NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IgnitionOne, a global leader in cloud-based digital marketing technology, has appointed Jonathan (John) Ragals as Global Chief Operating Officer. John joins the management team of the newly independent company, and will provide his expertise in leveraging the IgnitionOne Digital Marketing Suite technology to benefit both advertising agencies and brand marketers.
John brings to the IgnitionOne team deep experience across all facets of digital marketing. Most recently he was Chief of Network Development for Dentsu Network, one of the fastest growing advertising groups in the world. Prior to this, John served as Chief Operating Officer of 360i for 6 years. During his tenure at 360i, John helped lead the explosive growth from a specialty search marketing agency of less than 50 people to a 400+ person, leading full service digital firm working with such brands as Fisher-Price, Enterprise, CapitalOne and JCPenney, expanding media under management at the Agency to over $400m during his time there.
A pioneer in the space, John was also one of the first executives at Modem Media, one of the world's first digital agencies. There, he led the team that designed, developed and maintained Delta Air Lines' first electronic commerce platform which went on to sell billions of dollars of tickets in the first few years – a record breaking amount at the time. Later in his career, John ran some of the biggest pieces of direct digital marketing business for Beyond Interactive, then a Mediacom company.
As COO, John will oversee the delivery of operational excellence across IgnitionOne's current 13 global offices as the company continues its expansion into new regions. John will also provide leadership in enhancing IgnitionOne technology and services delivered through the Digital Marketing Suite platform.
"IgnitionOne offers a world-class marketing technology that we leveraged extensively during my time at 360i. To join them now as an independent organization and be a part of their continued global expansion is truly exciting," said John. "I look forward to using my firsthand experience to help provide both our agency and brand clients with the most comprehensive digital marketing technology and service solutions available."
"John knows what it takes to usher a company through a period of enormous growth and opportunity while continually improving the solutions provided to clients," said Will Margiloff, CEO of IgnitionOne. "We are honored to have him on our leadership team and know that this helps position us to continue to improve our marketing technology offerings for agencies and brands."
About IgnitionOne
IgnitionOne® is a global leader in cloud-based digital marketing technology providing a world-class proprietary platform and expert services to improve digital marketing performance. IgnitionOne's integrated Digital Marketing SuiteSM (DMS) empowers marketers to centralize, manage and optimize digital media across Search, Display, Social and Mobile, and understand cross channel attribution, while helping to optimize conversions on a marketer's website through Marketing Automation. At the core of the DMS is the proprietary Engagement Scoring Algorithm which determines the value of a user in order to automate the delivery of the right message, at the right time, at the right cost, to a marketer's users on and off their website.
IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 55 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, DIRECTV, Ann Taylor, La Quinta, Travel Guard and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.
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