Leadership Team

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    Frank Addante

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    As CEO and Founder of the Rubicon Project, Frank oversees the company’s strategic and product direction, culture and execution. An engineer turned entrepreneur, Frank is an early pioneer of digital advertising technology and a successful repeat entrepreneur. Frank founded five companies with a combined market value of more than $1...

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    Greg Raifman

    President

    As President of the Rubicon Project, Greg manages the day-to-day operations of the company and will utilize his previous experience to help ramp Rubicon Project’s buyer automation initiatives. Raifman, who will report directly to Addante as President, recently served as the Executive Chairman of video ad exchange and real time...

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    Todd Tappin

    COO/CFO

    As Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of the Rubicon Project, Todd is responsible for the financial health of the company, and the execution of its operating and financial plan. In this capacity, Todd oversees the Finance, M&A, Planning and Operations functions, while partnering with the Business Unit GMs...

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    Brian Pike

    Chief Technology Officer

    Over the last 12 years Brian has led large and diverse engineering and product teams to deliver innovation and drive performance for online businesses. Most recently as CTO of Ticketmaster, Brian oversaw the reinvention of Ticketmaster.com during the company spin-off from IAC and later merger with its largest competitor. Brian...

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    Neal Richter

    Chief Scientist

    Neal oversees the ad serving, auction and optimization algorithms at the Rubicon Project. He joined the Rubicon Project in 2009 via the acquisition of the audience optimization company, OthersOnline, where he worked on audience analytics and analysis code. Prior to OthersOnline, Neal worked at RightNow Technologies on the self-learning search...

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    Duc Chau

    Founder and SVP of Research & Development

    As Founder and SVP of Research & Development, Duc is responsible for management, development, quality assurance and scalability of core technologies on the REVV platform. Duc was the founder of Flukiest.com, an online social networking community. Before starting Flukiest, Duc led the U.S. engineering team at StrongMail Systems where he...

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    John Slade

    SVP Product Management

    As SVP, Product Management, John Slade is responsible for the Rubicon Project’s global product strategy and execution. John has been leading product management teams working on Internet products since the late 90s, in industries ranging from professional services to supply chain management to online advertising. Over the course of 8...

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    Josh Wexler

    GM Mobile

    Josh is responsible for the Rubicon Project’s mobile technology, revenue, strategy, and operations globally. After joining the Rubicon Project in May 2008, Josh helped build the company from a start up with 40 employees, to a profitable 250+ employee company with 8 global offices, and the largest independent technology platform...

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  • JaySears

    Jay Sears

    GM REVV Buyer

    As GM, REVV Buyer for the Rubicon Project, Jay Sears is responsible for the sales and service of REVV technologies with buyers including ad networks, agency trading desks and demand-side platforms. Prior to joining the Rubicon Project, Sears was General Manager of the PulsePoint Ad Exchange for PulsePoint (formerly CONTEXTWEB)....

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  • JayStevens

    Jay Stevens

    GM International

    Charged with spearheading the international expansion efforts for the Rubicon Project, Jay brings more than fifteen years of interactive marketing and international business experience to his role. He has been responsible for building the company’s presence from the ground up across the UK, France, Germany and Australia and driving the...

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    Seizo Welch

    EVP Finance

    Seizo leads the finance team and oversees the processes and systems for the payment flows associated with the company’s real time trading platform. He was an early team member at LowerMyBills.com in 2000 where, as the VP finance, he oversaw the company’s path through the internet melt down and subsequent...

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    Kaylie Smith

    Managing Director, APAC

    As Managing Director, APAC, Kaylie is responsible for expanding the company’s presence in Australia, India, South East Asia and Japan, spearheading the pan-Asian expansion efforts for the Rubicon Project.  Kaylie brings more than 14 years of International interactive marketing experience to this role. Prior to joining Rubicon in January of...

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    Oliver Whitten

    Vice President and Commercial Director

    As Vice President and Commercial Director, Oliver oversees commercial business across Europe, managing teams focused on consulting online publishers and maximizing revenue opportunities with demand partners at the Rubicon Project. This ensures each online advertising impression on Rubicon Project’s REVV Platform is sold through the best channel for the highest...

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    Jeremy Fain

    VP, Client Services

    As VP of Client Services for the Rubicon Project, Jeremy Fain oversees platform support, revenue management, and client services teams focused on driving programmatic revenue growth and brand protection for all publisher clients in North America. With over 15 years of interactive experience, Jeremy began his professional career as an...

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  • David_Day

    David Day

    Chief Accounting Officer

    As Chief Accounting Officer, David is responsible for the financial processes, systems, controls, and reporting at Rubicon.  In this capacity, David will leverage his experience in high growth technology, public company and international environments to optimize and scale the Accounting, Systems, Internal Controls, Treasury, Payments and Collections functions. David most...

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