AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — 12/02/13 — Umbel, a smart data company that helps digital businesses discover, engage and monetize premium audiences, today announced the appointment of Jim McNamara as Senior Vice President of Global Sales to lead international revenue expansion. As a senior executive, he has worked at the forefront of applying mobile and digital data analytics to the marketing efforts of major global brands and media companies such as the NBA-s Phoenix Suns, 21st Century Fox, Proctor & Gamble, WPP, Clear Channel, Panera Bread, AEG, and CBS Outdoor. In this new role, Mr. McNamara will apply the breadth of his experience to the oversight of Umbel-s strategic revenue initiatives and business development blueprint, activating new sales channels and expanding the company-s presence across the United States and Europe.
“With a proven track record of driving success in new data offerings, Jim will play a key role as a member of our leadership team,” said Umbel CEO Higinio “H.O.” Maycotte. “A recognized and visionary sales leader, we look forward to the insights he will share into introducing innovative new advertising and marketing services to the industry.”
Mr. McNamara brings 15 years of sales experience combining the art of marketing with the science of data to build stronger engagements between brands and consumers across mobile, digital and traditional media. Prior to joining Umbel, he led data commercialization efforts in various roles, including serving as Head of Sales for Verizon-s Precision Market Insights, Commercial Director on the founding team, which conceived and launched O2 Media across the U.K. and Europe for Telefonica Digital. He was Director of Mobile Ad Sales at Sprint overseeing the first U.S. carrier mobile advertising sales team and was Vice President of Digital Strategy for Harte Hanks. He has also served as a Non Executive Director on the Advisory board of BWG Strategy, Techertain, OnBuzz, and Southern Stars.
“Umbel-s ability to offer publishers a deeper and more tangible understanding of the digital makeup of their audience has resulted in impressive growth over the last two years,” said McNamara. “More publishers, media owners, entertainment companies and brands are exploring how they can fully leverage social media for greater revenues and more targeted engagement. It-s an exciting time to be joining the company.”
Powered by the Digital Genome® technology, Umbel helps companies discover, monetize and grow premium audiences. Correlating first-party and cross-channel data, Umbel-s platform delivers actionable and intelligent insights across web, mobile, local and global audiences. The smart data approach allows clients to drive premium ad sales, prove audience value, and acquire high-value audience segments. Founded in 2010 Umbel is headquartered in Austin, TX. Unlock the secret to identifying and cloning any audience segment, on any device, at .
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