Excited to announce that I’ve taken a position with Art.com as their Senior Manager of Affiliate Programs. I’m running the affiliate programs for all of their properties: Art.com, AllPosters.com, Poster.de, and others in the works.
I really enjoyed working at eBay and was there from July 2004 through May 2006. The people were awesome and the company mission something to devote yourself to. Being in the heart of the rapidly evolving world of e-commerce, internet marketing, and user-generated content is a rush.
As the first Manager of eBay’s Affiliate Platform, I got to create cool tech tools & features for affiliates: Affiliate-tagged RSS feed, GetPopularKeywords API call, XML-to-HTML Transform, and others. I increased the number of my affiliate developers from 20 to 1,700, and brought in a big jump in revenue (even by eBay standards).
An added bonus is that I got to take vacation for a few weeks between jobs for some fun travel.
Went to my Wharton reunion, networked and reunited. Ended up at Jim’s Cheesesteaks at 2 a.m. with a crew of friends, all still in our suits & cocktail attire from the Ritz Carlton dinner & dancing event.
Survived a four-day party in Vegas for my brother …
Had a wonderful family visit back home in Maine, with lobsters, friends, & favorite places.
Went to my Yale reunion, wandered the campus and caught up with a ton of friends. Tossed some frisbee on Cross Campus, closed the Anchor Bar, sang Scottish rigdam ballads, visited the Fencing room on the 7th floor of the gym, and heard the Whiffs in an acoustically exquisite gothic archway.
welcome back from travels!
Posted by: delyn | Tuesday, 13 June 2006 at 13:53
Awesome. So I'll be seeing you at the Affiliate Summit in Orlando, then?
Posted by: Alan Lewis | Friday, 16 June 2006 at 10:12
Glad to have you on the Art.com/AllPosters team! After reading about your eBay experiences, I'm looking forward to some cool new goodies for affiliates :-)
Posted by: JD | Sunday, 18 June 2006 at 10:37
whoa dude, congrats on the new venture :) that doesn't mean i'll stop sending you blurbs on all the apps i build from here on ;]
Posted by: chris holland | Monday, 19 June 2006 at 09:51
JD,
Yeah, I'm pretty excited too. Art.com and AllPosters.com already have some solid tools and are very tech savvy. I'm getting a lot of support and interest internally for adding new features and using the latest technologies.
Anything you'd like to see in particular? Here's your chance to get on my wishlist, before it goes to our engineering department.
Sean
Posted by: Sean Crotty | Monday, 19 June 2006 at 20:11
Chris,
Thanks, man. You build cool stuff, so keep 'em coming.
Sean
Posted by: Sean Crotty | Monday, 19 June 2006 at 20:20
Congrats, Sean. It was great working with you at eBay. Good luck in your new ventures.
-jd
Posted by: Joe Dew | Wednesday, 21 June 2006 at 17:24
Welcome Aboard Sean! Look forward to seeing what's in store for everyone!
Posted by: New Yorkled | Thursday, 22 June 2006 at 08:01
Sean Congrats! It sounds like a great position. And glad to hear you had some time off!
/d
Posted by: Daphne | Sunday, 25 June 2006 at 18:53