 
Tim ArmstrongVice President, Advertising Sales Tim Armstrong presides over Google's North American advertising sales and operations. Armstrong's team is located in cities across the U.S. and Canada, providing customers with local partnerships as well as centralized sales and services. His team works with some of the world's most widely recognized brands and advertising agencies, as well as some of the fastest growing medium-sized companies. Armstrong joined Google from Snowball.com, where he served as vice president of sales and strategic partnerships. Before that, he served as director of integrated sales and marketing at Starwave's and Disney's ABC/ESPN Internet Ventures, working across the companies' Internet, television, radio, and print properties. He started his career by co-founding and running a newspaper based in Boston, before joining IDG to launch their first consumer Internet magazine, I-Way. Media Magazine named Armstrong to its "Media 100" list of the top people in global media, and Advertising Age magazine gave him a "Media Maven" award in 2004. He sits on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), KnowledgeStorm Inc. and Associated Content Inc. Armstrong earned his bachelor's degree in economics and sociology from Connecticut College. |