It's Official.
After 6 incredible years as the CEO of 80/20 Solutions, I made the difficult decision to step down from the CEO position and move to an advisory role with the company effective December 31, 2010. In the same breath, I am extremely excited to officially announce that I will be joining the senior leadership team at Facebook Canada effective January 10, 2011.
In my new role at Facebook, I will be leading a team responsible for building trusted advisor relationships with some of Canada’s largest brands and agencies, helping them to understand the changes in social marketing and ways to better leverage Facebook to gain market share and build their brands. I cannot overstate my excitement to be joining the Facebook team. I strongly believe that Facebook, with its 500+ million active members and its incredible vision, is the future of the internet and I consider this to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help the company realize its full potential in Canada.
In my place at 80/20 Solutions, I am very happy to announce the appointment of Lawrence Tepperman as President of 80/20 Solutions. Lawrence is my hand picked successor and we have been working together in close capacity during this transition period over the past few months. He has held several senior roles at 80/20 Solutions including VP Client Services and Chief Operating Officer. He is an extremely talented leader and I’m very excited to see where he can take the company. I will remain a member of the board of advisors and I am happy to be leaving 80/20 Solutions in great shape. November 2010 was the best sales month in the company’s history and the company has recently raised additional funds to further support its growth and continue to invest in its patent-pending Marketing Control Center Platform.
As a co-founder of 80/20 Solutions, this was a very difficult decision for me and I will sincerely miss working with the 80/20 team members and our many great clients and partners. That being said, I am happy to be joining the coolest company in the world at a very exciting time. Stay tuned for big things from Facebook in 2011.
Please feel free to connect with me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/irvine.steve
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