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Acxiom Board of Directors Selects Advertising and Technology Innovators
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --(Business Wire)--
Acxiom®
Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) today announced that Tim Cadogan, CEO of
OpenX Technologies, has been named to the Acxiom (News - Alert) Board of Directors,
filling a vacancy on the Board. In addition, the company announced that
John Battelle, founder and executive chairman of Federated Media
Publishing, has been nominated as a candidate for election to the board
at the company's August 16, 2012, annual stockholders meeting.
Tim Cadogan is CEO of OpenX, one of the world's leading providers of
digital advertising technology, enabling businesses to manage and
maximize their ad revenue. Cadogan has served as CEO since April 2008,
when he was recruited from a leadership position at Yahoo! Inc. to build
a new global ad technology platform company at OpenX. While at Yahoo!,
Cadogan served in a number of executive positions, including senior vice
president of global advertising marketplaces.
Prior to Yahoo!, Cadogan served in leadership positions at Overture
Services and previously was a management consultant at McKinsey &
Company and The Boston Consulting Group. He has a bachelor's degree in
International Relations from the London School of Economics and master's
degrees from Oxford University and Stanford University.
John Battelle is the founder and executive chairman of Federated Media
Publishing, a leading network of online media properties and an
innovator and pioneer in digital marketing for the past seven years. He
is co-founder of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures, co-founder of
the Web 2.0 Summit and a director of the Interactive Advertising Bureau,
Inc. Battelle was founder and CEO of The Industry Standard, which
holds the record for most ad pages for a magazine in any given year. He
also has served as a visiting professor of journalism at the University
of California at Berkeley and is author of "The Search: How Google (News - Alert) and
Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture."
He has a master's degree in journalism from the University of
California, Berkeley.
"We all look forward to Tim and John joining the Acxiom board. In
addition to their business experience, they each bring a deep and
contemporary understanding of the challenges marketers face building
brand in a digital world," said Jerry Gramaglia, Acxiom's non-executive
chairman of the Board.
"Out of great minds come great ideas and insights," said Acxiom CEO
Scott Howe. "Acxiom and I are thrilled to be welcoming Tim and John to
our Board. As the marketing world evolves, Tim and John will help Acxiom
be a catalyst for innovation, insight and performance."
About Acxiom
Acxiom is a recognized leader in marketing services and technology that
enable marketers to successfully manage audiences, personalize consumer
experiences and create profitable customer relationships. Our superior
industry-focused, consultative approach combines consumer data and
analytics, databases, data integration and consulting solutions for
personalized, multichannel marketing strategies. Acxiom leverages over
40 years of experience in data management to deliver high-performance,
highly secure, reliable information management services. Founded in
1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, and serves
clients around the world from locations in the United States, Europe,
Asia-Pacific and South America. For more information about Acxiom, visit Acxiom.com.
Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom Corporation.
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