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Collective Media Strengthens Leadership Team and Continues Company Growth With Three Advertising Industry Experts
| Source: Collective Media
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 29, 2008) - Collective Media, a leading online advertising network and
technology company, today announced the appointment of three executives
with deep online advertising backgrounds. The additions will help drive the
company's growth and continue its momentum as one of the fastest growing
premium ad networks and ad technology providers. This announcement comes on
the heels of Collective Media expanding its national presence with new
offices in the key advertising and publishing
markets of San Francisco and Boston.
"As Collective Media continues its rapid growth and solidifies its position
as a trusted ad network solution for brand-name advertisers and publishers,
a seasoned management team is imperative to maintain our strong momentum,"
said Joe Apprendi,
CEO of Collective Media. "Adding high caliber industry veterans with strong
leadership skills
will help us take Collective to the next level."
Andrew Kraft joins as general manager of Collective Media's publisher
solutions and will lead all aspects of Collective Media's recently
announced AMP™, an ad network management solution that allows
premium publishers to create their own branded, vertical ad networks. Kraft
comes to Collective Media from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB),
where he served as vice president of member services and revenue
development, working with top executives at the world's largest publishers.
Prior to the IAB, Kraft was responsible for the concept and launch of the
Digital Marketing Conference and Expo with VNU Expositions, and founded
Executivity, a digital marketing and management consulting firm.
Veronica Mathieson joins the company as vice president of marketing. She is
responsible for spearheading Collective Media's marketing and public
relations efforts, strengthening Collective's leadership and brand
awareness in the online advertising marketplace. Prior to Collective Media,
Mathieson was vice president of marketing at Undertone Networks where she
led all marketing and PR operations. She has also held senior marketing
leadership positions with Motorola's Multiservice Networks Division and
Vanguard Managed Solutions.
Lee Levitan is Collective Media's new vice president of finance and
operations. Levitan will be responsible for overseeing overall financial
performance and strategic operations. Levitan was previously at HAVAS Media
where he was vice president and global controller. HAVAS Media is the media
division of HAVAS and one of the top-ranked communications consulting
companies worldwide.
About Collective Media
Collective Media is a leading online advertising network and technology
company. The Collective Network links high quality, brand-name publishers
with Fortune 1000 advertisers. Collective Media's AMP™ offers high end
publishers a management platform to create their own branded, vertical ad
networks. Collective's innovative approach enables both brand and direct
advertisers to achieve superior results through sophisticated audience
targeting technology, including contextual, behavioral, geographic and
re-targeting. Founded in 2005, Collective Media is headquartered in New
York City with offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Visit Collective Media at www.collective-media.com.