Channel Factory, the global brand suitability and contextual advertising company, announced several strategic leadership appointments to bolster its North American operations and drive the company’s next phase of growth, appointing Kevin Gentzel as President, Americas. Gentzel brings over two decades of experience leading revenue and transformation strategies at some of the world’s most recognized media and technology companies.
This follows Channel Factory’s recent investment from Truelink Capital, which was specifically designed to help Channel Factory advance its future growth, and this announcement further reinforces that plan.
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In previous roles, Gentzel served as Global Chief Commercial and Growth Officer at Newsweek, was the first Chief Revenue Officer at Gannett and held the position of Head of Advertising Sales for North America at Yahoo. He has also held the position of Chief Revenue Officer at The Washington Post. During his time at The Washington Post as CRO, Gentzel helped lead the company through the Jeff Bezos acquisition. Gentzel was also the first CRO at Forbes Media, and under his leadership, the company developed the Forbes CMO Summit and Practice and launched “AdVoice” (now BrandVoice), an industry-leading version of branded content.
Gentzel is a sought after voice at top industry conferences and has spoken at events to include Business Insider’s IGNITION, Financial Times’ Digital Media Summit in London, Forbes CMO Summit, and Digiday’s Publishing Summit.
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“As Channel Factory continues to scale and evolve, bringing on exceptional leaders is critical to realizing our vision. Kevin’s ability to drive innovation and business growth at the highest levels of media and technology makes him an invaluable addition to our executive team,” said Tony Chen Founder and CEO of Channel Factory.
“This leadership investment underscores Channel Factory’s commitment to evolving its executive team to meet the growing needs of the digital media industry and support its ambitious expansion plans,” continued Chen.
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