Rebecca has more than a dozen years of experience in high-technology marketing in both Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley. Formerly the vice president of marketing at FreeMarkets, she was responsible for managing and developing FreeMarkets' brand image and overseeing its global supply management solutions and all corporate marketing initiatives. Before FreeMarkets, Rebecca was director of corporate marketing for FORE Systems, where she led the corporate communications, advertising and market intelligence programs. She also worked as a manager of industry relations for Cisco Systems and as an industry analyst for Dataquest/Gartner Group, both in San Jose, CA. She has a B.A. in sociology from the University of North Dakota.