Kris Skavish has focused on the needs of local business advertisers for more than ten years. As a partner in Two Octobers, she helps businesses incorporate social media and web publishing into a profitable plan for growth. She most recently worked as VP Products & Marketing at Local Matters, the leading provider of local search and advertising solutions to online media publishers. Prior to that, she was a member of the leadership teams of Jabber, Inc. and Webb Interactive.

Highlights from Kris’s marketing and publishing experience include:

• Developed multimedia promotional experiences to promote brands such as Quark and Patagonia.
• Oversaw product marketing for numerous successful internet products, including the messaging toolset Jabber and the Destination Search local search platform.
• Led the launch and growth of the social guides community Guidespot.com.
• Managed marketing and publishing activities for a network of over 200 geographic portals including Texas.com, California.com, Areaguides.net and the Fox Local Network.

A Littleton, Colorado native, Kris is known for her pragmatism and ability to quickly highlight the most important and actionable details in a mess of a problem. According to those she’s worked with, she “always executes with an unparalleled commitment to excellence” and can “find creative solutions to just about any issue“.

Most Octobers, you’ll find Kris transforming what’s left of the fall harvest from her garden into gourmet meals, then trying to convince her young son to eat them. Learn more about Kris on LinkedIn. Follow her gardening and cooking on Twitter @kskavish. .