San Jose

Doug Leeds is responsible for overseeing all strategy and operations for Dictionary.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ask.com (acquired July 2008). Previously, Leeds served as the chief strategy officer for Ask.com. Before that, he spent almost five years at Yahoo (including Overture Services), most recently as VP, global product justice, where he oversaw product policy, legal compliance, and development of Yahoo's products and services worldwide.

Earlier in his career, Leeds held senior positions at mobile ISP OmniSky and mobile carrier Vodafone, and founded BootSpace, an advertising software start-up. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.