Blake Irving Explained

Blake Irving
Birth Date:8 August 1959
Education:MBA
Alma Mater:Pepperdine University

Blake Irving is the American former Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of GoDaddy.[1] Before coming to GoDaddy in 2013, Blake Irving worked for Yahoo! and Microsoft where he helped develop NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, and Hotmail.

Early life and education

Blake Irving was born on August 8, 1959, to James Scott Irving and Patricia Ann Irving in Ohio. Irving's father was in the FBI and consequently moved the family around the country.[2] Irving lived with his brother, Scott, and his sisters, Lisa and Lori. Irving played the drums from the age of seven,[3] and was an artist while attending the Newbury Park High School[4] in Southern California.[2] Irving is a graduate of San Diego State University and received an MBA degree from Pepperdine University.[5] He has served as a professor at Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management,[6] and has been named a distinguished alumnus.[7]

Career

Xerox

Irving began working at Xerox in 1981,[8] where he provided Greek fonts for electronic typesetting.[9] He eventually became a manager at the company's Font Support Center.[10] Irving worked at PARC during the development of WYSIWYG technology,[11] Irving also worked at Oki Electric Company[12] and Compaq computer.[13]

Microsoft

Irving was a product manager for Microsoft's telecommunications business unit in 1994,[14] and a group manager the Personal Systems Division in 1995.[15] In 1996, he was the group manager for the Internet Platform and Tools Division,[16] and he would later be named Corporate Vice President.[17] As head of the Windows Live Platform, Irving managed a $1 billion global R&D budget and oversaw development teams in the US, India, China and Europe.[18] Irving was also Corporate Vice President of MSN Communication Services[19] and Merchant Platforms.[20] Irving was also a Member of Platform Group of MessageCast Inc. and was involved in overseeing other Microsoft products including NetMeeting,[21] Outlook Express,[20] MSN Messenger,[22] Hotmail,[23] Xbox Live,[24] and other Microsoft applications.[25] [26]

Yahoo!

Irving worked at Yahoo! Inc. from May 2010 to April 1, 2012.[27] He was the Chief Product Officer,[28] [29] [30] and its Executive Vice President.[31] Irving left Yahoo! during Scott Thompson's CEO-ship.[32] [33] [34] While at Yahoo!, Irving was in charge of Yahoo! Mail, and specific theme-based Yahoo! sites like news, sports, and finance.[35]

GoDaddy

Irving became Chief Executive Officer of GoDaddy in January 2013.[36] [37] [38] [39] Under Irving, the company stopped airing sexually provocative commercials it had become known for, which had fed the company's reputation for sexism.[40] [41] Other changes by Irving including hiring Elissa Murphy as Chief Technical Officer.[42] Irving said he would retire from the company at the end of 2017.[43]

Autodesk

In March 2019, Autodesk appointed Blake Irving to Board of Directors effective March 22, 2019.[44]

