Chief Executive Officer

GroundTruth, the leading location-based marketing, and advertising technology company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen McCarthy as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. McCarthy, a ten-year executive with GroundTruth, holds decades of experience in leadership roles at a range of companies in the technology space. As President and CEO, McCarthy will be responsible for leading the development and execution of short- and long-term business strategies and managing the overall…

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the national trade association for the digital media and marketing industries, announced the appointment of David Cohen, its current President, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective September 15, succeeding Randall Rothenberg, who will remain at IAB as Executive Chair through 2022. "In less than a year as President of IAB, David Cohen has vastly increased the size of our media marketplaces, brought an unprecedented number of industry captains into our leadership councils,…

Former Adobe executive to steer iText Group through next stage of growth and beyond iText Group, a leading international PDF technology company, announced that seasoned software industry leader Gary Fry has been appointed as the new CEO with immediate effect. The former Managing Director at Adobe Benelux and former CEO at Global Graphics will lead iText through a new chapter of growth. He succeeds Yeonsu Kim, who held the CEO position from 2018 to 2020 and laid the groundwork for the current growth and scaling…

Elastic Path, the leading headless commerce provider for digitally-driven brands, announced that Jamus Driscoll has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Driscoll brings more than 20 years of senior leadership in digital commerce technology to Elastic Path. With a proven track record of driving rapid growth and product innovation, Driscoll will lead Elastic Path into its next phase, widespread market adoption of its microservices-based headless commerce solutions. Elastic Path's Founder and former CEO, Harry Chemko,…

BriefCam, the industry’s leading provider of Video Content Analytics and VIDEO SYNOPSIS solutions, announced the appointment of Gil Briman as its Chief Executive Officer. Briman joins the organization to build upon BriefCam’s momentum delivering the best-in-class video analytics platform. "Gil is a stand-out international technology executive with an impressive track record of market-leading business growth, operational excellence, and innovation," said Seymour Liebman, Executive Vice President, CEO, and General Counsel of…

Plantronics, Inc. ("Poly"), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, announced the appointment of Dave Shull as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective September 8, 2020. Mr. Shull succeeds Robert Hagerty, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since February 2020. Mr. Hagerty will continue in his role as Chairman of the Board, and resume his membership on the Nominating and Governance and…

VU, powered by VUniverse, the web, mobile, and TV app developed to be the smart channel guide across the streaming universe, announced today that Julie Rieger has been named Chief Executive Officer. Julie will bring her expertise as a former executive at 20th Century Fox Film to lead the company and establish VU as a major player in the streaming world. Co-founder Evelyn Watters will be taking on a new role as Chief Innovation Officer and co-founder Monica Brady remains in her role as Chief Operating Officer. Marketing…