Avinash Tharani

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India20 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in digital advertising and programmatic sales.
  • Proven track record in building and leading sales teams.
  • Strong strategic partnerships driving business growth.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a MarTech and AdTech expert with extensive experience in digital advertising and strategic partnerships.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PartnershipsSoftware As A Service (saas)Account ManagementDigital Advertising SalesAd Serving

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentPlatform as a Service (PAAS)Problem SolvingP&L ManagementDigital MarketingOnline AdvertisingAdvertisingMedia PlanningMedia BuyingTeam ManagementIntegrated MarketingOnline MarketingDigital StrategyMobile MarketingMobile Advertising

About

Consulting my clients to give them best mileage by understanding the communication needs and suggesting the best communication platform to them. Creating innovative branding strategies & solutions for the best brand recall and launch. Suggesting a 360 degree solutions on Mobil and Digital Platform. Specialties: Integrating & Innovation for Branding

Experience

20 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Jioads

AVP

Feb 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • JioAds is disrupting the Digital Media Landscape by building a super rich technology platform for AD-SERVING, SSAI, Voice Search and many more.
  • I would bring in custom solutions together for OTT Broadcasters, CTV OEMs & other publishers. I liaison between various teams internally and externally for a fruitful strategic partnership.
Strategic PartnershipsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Business DevelopmentPlatform as a Service (PAAS)Problem Solving

Zeotap

Director - Zeotap

May 2019Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Zeotap is a Berlin HeadQuartered Next - Generation CDP
  • Unify, enhance and activate your customer with our comprehensive Customer Intelligence Platform (CIP)
  • Evangelising Zeotap's CDP platform combined with identity resolution & data driven marketing
  • Nationally leading the sales efforts for Zeotap India across clients & agencies.
Account ManagementProblem Solving

Zee entertainment enterprises limited

National Head - Zee5

May 2018May 2019 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

  • Zee5 is a leading OTT platform in the OTT Landscape of India Market. Content available in 12 languages and content connecting to the roots of Indian Users.
  • Building the sales team from scratch along with servicing teething issues of an upcoming platform.
  • Nationally responsible for revenue on Zee5 ad sales.
  • Strategize effective strategies with Sales Team, Client Services Team, Media Analytics Team and relevant stakeholders
  • Leveraging on insights of the market trends, advertiser media buying preference and competition.
  • Creating various packages for the sales team.
  • Ideating with the team, challenges faced in the trade & cultivating solutions.
  • Ensuring Agency Volume Deals are signed with all agencies.
  • Focusing on JBPs are signed with key clients.
  • Onboarding new clients and servicing and upselling the existing business.
  • Ensuring sales targets being met by team & me.
  • Cultivate excellent relations with new prospects & existing clients.
  • Brand Solutions & AdTech
  • Working closely with the content team to create multimedia ideas for brands.
  • Building up a self-serve AdTech platform for SME clients.
  • Setting up the programmatic ad revenue model.
  • Personally I am a good story teller along with being an individual contributor and a team player. Able to groom the team and give them the right direction to achieve business goals.
Account ManagementProblem SolvingP&L ManagementDigital Advertising Sales

Sociomantic labs

Country Head

Nov 2016Apr 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Sociomantic Labs provides full funnel business solutions at scale, using programmatic display advertising solutions for online, mobile and social. Sociomantic’s proprietary Streaming CRM™ technology enables marketers in more than 60 countries worldwide to harness the value of CRM and other data assets to deliver individually personalised dynamic ads for retargeting, prospecting and loyalty campaigns – helping marketers turn data into ROI. Sociomantic has been profitable since its founding in Berlin in 2009, and has grown organically to more than 250+ employees in 19 offices today.
  • Evangelising Programmatic Ad Sales & Functionalities of retargeting platforms. - Bring personalisation at scale for brands with DCO technology and garner better results for clients by delivering right communication
  • P & L responsibility for the India region.
  • Onboarding New Clients & Up-Selling to the existing clients.
Ad ServingAccount ManagementProblem Solving

India today

Regional Head - India Today Group (Digital)

Jun 2011Oct 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai

  • Nationally Monetising the digital assets of International brands like Cosmopolitan, MailOnline, Men’s Health, Wayn
  • Regionally Monetising digital assets like India Today, Business Today, AajTak.
  • Selling different product offerings like Display Ads, Video Ads, Emailers, Branded Content, Intellectual Properties.
  • Key Member for setting up the tech-stack for digital assets of India Today Digital Properties.
Ad ServingAccount ManagementProblem Solving

Affle

West Head

Jun 2010May 2011 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Evangelising Mobile Media Advertising in the era of Feature Phones
  • Selling Display, Video Ads, Sponsorships on mobile media
  • Direct client approach & keeping the agency in the loop led to successful closures
Account ManagementProblem Solving

Bccl

Asst. Manager

Oct 2006Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Account ManagementProblem Solving

Watson wyatt

Consultant

Jun 2005Sep 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Education

University of Mumbai

MBA — Marketing

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Students Academy

Jan 1997Jan 1997

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