Again, in build up to eBay: On Location Dallas at the end of this week, I wanted to share another quick behind-the-scenes video with you all. This time with Lin Shearer of the ProStores team. I also asked him a few questions for “5 Minutes with…”

You can follow Lin on Twitter @ecommerceguy.

Cheers!
RBH

Full Name: Lin Shearer
Nickname: High school: Skinny; University: Cool Lin; Lately: the Loveable Curmudgeon
Official Title: Senior Manager – Head of ProStores Marketing and Revenue
What You Really Do: Marketing, sales, and a little BD – everything from market research to acquisition to activation to strategy to web master (and part time UI designer) for ProStores.com to managing our reseller channel to providing input on the ProStores product roadmap. We all wear many hats on the ProStores team – kudos to Eric, Glen, Sherri, Wayne, Tod, Jeff, Christian, Rita, and the entire PD team in Folsom.
Your First Day at eBay: Officially, November 1, 2006 (started as a contractor on May 1, 2006)
Education/Schooling: University of Pennsylvania, BA in International Relations and Chinese, Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Interests: Travel, hiking, wine, and music
Favorite Quote: ”When you get to the fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra.
Most memorable eBay experience: Have to say the three eBay Lives I went to – and more recently eBay On Location – interacting with customers is a true privilege – and I am finding Twitter is a great way to initiate conversations with our merchants.
Most recent eBay purchase/sale: Bought computer monitors for our eCommerce Summit and eBay On Location show booth
Favorite Albums: Anything by Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Steve Earle, the Rushmore soundtrack, Gillian Welsh, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, saw Leonard Cohen live last year – can you say living legend?
Favorite Movies: Anything by Terry Gilliam – especially Brazil and the Adventures of Barron Munchausen; Monty Python – Holy Grail, Life of Brian; Casablanca; Being John Malkovich; A Room with a View
What You Wanted to Be Growing Up: Photographer/Graphic Designer

Fill in the blanks:
I should have gone for a longer walk with the dog yesterday.
I wish that I could get paid to travel.
The first thing I do when I get to work is check email, blog and news feeds, and Tweetdeck