John Kahan

John Kahan, general manager of business and customer intelligence for Microsoft’s Online Services Division, has joined the board of 33Across, New York-based social targeting startup.

33Across provides an enterprise-level social targeting platform to customers that include Visa, British Airways, AmEx and Brooks Brothers, as well large ad agencies such as Digitas, Starcom, Mediavest and Ogilvy.

“Having John join our board not only validates our current success, but allows us to tap into John’s vast business experience in data, analytics, marketing and monetization to accelerate our high-growth business,” said Eric Wheeler, CEO of 33Across, in a statement. “33Across is in the fortunate position of being at the intersection of big data and social media – pioneering deep social insights and uncovering new targeting models for the world’s best brands. We’re thrilled to have someone of John’s caliber on our board.”

Kahan joins Jon Karlen, Flybridge Capital Partners general partner, on the board of 33Across, which is backed by Flybridge Capital, First Round Capital and QED Investors.

Kahan is in charge of Microsoft’s online customer data assets, analytics, marketing operations and its next generation Business and Customer Intelligence systems. He also runs international marketing for Bing and MSN.