DoubleClick Alumni

After 3+ years at DoubleClick then, 5+ years at Google, Tom Fochetta recently joined Amazon in July as Director of Ad Sales for the East Coast.

We had a great turnout of current, former, soon-to-be former Clickers last night in THN..

THN Goodbye

I was struck by this in my gmail/AIM buddy list.  Marianne, who I must have added some time ago.. Marianne still uses AIM and is “away.”  Has there been a sighting of her? Anywhere?

Note how I protected the others

1) Jeannie Gamon, who was heading up sales in the UK has decided to shove off.  I also heard the entire APAC sales team has given their notice.. those details are still trickling in.  I actually worked, for a little bit, with Jeannie in a prior company.  Full details in this piece

2) Anyone who ever worked at 33rd & 10th had a meal at the Cheyenne Diner.  Well, after a bunch of attempts to sell it and move it, it literally was picked up and is being moved! Thanks to Linda Orlando for the tip!

Cheyenne Diner getting moved! –

Real-Time Move: Google/DoubleClick’s Michael Rubenstein Becomes President of AppNexus.  This is what I had heard, but hey, I don’t want to post-rumors, just the facts..

Michael Rubenstein, who managed the ongoing operations of Google Doubleclick’s ad exchange product (AdX), has joined cloud-computing and real-time advertising infrastructure company, AppNexus.

Craig Berlingo, he was an SE for me, was kind enough to send over some pics and scans – some cool old stuff. Hope you enjoy. Naturally the costume pic is the winner here

One More Googler Gone: DoubleClick AdExchange Boss Michael Rubenstein.  I knew Mike was a senior guy, but “the boss” has a real cool ring to it.  Mike was the man (ok, shared that distinction with Spencer) for AdX and after years of investment, it’s starting to pay off.

Of course, when I see Mike listed as “the boss,” I can’t help think of (NFW warning)

Ex-Clicker (well, aren’t we all now ex-Clickers?) — anyway, Tom Walsh just accepted an offer to join a bunch of old DFA clients from Beyond Interactive at HookLogic, Inc. in NYC.  He will be VP, Sales & Marketing and looking to hire good sales and marketing people first in NYC and then elsewhere.  Anyone interested can send a resume to him at Tom {at} HookLogic(.)com.  I checked the management roster and sure enough, the president is the very well known Vardaan.