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Millennial Media Names Advertising Industry Veteran Stephen Root as Chief Operating Officer
| Quelle: Millennial Media
BALTIMORE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 26, 2007 -- Millennial Media, the cross-platform mobile
advertising company, today announced that Stephen Root has joined the
company as chief operating officer. Root brings with him proven
operational expertise and deep knowledge of the digital advertising space
as a result of his seven-year tenure at Advertising.com.
"During the many years that Steve and I have worked together, I have
developed an appreciation and admiration for his savvy business mind and
his operational leadership," said Paul Palmieri, CEO of Millennial Media.
"Steve will make a significant contribution to Millennial Media's success."
During his career, Root has developed diverse functional experience and
earned success in both start-up companies and traditional corporate
settings. Most recently, Root served as chief operating officer of
Advertising.com and senior vice president of AOL/Time Warner, where he grew
the company's revenue significantly and participated on the team that
executed the acquisition of Advertising.com by AOL/Time Warner. As the
fourth employee at Advertising.com, Root played a significant role in
raising venture capital funding for the company, optimizing the sales and
marketing department and overseeing the delivery of Advertising.com's
technology platform.
Prior to Advertising.com, Root developed his operational and managerial
prowess in positions at TESSCO Technologies and Procter and Gamble. Root
earned his Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
University and his Bachelor of Science at MIT.
"There is a significant and growing market opportunity in mobile
advertising, and Millennial Media has the technology, expertise and
business model to be the leader in the space," said Stephen Root. "I am
fortunate to be joining a world-class team of wireless and interactive
advertising veterans."
About Millennial Media
Millennial Media is a mobile advertising company that uses its deep
understanding of mobile consumers, technologies and media to deliver
advertising solutions to marketers. Our superior mobile ad-serving and
optimization technologies also deliver publishers a differentiated way to
monetize their mobile content. Millennial Media ad networks meet the
diverse needs of advertisers with the premium Millennial Marketplace and
Millennial Motion networks, and the best-in-class mobile performance
marketplace, Decktrade. For more information visit
http://www.millennialmedia.com