Rubicon Project Bolsters Global Leadership Team -- Names Former Google Ads & Commerce Product Leader as Chief Product & Engin...
October 06 2016 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Recognized Mobile, Video and In-App Innovator
to Lead Global Product and Engineering Teams
Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI), which operates one of the largest
advertising marketplaces in the world, today announced it has named
Tom Kershaw to its global leadership team where he will serve as
Chief Product & Engineering Officer, effective immediately.
Kershaw brings more than 25 years of relevant tech and advertising
industry experience including more than a decade spent leading
product development and engineering teams at global innovation
leaders, including Google, where he most recently served as
Director of Product Management for Google Ads and Commerce.
Mr. Kershaw’s addition to the team reflects Rubicon Project’s
ongoing commitment to delivering the most innovative mobile, video
and in-app technologies to both buyers and sellers in the
advertising marketplace today. As Chief Product & Engineering
Officer, Mr. Kershaw will assume responsibility for the oversight
of all aspects of product development, platform strategy, product
design, prioritization, and go-to-market planning, as well as
oversight of Rubicon Project’s Engineering capabilities. He will be
based at Rubicon Project’s headquarters in Los Angeles where he
will directly report to Rubicon Project’s President, Gregory R.
Raifman.
“At Rubicon Project, we operate with a core philosophy that
great people innovate great products and great products attract
great customers,” said Gregory R. Raifman, President of Rubicon
Project. “Tom’s quarter of a century of leadership experience as a
product innovator, his deep understanding of the digital
advertising ecosystem and his extensive mobile and video background
will help ensure we continue to deliver innovation to the market
and long-term growth for our business.”
Kershaw has managed more than $500M in annual revenue businesses
in technology-based markets for 15 consecutive years with a strong
track record in earnings growth and profitability. Most recently,
Kershaw served as Director of Product Management for Google Ads and
Commerce (the senior-most Google product leader in APAC), directly
responsible for the oversight of all Ads and Commerce product and
engineering functions for the entire APAC region. Prior to that,
Kershaw was the Product Management Director for Google Cloud
Platform, where he led its successful expansion, focusing on key
infrastructure development, including storage, database and
analytics, network infrastructure, monitoring, and mobile
application creation. Kershaw brings significant international
experience, having launched and managed cloud, mobile, and voice
services in 20 countries, including India, China, Thailand, Mexico,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Nigeria.
“Rubicon Project is a company I have long admired, sitting at
the exciting intersection of data, technology, the mobile economy
and advertising,” said Tom Kershaw, Chief Product & Engineering
Officer, Rubicon Project. “I’m thrilled to be joining such a
dynamic team at such a transformative time for the industry. I am
looking forward to advancing our mission to deliver innovative
products that improve the advertising experience for publishers,
app developers, advertisers, and, most importantly, for the billion
consumers Rubicon Project’s marketplace reaches globally.”
Prior to his work at Google, Kershaw was at Ericsson/Telcordia
as the General Manager of Interconnection Solutions, a business
unit providing software and managed services solutions to mobile
operators worldwide, which he grew from $65M to $150M in revenue in
under three years during his tenure. He managed all facets of the
business, including product management, software development,
business development, operations, customer service and marketing.
Before Ericsson, Kershaw held various product leadership and
technology positions of increasing responsibility at VeriSign Inc,
Clarent Corporation and Unisys, and was Chief Technical Officer at
SS8 Networks, a telecom and internet services company.
In 2012 Kershaw was named one of the “Top 100 Most Powerful
Telecoms Executives” by Global Telecoms Business Magazine. He holds
a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and a Master’s degree
from the London School of Economics.
About Rubicon Project
Founded in 2007, Rubicon Project’s mission is to keep the
Internet free and open and fuel its growth by making it easy and
safe to buy and sell advertising. Rubicon Project pioneered
advertising automation technology to enable the world’s leading
brands, content creators and application developers to trade and
protect trillions of advertising requests each month and to improve
the advertising experiences of consumers. Rubicon Project is a
publicly traded company (NYSE: RUBI) headquartered in Los Angeles,
California.
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