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Saint Paul, MN-based Optimine Software has Appointed Rob Cooley as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
OptiMine’s digital ad measurement and optimization platform helps advertisers maximize display and paid search financial performance. Its unique, cross-channel analytics break the cookie barrier, setting a new standard in digital advertising measurement and optimization. OptiMine leverages atomic-level, predictive modeling and unique Value Per Impression (VPI) methodology to measure the cross-channel value of ads—across all devices. With OptiMine, each individual paid search and display ad bid or buy recommendation is geared toward maximizing performance of the financial goal set by the advertiser. When optimizing both display and paid search channels together, OptiMine consistently drives financial increases of 35% or more. OptiMine Software was founded by experienced software executives, with half a century of experience in using predictive analytics and data mining to improve marketing performance. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, and backed by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners of San Francisco, California and Calumet Venture Fund of Madison, Wisconsin.
About the Person
Robert Cooley has deep expertise and broad application experience with data mining and optimization technologies. He is known for his groundbreaking work in Web Mining and has over fifteen years of experience managing projects and analyzing data in a variety of fields, with a focus on e-commerce, CRM, and unstructured text. Prior to OptiMine Software, Robert was the VP of Technical Operations for KXEN, a data mining software company, and before that he was the Director of Data Mining for Outride Inc., a Xerox PARC spin-off specializing in personalized search technologies that was sold to Google in 2001. In addition to a PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota, he holds degrees in civil and nuclear engineering.
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