Eric Burd

Eric Burd

VP Product Management at TheLadders.com

TED Attendee
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Designer, Foodie, Global soul, Inventor, Photographer, Potential employer, Web guru

Bio

Eric Burd is Vice President of Product for TheLadders.com. He brings extensive experience in the management of product marketing and development to the company. At TheLadders, he leads the product and creative teams in the development and execution of the long-term, customer-focused vision for the company’s various Websites. Burd joined TheLadders from SchoolNet, the leading provider of data-driven education software. In his role as Vice President of Product Marketing, he worked closely with customers and internal teams to ensure SchoolNet’s products provided a compelling solution for current and future users. Previously, Burd was a Senior Program Manager with SeedCo., where he led a $45MM social-purpose investment fund targeted at redeveloping business in Lower Manhattan after 9/11. Prior to that, Burd cut his teeth at Hewlett-Packard, where he oversaw a global team of marketing specialists and managed a product line with nearly $400MM in revenue. He began his career in Moscow, Russia working for Apple Computer’s Russia distributor. Burd has an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Colorado.

Areas of expertise

Photography, Product Design, product development