Celtra Yearbook 2013

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THE YEAR OF Miha Mikek

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

GROWING UP I am proud to present to you the very first Celtra yearbook that we created together. It serves not only as an overview of an amazing year that we have shared, but also marks the third anniversary of the AdCreator release and our Series A funding; two major turning points in Celtra’s history that laid out the building blocks of our stellar success to date.

Celtra was not built around a single brilliant idea…

We started with merely vision, passion, talent and a tremendous drive for creating the future - the perfect blend for disruption! We never questioned our ability to create something great, always believing in the power of our team to get us there.

It has, since the beginning, been all about the mix of unique backgrounds, experiences, knowledge and strengths that build our team.

In less than three years, Celtra grew from just a handful of people to a team of over ninety individuals, becoming a true force in mobile advertising.

We are known as innovators, doers, and great people to work with. Our success is measured in the number of ads we deliver each month and we have come a long way from the initial couple of thousand impressions, recently crossing a 2 billion milestone, and are on the fast track to deliver over 3 billion ads in December!

2013 really has been the year of growing up, the tipping point in many significant ways. We have, for example, grown to a point where there is no longer a single person in the company that knows all other members of team Celtra, not even me.

We opened new, expanded existing and relocated to bigger office spaces throughout the year. Most importantly, we have seen the company departments develop into proper teams with leaders, we have evolved into an organization with a much more defined management structure and have effectively expanded our executive and management teams through internal promotions and successful hiring.

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Together, we have already accomplished so much and I could not be more proud of us as a team!

Thank you for contributing and helping us to create this yearbook – it will hopefully stay with you as a tangible reminder of this extraordinary year, all of the challenges that we conquered, the fun that we had and the laughs that we shared.

Congratulations for 2013 and Best Wishes for the New Year ahead of us!

Our partner network has grown to over 500 clients, covering all of the major media owners and mobile advertising ecosystem players on both sides of the Atlantic and we are excited to see how our recently announced Japan presence takes us even further. We already have clients spread across the globe, in over 30 countries - from US, EU and Japan to the Middle East and Australia. Celtra has truly grown into a global company, in every aspect of the word… global by talent and global in reach.

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LE A DERSHIP “Looking at him you would never guess he is a CEO - he strolls in every day wearing jeans and seems so laid-back considering he is running a multi-million dollar company.”

“Miha is a passionate visionary with all the common traits of a natural born leader.”

Miha Mikek

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Sculptor

“When his eyes shine, he can move mountains.“ “We are all in good hands with you at the helm.”

“An interdisciplinary whiz, never short of brilliant ideas.”

“The unique mixture of his perfume with the cigarettes scent for some reason makes his ideas sound even more appealing.”

“He can see amazing things in a strategy diagram.”

“Everyone wants to work with him, everyone wants to be his friend.

Matevž is an inspiring, visionary storyteller with style!”

Matevž Klanjšek

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

“What I love about Jaka above all is his brutal honesty. It doesn’t matter who you are, if what you’re saying doesn’t add up, he will call you out without hesitation!”

“She makes running in heels look easy, even when pregnant.”

“With anything she is involved in, she always gets straight to the point and tells you exactly how she feels, which is something to be admired.

She is very fashionable, ladylike and inappropriate all at once which makes her so loveable!”

Jaka Jančar

Chief Technology Officer

“When we started moving the product and engineering team to SF he said: the best thing about Celtra is that one day we talk about these big plans and a few weeks later, it somehow all becomes a reality.”

“The one and only!!!

You rock!”

Maja Drolec Co-founder & VP Finance

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“A CTO that two years ago asked what would we would do with 10 engineers.”

“I admire Jaka for - being a genius aside - his dedication and willingness to help out anyone, in any given situation!”

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BOA RD OF DIRECTORS

This diverse and highly experienced group of specialists draws on the diversity of its members to assure that Celtra always chooses to follow the right goals and takes the right roads to get to them.

