StackAdapt, an industry-leading programmatic advertising platform, was initially seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the front-end engineering team. Running in parallel to this search, our Product Practice had been engaged to execute on a search for the company’s first CPO. During the course of these searches, StackAdapt made the decision to combine the engineering and CPO roles and look for an SVP Platforms.
Previously a Head of Engineering at a global cybersecurity and observability data platform company, they were tasked with building out the R&D/Engineering teams. Over 2 years, they grew the organization to 40 FTEs, with a heavy focus on new product development and innovation. They also had experience as a technical Co-Founder at a customer engagement and survey startup that grew to 40 employees, $5M ARR, and 3000 B2B customers in over 120 countries.