Hello eBay! I was previously working for Apple on some exciting projects for the company. Before that, I worked for Google across a broad range of search products, driving innovation for company's next generation consumer search properties. Before that I was the co-founder and CEO of Groxis, the advanced search engine technology company that created the industry’s first graphical information interface, the GII, to hundreds of prominent content services including Google, Yahoo, and Amazon.
I have spent the last two decades building Internet software companies to help accelerate the evolution of a commerce-enabled Web. I have applied this experience to the creation many pioneering Internet companies and projects in the field of web search, social networking, e-payments, and online trading. I have raised $50M in venture capital for the companies I founded or co-founded since 1992, participating in two public offerings, and the sale of two other companies. I have also led e-business transformations at large multi-billion dollar corporations including McKesson (NYSE: MCK), and Interface Global (NASDAQ: IFSIA).
Lastly, I am very proud to have played a small part on the founding team for FLOR, the innovative online modular carpet tile business for consumers. I designed and built the e-commerce stack and shopping experience from the ground up.
I am an experienced, hands-on product leader and entrepreneur. I manage my companies and teams with a balance of technical rigor and collaborative product vision. Deploying practicality and scrappiness where ever possible to get my products to market early and under budget with an eye toward disrupting markets and changing the game.
Specialties: Leading at scale.
• Product management and development leadership
• Deep consumer Internet experience
• User experience & user interface design leadership
• Raising capital, venture capital investing, board member
SVP, Chief Product Officer @ Leading product, design, engineering, mobile, and advertising experiences for the end-to-end buy, sell, shop and browse experience at eBay Marketplaces.
Driving the science of commerce and the future of search, browse, discovery, payments/transactions, delivery, monetization, services, and more.
Interested in redefining commerce? Join the revolution! Send me your profile today. From 2013 to Present (2 years) Head of WW E-Commerce Platform @ Leading the e-commerce revolution for Apple. I was responsible for worldwide design, product management, operations, growth of the e-commerce platform that markets and sells Apple's flagship products including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iPod. In addition, I lead WW contact center technology, and international expansion teams to help bring Apple to important new countries including China, Russia, UAE, and many others. Apple’s e-commerce business extends across 38 countries in 14 languages, the largest e-commerce footprint of any company online today.
I am also responsible for engineering revenue growth initiatives for iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac businesses via the web, mobile commerce, and contact center. Serving all markets and segments including Consumer, Business, Resellers, Enterprise, Government, and Education.
Apple is one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world, with an unmatched global reach.
Role:
Leading worldwide design, product management, and e-commerce innovation for the Apple online business
Responsible for growing the multi-billion dollar iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac e-commerce revenue via the Web, mobile commerce, and contact center sales and service organization
Manage business operations and technology for 38 international Apple online stores
Driving innovation through the integration of Apple retail and online shopping experience and service
Leading WW mobile commerce development and operations for Apple and the Apple Stores
Largest mobile commerce footprint in the industry- shopping via iPhone now available in 13 countries
Led integration with Apple Retail to deliver break-through mobile shopping experience for iPhone, and the world's most advanced Personal Pickup (Buy Online Pickup in Store) service
Responsible for Apple’s multi-billion dollar WW B2B e-commerce platform, operations, technology, and product strategy serving thousands of academic institutions, enterprise, global resellers, and mobile carriers From March 2010 to 2014 (4 years) Cupertino, CADirector, Product Management @ Head of Google's WW Search Properties
Portfolio of products under management include: Image Search, Finance, News, Google Labs, Advanced Search, Video, Blog Search, Google Trends, Music Search, and others
Led product strategy, design, and development for over 70 product launches at Google on 4 continents, 40+ languages and countries
Led 100-300% annual growth across the various search properties, including the first monetization rollouts for Image Search, News, and Finance
Led the overhaul of Google's "20% time" process to accelerate and invigorate innovation at scale with an all new Google Labs deployed worldwide in 2009
