Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media
DPAA, the leading global trade marketing association connecting out-of-home media with the advertising community while moving OOH to digital, this week announced that Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer at Verizon Media, and Jean-Christophe (JC) Conti, CEO of VIOOH, have joined the DPAA’s Board of Directors.
Iván Markman oversees the B2B business at Verizon Media and leads efforts to create more valuable relationships between consumers, publishers, and marketers across advertising and content delivery technologies. Jean-Christophe (JC) Conti leads a team of digital out of home and ad tech experts in developing and managing VIOOH’s platform, which connects buyers and sellers in a premium marketplace, making OOH easily accessible. The two executives bring over 45 combined years of experience to DPAA’s increasingly diversified Board.
Barry Frey, President & CEO of DPAA told us “The addition of Iván and JC further expands the strength and depth of expertise of the DPAA board, particularly in programmatic. Our members will reap the benefits of a more diverse Board that represents the expanding OOH ecosystem. We welcome Iván and JC to the DPAA team and look forward to their contributions.”
Iván Markman has over 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing technology and a passion for helping businesses drive meaningful growth. Before joining Verizon, he was a special advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors at Comscore, where he helped lead the organization through a significant operational and strategic turnaround. Prior to that, he led Marketing Services at Neustar, which had acquired analytics pioneer MarketShare where Markman was COO. Earlier in his career, Markman held senior roles in ad technology companies including Overture and Yahoo!.
Jean-Christophe (JC) Conti joined VIOOH as CEO when the business launched in 2018 and is responsible for driving the business’ continued growth. Today, VIOOH trades programmatically in twelve markets across the US, Europe and APAC. He is an established industry leader, who champions digital transformation in OOH through the use of programmatic and open real-time bidding technology. Earlier in his career, Conti held senior roles in various media and ad technology companies including AppNexus and Yahoo!
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