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Michael P. Zeisser |
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The Investors View on eCommerce and Multi-Channel Retailing |
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This panel will provide an inside investor's view of the status of the eCommerce and multi-channel marketplace. Moderated by CEO and Co-Founder of Bazaarvoice Brett Hurt, this panel will address such questions as: What do financial markets/investors think are the most valuable eCommerce/multi-channel businesses, and why? How do financial investors compare investing in this industry vs. other internet/consumer industries? What is a company worth to an investor? How can management make it be worth more? What do investors look for when they commit capital? -- among others. |
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Biography |
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Michael P. Zeisser is Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, a leading media entertainment and communications company. Michael joined Liberty in 2003 and oversees Liberty Media’s activities in electronic commerce, interactive gaming and digital media. As part of his responsibilities at Liberty Media, Michael has served on the boards of QVC, Inc., Provide Commerce, Inc., BuySeasons, Inc., Backcountry.com, Inc., GSN – The Game Show Network, Fun Technologies, Inc. [TSX:FUN], GoPets, Ltd, Bodybuilding.com, Inc., and OpenTV Corp. Prior to joining Liberty Media, Michael was a partner in McKinsey & Company in New York, where he co-founded McKinsey’s eCommerce Practice, and was a leader of McKinsey’s Media & Entertainment and Private Equity practices. Michael served Fortune 500 incumbents, top Internet businesses and private equity firms on corporate strategy, organizational effectiveness and M&A issues. Michael was one of McKinsey’s leading experts on internet businesses and the impact of digital platforms in the consumer goods, services, and media industries. He was a frequent speaker on industry issues at forums such as the AAAA, NAB, NCTA, OPA, @d:tech, and Harvard University, has authored numerous articles and has been quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The Journal of Interactive Marketing. Michael also served on the founding board of the FAST Forward Coalition, a senior cross-industry group dedicated to the development of digital advertising, and the ITV Working Alliance. Before McKinsey, Michael worked in Boston, MA for a now defunct start-up computer company and in France and Germany for Publicis, the anchor advertising agency of Publicis Group, the world’s 4th largest integrated communications group. Michael earned a business degree with honors from the University
of Strasbourg, France and an MBA with distinction from the J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University,
where he was a Procter & Gamble scholar. |
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Michael P. Zeisser