The SilverCarrot Group of Companies, a pioneer in online technologies, today announced the appointment of Tracy Saalfrank, Vice President for Sales and John McGeehan, Vice President for Product Development. The new hires reflect growing momentum behind the groundbreaking iFlipitTM technology.
Saalfrank, whose background includes 20 years in senior leadership positions in traditional and new media advertising sales organizations, will partner with Mike Sisto, Vice President for Sales & Agency Relations at SilverCarrot. Together they will accelerate the Company's efforts to increase iFlipitTM acceptance among advertisers and agencies.
Before joining SilverCarrot, Saalfrank directed global marketing initiatives for the E.Solutions Marketing Services unit of Dallas-based EDS. Prior to joining EDS, Saalfrank established her own promotions agency, Reliance Marketing Group, which she grew from start-up to a multi-million dollar organization that later merged with Eventive Marketing. Eventive was acquired by Omnicom in 2005.
“It’s such an exciting time to work in this rapidly evolving space. I was drawn to SilverCarrot by the new management’s vision to transform the company from its traditional lead-gen roots to an aggressive competitor in the broader marketing technology landscape” said Saalfrank. “I look forward to introducing their iFlipitTM technology to a wider range of advertising and promotions agencies.”
McGeehan joins SilverCarrot from interactive giant OgilvyOne where he led teams responsible for user experience, application development, banners, gaming and e-mail technologies. At OgilvyOne, McGeehan oversaw staff engagements representing millions of dollars in annual revenue.
“From my previous headaches in creating rich media ad units to enable data collection, I recognized the value of SilverCarrot’s vision to evolve marketing technology to deliver real value to the consumer,” McGeehan said. “It’s exciting and challenging to be in on the ground floor of developing such a flexible and useful technology.”
“Tracy brings deep experience in both technology marketing and promotions which is the future of our business.” said Dorothy Young, CEO of the SilverCarrot Group. “She has a proven track record of building progressive sales organizations and growing new revenue streams in the technology and promotions arenas.”
“John is very highly regarded in the applications development community.” Young continued. “He will lead iFlipitTM development teams to implement best practices, plan new product capabilities and ensure our customer service remains the best in the industry. We are thrilled to have Tracy and John on our team as we continue to simplify and innovate in a complex space.”
Saalfrank and McGeehan will be based out of SilverCarrot’s New York offices.
ABOUT SILVERCARROT:
The SilverCarrot Group of Companies, a privately held concern, was founded in 1999 and has been an evolving pioneer in online marketing. Major investors include Dolphin Equity Partners, Wall Street Technology Partners, Newlight Associates, Incubator Ventures, Seed Capital Partners, Marketing 1:1 Ventures and Westmont Venture Partners.
Contacts:
Patrick Keyes, 646-873-4990
SVP Marketing &
Communications
patrickk@silvercarrot.com
