Marco Boerries has global responsibility for all aspects of Yahoo!’s Connected Life Division which focuses on connecting people to their passions, their communities and the world’s knowledge – anywhere, anytime, on any device. The group encompasses the company’s mobile, digital home, PC client and broadband teams around the world, including Yahoo!’s revolutionary Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 and Yahoo! oneSearch products for mobile. Marco is an established industry leader with a compelling vision for enabling digital mobility across mobile, the digital home, PC desktop and broadband industries.

Marco joined Yahoo! in 2005 with the acquisition of VerdiSoft. He founded that company in August 2001 to pursue his vision of enabling Digital Mobility across the mobile, broadband, and home networking markets. Prior to founding VerdiSoft, Marco worked at Sun Microsystems as the Vice President and General Manager of Webtop and Application Software. In this role, Marco drove the development of the Solaris Common Desktop Environment, Netscape for Solaris, and OpenOffice.org. As the de facto open source ambassador for Sun, Marco was instrumental in introducing the GNOME project – a free and facile desktop environment for the end-user, and a powerful application framework for the developer.

Marco is also the creator of the popular StarOffice Suite. He founded Star Division at age 16, dropping out of high school to pursue his vision of creating an alternative to Microsoft software. Marco sold StarOffice to Sun Microsystems in August 1999.

As senior vice president of Yahoo!’s Connected Life division, Steve Boom has global responsibility for Yahoo!’s mobile business, including mobile products, partnerships and advertiser offerings. Under Steve’s leadership, Yahoo! has aggressively established itself as a leader in the mobile Internet. Yahoo!’s flagship mobile products, such as Yahoo! Go and oneSearch, have won numerous industry awards and redefined the mobile Internet user experience. By combining its consumer product innovation with strategic partnerships (including AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefónica, Apple and Nokia) and industry-leading advertising platforms, Yahoo! has positioned itself to capitalize on the explosive growth of this new medium.

During his more than ten years with Yahoo!, Steve has held several senior management positions. He began his career in Yahoo!’s London office as business development director, responsible for strategic alliances and new business models for Yahoo!'s European operations, with a particular focus on the European telecommunications and financial services markets. Steve then launched the European operations of Yahoo!’s Enterprise Solutions initiative, served as managing director and later relocated to the US to take on global responsibility for Enterprise Solutions. Most recently he oversaw the company’s broadband partnerships and services, working with companies including AT&T, Rogers, BT and Verizon.

Prior to Yahoo!, Steve was an attorney with the Venture Law Group in Silicon Valley, where he was responsible for advising high tech clients such as Yahoo!, Intel, and numerous Internet startups.

Steve holds Bachelors of Science and Arts degrees from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Bruce Stewart is currently the Vice President and General Manager for Connected Life Americas with Yahoo! Inc. based at the company headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. Bruce is responsible for a team in the Connected Life group that leads all strategic and business development activities in the Americas for Yahoo!’s broadband, mobile/wireless, digital home and PC desktop application businesses and partnerships. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Bruce served as Vice President and Senior Vice President with America Online, Inc. based in Dulles, Virginia outside Washington DC, and was responsible for all strategic and business development activities for the AOL low cost Access Group. Prior to this role, Bruce was SVP & General Manager of the AOL Strategic Business Solutions unit. He joined AOL in April of 2002.

Prior to joining AOL, Bruce served as the Executive Vice President, International, and the Managing Director of both Exodus Europe and Exodus Asia Pacific for Exodus Communications, Inc., as well as President and Director of its international subsidiaries. Prior to the acquisition of Globalcenter Inc. by Exodus Communications, Inc. in January 2001 for $3 billion, he served as Executive Vice President of International and Corporate Development for Globalcenter Inc., a subsidiary of Global Crossing, Inc.

From January 1993 until January 2000, Bruce served as Partner, Vice President & General Counsel and Executive Director of Communications with InterMedia Partners, then the nation’s ninth largest broadband cable system operator and providing advanced cable communications services, high-speed Internet access and digital entertainment services. InterMedia Partners was sold in late 1999 to AT&T Broadband, Charter Communications & Insight Communications.

