SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) today announced that Brian Pike, its
Chief Technology Officer, will now also serve as Chief Operating
Officer. The company also announced that Julie Campistron, Executive
Vice President, Media, has decided to step down on June 5 after eight
years with Demand Media, but will continue consulting for the company
through August, while Scott Boecker, Executive Vice President,
Marketplaces, is leaving to pursue another opportunity.
“Beyond his technology role, Brian has become invaluable to our core
business during this period of transformation and because of this, we
are very fortunate to have him expand his responsibilities into an
operational role,” said Sean Moriarty, CEO of Demand Media. “His
knowledge, creativity and leadership make him the perfect person to
continue our focus on building operational excellence and efficiencies
into all areas of the company.”
Brian joined Demand Media in November 2014 from Rubicon Project where as
the CTO he led the company through a period of rapid growth and last
year’s IPO. Prior to Rubicon, Brian served as CTO of Ticketmaster. In
addition to his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, he has an
MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
“We also want to wish Julie Campistron and Scott Boecker well in their
new endeavors,” said Moriarty. “For eight years Julie poured her heart
and soul into the business and has been a trusted partner and advisor to
me and the leadership team. Scott’s contribution was critical to the
smooth integration that Saatchi Art had into Demand Media’s Marketplaces
business after its acquisition last year. We thank them both for their
contributions to Demand Media.”
About Demand Media
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) is a diversified Internet company that
builds platforms across our media (eHow, LIVESTRONG.com and Cracked) and
marketplace (Society6 and Saatchi Art) properties to enable communities
of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle
categories. In addition, Demand Media’s Content Solutions and Demand360
programmatic offerings help advertisers find innovative ways to engage
with their customers. For more information about Demand Media, visit www.demandmedia.com.
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