Publica Announces Hire of Sean Galligan as Chief Revenue Officer
Publica, a prominent CTV ad platform owned by Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), has appointed Sean Galligan as Chief Revenue Officer to bolster its global growth strategies. Galligan, with over a decade of experience in enterprise and partnerships, previously led Twitter's Enterprise Sales for their developer platform, generating significant annual revenue. His role will focus on enhancing the adoption of Publica's CTV ad server and related products. With the increasing popularity of AVOD content, Galligan's appointment aligns with Publica's commitment to shaping the future of addressable TV.
- Appointment of Sean Galligan as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth.
- Galligan's proven history in building high-performing teams and generating revenue.
- Publica's technology aligns with the increasing trend of AVOD content consumption.
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Former Twitter exec has led enterprise and partnerships organizations for more than a decade
NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Publica, a leading connected TV (CTV) ad platform owned by Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), today announced the appointment of Sean Galligan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to further expand its global growth.
Galligan brings extensive publisher and advertising technology experience to extend Publica's leading market position, delivering award winning CTV ad serving and ad decisioning technology to some of the world's biggest smart TV manufacturers, broadcasters, AVOD and FAST apps. Galligan will be tasked with growing the global adoption of the Publica CTV ad server, unified auction and server-side ad insertion (SSAI) products.
Galligan is a go-to market and sales leader with proven experience in building, leading and scaling high-performing teams and growth business in the SaaS and media industries.
Galligan recently led Twitter's Enterprise Sales and Partnerships org for their developer platform business. His team worked with many of the largest technology companies in the world driving several hundred million dollars in annual software licensing revenue. Prior to joining Twitter, Galligan joined Verizon Media through its acquisition of Yahoo. He led Verizon Media's Technology & Telecom vertical, where he developed its GTM strategy, led the media sales organization and integrated the AOL and Yahoo sales teams. Prior to joining Verizon Media, he led Yahoo's Media, Technology and Telecom vertical, where his team helped leading streaming media companies drive their subscriber growth strategies. Galligan earned his bachelor's degree in economics at Purdue University and his MBA from Cornell University.
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Commenting on his addition, Co-Founder and CEO of Publica, Ben Antier said: "We're thrilled to welcome Sean to Publica. Sean has proven experience in building customer centric commercial teams, executing go-to market strategies at scale and will now be responsible for the continued growth, partnerships and adoption of Publica CTV technology globally. We will continue to build the Publica team this year to meet our customers' needs, and Sean will be instrumental in developing our commercial growth strategy."
Commenting on his appointment to Publica CRO, Sean Galligan said: "Very few technology companies in the CTV sector have the capability to be truly demand agnostic, publisher centric and in the advantageous position to have been built entirely from the ground up around CTV - this is why I joined Publica. Publica has been instrumental in helping the IAB Tech Lab to build out the key protocols currently shaping the future of addressable TV, such as OpenRTB 2.6 & ads.cert 2.0 and I believe we are now uniquely placed to help TV manufacturers and streaming services to build the ad breaks that programmatic ad buyers will want to target, all while delivering a better consumer experience for their end viewers. I am excited to be joining Publica at a key stage of growth and am looking forward to scaling up globally at what is already one of the most respected commercial teams in the CTV adtech industry"
Galligan will report to Publica Co-Founder and CEO Ben Antier and will be based in the San Francisco office.
About Publica
Publica is a leading Connected TV (CTV) Ad Server and works with many of the world's biggest broadcasters, TV manufacturers, and OTT apps. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Publica provides solutions for publishers to maximize their revenue across their CTV inventory through key solutions including a Unified Auction, Ad Pod Management, Audience Management, and Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI). Publica serves over 4 billion ads on CTV every month, delivering quality ad experiences for Crunchyroll, E. W. Scripps, Fox, IGN, MLB, Philo, Samsung, ViacomCBS, XUMO, and more. Publica is owned by Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality. For more information, visit https://getpublica.com/
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