New additions to leadership team will drive product offerings and company operations 

NEW YORK, 02/01/2023 – MediaMath, a leading independent demand-side platform, announces two new executive appointments , Manny Puentes as its Chief Technology Officer, and Christine Napoli as Chief Financial Officer.  

 “I am excited to welcome Christine and Manny to our leadership team here at MediaMath,” says Neil Nguyen, CEO at MediaMath. “Both Christine and Manny bring deep domain expertise within the media and digital advertising industry, and will be fundamental to driving MediaMath’s next stage of growth and innovation”.  

As Chief Technology Officer, Puentes will provide the technical vision and strategy for MediaMath’s roadmap, foster technical relations for key client partnerships, elevate MediaMath’s technological offerings, and position the company as a world-class technology organization. With more than 25 years of experience in digital advertising and software, Puentes is a seasoned executive. He has led Engineering and Product teams to build several enterprise-scaled platforms for digital media trading by leveraging specialties in real-time bidding, data pipeline architecture, natural language processing, and machine learning. Puentes previously served as the Chief Technology Officer at several acquired advertising start-ups including most recently as the CEO and Founder of Rebel AI. 

“I’m excited to be joining MediaMath as Chief Technology Officer,” says Puentes. “MediaMath has been at the forefront of innovation for digital advertising since the inception of programmatic advertising.  I am looking forward to building upon the world class technology platform and bringing innovative solutions to market for our clients.” 

As Chief Financial Officer, Napoli will be responsible for bolstering company growth, development, and profitability, and leading global financial teams in delivering operational excellence across the organization. Napoli is a veteran of NBCUniversal with over two decades of operational and financial leadership experiences across multiple business units including Sales, Broadcast Operations and News. Prior to joining MediaMath, she was CFO of Peacock and a key member of the management team that launched the service. She started her career at Price Waterhouse as an auditor in financial services. 

“I’m thrilled to be joining MediaMath as their new CFO. Joining the company at this stage of business is very exciting,” says Napoli. “MediaMath has a great opportunity to continue to cement itself as a leader and pioneer within the ad-tech industry, as well as grow through new opportunities. I look forward to working with Neil and the rest of the leadership team in this next stage of development.” 

About MediaMath 

MediaMath is the leading technology pioneer on a mission to make advertising better. We deliver outstanding results through powerful ad tech, partnership and a curiosity for what’s next. We help more than 3,500 advertisers solve complex marketing problems so they can deepen their customer relationships across screens and around the world.

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