Private technology investment fund of the Skype founding engineers - Non-Executive Director (Board Member), Mendeley (UK) - Non-Executive Director (Board Member), Hotspring Ventures (UK) From 2007 to April 2011 (4 years) Non-Executive Director (Board Member) Technology & Innovation @ From May 2008 to July 2009 (1 year 3 months) Contractor (Social Search) @ Product Director for Yahoo! Answers, largest-growing Yahoo! property worldwide From May 2007 to December 2007 (8 months) Director, Communication Products @ LinkedIn as both [email protected] and [email protected] Responsible for the success of Yahoo! Communications products (e.g. Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Photos, etc) in the UK and oversight of pan-European efforts, specifically through product marketing and market development initiatives From August 2005 to December 2006 (1 year 5 months) Director, Product @ Reported directly to Niklas Zennstrom as head of product development for Skype - included Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux desktop clients, as well as Pocket PC and other handheld clients/platforms. In addition, responsible for all of the company's product roadmaps and strategic alliance/partner integration efforts such as PChome, TOM Online, Packard Bell, Logitech, Plantronics, Motorola, and others. During tenure, Skype client software was downloaded more than 130 million times and built a userbase of up to 3 million concurrent users online. Launched paid services SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and Skype Voicemail, which established monetization (from paid offerings and partner revenue share) to deliver company's first revenues. From April 2004 to April 2005 (1 year 1 month) Director, Worldwide Account Management / Director, PMO @ As Director, Worldwide Account Management, led the distributed and global team of senior business development professionals who managed all licensee relationships, including Sony, Samsung, Lenovo, Palm/Handspring, Fossil, Garmin, and others, representing a contribution of over 95% of the company's annual revenues. From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) VP Marketing and Business Development @ From 2001 to 2002 (1 year) Director, Business Development @ From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Director, Business Development @ From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Group Manager, Market Development @ From 1996 to 1999 (3 years) Market Development Manager @ From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Engineering Associate @ From 1994 to 1995 (1 year) Engineering Associate @ From 1993 to 1994 (1 year) BS, Computer Science / ECE @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign From 1989 to 1993 Eileen Burbidge is skilled in: Start-ups, Mobile Devices, Product Management, Mobile Applications, Product Marketing, Online Advertising, Entrepreneurship, Digital Media, E-commerce, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Internet, User Experience, Product Development, Business Development