– USA, NY – Magnite, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, today announced the additions of Diane Yu and Dave Pearson to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Pearson will also join the Audit Committee.
About Diane Yu
Diane Yu has served as the CTO of Better.com since January 2021 where she is responsible for the strategic leadership of the Engineering team and for charting Better’s long-term technology vision. Before Better, she was the CTO for Comcast Advertising and the Co-Founder and CTO of FreeWheel, a technology platform for advertising management and monetization, which she built from the ground up, and which was sold to Comcast in 2014. As FreeWheel’s Co-Founder and CTO, Ms. Yu led the architecture and operation of FreeWheel’s video monetization platform for 14 years, overseeing a global engineering team spanning the Americas, Europe, and China.
“Magnite has a strong technology foundation and I look forward to collaborating with its engineering teams to continue building out robust solutions for publishers and buyers. The groundwork that the exceptional Magnite engineers have laid is a great runway for more innovation and focus on the platform and its capabilities,” said Ms. Yu.
Ms. Yu began her career at DoubleClick, where she played a critical role in architecting and managing the development of the company’s advertising product suite while leading engineering teams, up until the company’s sale to Google. Diane earned her Bachelor of Science from Peking University and holds a Master of Science from Ohio University. Cablefax has recognized Diane as one of its most powerful women and most influential Minorities since 2017, and She Runs It named her as one of their “Working Moms of the Year” for 2021.
About Dave Pearson
Dave Pearson has served on the Board of Directors of Lee Enterprises Inc., a public media company listed on NASDAQ, since February 2020, and is also a member of Lee’s Audit Committee. Mr. Pearson was CFO of Vonage Holdings where he played an integral role in driving the company’s successful pivot from a residential communications provider to a leading cloud communications provider for businesses.
Before Mr. Pearson joined Vonage, he spent over nine years with Deutsche Bank Securities as a Managing Director and Global Media & Telecom Group Head, where he built and managed a global group of over 75 investment banking professionals. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Pearson served in various roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications investment banking practice for over nine years, most recently as Managing Director.
“I am honored to join Magnite’s board and look forward to working with Michael and the rest of the team at this pivotal time of the company’s growth. Magnite’s vision and market opportunity have the potential to transform digital advertising to make it more efficient and impactful, and I’m excited to support the company in realizing this goal,” commented Dave Pearson.
He started his career at Coopers & Lybrand and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Political Science and Organizational Behavior from Brown University.
About Magnite
We’re Magnite, the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. The world’s leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. Anchored in bustling New York City, sunny Los Angeles, mile high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.
For more information: https://www.magnite.com/
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