Thad Westhusing
Vice President, Products
Thad Westhusing brings broad leadership experience to Giant Campus from a variety of industry sectors, including Web search, online media, ecommerce, and financial services. He most recently served as a director of customer experience for MSN and Windows Live Search at Microsoft. For more than 10 years, Thad led marketing teams at Microsoft, where he drove product management and customer experience efforts for the MSN.com portal service and the Microsoft Money product. He played key roles in the design, launch, and management of new search, content, and ecommerce services. Under Thad's direction, Microsoft consumer products became more customer focused, expanding their audience and generating increased revenues. Prior to Microsoft, Thad worked seven years in the financial services industry, overseeing international banking relationships and retail branch operations. Thad holds an MBA in marketing from Northwestern University and a BA in economics from Vanderbilt University.