From early 1991 to January 1993, Bruce served as legal counsel for Scholastic Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of Scholastic, Inc. based in New York, which develops, produces and distributes family programming to the network television, cable, feature film and home video markets, and manages a licensing and merchandising business.

Bruce received a B.A. degree from Holy Cross College in 1986 and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University Law School in 1990. He currently lives with his wife and family near Washington, DC in Potomac, Maryland.

Geraldine Wilson joined Yahoo! in June 2006. As Vice President of Connected Life in Yahoo! Europe, Geraldine’s remit is to grow Yahoo! business in broadband, mobile and TV in Europe. She is responsible for business and marketing strategy, as well as the operations of the Connected Life businesses in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Yahoo!’s Connected Life business unit comprises the company’s broadband, mobile, digital home and PC client businesses, including strategic alliances with some of the world’s largest telecommunications and cable companies, as well as global device manufacturers.

Geraldine joined Yahoo! from Vodafone where she held multiple key management positions including Chief Commercial Officer for Vodafone Sweden and Managing Director of UK Content Services for Vodafone UK. Prior to that, Geraldine was Managing Director of Vizzavi UK and Director for Prepay at Vodafone UK where she successfully launched the market leading “Pay as you Talk” proposition.

Geraldine Wilson brings more than 20 years of product, marketing and sales experience in the mobile and telecoms industry to her new role.

David Ko is vice president and general manager for Yahoo!’s Connected Life business across Asia. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for extending Yahoo!’s mobile products, broadband services, digital home initiatives and PC client experiences. David also oversees the deployment and distribution of Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo! Go suite of services, and mobile advertising across the Asia Pacific region.

Since joining Yahoo! in April 2000, David has been a leader in driving the company’s mobile business and managing key partnerships with vendors, device manufactures and operators including AT&T, Globe Telecom, Helio, Motorola, RIM, Rogers, Sprint, Taiwan Mobile, Verizon, and others.

In his previous role at Yahoo!, David was senior director of global mobile and was responsible for developing and implementing Yahoo!’s worldwide mobile strategy. He was a key contributor in the distribution strategy of Yahoo! products and services including: Yahoo! Mobile Web, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Mobile Search, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Games and Yahoo! Photos. Before joining the mobile team, David was the senior director for consumer services for Yahoo!, where he was responsible for developing a distribution strategy for Yahoo! premium services.

Prior to joining Yahoo!, David served as a senior associate for Equity Capital Markets at Salomon Smith Barney, where he was responsible for identifying, executing and closing deals in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Before joining the Equity Capital Markets group, he was a financial analyst for the Investment Banking Division in Global Energy.

David is a graduate of New York University, Stern School of Business.

Martin Piombo is the vice president and general manager for Connected Life Latin America, Yahoo! Inc. and is responsible for all strategic and business development activities and the expansion strategy across Latin America for Yahoo!’s mobile business. Martin also oversees the deployment and distribution of Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo! Go, the company’s flagship mobile application, and mobile advertising initiatives across the region.

Martin is a leader in driving Yahoo!’s mobile business in the region, managing key partnerships with operators including América Móvil, Telefónica, device manufacturers and content providers. Prior to his current role, Martin served as Yahoo!’s vice president for broadband and mobile partnerships, managing and developing some of the company’s most significant corporate relationships, including the company’s long-standing partnership with AT&T. Martin was charged with the development and integration of convergence solutions and expanding Yahoo!’s presence beyond the PC and into mobile and TV.

Martin possesses over 23 years of industry experience in the deployment of broadband and mobile services, executive sales management and marketing of consumer products and software. His experience spans executive positions at Carlson Marketing Group, Excite @Home Network, Broderbund Software, Accolade Entertainment, Andersen Consulting, 3M and others.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College and a MBA from Pepperdine University.