Tags: Jon Miller, the former CEO of AOL, has joined as chairman of the OpenX. I could list a million things that Jon accomplished in his career, but one stands out: every person I have spoken with that has worked for Jon would enthusiastically work for him again, and many consider him their mentor. To me, that one thing says the most about a person.
Why do we need Jon for OpenX? What does it mean for our publisher community?
Jon has much experience working with major advertisers, as well as large and small publishers. He understands how difficult it is to provide software, service, and media to medium to small publishers, which is the core user base of OpenX. He can help us grow from a small company to a larger one. He understands our need to continue to focus on making OpenX simple, scalable, and extendable. He is a true believer of open source (like our other investors).
The vision of OpenX is to help our publishers make more money online. Jon will help us do that.
Please help me welcome Jon to the OpenX team!
Media coverage snapshot
Reuters: “The titans are doing fine, but there’s a whole new generation. I believe Openads is one of those,”
Cnet: OpenX, one the industry’s largest ad networks and the dominant open-source ad server company
Clickz: Jonathan Miller was appointed to the new position of chairman of open source ad serving platform OpenX.
Silicon alley insider: Former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller has joined online ad firm OpenX as chairman
Congratulations Scott et al.
Thanks Dries. Good to hear from you. I hope things are going well with Acquia.
Scott,
Great news. So this is what you have been up to! Hope to see you guys soon
Toni -
I assumed that this was a given! Thanks - it is definitely work being specific about our commitment to being open source (and free).
Scott
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Jon,
Congratulations on your new position. I used to work in AOL Access in Broadband Marketing on your team.
Good luck,
Al
[...] ロンドンのスタートアップ「Openads」が社名を「OpenX」に改め、AOL元CEOのJonathan Millerを会長に迎えた。OpenXは最近ますます人気のオープンソースの広告専用サーバー（ここTechCrunchでも使っている）。 [...]
Does that mean Velocity has invested in you guys, or just Jon? Either way, congratulations.
Peter,
Velocity has not invested in OpenX.
Scott
Congratulations to both the team and Jon. Sounds like an excellent fit for a great open source project.
[...] has changed its name to OpenX (see TechCrunch UK for more) and former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller has joined as chairman. OpenX is an increasingly popular open-source ad server (we use it here at TechCrunch). Since his [...]