As Chief Operating Officer, Kimball manages customer solutions, site operations and product delivery. He aims to “win in local” by developing innovative tools, products and services that empower publishers to engage large Web audiences – all while serving advertisers at scale.
Kimball spent over a decade at AOL. He left as Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategic Alignment for AOL Europe. Based in London and Virginia, he was responsible for the communication, adoption and implementation of AOL’s product and technology strategies in Europe. He also directed the pan-European product marketing team, which was accountable for product and business strategies spanning the entire AOL European market.
Before he joined IB, Kimball was Senior Vice President of Product Development at Vive Computing. He developed the firm’s strategic product vision and created key inputs for consumer research and competitive analysis. He also led content planning and partnerships.
At AOL, Kimball held a variety of roles in product marketing. He was the business lead for more than ten major AOL releases, setting the business and product direction for the most successful software initiatives in the company’s history. Kimball also managed AOL.com, where in just over a year his team grew the advertising and partner content business by 50 percent, making AOL.com a $150 million venture.
Kimball also was President of Brilliant Nite Software, Inc., where he oversaw the creation and marketing of multilingual software applications. Kimball also worked for Technical Analysis Corporation as a management consultant and expert witness, helping win cases that saved consumers more than $2 billion.
Kimball graduated with Honors in electrical engineering from Brown University. He lives with his family in Edina, Minn.