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BrightRoll、ヨーロッパの経営体制を強化

2014.3.27

BrightRoll, the only independent and unified programmatic videoadvertising platform, today announced the expansion of its executiveteam with the appointment of Andy Mitchell as managing director ofEuropean operations. In this role, Mitchell is responsible forleading sales and business strategy to drive the adoption ofprogrammatic video in the European market.

BrightRoll is making investments to expand its operations in Europeand meet growing demand for programmatic video platforms. Mitchellbrings over 20 years of digital media and advertising technologyexperience to BrightRoll and is focused on driving transparentfinancial efficiency, agile and iterative product deployment andsimple, scalable ease of trade. He leads a growing team out of thecompany’s European headquarters in London.

“The BrightRoll platform is unique in that it unites buyers andsellers in a single marketplace, which creates significantefficiencies,” said Andy Mitchell, managing director of BrightRollEurope. “I am very much looking forward to helping advertisers andpublishers realize the value of direct programmatic transactions.”

The use of programmatic technology, including real-time bidding(RTB), to buy digital video advertising is experiencing rapid growthin Europe. According to IHS, research partner of IAB Europe,programmatic video ad buying across the “big five” European markets(UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy) will grow an average of 77percent a year and be worth an estimated EUR 627 million by 2017.

BrightRoll has built a trusted, unified programmatic platform thatenables buyers and sellers of digital video advertising to maximizeefficiencies and ROI. The company put the technology infrastructurein place to expand the programmatic capabilities of its platform topower the digital advertising market in Europe, and most recently,announced a new data center in Europe to meet explosive demand in theregion. BrightRoll has seen more than 600 percent business growthsince first opening its European offices in 2011.

“BrightRoll is seeing an upward trajectory in the European market andwe’ve been searching for a candidate of Andy’s caliber to furtherexpand our leadership position in the region,” said CharlesWhittingham, senior vice president of sales, BrightRoll. “It’s rareto find leaders in the industry with such extensive knowledge of thedigital ad ecosystem and programmatic landscape, and BrightRoll willcertainly benefit from the expertise he brings to the team.”

Mitchell has held a number of leadership positions working withbrands, agencies, agency trading desks (ATDs), demand-side platforms(DSPs), ad tech companies and the publisher market in Europe. Mostrecently, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Rightster, andprior to that, spent six years as managing director at ANyMedia, theadvertising network and technology division of Daily Mail and GeneralTrust (DMGT). In this role, Mitchell was instrumental in thecommercial success of Mail Online through the development of digitaladvertising teams and implementation of programmatic initiatives.Previous experience includes roles as media development director atPanasonic and development director at Ogilvy & Mather. Mitchell alsoserved as managing director at DoubleClick UK, where he wasresponsible for growing the team from five to 140 employees, whichled to success in securing deals with some of the most prominentbrands in Europe.

Mitchell’s appointment is effective immediately. For more informationabout this addition to the BrightRoll management team, visitwww.brightroll.com/about/team/.

BrightRoll is rapidly expanding its European operations, with anumber of open positions across all departments. Learn more aboutcareer opportunities at BrightRoll.

About BrightRoll
BrightRoll is the only independent and unifiedprogrammatic video advertising platform for reaching audiences acrossweb, mobile and connected TV. The company powers digital videoadvertising for the world’s largest brands, including more than 80 ofthe top 100 US advertisers and 18 of the top 20 advertisingtechnology companies. The platform enables advertisers to reach 4 in5 video viewers online and consistently ranks among the top two videoad platforms in ads served. As a result, BrightRoll technologycollects and analyzes hundreds of billions of data points monthlyenabling real-time decisions that drive ROI for advertisers. To learnmore, visit www.brightroll.com.


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