adMarketplace Expands with Three New Hires, Pioneering Progress in the AdTech Sector

NEW YORK, NY, June 4, 2024 – adMarketplace, the search advertising company, today announced the addition of three key new hires, expanding the company's capabilities to continue delivering incremental revenue to the world’s largest advertisers.

Dave Hollander joins adMarketplace as its Vice President of Sales from Google. During his nine-year tenure, Dave led Google’s sales enablement strategy and operations across the U.S. and EMEA, and multiple sales teams for their enterprise performance clients.

“I’m thrilled to be joining adMarketplace — there’s a huge opportunity to help businesses find growth by connecting them with consumer search intent beyond the traditional search engine results page (SERP),” Hollander said. “I’m looking forward to partnering with our clients to capture that opportunity at scale.”

adMarketplace appoints Michael Kraver as General Counsel. Previously, Kraver managed a legal team at Walmart supporting the company’s emerging technology initiatives.

“I am excited to join adMarketplace because its recent growth indicates that some excellent work has already been done,” Kraver said. “I look forward to helping continue that progress while trying to identify areas where I can add new insights that enable the company to reach its goals responsibly.” 

As adMarketplace’s first full-time hire in Germany, Reza Najib joins as Country Manager, expanding the company’s reach in the European market. Najib joins from Yahoo, where he managed a wide spectrum of products covering Search, Native, Display, and Video ad formats.

“I am very excited about the challenges and opportunities that my new position at adMarketplace offers,” Najib said. “Germany is characterized by an established performance marketing industry, which creates a need for new, creative solutions. I look forward to actively shaping the future of adMarketplace in Germany together with our strong team, and expanding our local presence.”

adMarketplace's expansion comes at a time of transformation for search on the open web. With these critical new additions, adMarketplace has advanced its offerings and market reach to meet growing demands for search advertising diversification and innovation.

“Search on the open web is at a crossroads. We are energized to welcome Dave, Michael, and Reza to our team as we expand our capacity to innovate and disrupt search on a global scale,” said adMarketplace Co-CEO and President, Adam Epstein. “adMarketplace is well positioned to meet this challenge thanks to our unmatched volume and value for advertisers and publishers alike.”

About adMarketplace:

adMarketplace is the largest global marketplace for Native Search advertising. For over 25 years, we’ve connected brands with consumers at the moment they express commercial intent beyond legacy search engines.

Today, our Native Search solutions are exclusively integrated across next-generation platforms where discovery happens, including web browsers, Buy Now Pay Later apps, and AI chat surfaces. Powered by vector search technology, our platform delivers relevant text and product ads that match consumers with the brands, products, and offers they’re actively seeking.

Our award-winning culture is grounded in the principles of Curiosity, Collaboration, Creative Conflict, Commitment, and Competitiveness – our 5Cs. These values drive us to turn complexity into clarity and create measurable value for consumers, advertisers, and publishers alike. Learn more about adMarketplace by visiting our website and following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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