SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 15, 2015--
Marchex
(NASDAQ: MCHX), a mobile advertising analytics company, today announced
the appointment of two new members to its executive leadership team.
Kenshoo and Oracle veteran Gary Nafus has joined Marchex as Chief
Revenue Officer. Matt Muilenburg, who most recently spearheaded
international strategy and business development at CDK Global, has
joined as Senior Vice President, Customer Evangelist.
Nafus has more than 15 years of enterprise-class software sales
experience, and has led sales organizations for some of the world's top
enterprise software companies. Most recently, Nafus served as the
Managing Director, Americas for Kenshoo, a leading marketing automation
platform that manages more than $5 billion in annual advertising spend
for global brands and agencies. Under his leadership, the company
rapidly expanded its Fortune 500 client base, deepened its enterprise
client relationships, and developed its presence in Latin America and
Asia. Prior to Kenshoo, he was Vice President of Sales at Oracle
Corporation where he was responsible for several vertical business
units. Nafus has also held senior sales leadership roles at PeopleSoft
and J.D. Edwards. At Marchex, Nafus will lead the company’s sales,
business development and client engagement teams.
"Gary has a rare combination of experience that’s ideally suited to
Marchex: proven enterprise technology sales leadership combined with
advertising technology expertise," said Peter Christothoulou, CEO at
Marchex. "Gary’s skill in building enterprise-class sales and client
engagement teams at scale will be instrumental to accelerating our
global opportunity.”
“We’re at a critical moment in mobile advertising as enterprise
marketers are in need of solutions that bring real-time visibility to
the offline actions driven by mobile marketing”, said Gary Nafus, Chief
Revenue Officer. “Marchex’s mobile analytics platform delivers the
highest mobile performance for enterprise clients, and I am thrilled to
join as CRO to help accelerate the delivery of solutions that transform
mobile performance for clients worldwide.”
Muilenburg has more than 15 years of advertising technology strategy,
solution design and client engagement experience. Prior to Marchex,
Muilenburg served in a number of leadership roles across client
development, marketing and product strategy functions at CDK Global, the
largest global provider of integrated information technology and digital
marketing solutions to the automotive retail industry. Muilenburg was
instrumental in securing new, global relationships with top automotive
manufacturers and delivering innovations that increased client success.
A recognized expert in digital marketing, he is a frequent speaker at
industry conferences on the future of digital marketing and advertising
technology. At Marchex, Muilenburg will be responsible for developing
strategies and executing programs designed to create and sustain
relationships with global brands.
“Mobile has created enormous complexity for global brands,” said Matt
Muilenburg, Senior Vice President, Customer Evangelist. “Our ability to
truly listen to customer needs and deliver solutions that drive
transparency of the customer journey and higher business performance is
transformational to marketers.”
“Matt’s deep knowledge of digital advertising and expertise in
translating customer needs into solutions to scale business with the
world’s biggest brands will expand our capabilities and relationships
worldwide,” said Christothoulou.
About Marchex
Marchex
is a mobile advertising analytics company that connects online behavior
to real-world, offline actions. By linking critical touchpoints in the
customer journey, Marchex’s products enable a 360-degree view of
marketing effectiveness. Brands and agencies utilize Marchex’s products
to transform business performance.
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