AOL has named former Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse as President of its Internet and Mobile Communications.

Garlinghouse will also head up AOLs Silicon Valley operations from its Mountain View campus, acting as the West Coast lead for AOL Ventures, the companys venture capital arm led by Jon Brod.Brad Garlinghouse, AOLPresident of Internet andMobile CommunicationsIn addition to leading our efforts to grow our communications products, Brad will be bringing his global leadership and business experience as a key member of our companys executive leadership team, said Tim Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, AOL.He will also be a major force for AOL in Silicon Valley, working to expand our presence there and in the tech community in general.Garlinghouse was most recently at Silver Lake Partners as an inhouse senior advisor.