Tim Wright

GrandBanks Capital

Mark Hatfield

Fairhaven Capital

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Ron Fisher

SoftBank Capital

Pisces Walt Doyle

Highland Capital Partners

Sarah Fay Free Agent

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YEAR IN REVIEW February Celtra wins the IAB Digital Video Rising Stars competition

The US Business Team meets in Boston for its annual sales training

Celtra is nominated at Mobile World Congress Awards in Barcelona

Aleksander Pejčić, Charlie Ibarra, Vuk Lau, Naz Ali, Patrick Candela, and Linda Gluszak join the team

Mojca Janežič joins the team

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Karmen Lužnik is promoted to VP Marketing David Cheung joins the team

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Celtra receives funding from SoftBank Capital

Q1 results are revealed and surpass projections by 30%

Katie Commiskey joins the team

Andrej Venta is promoted to Art Director

Team Product and part of Team Engineering relocate from Slovenia to San Francisco Polly Lieberman is promoted to VP Agency Sales, North America

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May Celtra inks deal with GroupM, which becomes its first big agency holding company partner Torey Franks, Gregor Smrekar, Rok Burgar, Jade Burke, and Brian Griffin join the team

Risa Oze, Leila Cutshaw, Iris Zhang, Harry Robinson, David Rožac, and Stephanie Dorais join the team

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August

December

The UK team conquers Ireland’s market

Celtra announces a strategic partnership with DDB Chicago

Celtra is listed as one of the AlwaysOn OnMobile Top 100 private companies

Amy Mai, Nace Oroz, and Chad Sunderland join the team

Celtra expands to Japan; Nobukazu Kaneda is appointed as Japan Country Manager

Adrian Cuenca, Natan Nikolič, Joseph Brown, and Nigel Cerdeiros join the team

Social Rich Media campaign for Maker’s Mark becomes the best performing campaign in Celtra’s history Gašper Kozak is promoted to Director of Engineering Zora Zhou, Cindy Antuna, and Gregor Praprotnik join the team

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July New York team moves into a new office Ljubljana hosts its annual training & party AdCreator 4 plans are revealed Miti O’Rourke joins the team

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September Celtra wins The Stevie Award for the second straight year, Silver this time around Uroš Kovač, Mitja Kuščer, and Mark Zegarelli join the team

November 2 billion monthly impressions milestone achieved Todd Taplin joins the team Fan Shi is promoted to Director, Client Enablement Aleš Kotnik, Nicholas Kim Smith, Luka Narat, and Tu Ly-Gowler join the team Daylin Hull is promoted to Manager of Ad Operations Jacki Santiago is promoted to Senior Account Manager, Process Lead

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CELTRA GAL A X Y

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Miha Mikek

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

The city of Boston is the birthplace of Celtra. It all started when Miha and Maja, two of our three cofounders, moved there in 2005 to obtain their MBA degrees.

The city, which is home to some of the earliest mobile companies and is considered to be the center of the mobile industry, also provided Celtra with Series A funding.

It is where we built our strongest professional network; most of our board members, lawyers, and some of the early believers and advisors come from Boston. It is also where the first US employees were hired.

The Boston office serves as a strong operational functions hub; it’s the corporate headquarters to our CEO, Finance, Sales and Operations…

Some of the biggest annual gettogethers, be it trainings or board meetings, are held there as well.

The office culture can be described as a mix of “heads down, roll up your sleeves” attitudes and high-level strategizing. The end of 2013 brings another great milestone, as the team is about to move into its own office right in the heart of Boston after six memorable years at the Cambridge Innovation Center on MIT’s campus.

Maja Drolec Co-founder & VP Finance

Dekyi Lhaze

Financial Controller

Todd Taplin

EVP Global Sales, Strategy and Services

Grant Stratemeyer

VP Business Development

Robert Zierten

Director of Client Services

BOSTON

HE ADQUARTERS

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Miti O’Rourke

Iris Zhang

Senior Accountant

Accountant

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Erik Fortune

Sales Manager, Inside Sales

Naz Ali

Jade Burke

Account Manager

Stephanie Dorais

Executive Assistant

Campaign Analyst

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SAN FRANCISCO Opening an office in the heart of The City by the Bay marks a huge stepping-stone for Celtra as a direct result of a strategic and successful move of Team Product and part of Team Engineering from Ljubljana, Slovenia to San Francisco earlier this year. It has only been a few months, and both the product development and the team itself are thriving. They have grown considerably by adding a number of talented new members and quickly outgrew the initial office space. Team San Francisco is just now moving into a bigger, brighter new space, which means we need to start planning an office warming party soon!

