Monday, March 10, 2008

AdReady Hires Former AOL, Microsoft Execs

Seattle-based AdReady, developers of a self-service display advertising platform, reported Monday that it has hired executives from AOL and Microsoft to serve as vice presidents. Specifically, the company said Mark Feldman, formerly vice president of network development at AOL, joins AdReady as senior vice president of sales and business development, while Saleel Sathe, formerly Microsoft adCenter's director of product management, steps in as vice president for product management. Prior to his AOL tenure, Feldman practiced law at Lathan & Watkins. Before Microsoft, Sathe led product management and marketing for paid inclusion services at AltaVista and Overture. AdReady is a privately held company backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures and the Madrona Venture Group.