My Selected Projects » TargetSpot
Project Summary
TargetSpot is an advertising platform that enables major brands to advertise their products and services to the ever-growing online audio listening audience. Originally developed as a work-for-hire project for CBS Radio and later spun-off as an independent company with Union Square Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures as investors, TargetSpot broke new ground when it launched in 2007. Even today, it remains one of the only advertising platforms designed specifically to monetize the rapidly growing digital audio listening audience.
My involvement in TargetSpot was taking the product from a vague concept and defining the functionality, workflow, and user experience for the overall system. Over the course of three generations of the platform, I helped design and realize over 200 product features that spanned ad creation, campaign management, performance reporting, and the internal administration tools needed to run the business (e.g., account management, user ACLs, ad screening, the marketing / promotional CMS, billing, and so on).
Status
TargetSpot was an independent company from 2007 through 2013 when it was acquired by Radionomy, the same company that now owns WinAmp.
My Contributions (as VP of Product)
- Managed the product roadmap and successfully planned 63 consecutive product releases.
- Wrote the initial requirements and sourced the development of the company's iOS SDK for mobile audio ads.
- Wrote and maintained all user documentation and product-related collateral such as the 205 page User's Guide.
- Provided first line customer support to help early adopters and gather the feedback needed to refine the product over time.
- Demonstrated the platform to various strategic partners.
- Presented on the product roadmap to our board of directors.
- Recruited the company's original engineering team.