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Mr. Lien is Marin’s founder and Chairman of the Board, and rejoined the Company as Chief Executive Officer in August 2016. From September 2015 to August 2016, Mr. Lien has served on boards of private companies as well as Marin Software. From May 2014 until September 2015, Mr. Lien served as executive chairman of Marin Software, and from the founding of the Company in 2006 to May 2014, he served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lien has been a member of the Board since 2006. Previously, Mr. Lien served as Chief Operating Officer of Adteractive, Inc., an online performance marketing company, from 2004 to 2005. In 2001, Mr. Lien co-founded and served as Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Sugar Media, Inc., a broadband services platform, until its acquisition in 2003 by 2Wire, Inc., a leading supplier of DSL equipment and services, which was subsequently acquired by Pace plc in 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Lien served in various capacities at BlueLight.com, LLC, Kmart Corporation’s ecommerce and Internet service provider subsidiary from 2000 to 2001, including as Chief Financial Officer and acting Chief Executive Officer. Prior to BlueLight.com, Mr. Lien spent 10 years at various investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners, with his last role as Managing Director. Mr. Lien holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College, where he was elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lien’s presence as a member of the Board brings his thorough knowledge of the Company into the Board’s strategic and policy-making discussions. He brings his extensive experience in finance, digital marketing and executive roles in the information technology industry into deliberations regarding the Company’s strategy and operations.

John Gentry is the president of OpenX. OpenX is the world’s leading independent provider of digital advertising technology that enables businesses to manage and maximize their ad revenue. A veteran technology and media industry executive, Gentry is responsible for operating the business and further accelerating OpenX's rapid trajectory, delivering revenue growth through sales, technology, and product innovation globally. He has oversight of OpenX's three core operating teams: business, engineering and product. Gentry brings to his position at OpenX nearly twenty years of experience in leadership roles at technology and media companies that have redefined advertising and commerce. Prior to OpenX, Gentry was president of Spot Runner, developer of the Malibu Media Platform, an online media exchange that simplifies the buying and selling of television media. Before Spot Runner, he was chief revenue officer of Green Dot (NYSE: GDOT), the pioneer and market leader in the prepaid debit card industry. Previously, Gentry was senior vice president and general manager of the Affiliate Business of Overture Services, Inc. (Overture), the originator of the paid search advertising model, now a key driver of the digital economy. Before Overture, Gentry was an executive at Disney/ABC Cable Networks and Discovery Communications. Gentry holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Passionate leader with a deep commitment to understanding the customer, helping the customer, and developing all product, marketing, and sales strategies around that understanding. I've focused on customers as an entrepreneur and co-founder, and as a CMO in a publicly traded company. Helped lead five venture-backed companies through rapid growth periods, changes of strategies, fund-raising, and acquisitions. Enjoy the gamut from early stage start ups up to organizations of 1000 employees. Had the privilege of hiring, mentoring, and working with some amazing teams of people. Also committed to mentoring and doing my part to help the world be a better place. I've been a partner at Social Venture Partners since 2006, and actively mentor UW Foster MBAs, SVP Fast Pitch social entrepreneurs, and a number of ed tech start ups.