About Skype Journal

Stuart Henshall and Phil Wolff started blogging about Skype when it launched in 2003. Phil took off for an 18-month political campaign in 2004, but Stuart continued to blog about Skype.

Stuart started SkypeJournal.com in February 2005 and recruited Bill Campbell to join in the blogging fun. Stuart left Skype Journal in early 2006 is now marketing vice president for a digital identity startup. Bill Campbell left Skype Journal mid-2006.

Stuart Henshall

Stuart began evangelizing the potential impact of Skype just days after they launched. What began as two questions “What’s your Skype strategy?” and “What’s your presence strategy?” is typical of Stuart’s desire to help build the opportunity horizon.

He’s been an active blogger (Unbound Spiral) and analyst in the VoIP, social networking, blogs and wiki space. He has been recognised by the industry, is often a panel participant and has made presentations at major industry conferences across continents.

Stuart was senior practitioner at GBN Global Business Network where he led scenario and futures projects in telecommunications, biotechnology, and consumer products. He has facilitated powerful change programs for the top teams at Dow Corning, General Mills, Motorola and HP Labs. His broad international background also includes roles as General Manager and VP Sales and Marketing in both Consumer Products and Retail.

He has taught public and private programs, including at the Haas School of Business (UCB) and University of Auckland Executive Programs. He’s been recognized by Entovation as a Global Knowledge Innovation Leader, while his papers include “Trust in Networks,” “The COMsumer Manifesto” and a short series on emerging P2P (peer to peer) environment.

W.J. (Bill) Campbell

Bill edited and co-wrote the first Skype API Guidebook, directed to the Skype development community. As CEO of Qzoxy Software Inc he developed a presence server for managing online user status. As the inaugural member of the Skype Developer Program he continues to be one of a handful to test all new Skype products. About a third of his career was spent as a manager with the Hewlett Packard Company. Fifteen years ago, Bill founded The PTCompany which specialized in business process reengineering and project management tools. Bill is applying his interest to growing the developer community around the Skype API.

Jim Courtney brings thirty years’ experience as a sales, marketing and business development executive with high technology enterprises.

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Jim’s current interests are in the area of intelligent, interactive real time communications, embedding chat, presence, voice and web conferencing into Web 2.0/Voice 2.0 applications and services. His introduction to VoIP was through business development activities associated with VoIP and web conferencing software available in 1996.

Jim’s consulting includes:

• Business development: partnering strategies and execution
• Sales and marketing: leveraging distribution channels for revenues and coverage
• Product management: from concept to product/service success, bridging developer innovation and market needs
• Business plans: supporting funding search for early stage entrepreneurs

Most recently he consulted with businesses that apply Internet and associated technologies to the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and location-based services markets.

Jim worked with product lines ranging from computerized instrumentation and PC hardware to PC software and Internet-based services. He led the successful launch of new products in geographical and vertical markets, often taking them to significant market share leadership. He also:

• participated in a successful corporate reorganization team
• developed effective business partnerships built around distribution channel and OEM models
• lead a trade organization whose goal was to generate awareness of intellectual property rights and responsibilities.

Jim holds four degrees from the University of Toronto in engineering, physics and business administration.