AOL this morning named Brad Garlinghouse president of Internet and mobile communications, responsible for all of AOL's e-mail and instant messaging services. Garlinghouse will also take a leadership
position for the company, heading up AOL's Silicon Valley operations from its Mountain View campus and serving as the West Coast lead for AOL Ventures, the company's venture capital arm headed
globally by Jon Brod. Garlinghouse most recently was a senior advisor with Silver Lake Partners, and previously spent nearly six years at Yahoo!, where he led that company's communications and
community products. He will report directly to AOL's Chairman-CEO Tim Armstrong.
Brad's a friend of innovation, and a fearless Caller Of BS. Good for AOL for signing up an A list player who sees around the corners...