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My name is Marc Taubman, and I am a highly effective marketing and solution-oriented matchmaker who isn’t afraid to stir the pot. I never stop thinking, asking, questioning, helping, and giving.
►I am a networker and influencer, a pivot guy with many spokes.
► I am a relationship person---relationships make my heart sing.
► I deliver a lot of value to those that I am connected to personally and professionally.
► I am playful and authentic.
► I am practical and make things happen.
My family is very important to me. I have three wonderful children, and I teach and mold them with the values my father, a hard-working entrepreneur, passed along to me.
I love digital marketing, and am very passionate about it. No industry evolves faster than digital marketing. We will continue to see a shift in the way marketers deploy programs, how they leverage new technologies and account for ROI.
I ask my clients a lot of questions around the possible, the impossible and the low hanging fruit that someone so close to the business doesn’t see and show them how to take advantage of it all. Optimally, they see a return on investment that surpasses what they are currently doing. They feel they have forged a true partnership. I champion their causes, get the attention of the check writers and decision-makers and help them get their jobs done.
Every day there is a proliferation of “better mousetraps” that span every aspect of digital marketing, whether it comes from better platforms and technology to harness the power of digital, new ways to advertise across all connected devices or the way we interact with and time we spend with connected devices. Businesses that will be here “tomorrow” will know how to squeeze more dollars out of their online advertising spend and do it in a scalable way.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss my experiences, please connect with me on LinkedIn. Please refer to your opportunity in your request to connect. Ari Brandt co-founded Receptiv (formerly known as MediaBrix), the leading in-app mobile video ad platform connecting brands to receptive users during meaningful moments, in 2011 and served as the company’s CEO and Chairman until it was acquired in May 2018. He is a seasoned media executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience building profitable digital businesses and advertising platforms.
Over the course of his career, Brandt has played a key role in launching and developing innovative brands and products for renowned media and advertising technology organizations.
Before founding Receptiv, Brandt was the CEO at Linkstorm, an advertising technology company, where he led the company through consecutive years of triple-digit growth and global expansion. He has also worked as the head of digital media for Condé Nast Business Media Group and led the launch of Portfolio.com. Prior to Conde Nast, Brandt held management roles at prominent media and ad tech companies including Yahoo! and DoubleClick. He started his career working in media and account management at leading advertising agencies such as Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, Weiss Whitten Stagliano, and MVBMS/Euro RSCG.
Brandt regularly speaks at industry conferences and most recently has been a featured speaker at SXSW, ad:tech, DEW, Inside Mobile Apps, MediaPost’s OMMA Global, MediaPost’s Social Media Insider Summit and MIN Digital Media Summit. Additionally, he has contributed articles and been quoted in widely-read media outlets such as Adweek, Ad Age, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, MediaPost, Mobile Marketer and Digiday. 
