Google has tapped Sam Sebastian to head Google Local. Sebastian previously worked at Classified Ventures, where he served as senior vice president for sales and marketing at HomeGain. At Classified
Ventures, Sebastian also headed up Homescape, Classified Ventures' online real estate listing business, as general manager. As senior vice president at HomeGain, Sebastian oversaw all sales, including
broker sales, inside sales and channel sales, along with all marketing efforts.
--Shankar Gupta