Building Automattic's Self-Serve advertising products. Responsible for Tumblr Blaze, Blaze by WordPress.com, and more.https://blaze.tumblr.com/https://wordpress.com/advertising/https://jetpack.com/blaze/

I help to build and maintain the product and technology responsible for serving ads across Automattic; including Tumblr, WordPress, and other owned-and-operated publishers.Deeply experienced in the programmatic advertising technology landscape as well as in supporting a direct sold, first-party advertising business.

DotBlock is privately owned by HostRocket.com, a multi-million dollar sister web hosting company located in Upstate New York. Our company has been providing web hosting services to approximately 50,000 websites since 1999. By focusing on service while maintaining affordability, the company provides service that meets the unique needs of each client and exceeds their wildest performance expectations.DotBlock provides enterprise level hosting services such as: - Public & Private Clouds- Virtualization- Bare Metal & Dedicated Servers- Colocation- Load Balancers- Hardware Firewalls- Management ServicesSome of my daily responsibilities include:- Management of inbound and outbound lead generation efforts- Creation, documentation, and implementation of internal sales processes- Hiring, training, and oversight of outbound sales team (SDRs & Executives)- Continuous testing and optimization of the sales funnel(s)- Management of internet marketing campaigns- Research & development of new products and services.

Parent company of DotBlock.