Homestead High School

University of Oxford

University of California, Los Angeles

Villanova University School of Law

Director at Google with 20+ years of experience in retail platforms and vertical marketplaces

San Francisco, California, United States

HERO® is a leading virtual shopping app for stores.  Shoppers connect with store associates via text and video and thereby experience the store without leaving their sofas.

HERO®

Board Member

Google

Director of Global Business Development, Retail, Shopping & Payments

Director of Product Partnerships, Ads & Commerce

Head of Global Business Development, Shopping

Go-to-market strategy and early-stage business development for Commerce group, including Google Offers and Google Wallet.

Head of Business Development, Commerce

As first non-coding hire and first non-founding member of executive team, lead all sales and business development efforts, presided over all legal matters, and tried not to get in the way of some of the most talented engineers on the planet.

Social Gold  -  Jambool (acquired by Google)

VP, Business & Legal Affairs

Lead all business development efforts, focusing on relationships that accelerated product development, drove user engagement, broadened distribution and generated revenue.  Presided over all legal matters, including intellectual property, site compliance and commercial transactions.

SearchMe, Inc.

VP Business Affairs & General Counsel

Cultivated and expanded strategic relationships with Fortune 100 companies.  Worked closely with vertical business units and network sales force to achieve corporate objectives and revenue goals.

Yahoo!

Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships

Conducted horizontal business development and relationship management for Yahoo!'s largest and most strategic relationships, including Hewlett-Packard, HSBC Bank, Overture, Travelocity and Wal-Mart.

Director, Strategic Alliances

Served primary legal and secondary business development function on most commercial relationships of strategic significance to Yahoo!.

Senior Corporate Counsel

Advised sales and business development teams on partnering strategies and deal structures.  Drafted and negotiated complex licensing, integration, distribution and advertising agreements.

Corporate Counsel

Spearheaded outbound licensing program and policed trademark portfolio.  Devised and implemented Yahoo!'s first compliance program, responding to civil and criminal discovery arising from user conduct on the Yahoo! Network.

Associate Corporate Counsel

Advised General Counsel and Associate General Counsel, Public Policy on matters of public policy.

Michael Haswell