Nicole R. Ferrera and Angela DiLemme to Accelerate Company’s Marketing and Sales Growth
Aki Technologies, the leader in moment marketing, today announced that it has hired Nicole R. Ferrera to a newly created Head of Product Marketing position and Angela DiLemme to join as RVP of Sales for the Eastern region. Nicole has been at the forefront of digital technology her whole career and is expected to be instrumental in helping to steer the product roadmap for Aki’s inherently privacy-compliant probabilistic moments methodology. Angela’s years of sales leadership, acumen and consultative customer-centric approach will benefit Aki’s clients as she collaborates with them to find innovative solutions to today’s biggest marketing challenges.
Aki Technologies helps brands and retailers enhance their digital advertising by identifying consumers in pivotal moments using personalized advertising. Aki is bolstering its capabilities with the additional hires who bring decades of expertise that will push Aki Technologies to provide next-level advertising for brand, agency, and retail clients.
“Our Sales and Marketing teams did exceptional work to make 2020 a landmark year for Aki. Adding these two executives further diversifies our sales and marketing expertise and provides new leadership for the era of advertising personalization,” said Aki Technologies CEO Scott Swanson. “Nicole and Angela are stars in their respective fields and are sure to lead the Aki team to new heights.”
Nicole R. Ferrera will develop and direct Aki’s marketing innovations. She was most recently Director of Ad Solutions, Innovation & Partnerships at ViacomCBS, where she developed technology solutions for branded programming such as conversational AI, interactive holograms, and AR environments. At OMD, Nicole stewarded the PepsiCo North American digital relationship, pioneering the partnership’s learning agenda & quarterly business review process. She also created the first-ever brand-owned influencer network for Mountain Dew. As VP of Digital Investment at Initiative, she positioned the agency ahead of industry standards by employing ad verification as a buying procedure prior to widespread industry standardization. In doing so, she brought increased digital budget allocations across all business lines.
Angela DiLemme will help evolve Aki’s multiscreen strategies for clients, enabling them to connect with consumers with the increased efficacy of personalization. Before joining Aki, Ms. DiLemme was a consultant with Ion Media, where she built a new business development team focused on driving rates, fair share and overall profitability for the organization. She also spent 24 years at Neptune Retail Solutions (formerly News America Marketing) where she led sales, human resources, and operations initiatives focused on process improvement and revenue growth. During her career, she spearheaded a $2 million software acquisition, managed publisher relationships valued at $90 million, and drove a custom publishing business from $0 to more than $200 million over 10 years.
These hires come at a time when marketers are struggling with how to navigate a future cookieless advertising landscape and effectively target and measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. Aki Technologies’ moments and personalized advertising technology offer a privacy-first contextual solution that uniquely positions the company to solve this challenge now and in the future for brands.
Aki Technologies facilitates innovative campaigns: https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/filippo-berio-lifted-awareness-by-targeting-shopping-list-moments/ delivering ads to moms cooking at home during the pandemic, driving a 6% sales lift and a nearly 34% brand lift, and helping Biofreeze reach customers during key workout moments. Aki is also powering the recently announced Family Dollar retail media network Chesapeake Media Group. The company increased its revenue 25% year over year, increasing sales 70% from Q4 2019 to Q4 2020. Aki now counts 125 employees with plans to hire more across its offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Bentonville as it pursues new business initiatives.
