Advertising Veteran Karl Siebrecht Named CEO; Aaron Finn Named Chairman and CSO
SEATTLE – AdReady, a pioneering technology company making online display advertising accessible to advertisers of any size, announced that President Karl Siebrecht will be assuming the additional duties of CEO. AdReady’s founder, Aaron Finn, has been named Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer. The two will work together to manage the company’s continued growth and execute on its vision, mission, and operations in the ever-expanding digital advertising industry.
“After working with Karl for several months, our entire team is thrilled to have him leading the organization,” said Finn. “He is a fantastic leader and his extensive experience will help further ignite AdReady’s growth and innovation into 2010 and beyond. We are extremely well-positioned to meet our aggressive goals.”
Siebrecht was previously President of Atlas, an online advertising technology and operating unit of aQuantive, Inc. He was responsible for building Atlas into a leading advertising technology provider, serving large advertisers, agencies, and publishers with sales exceeding $160M across the globe. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of aQuantive in 2007, Siebrecht was an executive in Microsoft’s online services division.
“AdReady’s growth and success to date are due to Aaron’s exceptionally clear, forward-thinking product vision and excellence in execution,” said Siebrecht. “Harnessing this early success, I look forward to working closely with Aaron to take AdReady to the next level. Together we will continue our day-to-day focus on exceeding the needs of customers, delivering exceptional product innovation, and building upon the tremendous team of talented and dedicated people at AdReady.”
About AdReady
Seattle-based AdReady is an innovative advertising technology company making online display advertising as accessible and effective as search advertising. The company’s unique approach helps businesses of all sizes build powerful online display campaigns based on proven creative and media plans, dramatically increasing an advertiser’s return-on-advertising-spend. AdReady’s patent-pending solutions are ideal for advertisers, agencies and publishers. To learn how to build an effective online display campaign for your business, please visit www.adready.com, follow us on Twitter @AdReady, or find us on Facebook.
