Movers & Shakers: July 2015

July shot past like a bullet train, so here’s some of the job updates that you might have missed in the last month.

Let’s start with the agencies, where Havas Media’s James Cooper has stepped into the position of global performance director after six years at the company.

Cooper will be rolling out and managing Ecselis, its PPC, SEO, affiliate and display performance brand, while Morgan Anning will take his post as head of acquisition.

7thingsmedia said farewell to former account director Fiona Gandy, who joined multi-brand fashion retailer Net-a-Porter as performance marketing strategist.

Brand agency ORB has boosted its roster having secured a number of new contracts, appointing Jodie Price as account manager, Helen Page as designer and Rick Malhi as creative strategist.

Mobile

Mobile commerce and proximity marketing specialist Proxama has installed its CFO John Kennedy as interim chief executive.  

This followed former CEO Neil Garner announcing his intention to step down in May 2016, while he remains on the board to lead strategic development of tech, products and partnerships.  

Meanwhile cloud-based iPad Point-of-Sale (PoS) provider ShopKeep announced the hire of Christophe Delacroix – founder of PoS reseller BlueBird – as general manager in line with its launch in the UK market.

Display

Polish display ad tech company RTB House continues to expand abroad, installing Alexandros Rigas in its Greece headquarters following openings in Turkey, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Bringing 15 years of experience in online media and a career at ITV, Jon Block has joined the ranks of video ad specialist Videology as EMEA vice president of product and platform.

Skin-based ad experts Sublime Skinz onboarded Lisa Menaldo as UK managing director, having left the same position at programmatic trading company Bannerconnect.

Content monetisation startup VigLink took on former Pandora Radio senior director of HR in the same capacity. Teryle Macdonald has held senior positions at GE, NBC Universal and Comcast.

Online games marketing specialist ad2games announced a double title for new hire Sheila Kagan, who joins as chief operating officer and managing director combined.

A Tel Aviv native, Kagan previously served as senior VP of client development at performance advertiser Matomy, and director of affiliate market and operations at 888.com.

And finally, Affilinet welcomed Jonathan Reynolds as head of client services, having left Tradedoubler as head of international clients.

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Movers & Shakers: July 2015

Movers and Shakers: February 2015

Looking back over a busy 28 days, the overriding theme seems to be that of expansion. But we open the February edition of movers and shakers with a departure from the zanox boardroom.

Michael von Stern joined the zanox executive board to fill the role of both CFO and COO in January last year to support the company’s merger with Digital Window. He now departs the group and returns, as planned, to a new position at Axel Springer.

Ex-IAB affiliate marketing council chairman Matt Bailey has stepped down from his post as head of product at Performance Horizon Group, taking the title of commercial director at R.O.EYE to manage the agency’s corporate customer base.

Pay for display

Ensighten announced the hiring of former Anametrix CEO Pelin Thorogood, naming her as the omni-channel data platform’s chief strategy officer. Thorogood will continue to head up Anametrix in a transitional role.

Programmatic marketing software provider DataXu undertook a considerable reshuffle with a trio of internal hires. Jan Heumueller moves from vice president of sales in Europe to succeed Sacha Berlik as general manager of the region. The former will focus on expanding DataXu’s efforts across the European market

The company’s ex-director of sales for the UK, Chris Le May, stepped into the position of country manager, UK & Nordics. This came as Martin Brown assumed the title of vice president of sales, US East from his previous post as DataXu’s vice president of UK & Nordics.

Moving out of his account director role at Tradedoubler’s UK office, David Ayre accepts the position of performance director at Admedo, responsible for launching programmatic display through the company’s new performance channels.

EMEA hires

Alan Banks has taken the reins as managing director for EMEA at engagement marketing software group Marketo. Moving across from his current role as executive vice president at fellow customer engagement software provider LivePerson, Banks will succeed the current EMEA MD for Marketo, Fergus Gloster, who is planning to retire following a brief period of transition.

Cross-channel marketing company Signal has taken on Neil Joyce as senior vice president & managing director, EMEA. Joyce arrives from a similar role at BrightEdge in Sydney, managing its AU/NZ offerings.

Performance optimisation company Maxifer has appointed Roy Beeharry as European sales director. Joining from mobile video advertising exchange Vdopia, his key focus will be on growing the business in the UK and mainland Europe.

Social listening platform Brandwatch took on a new PR manager for EMEA, Shahlia Nelson-Rogers, who joins from a freelance position at SNR Communications.  

Search sells

Search ad company HookLogic appointed Paul Dahill as vice president of media sales in Europe, taking on a newly created role to support the team’s expansion across the region. Dahill joins with 15 years’ digital advertising experience in senior roles at AudienceScience, Amazon and AdLink.

Searchmetrics announced the appointment of Roy Satterthwaite as senior vice president of sales for the Americas. Satterthwaite joins from Turn Inc, and has held senior management positions at SAP and Opera Software.

Further expansion

Real-time TV ad-tracking specialist wywy demonstrated sincerity in its North American operations with the appointments of Jeff Lunder and Carissa Parrish as sales managers in the company’s New York office. Lunder and Parrish will be responsible for developing new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships with US brands.

As part of its ongoing programme of international expansion and reorganisation, OMG appointed Stephen Rumbelow as group strategy director, having left his former role as commercial director within the performance marketing company

Berlin-based Meetrics has taken on The Financial Times’ Steven Canfield to drive sales of the company’s ad viewability solutions to agencies and publishers. This extension of the UK sales team comes on the back of a recent seven-figure financing round to support international expansion.

Finally, PI columnist and former group head of digital/ecommerce at EWM Group Richie Jones joined surf company Saltrock in a mirroring role as head of digital/ecommerce.

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Movers and Shakers: February 2015