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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

Paleo AdTech

Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Only Ad.com was better at this kind of tactic, says Dave.

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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

Paleo AdTech

Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Mango, the tropically-named motherboard for FocaLink’s proto-ad server.

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64. Greg Smith – Boomerang-ing through DoubleClick, EchoTarget and Aniview

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Greg joined DoubleClick in 1998 as a product manager after a stop in management consulting, and he became passionate about the early retargeting solution for advertisers called Boomerang. In 2005, he founded dynamic retargeting company EchoTarget, which was acquired by Acxiom in 2007.

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Google’s FLEDGE lacks momentum 4 months into trials, offers ‘limited focus’

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Barely four months after launch, trials of Google’s version of cookieless retargeting are stuck in first gear. Only five ad tech vendors have expressed an interest in testing the FLEDGE, or the “ First Locally-Executed Decision over Groups Experiment ,” to date. In this scenario, Google picks the final ad.

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What Is Workflow Automation?

Basis

Here’s an example of the factors media buyers had to juggle in 2000: Devices : desktop Platforms : ad server, search Creative : text (search), display. Leveraging advertising automation throughout the advertising workflow will also boost efficiency and reduce manual labor. Talent Retention.

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64. Greg Smith – Boomerang-ing through DoubleClick, EchoTarget and Aniview

Paleo AdTech

Greg joined DoubleClick in 1998 as a product manager after a stop in management consulting, and he became passionate about the early retargeting solution for advertisers called Boomerang. In 2005, he founded dynamic retargeting company EchoTarget, which was acquired by Acxiom in 2007.

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33. Nancy Marzouk – taking a DrivePM through L90 and [x+1]

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NYC-based Nancy started as an artist and environmentalist and landed at a family-owned ad network called AdVenture Network, an early proponent of open plan office space for sellers. She was introduced to L90 when the network approached them to use their ad serving technology, and Nancy’s joined the hard-driving sales team at L90.