I'm usually called on at EarthLink participate in high-level strategy sessions. As part of the ten person Big Future team, I worked with a dedicated group of people with a diverse set of backgrounds. 8 weeks later we presented the Total Communication strategy to the board. One of the products initiated as part of that session was Montage.
Montage is a next generation communication client. Multiple email account aggregation, built-in RSS reader, synchronized server-side address book, integrated voicemail, dedicated attachment handling, with tagging and searching to connect it all together. The beta for Montage was released in August of 2007.
