LiveRamp’s Travis May Named to Ad Age’s “40 Under 40” List
March 21 2016 - 10:16AM
Business Wire
President and Co-Founder Among This Year’s
Class of Achievers Who are Driving Business in the Marketing and
Advertising Industry
Acxiom® (NASDAQ: ACXM), an enterprise data, analytics and
software-as-a-service company, today announced that Travis May,
president and general manager of LiveRamp™, an Acxiom company, has
been named to Ad Age’s “40 under 40” list. This is the second major
recognition in 2016 for the LiveRamp co-founder, who was recently
named to the Forbes “30 under 30” Marketing and Advertising list.
May has been instrumental in establishing LiveRamp as the leading
provider of data connectivity and onboarding services.
“We are extremely proud of Travis’ leadership and success in
making Acxiom’s LiveRamp one of the most exciting places to work in
ad-tech,” said Scott Howe, president and CEO, Acxiom. “In addition
to honoring LiveRamp’s president, this recognition is a reflection
of the important role LiveRamp plays in the industry by providing a
connectivity layer that makes everything in the marketing stack
work together better.”
In his current role as President and General Manager of
LiveRamp, May is responsible for driving data connectivity market
leadership and overseeing the strategic direction of the LiveRamp
Connect product suite. Over the past six months and under his
leadership, Acxiom’s Connectivity division has:
- Achieved a $100 million annualized
revenue run rate at the end of Q3 for fiscal 2016, up more than 60
percent year-over-year
- Doubled the number of records onboarded
per month to 60 billion
- Added 50 new integrations, expanding
LiveRamp’s ecosystem to more than 300 partners
- Hosted LiveRamp’s annual RampUp
conference with nearly 1500 attendees, a 30 percent increase from
the previous year
“I am honored to be recognized amongst so many other respected
leaders by a publication as prestigious and influential as Ad Age,”
May said. “I look forward to our continuing efforts to push the
boundaries of innovation while raising the bar in client service
excellence, two key measures of success that are extremely
important to us.”
“Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 recognizes some of the smartest and most
groundbreaking talent in marketing today,” said Judann Pollack,
Deputy Editor of Advertising Age. “The selection this year was
particularly hard-fought with many excellent contenders and the
final list is a global who’s who of the brightest minds in
agencies, marketing and media companies, talent agents, social
media and more. This year’s class includes executives who are
making a mark in politics, data science, advertising and marketing
at companies from AB InBev to Walt Disney Co. One of our 40 Under
40 is even helping street vendors around the world monetize their
wares. While their achievements are varied and their experiences
diverse, all our 40 Under 40 have one thing in common: they are
smart young innovators who will be driving business for years to
come.”
About Acxiom
Acxiom is an enterprise data, analytics and software as a
service company that uniquely fuses trust, experience and scale to
fuel data-driven results. For over 40 years, Acxiom has been an
innovator in harnessing the most important sources and uses of data
to strengthen connections between people, businesses and their
partners. Utilizing a channel and media neutral approach, we
leverage cutting-edge, data-oriented products and services to
maximize customer value. Every week, Acxiom powers more than a
trillion transactions that enable better living for people and
better results for our 7,000+ global clients. For more information
about Acxiom, visit Acxiom.com.
About LiveRamp
LiveRamp connects more than 300 digital marketing platforms and
data providers. By onboarding customer data into the targeting,
measurement, and personalization products developed by our
partners, we help leading brands eliminate data silos and run more
efficient marketing programs. LiveRamp is an Acxiom company,
delivering privacy safe solutions to market and honoring
the best-practices of leading associations including the
Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) ICON and App Choices
programs. For more information, visit www.LiveRamp.com.
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