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Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) (NASDAQ:MCHXP), a local search and
advertising company, today announced that it has named Sloan Seymour,
Vice President of Marchex Adhere; Ed O’Keefe,
Vice President of Performance Marketplaces; Brooks McMahon, Vice
President of Partner Development; and, promoted Leigh McMillan to Senior
Vice President, Marketing and Communications.
Sloan Seymour
Seymour joins Marchex as Vice President of Marchex Adhere reporting to
Peter Christothoulou, Marchex Chief Strategy Officer. With more than 21
years at Ziff-Davis Enterprise/Media, Seymour most recently served as
President and CEO where he was responsible for transforming the company
from an IT publishing business to a digital media company. Seymour will
be based in New York where he will leverage his extensive sales
management experience and focus primarily on strengthening Marchex Adhere’s
direct sales organization and publisher relationships.
“I believe local is the next evolution in
online advertising and Marchex has clearly established itself as a
leader in the space,” said Seymour. “I
look forward to expanding Marchex Adhere’s
reach as a leading performance-based advertising solution for national
advertisers and premium publishers.”
“We’re fortunate to
have an executive of Sloan’s caliber,”
said Christothoulou. “He brings more than
two-decades of management experience and an outstanding track record
building high-performance sales organizations that meet the needs of its
customers while driving revenue growth.”
Ed O’Keefe
O’Keefe joins Marchex as Vice President of
Performance Marketplaces, Digital Platform Group reporting to John
Keister, Marchex President and COO. O’Keefe
is responsible for leading the team developing next-generation
performance marketing products leveraging the Marchex Connect platform
which currently delivers click- and call-based advertising products to
tens of thousands of local advertisers. He joins Marchex from R.H.
Donnelley where he was Director of Product Management and Innovation
leading the organization’s search engine
marketing and search engine optimization solutions for R.H. Donnelley’s
national brands including DEX and Embarq.
“Marchex is in a great position to be a clear
leader in call-based advertising,” said O’Keefe.
“We’re continuing
to innovate with pay-per-phone-call and integrated pay-per-lead products
that extend our advertisers’ reach beyond
traditional online and offline sources, while providing the most
intelligent analytics for measuring results.”
Brooks McMahon
McMahon joins Marchex as Vice President of Partner Development, Digital
Platform Group and also reports to Keister. McMahon will continue to
build the team responsible for providing exceptional client service,
strategic consulting, and other services such as sales training to
Marchex’s reseller and strategic partners. In
addition, the team will be responsible for working with existing clients
on new business opportunities across Marchex’s
different products and services. McMahon brings more than a dozen years
of business, partner, and strategic account development most recently
with Getty Images.
Leigh McMillan
McMillan, promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Communications, joined Marchex in March 2006 as Vice President of
Marketing and is responsible for the company’s
marketing and communications initiatives including public relations,
corporate and product marketing, and branding initiatives as witnessed
most recently with the launch of Marchex Adhere, Marchex Connect 2.0 and
the formation of the Marchex Digital Platform Group. McMillan reports to
Marchex Chairman and CEO, Russell C. Horowitz.
“Leigh has been instrumental in evolving how
we communicate with our customers, investors and employees as we have
increasingly integrated Marchex’s products
and services across the company,” said
Horowitz.
“At Marchex, we have been very fortunate to
grow and attract a phenomenal team as we drive growth and leadership in
connecting local advertisers with local consumers,”
added Horowitz.
For more information on Marchex Adhere, Marchex Connect or the Marchex
Digital Platform Group, visit www.marchex.com.
About Marchex, Inc.
Marchex (www.marchex.com) is a
local search and advertising company. Marchex’s
innovative advertising platform delivers search- and call-based
marketing products and services for local and national advertisers.
Marchex’s local search network, one of the
largest online, helps consumers make better, more informed local
decisions through its content-rich Web sites that reach tens of millions
of unique visitors each month.
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