– USA, TX – AiAdvertising, Inc. (OTC: AIAD), a technology-driven provider of digital advertising solutions, today announced the addition of Rich Berliner, Rosie O’Meara, and Mark Fruehan to its Board as Independent Directors, bringing a deep industry experience to the Board.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rich, Rosie and Mark as the newest members of our Board of Directors,” said CEO, Andrew Van Noy. ”All three of these individuals have an enormous depth of experience that will be invaluable in helping guide and direct our business in the next stages of our growth. Their strategic oversight will further professionalize our business and its management and will help us to grow aggressively in the future. These are really exciting times in the ad tech industry and we believe our SWARM artificial intelligence platform can play a significant part in the recently disrupted markets.”
With these appointments, the Company has fully established its Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.
Rich Berliner has joined the Board on October 7, 2021, Rosie O’Meara on October 26, 2021, and finally Mark Fruehan has been appointed to the Board on November 4, 2021.
About Richard Berliner
Rich Berliner has been Chairman and CEO of Fifth Gen Media, Inc., a marketing and publishing company, owned by Mr. Berliner since 2016. Mr. Berliner’s prior experience was as CEO of a wireless construction company, Redwing Electric from 2012-2015, which was later sold to an investor group. Mr. Berliner did a one-year consulting project for the Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson, reporting to the COO in 2011. Mr. Berliner was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Berliner Communications or BCI which he started in 1995, which subsequently merged with another firm in 2010. Mr. Berliner handled the firm’s quarterly earnings calls and the annual meetings in his role as Chairman. Mr. Berliner graduated from Rutgers with a BA in Business in 1975. He is a Fellow in the Radio Club of America and was elected in 2004.
About Virginia Rose O’Meara
Rosie O’Meara has been Chief Revenue Officer at GroundTruth, location-based marketing, and advertising technology company, since October 2020. Mrs. O’Meara was SVP of GroundTruth’s Platform Self-Serve business from October 2019 to September 2020. Mrs. O’Meara was VP of Customer Success at a4Media, the media division of Altice USA, from September 2018 to September 2019. Mrs. O’Meara was CEO of Zapp360 beginning in January of 2018 and led its acquisition by Altice USA in September of the same year. Before serving as CEO at Zapp360, Mrs. O’Meara also served as COO from August 2017 to January 2018, VP of Customer Success from April 2016 to July 2017, and Director of Business Development from August 2013 to March 2016. Mrs. O’Meara held sales roles as a Director of Mobile Ad Sales at Verve Mobile from July 2012 to August 2013 and as a Digital Account Executive at ITN Digital from January 2010 to July 2012, selling digital and mobile advertising solutions to holding company agencies and brand direct clients on the East Coast in both roles.
About Mark Fruehan
Since September 30, 2021, Mark Fruehan has served as CEO of First Screen of the Americas, which offers digital-first brands and content creators alternative distribution and billing mechanisms to monetize content. From July 2020 to June 2021, Mr. Fruehan was Chief Revenue Officer of Tradeswell, the leading AI-driven eCommerce solution, which helps brokers and resellers sell on Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Before serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Tradeswell from April 2018 to July 2020, Mr. Fruehan served as President and Chief Revenue Officer at Verve Group, a Media and Games Invest SE portfolio company and a privacy-first omnichannel ad platform offering programmatic solutions that connects advertisers and publishers to people in real-time. In October 2016, Mark co-founded Amplify.ai, a global enterprise chatbot platform funded by Costanoa Ventures, which was recently acquired by Triller.net; leading the sales and partner development through their start-up phase until March of 2018. Mr. Fruehan’s roots in the mobile and wireless industry run deep, with leadership roles at Opera Mediaworks & AdMarvel as President, and Head of Business development and innovation at VeriSign and CellStar.
About AiAdvertising
AiAdvertising is an innovative technology company harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence to eliminate waste and drive the performance of digital advertising. Our flagship solution, SWARM, analyzes a robust mix of audience data to help businesses find who to talk to, what to say to them, and how to market to them. We do this by applying advanced data science, behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and market research techniques to discover, develop and create custom audiences for highly targeted digital marketing campaigns.
For more information: https://www.aiadvertising.com/
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