Management Team

Jeff Hirsch

Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for developing the overall strategy and steering the company in its leadership position in the space, online media pioneer Jeff Hirsch has enjoyed success in building media companies while establishing a reputation as an Internet guru. Jeff has been instrumental in assembling, and is responsible for guiding one of the strongest management teams in the industry with deep domain expertise in technology, data and media. An accomplished and sought after advocate of online marketing, Jeff travels around the world espousing its virtually unlimited potential for growth and prosperity and of AudienceScience’s esteemed position within the ecosystem.

Prior to joining AudienceScience, Jeff was SVP of Business Development for ValueClick, Inc. where he orchestrated building and strengthening the company's cross-divisional publisher relationships. Jeff joined ValueClick from Fastclick, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer for over four years. While at Fastclick, Jeff was instrumental in building and establishing the company as a premiere internet advertising network business that was purchased by ValueClick in 2005 for over $210M.

Jeff has held executive leadership positions at leading media, advertising and promotions companies. In 1988, he founded Xymox Systems, Inc. (now Xytech Systems), which he ultimately sold in 1995 after steering the company to a position on the 1994 Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies. In addition to his expertise in incubating companies for strategic growth, Jeff has held sales and marketing management positions in various start-up and later-stage technology and media companies.

Jeff holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with high honors in Experimental Psychology.

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