Amy Mai

Matevž Klanjšek

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Aleš Gabrovec VP Product

Tadej Štrok

Senior Product Manager

Product Manager

Ashna Kothari Nicholas Kim Smith

UX Designer

Product Analyst

Mark Zegarelli Technical Writer

Sudha Reddy

Technical Account Manager

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Jaka Jančar

Chief Technology Officer

Andrej Venta Art Director

Gašper Kozak

Director of Engineering

Matic Pelcl Designer

Dino Kužnik Designer

Anita Knezy Designer

Jurij Vidmar

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Klemen Slavič

Senior Developer

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Polly Lieberman VP Agency Sales, North America

Karmen Lu탑nik VP Marketing

Gefen Lamdan VP Product

Chad Sunderland VP Client Services

Linda Gluszak

Director of Agency Sales

Brooke Haney

Director, Creative Services

Anthony Westmoreland

Director of Technical Services

Daylin Hull

Manager of Ad Operations

Jacki Santiago

Senior Account Manager, Process Lead

Fan Shi

Director, Client Enablement

Chelsea Garofalo Risa Oze

Account Manager

Agency Sales Manager

Katie Commiskey

Director of Agency Sales

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Patrick Candela

Director of Publisher Sales

Brian Griffin

Sales Engineer

Torey Franks

Marketing Associate

Julio Vasquez

Senior Designer

Zora Zhou Designer

Nigel Cerdeiros Designer

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Located smack dab in the middle of New York City in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, Celtra’s new NYC office is home to Sales, Marketing, and Client Services teams. The office, like a microcosm of New York City itself, is infused with individuals from different backgrounds with rich experiences, diverse characteristics, and amazing stories to tell. Add all this up, and you get a really great team! It’s a group that has no trouble finding an excuse for some vegan cake and champagne, or the occasional game of pingpong in the office.

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Aleksander Kmetec Senior Developer

Rok Burgar Developer

Viljem Škornik

System Administrator

Gregor Smrekar

Senior VP Engineering

Primož Ovčak Developer

Nace Oroz

System Administrator

Grega Kešpret Developer

Vuk Lau

Uroš Kovač

Lena Hofman

QA Engineer

Product Analyst

QA Engineer

Ursa Major

Aleksander Pejčić Senior Developer

Aleš Kotnik

Senior Developer

Marko Novak Developer

Robert Sedovšek Developer

Alen Prošić

QA Automation Engineer

Gregor Praprotnik Developer

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Uroš Pirnat Developer

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Mojca Janežič

Business Administrator

Mitja Kuščer

Front-end Developer

Blaž Vizjak

Senior Front-end Developer

Živa Vovk

Project Manager

Marin Mešter Anina Benulič

Design Intern

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Špela Buda Designer

Krista Keržan Designer

Ajda Rotar Designer

Matija Zupan

Copywriter/Video Producer

Marija Erjavec Design Intern

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LJUBLJANA Ljubljana is both the home of Celtra’s founders and home to the company’s largest office, which now houses over 30 people and keeps on growing! It’s comprised of a remarkable mix of talented individuals, and hosts the majority of Engineering, Creative Services, and half of the Marketing team.

Each year it grows a bit more, from a one-room office in Celtra’s early days to a large space that now takes up the whole floor of the building located in the city center of beautiful Ljubljana.

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LOS ANGELES While Celtra’s sunny Los Angeles office is home to just two of our team members, they make up for the lack of size with hard work and dedication. West Coast Agency Sales are headed up here along with Account Management for our West Coast clients. They accomplish their work in style, too, literally right on Venice Beach! They always have an excuse for an after work drink on the deck overlooking the sand and ocean.

Stefani Gassiot

Account Manager

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Charlie Ibarra

Director of Agency Sales

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CHICAGO Chicago’s team of three is responsible for the entire Midwest agency sales clientele. Two Sales Directors and an Account Manager make up our Windy City squad. They have a great location, not far from the Chicago Harbor and beautiful Lake Michigan, but are looking to relocate soon. Kingston Mines in Lincoln Park is one of the team’s favorite spots. This bar plays live blues seven nights a week, and sometimes the team will run into each other there, totally unplanned!

