Skip Brand VP, Strategy, JiWire, Inc.

Skip Brand comes to JiWire with 13 years of experience in developing strategic broadband partnerships. Prior to joining JiWire, Skip was Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development at Yahoo!, where he created and executed strategic initiatives to generate new products and revenue streams for the company’s Connected Life business unit. Skip helped manage Yahoo!’s strategic partnerships with network providers and device manufacturers, including Motorola, Samsung, Intel, Sony, HP, Dell, and Toshiba. He also developed and executed Yahoo!’s Wi-Fi strategy and other alternative broadband strategies.

Prior to joining the Connected Life business unit, Skip was a director and the interim vice president of Yahoo!’s Global Alliances group, where he defined strategy and led the overall execution of Yahoo!’s worldwide partnership and alliance efforts.

Before joining Yahoo!, Skip was the vice president of product and business development at SimpleDevices. Skip also held executive positions at Excite@Home and Cox Communications. He holds a B.S., a Master’s in Public Information Management, and a Ph.D. in Technology Policy from Arizona State University.