MediaMath Appoints Execs, Board Members as It Considers Next Steps

Hires this year by MediaMath, one of the few large independent ad tech companies that hasn't gone public or sold, suggest that it's gearing up for change, beit an initial public offering or more aggressive growth as a still-private player.Most recently, Rich Schmaeling joined MediaMath this month as CFO, filling a post that had been vacant since Jeannie Mun left in March to join an ebook startup. He had been a consultant at Media General and before that was CFO at Lin Media, which Media General merged with, and VP-finance at Dow Jones, where he worked on its integration with News Corp.His arrival follows Peter Piazza's appointment as general counsel in June, succeeding Brian Miller, who left in March. Mr. Piazza had been deputy chief legal officer at Nielsen. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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