Mark Pavia was recently hired as Executive VP, Digital Managing Director at Starcom USA, a Publicis agency. Read a bit more in Ad Age. Pavia discussed his new position and the evolving role of digital specialists within the agency. AdExchanger.com: What attracted you to the EVP role at Starcom? MP: It was a number of […]
Hagen Wenzek is the newly-appointed CTO of IPG‘s Mediabrands unit. He recently discussed his new role and technology strategy for the agency with AdExchanger.com. At a high level, how will your experience at IBM help you create strategy in your new role as Mediabrands’ CTO? HW: I was at IBM for 12 years and my […]
Adam Cahill is EVP, Co-Media Director, and Jenna Umbrianna is Platform Media Manager at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Cahill and Umbrianna discussed the latest updates to Hill-Holliday’s digital strategy and display advertising, in particular. AdExchanger.com: What’s new at Hill Holliday as it relates to the data‑driven advertising world? ADAM CAHILL: The big news […]
Chris O’Brien, Managing Director and Digital Office Lead, for Mindshare Chicago recently discussed his new role (read the release) and his agency perspective on the digital space. AdExchanger.com: Can you talk a little a bit about your background and new role? CO: I’ve been in marketing for 15 plus years, and 10 of those have […]
This past week, IPG Mediabrands agency, Universal McCann (UM), announced it’s data and analytics “Media 3.0” strategy calling it the agency’s “new operating platform [which] bolsters UM’s proposition as a strategy and analytics-led organization, centered on business outcomes,” according to a press release. The new strategy includes integration of data and analytics capabilities from Nielsen. […]
The panels continue at 4As Transformation 2011 conference. A morning gathering featured agency leaders on the topic of “Communications Planning” where buy-side agents hover above digital and offline communications strategies on behalf of the marketer. Participants included: Scott Hagedorn, CEO, Annalect (He works with Matt Spiegel of Annnalect Marketplaces and Accuen – OMG’s agency trading […]
Dilip DaSilva is CEO of Tribal Fusion, a digital marketing solutions company and division of Exponential. Where do you position and differentiate Tribal Fusion today in the marketplace? Is it starting to take on agency skill sets? Our key differentiator is seamless integration of inventory, data, and technology to create customized solutions for each industry […]
Andy Cocker, co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based, Infectious Media Ltd, a media agency, discussed the company’s momentum in the media trading space – and the company’s Impression Desk media buying platform – with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please define Infectious Media‘s value proposition. AC: We are a media buying services company, specializing in data driven display […]
The former CEO of WPP Group’s Mindshare and President of Publicis Groupe/Starcom MediaVest Group’s StarLink, Scott Neslund, has been named CEO of Red Bricks Media, a search and performance marketing agency. Read the release. The allure of digital continues to draw top executives as Neslund’s appointment echoes last week’s announcement that GroupM’s new CEO would […]
“the executioner” opinion expressed below is written by Karin Blake, Senior Lead of Platform Management, Ad Exchanges, at Razorfish. Ten Predictions for 2010 200% growth in the DSP market. 25% failure in the DSP market. Online publishers take an offensive position in how/where their inventory is sold. Real-time creative optimization becomes and integration solution for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Graphing The Ad Recovery Bnet’s Jim Edwards that the signs have arrived that show a recovery in the advertising market and plots a few Excel graphs showing signs of improvement at ad holding companies such as Omnicom, IPG, Publicis, MDC Partners, Lamar Advertising and […]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman’s “How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade” details the development of spy info company, Palantir Technologies from Palo Alto, California. The young, successful, outlier of a company has burst through the pack to provide leading edge solutions to the U.S. intelligence world. Hmm.. this sounds familiar. According to […]
Darren Herman is the Founder and President of Varick Media Management, the audience and media platform backed by MDC Partners, one of the world’s leading advertising holding companies. AdExchanger.com: Varick Media Management appears to be gaining traction according to your press release in January. Any updates? DH: Our heads have been down at VMM focusing […]
