Karin Timpone joined Marriott International, Inc. as Global Marketing Officer
Ms. Timpone joins Marriott from The Walt Disney Company, where she served as senior vice president, product strategy and marketing for Disney ABC Digital Media. While at Disney, she created a new digital media product strategy and marketing function for brands such as ABC.com, ABCNews.com, ABCFamily.com, Disney Channel.com and Oscar.com along with new product strategies to innovate across the media portfolio. She also introduced key digital products such as the Emmy-award winning Oscar Backstage Pass and broke new ground with the introduction of the WATCH Disney Channel app bringing television viewing to mobile devices. This year, she led the marketing strategy and launch of WATCH ABC, the first broadcast network to offer live linear viewing on mobile. Prior to Disney, Ms.Timpone was head of marketing at Yahoo!'s vast media portfolio including movies, TV, finance, sports and music and was also head of consumer / customer innovation. Other leadership positions during her career included executive positions working on global business for Universal Studios and brand portfolio marketing at The Seagram Company, including the legendary Absolut Vodka brand.
