June 6, 2011

Technorati Media Names Charles Black President and CSO

We are thrilled to announce today that we have hired Charles Black as President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). As CSO, Black will play a key leadership role in developing Technorati’s strategy and identifying market opportunities to support the company’s continued growth. He will be based out of our San Francisco headquarters.

“Black is an invaluable addition to the Technorati Media team,” said Shani Higgins, Technorati Media’s CEO. “With his proven ability to spearhead and integrate data technology and business strategies, he will play a vital role in our growth and innovation in the online and social media space.”

Black brings with him years of business development and online media experience. Over the past 2 years he drove Epic Media Group/Traffic Marketplace’s business development initiatives, including strategic partnerships, acquisition and data mining, platform creation and optimization, product formulation and execution and M&A evaluations. Prior to his position at Traffic Marketplace, Black served as Director of Business Development at Specific Media where he spearheaded large scale data acquisitions and was a driving force behind efforts to improve network efficiency and performance. There, he also established the company’s sales training program that focused on company and industry insights, lead successful efforts to streamline the media buying process, developed a real-time data analytics platform for current and future clients, and launched a search retargeting platform, among many other significant contributions. Black earned his B.A. in English Literature at Pepperdine University and a J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law

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