STAMFORD, Conn., March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform at the forefront of over-the-top (OTT) and Connected TV (CTV), announced that advertising technology and digital media expert, Richard Kosinski, has joined the Company as Executive Vice President of Sales.
Mr. Kosinski comes to Tru Optik with more than 20 years of experience in both sales and business development roles in digital media and adtech across all platforms including video, data, and mobile. In his role, Mr. Kosinski will be responsible for growing Tru Optik's revenue, partnerships, and global expansion.
"Richard's vast experience and thorough understanding of the media and data value chain will be instrumental in his role leading Tru Optik's sales team," said Frans Vermeulen, COO of Tru Optik. "He will be focused on developing revenue strategies to grow our client sales and partnership efforts with agencies, brands, ad networks, programmatic platforms and Enterprise TV content producers in the U.S. and abroad."
Previously, Mr. Kosinski was President and Chief Revenue Officer for Receptiv, an early stage in-app mobile video company acquired by Verve in 2018. He built their formalized programmatic sales channel and expanded reach to leading brands and global agencies. And, he also served as President, U.S., of Unruly, a video technology company acquired by News Corp in 2015.
"The digital revolution has come full circle with OTT and Connected TV," said Mr. Kosinski. "For 70 years, brands and agencies have looked to the home TV set to reach audiences, build brands and increase both awareness and sales. In OTT and Connected TV, we see a convergence of addressability and accountability, driven by massive adoption of smart TV devices, popular brand-safe content, and robust data – all on a tried and true platform. Tru Optik is leading this revolution and I'm all too eager to enlist."
Most recently, Mr. Kosinski served as the Managing Director of Blue Ocean Partnership, LLC where he focused on new business development for adtech and digital media companies in the U.S. and international markets. He has also held key management positions at Quantcast, Westwood One, Dow Jones and Yahoo!. As Yahoo!'s first Vice President of Political Advertising, he co-founded the unit in 2007 and is considered a pioneer in online political advertising.
About Tru Optik Tru Optik powers Connected TV / over-the-top (OTT) advertising, enabling brands to target and reach audiences, as well as measure and validate results of their campaigns. The Company's OTT Marketing Cloud and audience measurement and validation solutions are built specifically to leverage the power of OTT, working across hardware and publishers.
Credited with leading the way to standardizing the OTT ad sector, Tru Optik is the preferred partner for many of the world's largest media companies, brands, and agencies. The Company is a founding member of OptOut.TV, ensuring that consumers have options when it comes to Connected TV advertising targeting.
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Mr. Kosinski comes to Tru Optik with more than 20 years of experience in both sales and business development roles in digital media and adtech across all platforms including video, data, and mobile. In his role, Mr. Kosinski will be responsible for growing Tru Optik's revenue, partnerships, and global expansion.
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"Richard's vast experience and thorough understanding of the media and data value chain will be instrumental in his role leading Tru Optik's sales team," said Frans Vermeulen, COO of Tru Optik. "He will be focused on developing revenue strategies to grow our client sales and partnership efforts with agencies, brands, ad networks, programmatic platforms and Enterprise TV content producers in the U.S. and abroad."
Previously, Mr. Kosinski was President and Chief Revenue Officer for Receptiv, an early stage in-app mobile video company acquired by Verve in 2018. He built their formalized programmatic sales channel and expanded reach to leading brands and global agencies. And, he also served as President, U.S., of Unruly, a video technology company acquired by News Corp in 2015.
"The digital revolution has come full circle with OTT and Connected TV," said Mr. Kosinski. "For 70 years, brands and agencies have looked to the home TV set to reach audiences, build brands and increase both awareness and sales. In OTT and Connected TV, we see a convergence of addressability and accountability, driven by massive adoption of smart TV devices, popular brand-safe content, and robust data – all on a tried and true platform. Tru Optik is leading this revolution and I'm all too eager to enlist."
Most recently, Mr. Kosinski served as the Managing Director of Blue Ocean Partnership, LLC where he focused on new business development for adtech and digital media companies in the U.S. and international markets. He has also held key management positions at Quantcast, Westwood One, Dow Jones and Yahoo!. As Yahoo!'s first Vice President of Political Advertising, he co-founded the unit in 2007 and is considered a pioneer in online political advertising.
About Tru Optik Tru Optik powers Connected TV / over-the-top (OTT) advertising, enabling brands to target and reach audiences, as well as measure and validate results of their campaigns. The Company's OTT Marketing Cloud and audience measurement and validation solutions are built specifically to leverage the power of OTT, working across hardware and publishers.
Credited with leading the way to standardizing the OTT ad sector, Tru Optik is the preferred partner for many of the world's largest media companies, brands, and agencies. The Company is a founding member of OptOut.TV, ensuring that consumers have options when it comes to Connected TV advertising targeting.
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