Doug Stevenson - Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

Doug Stevenson serves as the CEO and co-founder of Vibrant, leading the company's expansion since it began operations in July 2000. Starting with an initial investment of $500,000, Doug has developed Vibrant into a global online advertising business with over 200 employees located in New York, San Francisco, London, Hamburg and Paris. Vibrant's in-text advertising reaches over 120M Unique Users on over 3,000 publisher web sites in 13 different languages. Vibrant's advertisers include Fortune 500 global brands such as Microsoft, Daimler-Chrysler, Hewlett-Packard and Sony.

Vibrant has won numerous awards for its rapid growth, international expansion and its contextual advertising technology. Among these awards, the Company has been recognized by both the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 list for two consecutive years. Prior to founding Vibrant, Doug worked at AOL Europe as Head of E-commerce and has nineteen years of publishing, media and Internet experience with AOL, CompuServe, Netscape, Haymarket Publishing and BBC Magazines/Redwood Publishing. Doug has a B.S.c. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Edinburgh University.

Craig Gooding - Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder

Craig Gooding serves as the CCO and co-founder of Vibrant, leading the strategy and execution of business development and sales for the company. Craig has overseen the acquisition of over 1,600 publishers and leading advertisers to Vibrant's network. Vibrant's in-text advertising reaches over 120M Unique Users on over 3000 publisher web sites in 13 different languages. Vibrant's advertisers include Fortune 500 global brands such as Apple, BP, Intel and Toyota.

Vibrant has won numerous awards for its rapid growth, international expansion and its contextual advertising technology. Among these awards, the Company has been recognized by both the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 list for two consecutive years. Craig was formerly AOL Europe's e-commerce Manager and leading dealmaker and has thirteen years of publishing, media and Internet experience gained at AOL, CompuServe, Netscape, and ICQ. He was previously Associate Publisher of MLP's Enterprise Magazine and has been involved in the successful launch of a number of magazines and online media properties. Craig also played a crucial role in the launch of Netscape Online. Craig has a B.A. in Humanities from Hull University.

Bob Hammond - Senior Vice President, Technology
Bob Hammond is the SVP of Technology overseeing Vibrant’s technology teams which include Adserver Development, Business Systems, Database Administration, Systems and Quality Assurance. Previously Bob was the VP of Engineering for the Yahoo!s Video Syndication Platform Group, overseeing a large fast moving engineering team and managing the design & development of Yahoo’s video publishing platform. His career spans senior technology positions at Maven (Acquired by Yahoo!), Mirror Image Internet and Hewlett Packard amongst others.

Paul Joachim - Senior Vice President, Sales and Operations
Prior to Vibrant Paul Joachim spent over 10 years with the technology investment bank Jefferies-Broadview, where most recently he was a Managing Director and led the bank's West Coast Digital Media and Services practice. Previously with IBM he held senior positions in sales, focusing on scientific and technical computing. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California and holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business.

Martin Forbes - Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations
Martin Forbes oversees the worldwide operations of Vibrant, working to increase global revenue and profitability. Prior to joining Vibrant, Martin was a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP UK working in the Management Transaction Advisory Group. Spending 9½ years specializing in private equity transactions, Martin advised senior management and corporations with investment strategies. Martin graduated from Leeds University in 1997 with Joint Honors in Economics and Management Studies and was admitted to the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Chartered Institute of Taxation in May 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Gavin McCloskey- Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations
Since 2002, working closely with the co-founders, Gavin, has built and managed the finance department, overseeing Vibrant's growth in the US and Europe from 5 to over 200 employees operating from seven offices. Day to day Gavin works closely with the sales, business development, ad operations, marketing, HR and technology teams to meet the business objectives. Graduated from the University College of London with a B.S.c. in Economics in 2000.

Anna Kassoway - Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Creative Solutions
As Senior Vice President of Global Marketing & Creative Solutions, Anna is responsible for the company's corporate brand positioning and customized product solutions for strategic partners. Since her arrival in 2003, Anna has helped drive the evolution of the company's product suite, which today reaches more than 165 million unique users worldwide per month. Overseeing the creative department, Anna provides Vibrant's custom online product solutions for clients including Unilever, Microsoft, Best Buy, and AT&T. Prior to joining Vibrant Anna was the Regional Media Director for Beyond Interactive, the interactive arm of Grey Worldwide. In this role she managed multi-million dollar global media campaigns. Anna is an active member of the IAB, OPA, Advertising Women of NY, and the ABM.