Paul Cushman is responsible for the monetization strategy for Yahoo!'s mobile advertising solutions. Prior to joining Yahoo!, he held senior positions at three mobile start ups in the U.S. covering text messaging (m-Qube, bought by Mobile Messenger from Verisign), visual search (Neven Vision, acquired by Google) and widgets (Mobio). Before coming to the US, Cushman worked for McCann-Erickson Worldwide for more than 10 years in Hong Kong, Saigon, and Jakarta; he began his career in London, working in sales promotion.