Paul Simmons

Director of Midwest Sales

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Leo Minor

Leila Cutshaw

Account Manager

Cindy Antuna

Director of Midwest Sales

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Nobukazu Kaneda

Japan Country Manager

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TOKYO Brand new this year is the addition of Celtra’s first office in Asia. Nobukazu Kaneda spearheads Tokyo as Japan Country Manager, and is poised to take the Japanese market by storm.

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LONDON Jonathan Milne

General Manager EMEA

The UK team in London has grown considerably in 2013 and now successfully covers the EMEA region, both on the agency and publisher side, with in-house Certification Support and Creative Product Specialists at hand. The London office is in a spectacular location, just a quick ride to some of the world’s most iconic landmarks, such as Buckingham Palace and Big Ben.

Harry Robinson

Director of Agency Sales

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Marta Ceccato Account Director

Tu Ly-Gowler

Account Manager

David RoĹžac

Creative Product Specialist

David Cheung

Certification Support Specialist

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Finance

UK & Japan

Sales

Engineering

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TE AM PRODUCT Such taste, such flavor! Once more, a year’s worth of hard work and investment into improving and planning the future of Celtra’s products has paid off in a fruitful harvest. Our customers have never been more excited to explore the richness and high value of our impeccably designed produce.

Its consumption, measured and interpreted by the best analysts in the field, is by no means small potatoes either. If the passing year is any indication of what’s to come next, we can only hold on in expectation of even peachier times ahead.

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Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

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Senior Product Manager

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Product Manager

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Andrej Venta Art Director

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Stephanie Dorais Campaign Analyst

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Lena Hofman

Product Analyst

Nicholas Kim Smith Product Analyst

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TE AM AD DELIVERY From system admins, QA engineers, and crackerjacks dealing with ad delivery to masterminds developing AdCreator’s dashboard, builder, and analytics, the Engineering team spends its days building the product we all love. They share a passion for making mobile browsers jump through hoops, making big data look small, and doing humanity a favor by making it incredibly easy to build ads people actually tap on.

Gašper Kozak

Director of Engineering The coolest rapper at Celtra.

Aleš Kotnik

Senior Developer Landed in “Team Ad Delivery” by mistake when looking for a group of people to train together for the Ljubljana marathon.

Gregor Smrekar

Senior VP Engineering The only guy with a pen and a calculator in the office.

Klemen Slavič

Aleksander Pejčić

Wikipedia on two legs.

Took the Grumpy Cat title from Marko Novak.

Senior Developer

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Gregor Praprotnik Developer

Is the only “new guy” we’re scared of.

Robert Sedovšek Developer

Wanted to design, but learned to code by accident, now doomed.

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Matjaž Lipuš

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Senior Web Developer (moved on in April)

Rod Petrović

VP Engineering

Jaka Jančar

Chief Technology Officer Hacked every hotel WIFI … with his Kindle.

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Uroš Pirnat Developer

Fond of cherries, especially the picking part.

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TE A M BUILDER

Aleksander Kmetec Senior Developer Also known as “The Dude.”

Rok Burgar Developer

His favorite color is gray.

Lorand Dali Researcher

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Marko Novak Developer

Former bearer of the Grumpy Cat title.

Grega Kešpret Developer

Ate Ikizukuri once in Japan (Google it!), avid salsa dancer.

Primož Ovčak Developer

In 1989 he already said: “When I grow up I’ll be a front-end developer.”

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TE AM Q A

T E A M S Y S A DMINS

Jurij Vidmar

Senior QA Engineer Living proof (so far) that cell phone radiation is harmless.

Viljem Škornik

System Administrator Multitasking extraordinaire: answers pager duty while riding his motorcycle.

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Luka Narat Alen Prošić

QA Automation Engineer Always in motion.

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QA Engineer Can’t grow a beard at all.

Nace Oroz

System Administrator Loves fish, hates steaks - weirdo!

