Tim Sanders

Tim Sanders is the author of the New York Times' bestseller Love Is The Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. His sophomore, The Likeability Factor, published in April 2005, is the basis for both a PBS and 20/20 Specials, where Tim explores the measurable aspects of likeability, including levels of friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness and how you can improve your life by increasing your likeability factor.

From 2001 to 2003, Sanders served as the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo, delivering next-generation marketing programs to world-class brands. From 2003 to 2005 Tim served as Yahoo's leadership coach, advising business and public sector leaders on next generation strategies. Sanders is an eloquent and poignant speaker, sought after to deliver high-energy and customized speeches and seminars.

Prior to his current position, Sanders created and led the Yahoo ValueLab, an in-house "think tank" which delivers value-added propositions to prospective and current Yahoo clients. The team Sanders built continues to serve as a consultation practice for clients by coordinating and leveraging Yahoo's resources to find, connect with, and add value to clients' growth strategies.

Sanders joined Yahoo as part of the acquisition of Broadcast.com in July 1999. For more than two years at Broadcast.com, he served as an integral part of the company's business services division and developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients including The Limited, Inc. (the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Web cast), Harvard University, Dell Computers, Intel, and Ford Motors.

Sander's dynamic speaking presence and presentation skills have landed him appearances at high-level executive conferences and graduate schools, as well as an enthusiastic endorsement from renowned business motivational speaker, Tom Peters. He developed and honed these skills as a competitive debater, where he was national debate and public speaking champion in five categories over his career.

Sanders attended Loyola Marymount University as an undergraduate and the University of Arizona for graduate work. He worked in the early cellular phone industry in the 1980s and produced content for cable television in the 1990s until going to work for Broadcast.com in 1996.


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