NEW YORK – Tremor Video, Inc. (NYSE:TRMR), an advertising technology company elevating brand advertising effectiveness across all screens for the world’s leading brands and publishers, announced that Geordie Holbert has been hired as Senior Director of Programmatic. In this role Holbert will build and grow relationships with demand-side platforms and trading desk partners, including demand partners integrated directly with Tremor Video’s SSP, as previously announced. He will report to Greg Smith, Head of International and Programmatic, and will be based in Mountain View.
Enabling more DSP and trading desk partners to programmatically buy video inventory through our SSP will strengthen our premium video marketplace offering.
“Geordie’s deep understanding of the programmatic space, as well as the growing mobile space, will help us further provide our publishers with quality demand,” said Smith. “Enabling more DSP and trading desk partners to programmatically buy video inventory through our SSP will strengthen our premium video marketplace offering.”
Holbert most recently served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Taykey where he was responsible for driving the strategic partner portfolio, including directing key programmatic video and display partnerships with all major SSP platforms. Prior to joining Taykey he served as Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Business Operations at Velti integrating more than 100 RTB ad networks and media-buying partners onto Velti’s mobile SSP Mobclix. Earlier in his career he held roles at VeriSign, Intellisync (acquired by Nokia) and Motorola.
He received a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Cabrillo College.
About Tremor Video
Tremor Video (NYSE:TRMR) helps make every advertising moment more relevant for consumers. The company’s heritage as custodians of the most recognized advertiser and publisher brands is built on leadership in all-screen analytics and a long-standing commitment to transparency. Our premium video marketplace offers the full spectrum of video ad products and services, including premium programmatic buying and selling and analytics that connect the two.
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