Acxiom Board of Directors Selects Advertising and Technology Innovators
24 May 2012 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) today announced that Tim
Cadogan, CEO of OpenX Technologies, has been named to the Acxiom
Board of Directors, filling a vacancy on the Board. In addition,
the company announced that John Battelle, founder and executive
chairman of Federated Media Publishing, has been nominated as a
candidate for election to the board at the company’s August 16,
2012, annual stockholders meeting.
Tim Cadogan is CEO of OpenX, one of the world's leading
providers of digital advertising technology, enabling businesses to
manage and maximize their ad revenue. Cadogan has served as CEO
since April 2008, when he was recruited from a leadership position
at Yahoo! Inc. to build a new global ad technology platform company
at OpenX. While at Yahoo!, Cadogan served in a number of executive
positions, including senior vice president of global advertising
marketplaces.
Prior to Yahoo!, Cadogan served in leadership positions at
Overture Services and previously was a management consultant at
McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group. He has a
bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the London School
of Economics and master’s degrees from Oxford University and
Stanford University.
John Battelle is the founder and executive chairman of Federated
Media Publishing, a leading network of online media properties and
an innovator and pioneer in digital marketing for the past seven
years. He is co-founder of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures,
co-founder of the Web 2.0 Summit and a director of the Interactive
Advertising Bureau, Inc. Battelle was founder and CEO of The
Industry Standard, which holds the record for most ad pages for a
magazine in any given year. He also has served as a visiting
professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley
and is author of “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the
Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture.” He has a master’s
degree in journalism from the University of California,
Berkeley.
“We all look forward to Tim and John joining the Acxiom board.
In addition to their business experience, they each bring a deep
and contemporary understanding of the challenges marketers face
building brand in a digital world,” said Jerry Gramaglia, Acxiom’s
non-executive chairman of the Board.
"Out of great minds come great ideas and insights," said Acxiom
CEO Scott Howe. "Acxiom and I are thrilled to be welcoming Tim and
John to our Board. As the marketing world evolves, Tim and John
will help Acxiom be a catalyst for innovation, insight and
performance."
About Acxiom
Acxiom is a recognized leader in marketing services and
technology that enable marketers to successfully manage audiences,
personalize consumer experiences and create profitable customer
relationships. Our superior industry-focused, consultative approach
combines consumer data and analytics, databases, data integration
and consulting solutions for personalized, multichannel marketing
strategies. Acxiom leverages over 40 years of experience in data
management to deliver high-performance, highly secure, reliable
information management services. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is
headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, and serves clients
around the world from locations in the United States, Europe,
Asia-Pacific and South America. For more information about Acxiom,
visit Acxiom.com.
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