Unruly Names Former AOL Executive Kenneth Suh Senior Vice President of Global Business Development

Digital media veteran joins Unruly to lead new product evolution and drive forward programmatic and native social video capabilities

NEW YORK, NY – July 14, 2014 – Marketing technology company Unruly today announces Kenneth Suh has joined its executive team as Senior Vice President of Global Business Development. Suh, who is based in the company’s New York office, is responsible for developing global partnerships across programmatic advertising, native advertising and digital media to help drive business growth and innovation within the company’s product offerings.

According to eMarketer, 85% of companies are currently using a programmatic approach to media buying, and that number is expected to grow to 91% in the next two years. Suh’s responsibilities will also include Unruly’s further expansion into native advertising, which will contribute more than 40% of the $10 billion spent on social media ads by 2017, according to BI Intelligence.

Before joining Unruly, Suh led business development for AOL Platforms, where he delivered significant revenue growth through partnerships across programmatic display, video and mobile platforms. He also formed strategic alliances with many global Fortune 500 companies, as well as top-tier advertising agencies. He brings extensive experience launching programmatic supply solutions through partnerships with demand-side platforms and real-time-bidding (RTB) exchanges. Suh also previously held digital business development positions at MTV Networks and Disney ABC Television Group.

“Ken has extensive experience successfully managing partnerships with both advertisers and publishers globally and we’re thrilled to have him on board to help grow Unruly’s programmatic and native offerings,” said Scott Button, CEO, Unruly. “The digital advertising industry continues to evolve and Ken’s unique set of capabilities will be an invaluable asset to Unruly as we  constantly seek ways to improve and expand our product sets in order to deliver the most robust end-to-end suite of video content solutions.”

Unruly provides end-to-end solutions for more than 65% of Ad Age Global 100 brands. Advertisers can predict earned media with proprietary algorithm Unruly ShareRank. They can engage 1.17 billion people across the Open Web with Unruly Activate (comScore Feb 2014), the leading social video distribution platform. And prove ROI with Unruly Analytics, a cloud-based dashboard providing real-time competitive benchmarks across 6 billion customizable data points. The company has 12 offices globally, most recently opening its Asian headquarters in Singapore.

About Unruly

Marketing technology company Unruly is the leading global platform for social video marketing and works with top brands and their agencies to get their videos watched, tracked and shared across the Open Web. Our programmatic video platform reaches and engages the half of the global Internet population who are watching and sharing videos outside of YouTube.

Our end-to-end solution cracks the code on social video sharing. Advertisers can predict earned media with proprietary algorithm Unruly ShareRank. They can engage 1.17 billion people across the Open Web with Unruly Activate (comScore Feb 2014), the leading social video distribution platform. And prove ROI with Unruly Analytics, a cloud-based dashboard providing real-time competitive benchmarks across 6 billion customizable data points.

The product set is powered by the Unruly Viral Video Chart, a unique data set covering 430 billion video views and tracking 24 million shares per day. Engaging audiences across the full range of mobile, tablet and second screen devices, Unruly Activate has delivered, tracked and audited 4.27 billion video views across 3,600+ social video campaigns for over 650 brands, including Volkswagen, Dove, Coca-Cola, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Warner Bros and adidas. We’ve worked with 65% of Ad Age Global 100 brands and our mission is to deliver the most awesome social video advertising campaigns on the planet.

Founded in 2006, Unruly has 12 offices and employs 150 people globally. In 2012, Unruly secured a $25 million Series A investment led by Amadeus, Van den Ende & Deitmers and Business Growth Fund. The company has won 26 awards, including ‘Best Content Distribution Platform’ at the Braves Awards; ‘Digital Innovator of the Year’ at the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100; ‘International Management Team of the Year’ at the BVCA Awards 2013 and #14 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA. Unruly has been selected by Tech City as a Future Fifty Company.

To find out more, visit unrulymedia.com.