Mike Clarke | Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

Mike Clarke

Mike Clarke

Mike Clarke

MSc, Marketing and Consumer Studies '09

Director of Research, Facebook

 

Mike Clarke is a graduate from the U of G's MSc, Marketing and Consumer Studies program, and is a distinguished research leader with experience in product management, marketing analytics and client services/consulting. Previous to joining Facebook as a Director of Research, he led a global team of UX researchers and data scientists at Netflix, focused on emerging partnership technology experiences, growth, pricing, payments and acquisition marketing. 

Prior to his current role, he led a brand insights and analytics team at Google, and advanced product research for a product strategy group at BlackBerry.

Career Highlights

  • Shaping consumer smartphone services and early instant messaging in both research and as a product manager
  • Innovation and thought leadership in the insights and measurement space for digital video (while at Google) as Head of Insights and Measurement in Mountain View and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Advertising Research Foundation, and as an advisor for Google Capital (now known as Capital G)
  • Built a team and led global growth and partnership integration insights as Director of UX and Product Research at Netflix
  • Recently joined Facebook as a Director of Research to help innovate for advertisers globally

Previous Roles

  • Director of Research, Facebook (current)
  • Head of Brand Insights and Measurements, Google
  • Client Management and New Product Solutions, Google
  • Innovation Research and Product Management, Consumer Cloud Services, BlackBerry
  • Product Researcher, Consumer Business, BlackBerry
  • Product Marketer, BlackBerry

As a student

  • MSc, Marketing and Consumer Studies at the University of Guelph
  • PhD, Sociology (Human Computer Interaction) at the University of Waterloo
  • Research interests focused on human computer interaction, specifically on understanding the collaborative practices of building personas using new big data sources

 

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