Management
Eric Bosco, Chief Product and US Operations Officer
As chief of US business operations, Eric Bosco oversees Advertising.com's product management, product development, creative services, business analysis and delivery departments. In this role, he is responsible for the successful delivery of the company’s advertiser campaigns, as well as the daily operation and ongoing development of the company’s extensive product suite.
Prior to joining Advertising.com, Eric was vice president of communications and community products at AOL, where he was responsible for the development of AOL's instant messaging, email and social networking platforms. Eric joined AOL in 1996 and was one of the original creators of the AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) system. Prior to AOL, Eric was a senior engineer at Oracle Corporation in Silicon Valley.
Eric holds a BS in computer science engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a masters in computer science from Stanford University.
Quick Facts
Eric is a man of many words, as evidenced by his fluency in four languages: English, Italian, Spanish and French.
Highlights
Eric was one of the original creators of the AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) system.
In addition, under Eric’s leadership, AOL acquired and integrated Mailblocks, an award-winning webmail provider which was used as the basis for the AOL.com and AIM.com mail offering.