DoubleClick Alumni

I logged in earlier today and got a note to re-connect with Steve Wolkoff.  Not sure how they need to avoid this.. but I’m sure they don’t want this happening over and over.

Sadly, Chris decided to move on.. an offer too good to refuse, heading over to Catalina Marketing – he made TechCrunch, very impressive!   He told me in person in  November, I guess the press releases just got issued.  Anyway, good luck Chris!

Best comment on the post, Are these the same folks that put on the “Catalina Wine Mixer?”

Who goes around comes around:  Barry Salzman, former head of the Doubleclick network is back as display “Czar” at Google. Meanwhile, Kathryn Koegel, former Director of Research & Industry Development gives Ad Age readers an update on trends in display:

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=142222

Denise Colella, former clicker, married to former clicker (Eoin), joining Audience Science – congrats!.

The new running joke is that Collective Media has become DoubleClick North (due to their proximity to the DCLK office). Well, the ranks are now swollen by the addition of the 36 year old (why do they include age in the press release???) Jason Bigler. Press release here.. Jason joins Sean Koehler, Tony Lagana, Scott Leonardis and many more.. His bio pic looks like one he had taken at DoubleClick, I hope we send him an invoice for the rights to that photo!

My AM reading included some ex-Clickers moving to new homes..

1. Jennifer Miller (formerly Blum) returns to work with other ex-Clickers at the Gilt Groupe – good move to leave print and go on-line
2. Vince Li is finally done saving our ass with adserver fixes for altavista .. haha.. he joined MediaMath

A few now ex-Clickers have left the building, both with steeped experience with DART Enterprise. Shawn Lim and Ameet Bharwani have both set sail from the mothership. Ameet has been off DE for some time, but Shawn kept that boat afloat for a looooong time..

Bon Voyage!

P.S. Shawn has a new gig, I’ll update once public. Ameet is taking some time..

Denied AdMob, Apple Buys Competing Ad Platform Quattro Wireless For $275 Million.. I won’t ask Lynn for comment, but as CMO, I assume she’s in the know

DataXu Expands Team, adding Steve Golus to their roster. Quite a match!  Good luck Steve.  I hope their brussel sprouts are delicious!

The Gilt team. I knew Kevin was behind it, and after reading about them in a recent BusinessWeek, I checked out the site. Dwight had invited me “over the wall.” I checked out the exec team and sure enough, Melanie Hughes was the head of HR. I dress way too casual to ever work there, and even browsing the site, I felt lost. But, luckily for them, the rest of the free world, loves what they do.