Bob Larson, who was named vice president of product development and management for NYTimes.com in June 2006, is responsible for supervising the site’s incorporation of expanded search, interactivity and new devices such as Times Reader, which allows users to download an electronic version of the newspaper onto a portable device. He also oversees the effort to build out key content areas and distribute news and information onto mobile platforms. Most recently, he led the team responsible for the redesign of NYTimes.com, which launched on April 3, 2006.

Previously, Larson was director of product management and development at The New York Times, where he oversaw a team of product managers focusing on paid services such as TimesSelect and the consumer archive, as well as vertical products such as Movies, Theater, Travel, Business and Technology. The product group was also responsible for applications and services such as e-mail, video and search. He served as director of information architecture from June 2000 until April 2004.

Larson previously served as education editor for The New York Times Learning Network in July 1998, after serving as community developer for the New York Today site. Prior to that, he was deputy editor and then editor for The New York Times on America Online. He began his career at The Times as producer for NYTimes.com in June 1996. Before joining The Times, Larson was a freelance screenwriter. He received a B.F.A. Degree in Film & Television Production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 1992. He received an M.A. degree in instructional technology and media from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1996.