At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based CFO’ operating in the Advertising space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Debra A. Crow
CFO of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Steve Pantelick
Chief Financial Officer of PubMatic
Steve is an accomplished industry executive with more than 20 years of experience in driving growth and profitability, strategy and operational excellence across a broad range of industries in the US and Europe. He joined PubMatic in 2011 after working with leading companies including Ofoto (Kodak Gallery), a pioneer in the online photo sharing space with 60 million monthly users, Blockbuster, Inc., a multi-billion dollar global business, and Cadbury Schweppes Plc, one of the world’s largest confectionery and beverage brands. Before joining PubMatic, Steve was CFO of the innovative data management platform company Aggregate Knowledge. Prior to that, as CFO of Ofoto/Kodak Gallery, Steve helped build one of the world’s leading online digital imaging and services companies, where in addition to finance, he oversaw the company’s printing and customer service operations. Earlier in his career, he worked for Blockbuster in roles ranging from COO of Blockbuster Inc.’s New Media Division to senior vice president of Blockbuster’s U.S. Financial Operations overseeing 4,000 retail locations, to vice president of worldwide planning and helped take the company public in 1999. Prior to Blockbuster, Steve spent seven years with Cadbury Schweppes, in a variety of roles in the US and Europe, including vice president of finance for Dr. Pepper/7Up and planning director for Schweppes Europe. Steve holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College.
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About PubMatic: PubMatic is an automation solutions company for an open digital media industry.
Warren Jenson
President, CFO & Executive MD of International of LiveRamp
Warren brings a wealth of experience guiding companies through complex financial growth, global expansion and value creation. He has been recognized for his visionary leadership by Institutional Investor magazine having been named as one of the Best CFOs in America. Warren has served as CFO of Electronic Arts, Amazon.com and Delta Air Lines. Prior to that, he worked in several positions as part of the General Electric Company. Most notably, he served as CFO and Senior Vice President for the National Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of General Electric.
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About Acxiom, Acxiom Impact, Jenson Company, LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Renee Budig
EVP & CFO of CBS Interactive
Renee Budig joined our board of directors in November 2015 as Chair of the Audit Committee. Budig brings extensive financial operations experience as CBS Interactive’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her time at CBS, Budig served as Chief Financial Officer of Hightail (formerly branded YouSendIt) and was previously the Vice President of Finance at Netflix. In 2011, Budig was recognized by the San Jose Business Journal as CFO of the Year for Venture-Backed Companies and was also named to the esteemed list of Silicon Valley Women of Influence. Budig graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jay Desai
Founder and CFO of InvestingChannel, Inc.
Jay is a founder and CFO of InvestingChannel. As CFO, he spearheads business strategy and oversees the corporate development and finance functions. Before InvestingChannel, as a consultant with Giant Step Strategies (GSS), Jay helped Internet entrepreneurs write business plans, forge strategic partnerships, improve business strategy, raise capital and negotiate mergers and acquisitions. Prior to GSS, he was a partner at Hambrecht & Quist, a technology-focused investment bank later acquired by JP Morgan Chase. At H&Q, Jay helped found and grow the company’s Internet industry group and mergers & acquisitions practice and specifically focused on the online advertising space in his last few years. From raising capital through private placements and public offerings to providing strategic and mergers & acquisitions advice, he has helped shape the web from a financial and advisory role. Working on transactions ranging from $10 million to over $2 billion, Jay worked with such clients as Netscape, Quote.com, Adforce, UUnet, Infospace, Netcentives. Prior to his seven years with H&Q, he worked in the technology and biotechnology industries for the merger and acquisition specialist, Wasserstein Perella. A true weekend warrior that loves the outdoors, Jay participates in virtually every sport imaginable and has the battle scars to prove it.
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About InvestingChannel, Inc.: Our mission is to be most innovative and scalable marketing platform in financial services.
Reza Banki
Chief Financial Officer of adRise
Reza Banki is the Chief of Staff and Head of Business Ops of Tubi.
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About adRise: AdRise is an internet TV ad platform that distributes and monetizes TV shows and movies by partnering with premium content owners.
Ken Coffee
Chief Financial Officer of Emodo
Ken Coffee is an established advertising and marketing technology executive with over 20 years of experience with high growth start-ups and public companies. As Chief Financial Officer of Ericsson Emodo, Ken is responsible for Emodo’s Finance and Administration functions. Prior to joining Emodo, Ken served as the Vice President of Finance at Amobee (Singtel), a global advertising technology company leveraging data to help marketers activate programmatic campaigns. Amobee integrated three acquisitions and nearly tripled revenue during his tenure. Ken also served as VP of Finance & Operations for CompareNetworks and was responsible for Business Management for Velti, a pioneering public ad-tech company. Ken started his career in advertising and marketing services as co-founder and CFO of GTxcel.
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About Emodo: Emodo transforms data into results for mobile network operators.
