Former Google Product Manager Takes A Senior Director Role At Yahoo

A Yahoo spokesperson confirmed that Dylan Casey has joined Yahoo as a senior director in the platform organization. According to Casey’s Linkedin profile, the new Yahoo senior director was head of project management at Path for the last year and five months after serving as a product manager at Google for nearly eight years. During his time at Google, Casey was responsible for launching the Google bar, as well as developing and launching Google Realtime Search.

A one-time professional cyclist, Casey led the development of Path’s product strategies in 2012 and 2013, while recruiting Path’s product management team. According to an article today on All Things D, Casey worked closely with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer while they both were at Google.

“It’s official, I’m a Yahoo! Excited and honored to join @marissamayer and @yahoo. (at @yahoo) [pic] — path.com/p/4ezLa1

— Dylan Casey (@dylancasey) May 13, 2013

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