New York, USA – Time Inc. named Colin Bodell executive vice president and chief technology officer, effective February 18, 2014.[break]
Mr. Bodell is joining Time Inc. after eight years as a senior executive at Amazon. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Bodell was Vice President of Amazon’s Digital Store Platform where he led the organization responsible for the Kindle book, periodical and magazine store as well as the technology that supports Amazon digital content across web, Kindle and third party devices. He originally joined Amazon in 2006 to run the Website Application Platform (WAP) group, which he headed until 2013.
Earlier, he served as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering at VA Software where he had product and engineering responsibility for its SourceForge Enterprise Edition and the technical operations of the company’s media properties. In his 29 - January 21, 2014, New York, USA – Time Inc. named Colin Bodell executive vice president and chief technology officer, effective February 18, 2014.
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Mr. Bodell is joining Time Inc. after eight years as a senior executive at Amazon. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Bodell was Vice President of Amazon’s Digital Store Platform where he led the organization responsible for the Kindle book, periodical and magazine store as well as the technology that supports Amazon digital content across web, Kindle and third party devices. He originally joined Amazon in 2006 to run the Website Application Platform (WAP) group, which he headed until 2013.
Earlier, he served as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering at VA Software where he had product and engineering responsibility for its SourceForge Enterprise Edition and the technical operations of the company’s media properties. In his 29-year career in technology, he has also held senior executive posts at Webgain, Intellicorp, and Micro Focus.
Mr. Bodell is a named inventor on four U.S. patents on topics ranging from methods for fabricating products on demand to protecting network sites during adverse network conditions. He currently has ten patents pending with the U.S. Patent Office. ■