Trading Assistants rejoice...We have a New eBay Pink Leader!

Well, it has been about a year since Walt Duflock (eBay's TA Program Director) left the eBay nest for greener pastures. For those of you who don't know Walt, he was the eBay Pink who helped create and shape the TA program to what it is today. I met Walt at the eBay Live show a few years back down in the Big Easy. He is one heck of a nice guy and it was sad to see him go. Since his departure, the Trading Assistant program as been stagnant with no one taking his place...until now.

Drumroll please...welcome Sharon aka eBay ID:newton@ebay.com. She recently announced on the TA Discussion board that she will be taking over for Walt. This was defineatly a pleasant surprise because I was starting to wonder if eBay forgot about us TAs. Another nice benefit is that Sharon also runs the eBay Education Specialist program and is heavily involved with eBay University. Hopefully, Sharon will be able to inject a much needed boost to our struggling program.

Already there has been a flurry of activity on the board with Sharon. Many new TAs and old timers (like myself) are posting up suggestions to help improve the program. Only time will tell how dedicated eBay will be with supporting Sharon and the TA program. I remain optimistic that good things will come out of this. Welcome aboard to our TA family Sharon!