The Trade Desk competitors

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.

Xin He 'Adam' is a Deputy General Manager at Dalian Wanda Group; Chief Executive Officer at PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY NETWORK, INC.; and Board Member at Leaping Group Co Ltd. He has worked as Auditor at EY; Chief Financial Officer at iFresh, Inc.; and Board Member at iFresh, Inc.. Xin works or has worked as MEMBER at CCTAA and MEMBER at AICPA. He studied at Central University of Finance and Economics and Seton Hall University.

Douglas Valenti has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors since July 1999 and as Chairman since March 2004. Prior to QuinStreet, Douglas Valenti served as a partner at Rosewood Capital, a venture capital firm, for five years; at McKinsey & Company as a strategy consultant and engagement manager for three years; at Procter & Gamble in various management roles for three years; and for the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer for five years. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he graduated with highest honors and was named the Georgia Tech Outstanding Senior in 1982, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Joe Zawadzki is a Chief Executive Officer at MediaMath and is based in United States.

Scott Gutz is a Chief Executive Officer at MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC. and Chief Executive Officer at E-TRAVEL, INC.. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Amadeus North America Inc.. Scott works or has worked at Arthur Andersen LLP and ORACLE CORP and works or has worked as Senior VP:E-Commerce /COO at Amadeus North America Inc..

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.

Twenty-five years experience in the technology-as-a-service, software, telecom, datacom and healthcare/personal protection industries, including six years as principal in a venture capital firm, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds. My experience includes both high-growth technology businesses and turn-around situations. I have managed venture capital backed companies ranging from start-up to mezzanine stage. Public company experience includes managing day-to-day operations and financial restructuring that included a proxy challenge and executing an IPO. Private company experience focuses on executing overall business strategies needed to prepare companies for financing rounds (both debt and equity) and exit events.

Jeff Lunsford has more than two decades of experience as a technology and Internet executive and leader. Jeff previously served as President, CEO and Chairman at Limelight Networks, which he took public in 2007 as part of a $240M IPO. From 2003-2006, Jeff was the CEO of WebSideStory, a SaaS-based web analytics pioneer that went public in 2004 and is now part of Adobe Systems. Prior to that, Jeff was the CEO of TogetherSoft, a software development tools company that was sold to Borland Software. A former naval aviator, Jeff received a B.S. in Information and Computer Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology.