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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hunterdon Central

Strategic operator through accelerated periods of growth. Strategic. Revenue-driven. Global experience. Industry leader.

New York, New York, United States

After undertaking a 3-month 100-meeting listening tour of top leaders in the ad industry, learning from experts and sharing insights along the way, I've started a consultancy focused on helping companies drive forward their supply/publisher strategy - be that as a publisher, a buyer, or a tech company. I've brought together a number of fellow strategists and operators to do project work (fixed price, timeline, and deliverables), passive advisory services (stock-based), and active advisory/fractional executive services (stock + retainer). Clients and advisees include: Frankly Media, IRIS.tv, Konduit, LiveRamp, Maven, MediaMath, Newsweek, Pushly, and others.

AQKraft Advisory Services

Principal / Executive-at-Large

Moving to part-time position managing Venture Integration and other C-suite strategic initiatives while transitioning on to opportunities elsewhere.

Maven

Chief Venture Officer

As Acting COO for Maven Media Brands, I lead the overall business venture integration of Sports Illustrated and <a href="http://TheStreet.com">TheStreet.com</a>. It has been my honor to welcome over 200 incredible professionals to the Maven family through the M&A and resulting venture integration process, helping those professionals transition their processes and assets smoothly into the Maven infrastructure.

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Maven Media Brands (Sports Illustrated & TheStreet.com)

Maven is the merger of Maven, HubPages, and Say Media, creating the world's largest platform to empower independent journalists and other experts across dozens of industries to aggregate passionate topics at scale. As CRO, I lead our programmatic-first sales and revenue management teams to deliver powerful results for advertisers, significant revenue to the hundreds of Mavens on our platform, and great experiences to our 100M+ community members. As CSO, I lead our business development and partnerships efforts to help empower, amplify, and fund the voice that we give leading independent journalists and journalistic organizations.

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

Head of strategic partnerships and projects for AppNexus (and then, after Xandr - a division of AT&T - acquired AppNexus, head of strategic partnerships and projects for the Xandr Digital Platform), including taking on various interim roles during times of transition (aka "utility infielder"). Member of the executive team through the acquisition by AT&T.Roles included...--- Head of Publisher Sales, leading the efforts to stand up and operationalize the Publisher new business sales and account management teams, offering AppNexus Publisher Suite (SSP, Adserver, Yieldex, Reach Extension).--- Global (51 countries) Head of the Microsoft Supply Evangelism Team, launching the team that evangelizes Microsoft inventory and negotiates deals on behalf of Microsoft in 51 markets around the world. Drove significant growth with global P&L responsibility. Responsible for over $100M of media spend across clients.--- Head of Business Development, leading efforts to complete major commercial deals such as the global GroupM relationship, Millennial Media, Facebook partnership, and the Microsoft relationship.--- GM of Platform Partners, managing relationships with the top strategic named DSP/Bidders and SSP/Exchanges, as well as all data/cloud/app program partners.--- Commercial Lead of Demand Partnerships, acting as the go-to-market owner of the team entrusted with helping DSPs and trading desks find the right publisher inventory to purchase on the AppNexus sell-side platform.--- Interim CFO, managing the finance team during the period between long-term CFOs.--- Corp Dev Lead, managing several prospective and consummated M&A and venture integration efforts, including the integration of the Open AdStream (OAS) business acquired from WPP/Xaxis.--- Executive Sponsor of key relationships globally, including Microsoft, News Corp, eBay, Spotify, Expedia, and Google.--- Head of Sales Operations, helping stand up and operationalize sales ops and contract processing.

AppNexus

VP Strategic Partnerships / VP Global Monetization / VP Publisher Exchange

Managing director of the AMP Publisher Solutions group, working to help sellers sell through the offering of products and services. The AMP Data and Media Management Platform, a Collective product, was designed from the ground up to give premium publishers and networks the  necessary tools to maximize display advertising revenue. Adding value to both audience and content-centric media offerings, AMP provides revenue analytics tools, a data management platform, audience analytics, reach extension opportunities, and a private exchange builder, all in one holistic system built on top of DFP. Targeting more than 300 million attributes daily, AMP powers 20 billion impressions each month, and is used by more than 100 brand publishers and premium networks such as Electronic Arts, Meredith, IDG TechNetwork, Everyday Health, AARP, Say Media, Jumpstart Automotive, and COX Digital Solutions.

Collective

SVP, AMP Publisher Solutions

Responsible for all member services and revenue development, including bringing on new members and helping them take advantage of sponsorship opportunities and other association services, for the leading association in the interactive industry.

Interactive Advertising Bureau

CRO / Vice President, Member Services & Revenue Development

Show Director for VNU Expo's Digital Media & Entertainment Group. Conceived, created, and launched the "Digital Marketing Conference & Expo (DMC), which ran April 19-20, 2005, in partnership with Adweek/Brandweek/Mediaweek and the Digital Entertainment & Media Expo (DEMXPO), which ran November 30-December 1, 2005 in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and Adweek Magazines. Responsible for the group's P&L and all aspect of conception, creation, and delivery. Oversaw team that included sales, marketing, operations, registration, and other support resources.

VNU Expositions

Show Director, Digital Media & Entertainment Group

Co-developed and managed entire Event Delivery Network for the implementation of events for various partner websites on a worldwide basis. Responsible for entire delivery staff and process. (consulting project)

IRL Networks, Inc.

Vice President, Field Operations

Responsible for the launch and management of the <a href="http://Ryze.com">Ryze.com</a> regional networking event program. <a href="http://Ryze.com">Ryze.com</a> is a social networking site. (consulting project)

Ryze

Vice President, Events

President of a management and marketing consultancy specializing in helping companies improve their lead generation strategies. We come in during the planning process - or review existing strategic plans - and discover ways to increase the receptivity of your potential buyers to your product or service pitch. We then help you find the implementation vendors - or use your existing ones - to bring these new strategies into reality.

Executivity

President

Principal and member of the executive management team. Directly responsible for sales and marketing efforts for custom research, research reports, and event sponsorships.

Basex

Executive Vice President

First Manager of New Media at Sapient. Created prototyping methodology for Internet-related projects. Acted as subject matter expert and sales support on all Internet-related projects. Project manager and assistant project manager on various projects including those for NYNEX/Yellowbook, Continental Cablevision, Au Bon Pain, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, National Geographic, and several others.

Sapient

Manager, New Media

Founding member and first staff member of the Association of Internet Professionals. Managed the organization from 7 people discussing possibilities to 13k members in 50+ countries and an annual revenue figure of $2.1M (annualized revenue when I handed things off to my successor). [NOTE: Acted as Executive Director on a volunteer basis through early 1996. Then went full time once revenue flow had been established.]

Andrew Kraft