Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 15, 1999
MICHAEL O'DONNELL is President and Chief Executive Officer of Salon.com.
Mr. O'Donnell brings 15 years of successful sales, marketing, and
business development experience in the computer software industry to
Salon. Working with both technology and consumer products companies, he
has established sales and merchandising organizations and
infrastructures in four separate companies and introduced and published
over 150 titles with leading national retailers, as well as establishing
distribution networks in Europe, Australia, and the Asia/Pacific Region.
From May, 1995 to November, 1996, he was vice president of worldwide
sales for Rocket Science Games, a San Francisco entertainment software
company that was recently acquired by Sega Soft. Prior to that, he
worked for Mindscape, Inc., Softkey International and Geoworks. Profile
statement, historical context, really from your own perspective on
Salon. Then tell us what do you see as your business and
