Neustar CEO and leadership

Mr. Gottdiener was appointed Neustar President & Chief Executive Officer of Neustar in July 2018 to drive the growth of the company's global leadership in Information Services.

Mr. Gottdiener has a 30-year track record of leading information services and technology companies, driving innovation in client solutions, increasing revenue and profitability and scaling operations.

Prior to joining Neustar, he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a Managing Director at Providence Equity Partners. As COO, Mr. Gottdiener led the firm's portfolio operations, business development, human resources and other administrative functions. He also served as an interim CEO or Board member of several Providence portfolio companies including Blackboard, SRA International, Altegrity, Survey Sampling, VRAD and Ascend Learning.

Previously he spent seven years at Dun & Bradstreet where he served in a number of strategy and operating leadership roles including as President of the global risk, analytics and internet solutions business. Prior to Dun & Bradstreet, Mr. Gottdiener held several leadership positions in consulting with Boston Consulting Group, CSC Index, Ernst & Young Consulting and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

Mr. Gottdiener received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College. He is a trustee of Grinnell College.

Dorean Kass are a Chief Sales Officer at NEUSTAR INC and are based in Washington D.C. Metro Area. They attended Stanford University between 1996 and 2000 and Mclean High School.

Brian J Kober is a Senior VP/Chief Strategy OFC at NEUSTAR INC and is based in Sterling, Virginia. He has worked as Chief Enterprise Transformation Officer at KOMATSU AMERICA CORP.; Sales Engineer at AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/; and Vice President, Product Operations - North America at MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.. Brian attended University of Michigan between 1980 and 1984, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania/The, and The Wharton School between 1988 and 1990.

Venkat Achanta is senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at Neustar, Inc. Venkat is responsible for expanding Neustar’s authoritative identity and attribution platform to find innovative ways to create connected customer experiences across people, places and things. Prior to Neustar, Venkat was chief data officer and head of the data and analytics group at Walmart, where he was responsible for all data and analytics delivery platforms across the company. Venkat has more than 20 years of experience in data science, analytics and enterprise information management. While at Walmart, Venkat globally spearheaded the data fabric, advanced analytics platforms and decision services groups. Prior to Walmart, Venkat was global head of analytics and big data at AIG. Venkat has held senior leadership positions with various companies that are noted in the industry for their data and analytics capabilities, including Capital One, where he was vice president of enterprise data services, and Experian, where he was vice president of global product development and delivery. Venkat holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Andhra University in India and a master’s of business administration from UCLA.

J. Martin is Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Neustar. J. is responsible for expanding Neustar's authoritative identity and attribution platform to find innovative ways to create connected customer experiences across people, locations and devices. He also leads the Product Engineering and Technology Operations team, responsible for aligning Neustar solutions and infrastructure to customer and business needs.

Prior to Neustar, J. was Senior Vice President of Core Technology for GlaxoSmithKline where he built out the organization and picked strategic partners to support the company’s Digital Data and Analytics program run by the Chief Digital Officer. He was also the Vice President of Engineering and Enterprise Architecture for Walmart. His chief responsibilities included Innovation, Architecture, Infrastructure and Collaboration but his passion lives in disrupting the status quo of the enterprise.

J. received his Bachelor’s degree in Communications with a concentration in Communications System Management from Ohio University, and his Master of Business Administration from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.