Gary Briggs joined eBay in 2002 and is responsible for eBay's North America branding and marketing, including advertising, Internet marketing, direct marketing, onsite merchandising, partner relationships and core category initiatives. Before eBay, Gary was founder of OurHouse Inc., an e-commerce company partnered with Ace Hardware. Before that, he was director of worldwide brand strategy for IBM Corp., responsible for brand positioning and cross-corporate marketing integration. Gary holds degrees from Brown University and the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.