Co-lead for consumer search properties UI/UX design decisions for all user-facing search properties worldwide
Passionate about the consumer experience, user-centric design, and polishing every pixel on the page
Featured spokesperson and technology evangelist for Google. Regular speaker at conferences, panels, press events, and product launches
Google mentor, formally donating my time to 15 rising stars every month From 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Co-founder and CEO @ Co-founded the web search company to vastly improve the search experience for researchers and consumers
Raised $11.5M in venture capital from angels and top-tier venture capitalists
Responsible for all pathfinder customer wins and key partnerships including: Yahoo, Google, Amazon, Sun, Stanford University, University of Michigan, Amgen, and many others
Recruited a world class senior management team, board of directors, and advisors
Set overall product direction and led the company to over 1 million users and moved Grokker.com into the top 5000 most visited web sites on the Internet
Won several industry awards including DEMO 2003, Always On Top 100, Wired 100
Editor and co-author of several granted utility and design patents for information visualization and search
Featured keynote speaker at several technology and information science conferences around the world From January 2001 to April 2006 (5 years 4 months) Managing Partner @ Founded the technology venture capital and venture management firm and assembled a executive team and advisory panel for the firm that consists of executives and founders from eToys, CitySearch, Intel, Sapient, Providian Financial, Wyatt Corporation, Bechtel Venture Capital, ideaLab!, and others
Grew portfolio companies to reach an aggregate valuation of approximately $2B including fast growing companies such as DCTI, Broadway.com, Aravo, Startups.com, and Cosine Communications (IPO 9/23/00) From July 1999 to July 2001 (2 years 1 month) Co-founder and CEO @ Founded the e-commerce company in 1996 to create a universal platform of commerce-enabling technologies and secure online payment processing for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions
Introduced the first fraud and risk management software suite for online transaction profiling and screening reducing fraudulent credit card transactions by over 90%
Successfully sold the business to a publicly-traded company in 1998 for $24M
Became CEO of the public company and grew Digital Courier's market capitalization from $40M to over $400M, 200+ employees, with annualized revenues approaching $50M and profitable by 1999
Led strategic partnerships and equity investments from AOL, Netscape, and Excite@Home
Led acquisitions of 4 companies valued at over $150M From March 1996 to January 2000 (3 years 11 months) Vice President, Technology @ Sold a management consulting practice to this global IT systems and strategy consulting firm serving the blue chip financial services marketplace on Wall Street
Expanded the strategic consulting practice in designing and deploying web-enabled technology solutions for global client list including: Sybase, McKesson, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Sun Microsystems, Interface Global
Engaged with C-level executives on globalization through e-commerce and content strategies and solutions
Led the development of the first web-based portfolio management system for institutional traders
Deployed the first web-based stock trading system for a small brokerage firm in San Francisco that was later
acquired by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter for over $90M
Paradigm was acquired by Platinum Technologies / Computer Associates in 1995 From February 1994 to February 1996 (2 years 1 month) Vice President, Technology @ Joined this London-based software start-up while finishing graduate school to create a commercial marketplace for software components amidst the rise of the object-oriented software development model
Acknowledged early by Esther Dyson and Release 1.0 as a game changer for the traditional software industry
Successfully developed and marketed a software component library and marketplace for information technology tools in financial services
The company was acquired by HM Holdings, PLC, a publicly held London-based technology holding company in 1994 From January 1992 to January 1994 (2 years 1 month)
MS, Engineering-Economic Systems @ Stanford UniversityBSCE, Computer Engineering @ University of Michigan RJ Pittman is skilled in: Usability, Product Management, User Experience Design, Information Architecture, Human Computer..., Entrepreneur, Venture Capital, User Experience, Mobile Applications, SaaS, Interaction Design, User Interface Design, Cloud Computing, Start-ups, Mobile Devices, Agile Methodologies, E-commerce, Mobile Internet, Mobile Strategy, Product Requirements, User Research, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, User Scenarios, Usability Testing, User-centered Design, Mobile Commerce, Web Applications, User Interface, Location Based Services, A/B testing, Product Planning, Enterprise Software, Content Strategy, Web Analytics, Monetization, iPhone, Analytics