Elisabeth DeMarse

Elisabeth DeMarse

Interim Chief Executive Officer and President

Elisabeth DeMarse has been a member of our board of directors since January 7, 2020. From September 2014 to the present, Ms. DeMarse has served on the board of directors of AppNexus Inc., a digital advertising software company, as the board’s compensation committee chair. From March 2012 to February 2016, she was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of TheStreet, Inc., a digital financial media company. From September 2010 to March 2012, Ms. DeMarse was the Chief Executive Officer of Newser, LLC, a digital news curation company. From January 2005 to March 2012, she was the Entrepreneur in Residence at Austin Ventures LP. From October 2006 to August 2010, she was Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the board of directors of CreditCards.com, a credit card application aggregation website. Ms. DeMarse holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Joshua Weiss

Joshua Weiss

Chief Financial Officer

Joshua Weiss has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2019. From October 2016 to June 2019, Mr. Weiss was employed as a Vice President, Finance at Cambridge Information Group, a family office specializing in education and education technology. From October 2011 to October 2016, Mr. Weiss held various positions at an international accounting firm, including Senior Audit Manager, specializing in the firm’s SEC and Transaction Advisory groups. From August 2005 to October 2011, Mr. Weiss held various positions at a different international accounting firm, including Audit Manager, specializing in Real Estate and Hospitality. Mr. Weiss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Yeshiva University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.

Mitchell Berg

Mitchell Berg

Chief Technology Officer

Berg adds more than 20 years of technology, engineering, and executive management experience to the Kubient team. Most recently, Berg served as CTO for Koddi, leading the product and technology teams to develop ad-tech products that enhance the company's marketplace offering. He held the same role at Vroom prior to their IPO, where he led the rebuild of the technology team to redesign and scale out the online car buying experience, including developing underlying technology required to advertise and market to prospective customers, and enhance data science and analytics functions. At Dailymotion, Berg architected and developed a new ad-tech platform to support the monetization of Dailymotion video content which included real-time ad serving and auction exchange. Throughout his industry tenure, Berg also held senior level roles at prominent ad-tech companies, such as IgnitionOne, Kikin and SEMPlest.

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

Senior Vice President of Partnerships

Adams brings a wealth of knowledge to the role from his over 20 years as a sales and marketing professional at companies including Centro, a digital marketing solution, where he was the head of Client Direct and Publisher Solutions in the East region.

Kimberly Kahn

Kimberly Kahn

Vice President of People Operations

Kim joins Kubient with almost two decades of human resources ("HR") experience across a number of companies. Notably, as the first U.S. HR professional at DoubleVerify, an advertising technology company, Kim was responsible for running the comprehensive human resources department. More specifically, she recruited for all positions and levels which totaled in over 300 employees during her tenure, created and constantly updated the employee handbook, acted as the point person for all employee relations needs, managed all HR services and renewals with vendors, set a compelling company culture to help attract and retain talent, as well as handled compensation logistics for employees. Additionally, Kim has served in senior level positions at TuneCore Inc. and Culture Trip., where she was VP, Human Resources and Director, Human Resources, respectively.

Larry Mlawksi

Larry Mlawksi

Senior Vice President, Client Services