Uroš Kovač

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Vuk Lau

QA Engineer

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Can grow a beard in 50 minutes.

Lost 10 years of his life in EVE Online.

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Paul Simmons

Director of Midwest Sales Favorite drink: Beer

Charlie Ibarra

Director of Agency Sales Favorite drink: Scotch

Polly Lieberman VP Agency Sales, North America

Favorite drink: Dirty martini. Very dirty.

Risa Oze

Agency Sales Manager Favorite drink: Bubbly

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TE AM AGENCY SALES

Katie Commiskey

While great products and services are an absolute necessity, they will never bring an overall success to a business if customers do not have a strong incentive to use them! Somebody has got to get our products out there in the market, and our Agency Sales team does that with class and pizazz. Our savvy sales reps work collaboratively with other teams to introduce and drive our products and services to consumers.

They turn potential customers into actual customers and expand the scale of existing collaborations faster than you can down that first drink after a long week in the office!

Director of Agency Sales Favorite drink: Old Fashioned

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Linda Gluszak

Director of Agency Sales Favorite drinks: Red wine, Dirty martinis, Guinness, Prosecco

Cindy Antuna

Director of Midwest Sales Favorite drink: Bubbly

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TE A M BUSINES S DE V ELOPMENT The Business Development team is helping publishers to keep revenues on pace with mobile consumption. They are focused on enabling a “business in the front, party in the back” mix of pub and ad network partners that support Celtra’s formats and/ or use the AdCreator platform to build campaigns in-house. As Grant, the team leader, stretches his coverage to cover both coasts while managing ad network and technology partners in the APAC and South American regions, Patrick has become his trusted confidant to manage key publisher clients in New York. Erik, the final member of the trinity, provides needed support by qualifying new clients, helping manage the onboarding process, and overseeing growth in Canada.

Erik Fortune

Sales Manager, Inside Sales

Rob Kramer

EVP Sales & Business Development (moved on in October)

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Grant Stratemeyer

VP Business Development

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Patrick Candela

Director of Publisher Sales

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TEAM CLIENT SER V ICES Celtra Client Services is an elite program of highly trained professionals on the frontier of our clients’ needs and expectations. The team specializes in carefully building and managing relationships as its top priority. Their clients are vast and expanding mobile cosmos, with which they explore the infinite possibilities and future of mobile rich media ads.

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Account Manager

Rob Zierten

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Technical Account Manager 4

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Account Manager

Naz Ali

Account Manager

Jacki Santiago

Senior Account Manager, Process Lead

Chelsea Garofalo Account Manager

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TEAM CRE AT I V E SER V ICE S Backed by the Mastermind Matevziano, along with the Godfather Mihaletto, the Creative Services team is led by Brooke Haney and is comprised of many of the world’s most unique and talented individuals. While each team member is different from the next, the Creative Services team works together as one to become an unstoppable force that can conquer any mob(ile) creative job thrown its way.

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Brooke Haney

Director, Creative Services

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Senior Front-end Developer 7 8 9

Živa Vovk

Project Manager

Mitja Kuščer

Front-end Developer

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Campaign Manager 11 12

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Julio Vasquez

Senior Designer

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Our Tech Services special ops unit is a group of battle-hardened mobile experts. They deploy into some of the hairiest situations known to mobile... and they enjoy it. Tech Services is an overqualified, over-equipped unit ready to take on any mobile issue. Team member training specializes in anything from ad certification to ad trafficking. When situations get sticky, don’t worry. Our techs have your back!

CLIENT EN A BLEMENT 48 49 Led by Fan Shi and her ferocious K9 “Popcorn,” Client Enablement sniffs out any uncertainties our clients may have. They facilitate full-on boot camp training through one-on-one walkthroughs and free sign-up webinars. This tactical approach allows our partners the enablement they need to get out there in the field with the rest of us and serve the best ads possible.

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Daylin Hull

Manager of Ad Operations

Fan Shi

Director, Client Enablement

Anthony Westmoreland

Director of Technical Services

Brian Griffin

Sales Engineer

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The seasoned UK team and the brand new Japan office are responsible for our fastdeveloping EMEA and Asian markets. As Nobukazu begins to take Japan by storm in 2014, the UK team continues to successfully conquer new markets, winning over agency and publisher business across the EMEA region, training our customers in using the AdCreator platform, and driving certifications and trafficking support. When they are not busy making Celtra the preferred rich media partner of top media agencies in EMEA, they are always up for a good time.

