As head of global platform development, James Carroll drives the architecture and development for all of GoDaddy’s global business and product platforms, including the systems that power our global marketing and eCommerce systems worldwide. Before joining GoDaddy in 2013, he was a senior vice president at Yahoo!, where he directed the company’s global research and development centers in China, India and the Middle East. James also oversaw Yahoo!’s content, social and membership platforms as well as the international delivery of all Yahoo! products and services worldwide. Prior to Yahoo!, he spent 13 years as general manager at Microsoft. While there, James managed the MSN international team and later, the Windows and Windows Live international teams.