Industry Leader Meets Growing Demand for Ad-Fraud Cybersecurity with Addition of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Quality Officer to its Leadership Team


NEW YORK (PRWEB) APRIL 08, 2019
Confiant, the leader and innovator in advertising security, today announced the appointment of two senior executives to its leadership team: Amit Dodeja joins as Chief Operating Officer and John Murphy joins as Chief Quality Officer.
Dodeja is a highly experienced leader in the development and execution of go-to-market strategies. In his new role, he will be charged with providing vision & direction to drive the company’s growth, marketing and business development. Dodeja previously led strategy at SimpleReach (acquired by Nativo), where he joined as the 1st business hire and helped build the company every step of the way, providing vision and direction across product, sales, operations, marketing, data science, and customer success. Earlier in his career, he lead digital audience development and analytics at TIME Magazine.

Murphy joins Confiant with nearly two decades of experience in digital advertising. At Confiant, Murphy will play an integral role in the company’s product strategy, driving the industry forward on quality and developing new ways to empower publishers and platforms with control over the ads they serve. Murphy most recently oversaw all aspects of marketplace quality, including ad quality, traffic quality, and policy, at OpenX, a programmatic advertising exchange. Prior to that, he held a variety of quality and policy roles at Yahoo!. Murphy was also previously co-chair of the Trustworthy Accountability Group’s (TAG) Anti-Malware Working Group, where he helped to develop and roll out the TAG Anti-Malware guidelines.

“As Confiant continues to work toward our mission of making media safe for everyone, our newest members to the leadership team will help to guide our corporate and product strategies and execute against it,” said Louis-David Mangin, CEO & Co-Founder, Confiant. “Amit and John are both accomplished and trusted leaders with proven track records of driving business growth, and we are thrilled to welcome them to our team.”

“Advertising security is a growing threat, and Confiant is the only company that has a vision for how to deliver maximum protection to the industry,” said Dodeja. “At Confiant, I have a tremendous opportunity to address that threat with a thriving company, proven product suite and a world-class team.”

“Confiant’s emphasis on security and transparency is unparalleled in the space,” said Murphy. “I am excited to join Confiant at a time of rapid growth and leave an indelible mark on the industry.”

About Confiant 
Confiant is a cyber security company born from the recognition that the world's most sophisticated advertisers aren't Verizon or P&G, but criminals using the industry for their own selfish ends. These criminals are hijacking programmatic advertising and giving publishers a bad name.

Confiant protects publishers' and platforms' reputations, revenue, and resources with always-on anti-malware software that provides protection for desktop, mobile, and video ads. Our sole focus is on helping advertising platforms and publishers rid the world of malware. This focus enables us to evolve quickly and meet our clients' needs for defeating the bad actors trying to undermine the industry.

It is the first company to come to market with a technology that not only detects malicious activity, but actively blocks it. Confiant believes in the intelligent application of this new technology to fight back and make digital media safe for everyone. For more information visit: http://www.confiant.com.