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Nobukazu Kaneda

Japan Country Manager

David Ro탑ac

Creative Product Specialist

David Cheung

Certification Support Specialist

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Jonathan Milne

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General Manager EMEA

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Harry Robinson

Director of Agency Sales

Marta Ceccato Account Director

Tu Ly-Gowler

Account Manager

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TE A M M A RK E TING What an exciting year 2013 has been for the Marketing team! They’ve stepped up from product marketing by throwing communications and events into the mix and have truly shifted into higher gear. They are on a mission to create great content that’s always worth consuming and deliver beyond just beautiful designs.

Driven by the desire to do more, bigger, and better, they support all the teams in an effort to elevate Celtra’s brand positioning and make Celtra’s presence stronger, while leaving a lasting impression... Sometimes, the only holdup is the fact that the days do not have enough hours.

Despite many challenges, Marketing is proud to have successfully come together as a team, adding Torey’s great spirits on the events side and empowering the design team with the additions of Nigel and the talented student intern Marija. It does feel good to see that they not only touch so many teams with their work, but also leave a small mark... It is an achievement, after all, to have Jaka notice, point out, and demand that his new batch of business cards be printed by the production house that delivers higher quality print.

Torey Franks

Marketing Associate

Matija Zupan

Copywriter/Video Producer

Sara Vrbinc Design Intern

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Karmen Lu탑nik VP of Marketing

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Ajda Rotar Designer

Marija Erjavec Design Intern

Nigel Cerdeiros Designer

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TE A M FIN A NCE The Finance department officially became a team in July of 2012 when Dekyi joined Celtra as the Financial Controller. Up until that point, it was a one-woman-show, consisting solely of Maja.

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In 2013, they were lucky enough to be joined

by Iris and Miti, the team’s accountants; Mojca, the Business Administrator; and Jade, the Executive Assistant. Now, the group of six makes up Celtra’s Finance department, taking on Finance, Operations, Legal, and Human Resources in offices throughout the US, UK, Slovenia, and Japan.

“What we strive to be known as by the company is a dynamic team of executors who will solve all of your challenges and requests, however impossible they may be! We’ve got the will, the brainpower, and the force to help guide you through your financial and legal obstacles.

We’ve got the compassion, the knowledge, and the leadership to help you through any human resource related issues. And we’ve got a team of ladies, as strong as they come, who don’t like to be messed with! So be sure to submit your expenses when they are due, get your IOs signed and in place so we can issue you commission, and please, when on business trips, treat Celtra’s wallet as if it was your own.

We’ve got a multitude of facets, here to help whether you want to shine, dine, whine, or help put a client in line – we’re your girls.”

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Executive Assistant 2

Miti O’Rourke

Senior Accountant

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Maja Drolec

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Dekyi Lhaze

VP Finance

Financial Controller 5

Iris Zhang Accountant

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Mojca Janežič

Business Administrator

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Take Long Walks on the Beach in the Rain

Run in Heels

Charlie

Become President

Maja

Chad

Wear a Dress David R.

Wear Uggs and a Sweater in July

Forget What Floor the Celtra Office is on While on Vacation Julio

Miti

Forget Any Important Date Jonathan

Send an Email at 1am

Make You Laugh

Miha

Not Respond to This Email Paul

Stephanie

Say Y’all to All Y’all

Eat Two Lobster Rolls, Lobster Ravioli, and Lobster Salad at Lunch

Katie

Polly

Win the Tour De France Blaž

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At Putting Salespeople in Check Dekyi

Dancer Harry

Person to Take Home to Mom and Dad

Hair

Torey

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Delicious-Looking Homemade Lunches Fashionable

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Andrej

Jackets Left Around the Celtra Office Fan

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IAB MOBILE ENGAGE LONDON

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CELTRA TRAINING 2013 L JUBL JANA

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ADVERTISING WEEK

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HOLIDAY PARTY L JUBL JANA

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