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As Chief Revenue Officer, Grant is responsible for BlueKai’s sales and business development efforts, strategic planning, partnerships, and corporate development activities. Grant brings more than 11 years of experience in business development, sales, and product marketing and has executed successful partnerships with many of the largest online media companies such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, NBC, eBay, Disney, ESPN, and Dow Jones. Prior to co-founding BlueKai, Grant was the first executive hired at YuMe, the largest video ad network and platform with a monthly global reach of more than 130 million uniques and 500 million video streams. As VP of Business Development, Grant built YuMe’s strategic business development roadmap and a world-class team, launching the ad network and platform business representing hundreds of millions of monthly streams. Grant was also responsible for providing Microsoft with the video ad platform and sales channel for the launch of the Microsoft Windows Media Center Internet TV Service as well as providing NBC Universal with the ad platform for the launch of their video download service.

Prior to joining YuMe, Grant was VP of Business Development at Revenue Science. Grant was a member of Revenue Science since its inception and served in a variety of strategic roles, from sales and account management to business development. Grant also serves as a Company Advisor to two companies, YuMe and AdReady. He earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Washington.

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