Other activities

Irving was an executive producer of , a 2015 documentary about the lack of women and people of color in computer science.[45] [46] [47]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hall . Kat . 2 Aug 2019. GoDaddy's daddy goes: Chief exec Scott Wagner steps down as hosting biz swings into the red. The Register . 2 Aug 2019 .
  2. News: Blake Irving of GoDaddy: At the Top, You Get to Set the Tone. Bryant. Adam. 2016-11-11. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2017-01-24.
  3. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving Is More Than Just a 'Product Guy'. Fortune.
  4. News: How Did I Get Here? Blake Irving. Bloomberg.com. www.bloomberg.com.
  5. Web site: Baker Forum - Blake Irving - President's Office - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. president.calpoly.edu. en. 2017-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030055/http://president.calpoly.edu/bakerforum/blakeirving. 2017-02-02. dead.
  6. Yahoo Adds Blake Irving As Chief Product Officer. Jay. Yarow. Forbes.
  7. Web site: MBA Degree Programs . bschool.pepperdine.edu.
  8. Web site: Q&A GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on Grace Hopper and diversity in tech - Silicon Valley Business Journal . www.bizjournals.com . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808025054/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/10/16/q-a-with-godaddys-blake-irving-on-the-companys.html . 8 August 2016 . dead.
  9. Book: Rainolds, John. John Rainold's Oxford Lectures on Aristotle's Rhetoric. 2 November 1986. University of Delaware Press. 9780874132878. Google Books.
  10. Web site: GDDY Company Profile & Executives - GoDaddy Inc. Cl A - Wall Street Journal. quotes.wsj.com. 2017-11-02. 2017-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011732/http://quotes.wsj.com/GDDY/company-people/executive-profile/117660843. dead.
  11. Web site: A brief, early history of Xerox PARC and the development of the personal computer. High Tech History. 2016-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204113613/http://hightechhistory.com/2011/06/02/a-brief-early-history-of-xerox-parc-and-the-development-of-the-personal-computer/. 2016-02-04. dead.
  12. Web site: AT&T Presses Judge To Dismiss Throttling Case. Mediapost.com.
  13. Web site: The Internet's first gatekeepers are getting older, and the Web is leaving them behind. Drew. Harwell. 1 April 2015. Washingtonpost.com.
  14. Web site: InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group. Inc. 6 June 1994. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.. Google Books.
  15. Web site: Network World. IDG Network World. Inc. 13 February 1995. IDG Network World Inc. Google Books.
  16. InfoWorld. 12. InfoWorld Media Group. Inc. 18 March 1996. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.. Internet Archive.
  17. Web site: The new Microsoft hegemony: Kevin Johnson's reorg rundown . Gawker . 2016-01-25 . en-US . ndouglas . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131163805/http://gawker.com/162614/the-new-microsoft-hegemony-kevin-johnsons-reorg-rundown . 2016-01-31 .
  18. Web site: Global Availability of MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces Connects People Around the World. News Center. 7 April 2005. 2016-01-25. en-US.
  19. Web site: The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new, free service, courts bloggers. old.seattletimes.com. 2016-01-25.
  20. Book: Critical Power Tools. June 2007 . SUNY Press. 9780791481660. Google Books.
  21. Web site: InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group. Inc. 4 November 1996. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.. Google Books.
  22. Web site: Ex-Yahoo Product Boss Blake Irving Named Go Daddy CEO. Business Insider.
  23. News: It's not your father's GoDaddy, says new CEO. 29 August 2015. Seattle Times.
  24. Web site: The Seattle Times: Microsoft: Making online connections the Microsoft way. old.seattletimes.com. 2016-01-25.
  25. Web site: Gates: We're entering 'live era' of software - CNET. CNET. 2016-01-25.
  26. Web site: Knock, knock, knock . . .. IT Business. 20 June 2006. 2016-01-25.
  27. Book: Leadership. Marian. Iszatt-White. Christopher. Saunders. 9 March 2017. Oxford University Press. 9780198777113. Google Books.
  28. Web site: Onetime Microsoft exec Blake Irving joins Yahoo - CNET. CNET. 2016-01-25.
  29. Web site: Yahoo Confirms Hiring of Former Microsoft Exec Blake Irving as Chief Product Officer. AllThingsD. 2016-01-25. en-us.
  30. Blake Irving Joins Yahoo! as Chief Product Officer Business Wire. www.businesswire.com. 2016-01-25.
  31. Web site: Here's The New Yahoo Leadership Structure (For Now). gigaom.com. 2011-09-06. 2016-01-25. Staci D.. Kramer. 2016-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131070434/https://gigaom.com/2011/09/06/419-heres-the-new-leadership-structure-for-yahoo-for-now/. dead.
  32. Web site: Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson to Step Down [REPORT]]. Yahoo News. 2016-01-25.
  33. News: The Undoing of Scott Thompson at Yahoo — Common Sense. The New York Times. 2012-05-18. 2016-01-25. 0362-4331. James B.. Stewart.
  34. Web site: Yahoo confirms CEO is out after resume scandal. CNNMoney. 2016-01-25. Julianne. Pepitone.
  35. News: Blake Irving, Yahoo chief product officer, quits. SF Gate.
  36. Web site: Former Yahoo Exec Blake Irving Named CEO of Domain Giant Go Daddy. AllThingsD. 2016-01-25. en-us.
  37. Web site: Go Daddy hires former Microsoft and Yahoo exec Blake Irving as next CEO. Engadget. 2016-01-25.
  38. Web site: Scottsdale's GoDaddy.com Reaffirms Company Vision And Announces New CEO: Blake Irving. AZ Tech Beat. 2016-01-25. en-US.
  39. Web site: GoDaddy Doubles Down On Product With A New CEO: Ex-Yahoo Product Chief Blake Irving. TechCrunch. 2016-01-25. Ingrid. Lunden. 11 December 2012 .
  40. Web site: New Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving Says The Commercials Need To Change. Business Insider. 2016-01-25.
  41. The Man Who Is Attempting To Repair GoDaddy's Sexist Reputation. 29 January 2015. Fast Company.
  42. Web site: Elissa Murphy, One of Yahoo's High-Profile Tech Execs, Heads to Go Daddy as CTO (Memo Time!). AllThingsD. 2016-01-25. en-us.
  43. Kaiser Permanente and GoDaddy CEOs Share How They're Promoting Diversity and Inclusion. Fortune.
  44. Autodesk Appoints Blake Irving to Board of Directors. Inc. Autodesk. Prnewswire.com. en. 2020-02-06.
  45. Web site: Why women won't code is topic of new documentary. Usatoday.com. 2016-06-19.
  46. Web site: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving Executive Producer for CODE Documentary. StreetInsider.com. 2016-06-19.
  47. Web site: GoDaddy's latest attempt to escape its sexist reputation. 2015-03-23. Fortune.com. 2016-06-19.

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