Tim Brinkman
CFO of PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank
Tim Brinkman is the Chief Executive Officer of ChargeSmart. Brinkman is responsible for ChargeSmart’s business development, strategic direction and overall growth. With more than 20 years experience in the financial industry, Brinkman has owned companies, led divisions and generated growth opportunities for several companies. Brinkman was a director at Wasserstein Perella and a managing director at C.E. Unterberg Towbin. He also co-founded asset management firm, Indusino Capital Management. Wall Street roles have included Proprietary Trading, Institutional Sales, Senior Management and Advisory Board member. Brinkman began his career as a CPA with Ernst and Young, a global firm that specializes in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, and continued his tenure at the firm as a management consultant in the financial services industry. Brinkman holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Miami University.
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About PushPoint – Acquired by Capital One Bank: PushPoint provides local businesses with mobile marketing tools that reduce management effort and grow their business.
Belinda Montes
CFO, Asia of Gravity4
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About Gravity4, LydianCoin, RedLotus: Gravity4 is the world’s first high-frequency machine-learning marketing OS, built to enhance the advertising and SaaS industries.
Christopher Martin
VP of Ad Operations & CFO of MightyHive
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About MightyHive: MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Ash Sundar
Chief Financial Officer of Radius Intelligence
Prior to joining Radius, Ash was the Head of Finance at Instacart during the company’s rapid growth phase. Ash started his career with KPMG and holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in Accounting from Wake Forest University.
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About Radius Intelligence: Radius Intelligence seeks to power data intelligence across all B2B applications, channels, and users.
Darlyn Phillips
Chief Financial Officer of Outcast
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About Outcast: Outcast is an integrated marketing agency specializing in communications, digital, and creative. We shape brands that shape the future.
Mike Lemberg
Chief Financial Officer of Partnerize
Mike Lemberg has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2008 and our Vice President – Strategy and Business Development since November 2007. Prior to that Mike Lemberg was Vice President of financial planning and analysis at UNICA Corporation, a global provider of Enterprise Marketing Management software. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer of Arbinet, a leading electronic market for trading, routing and settling communications capacity and a management consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Mike Lemberg received a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan Business School. Mike Lemberg oversees the Company’s finance, operations, human resources and strategic planning functions.
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About Partnerize: Partnerize is the only partnership management solution for marketers seeking high quality, scalable subsidies to primary channels.
Paul Bruso
Chief Financial Officer of Boost Media
Chief Financial Officer at Boost Media, Inc.
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About Boost Media: Boost Media is a startup that uses crowdsourcing and split testing to help businesses find effective words and images for their online ads.
Ronald Kwok
CFO & Co-Founder of AlikeAudience
Keep improving and never give up! With around 2 years of working experiences in Deloitte Financial Advisory, Tax and Audit, he acquired in-depth knowledge and learnt industry practice to provide professional advices to HK main-board listed companies and overseas corporates. These strengthened fundamental technical financial analysis and assisted on completion of HKICPA QP Programme. Driven by the passion on big data in digital marketing and entrepreneurial spirit, he co-founded AlikeAudience to help advertisers to reach target audiences in Asia. AlikeAudience positions as an Asia-focused Data Management Platform with real time data processing to match and unify audience profiles to provide insights for digital marketers. Specialties: Business Strategy, Account Management, Financial Modeling, Growth hacking, Public Relations, Corporate Finance
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About AlikeAudience: AlikeAudience builds a mobile audience intelligence platform that connects marketers and mobile users.
Susan Murphy
Chief Financial Officer of MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER
Prior to becoming part of the MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER team, Susan worked as a financial, systems and management consultant for a number of ad agencies in New York. Her start in New York was in 2000 as the North America Regional CFO for EURO-RSCG/Havas. Previous to that, after earning her MBA from UC Berkeley, Susan spent 10 action-packed years with Cohn & Wells as their CFO/COO – opening offices in New York, Australia and Canada. Susan loves working in a creative environment, playing tennis and spoiling dogs with an endless supply of treats.
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About MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER: MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER provides creative advertising services.
Susan Murphy
Chief Financial Officer of MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER
Prior to becoming part of the MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER team, Susan worked as a financial, systems and management consultant for a number of ad agencies in New York. Her start in New York was in 2000 as the North America Regional CFO for EURO-RSCG/Havas. Previous to that, after earning her MBA from UC Berkeley, Susan spent 10 action-packed years with Cohn & Wells as their CFO/COO – opening offices in New York, Australia and Canada. Susan loves working in a creative environment, playing tennis and spoiling dogs with an endless supply of treats.
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About MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER: MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER provides creative advertising services.
Jeffrey Wheeler
CFO of TCI Marketing Services
Jeff Wheeler is the CFO at BrightTALK.
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About Catalyst Management Holdings, TCI Marketing Services, Technical Communities: TCI Marketing Services is a cloud-enabled demand generation startup that helps B2B technology marketers achieve their goals.
Alaa Ismail
CFO of SearchForce
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About SearchForce: SearchForce is a digital advertising company that delivers innovative and forward thinking solutions for the modern day marketer.