Accomplished Industry Leader Rounds Out Product and Technology Team
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK – OpenX, a global leader in creating programmatic advertising marketplaces that drive superior monetization for publishers, announced the addition of Janice Rohn as Vice President, User Experience. Janice will be based in the company’s Pasadena headquarters and will report to OpenX Chief Technology Officer Michael Radovancevich. In her new role, Janice will lead OpenX’s User Experience (UX) team to enhance the design and functionality of the company’s offerings for publishers and buyers.
Janice Rohn joins OpenX as VP of UX to enhance the design/ functionality of OpenX’s offerings for pubs and buyers
“Janice brings world-class user experience design and a passion for developing rich, engaging and powerful enterprise platforms,” said Michael Radovancevich. “We have a profound vision for the future of programmatic advertising and will benefit immensely from her ability and experience. Her track record for leading multi-disciplinary teams will play an integral role in shaping our entire product platform.”
Janice has held various user experience leadership positions spanning her career of more than 25 years. Recently, Janice was the Vice President, User Experience at PubMatic, where she was responsible for cross-platform research, design, and front-end development.
Prior to PubMatic, Janice built and led UX teams at AT&T, Experian, World Savings Bank, Siebel Systems, and Sun Microsystems, beginning her career at Stanford University and Apple. She has extensive experience creating market-leading designs for web applications, websites, mobile apps, interactive TV, software, and hardware design. Janice is one of the pioneers in the field of UX, and was a founding board member and past president of the Usability Professionals’ Association (now UXPA). She worked with Vice President Gore’s office and members of Congress to raise awareness about the economic benefits of user experience. Janice has contributed to defining design standards used across the industry. She has numerous publications and has presented at over 50 conferences worldwide.
“I deeply respect OpenX’s commitment and ability to deliver industry-changing products, and I look forward to working alongside the team of incredibly smart and talented professionals,” said Janice Rohn. “Across the industry, ad tech is not considered to be intuitive or user friendly, and I admire OpenX for changing that perception with their solutions. I am excited to further advance the company’s vision for the future of programmatic technology.”
About OpenX
OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.
At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.
