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With software and monetization experience at YouTube and Google, Ikkjin Ahn co-founded Moloco in 2013. During his time with YouTube in the monetization team, Ikkjin developed a video profitability prediction system. While at Google, he was the founding Tech Lead Manager for the Android Data team achieving the Google Citizenship award in 2012. 

As CEO, Ikkjin sets the strategy and vision for the company. Ikkjin is often sought out for his opinions on machine learning, data privacy, performance advertising, and growth marketing. He leads the company’s continual investment in machine learning and R&D and has led the company through significant revenue growth, global office expansions and staffing increases while earning recognition as a Great Place to Work and as a Deloitte Fast 500 company. Ikkjin is an advocate for all employees by ensuring that Moloco continues to be an inviting employer that welcomes diversity and provides opportunities for employees to learn and advance their careers.

Ikkjin is a 2004 graduate of Seoul National University, holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and studied Computer Science as a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego.

With decades of machine learning and engineering team leadership at Google, and most recently at Snowflake as Machine Learning (ML) Architect, Tal Shaked provides counsel and execution to transform Moloco’s machine learning teams for the future. This includes defining the team’s culture, areas of focus and execution, coaching, and where investments in the team should be made.

Prior to Snowflake, Tal held Distinguished Engineering roles in two separate tenures at Google where he co-founded Sibyl, a machine learning platform that boasted the most deployed production models, and built the teams responsible for Google’s machine learning platform development. Additionally while at Google, Tal co-founded TensorFlow Extended, the next generation ML platform centered around deep learning which soon had 1000+ models trained throughout the company. Tal also held a ML role at Lyft.Prior to his technical career journey, Shaked was a professional chess player and Grandmaster.  

Tal earned an MS from the University of Washington in Computer Science and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Arizona.

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DJ and Ikkjin Ahn (CEO) met as college classmates in 1997. They both attended the same grad school (UC San Diego) under the same advisor (Prof. Michael Taylor). While Ikkjin left grad school to join Google in 2008, DJ continued to earn his degree and then joined Google’s Cloud Storage team in 2012. He joined Moloco in 2015 and was promoted to CTO in 2016.

DJ manages a global team of site reliability, software and cloud engineers collectively known as Moloco’s infrastructure team. The infrastructure team is instrumental in providing a reliable, scalable, and efficient cloud service for Moloco’s suite of cloud-based services. Recognized by Google as a Customer Award Winner in the cross-industry category, Moloco’s infrastructure demonstrates business excellence and the team’s ability to overcome challenges with innovative thinking and leadership.

DJ earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science and Engineering from UC San Diego and his BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Seoul National University. He published several technical papers in premier CS conferences like PLDI, OOPSLA, and CGO.

Sunil Rayan brings more than 25 years of business experience in building commercial and product operations to Moloco where his duties include overseeing all commercial functions across Moloco’s products and platforms. 

Prior to Moloco, he served as President and head of Disney+ Hotstar, where he grew the streaming business 8X to 50M+ subscribers, scaled 20+ markets internationally for Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar across India, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, and led the launch of the next generation Hotstar streaming platform. Before joining Disney+, Sunil held leadership roles at Google for more than seven years where he headed the company’s Global Mobile App ads business and helped build Google Cloud solutions for Games. Prior to that, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey serving technology clients across a variety of functions.

Sunil holds a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Madras, India.

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As CFO at Moloco, Brandon Maultasch oversees all financial functions including strategic finances, mergers & acquisitions, investment, and accounting. Brandon believes that sharing financial knowledge with employees provides better outcomes as employees have an opportunity to participate in creating value.

Brandon joined Moloco in 2019 after ten years of advising software and Internet companies on capital markets. He spent eight years with RBC Capital Markets where he held vice president, director and managing director roles. He worked on mergers and acquisitions, value creation and capital markets transactions across many sectors including e-commerce marketplace, social media, advertising technology, digital health, direct-to-consumer brands and on-demand mobility.

Brandon’s early interests were in the legal sector and he obtained his Doctor of Law (J.D.) from New York University of Law and his J.D./MBA in Finance, Accounting, Entertainment, Media & Technology from NYU Stern School of Business.

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David Sehyuk co-founded Moloco in 2013 after nearly seven years with Oracle. At Oracle he worked on the Cloud Computing, Nimbula and Virtualization teams. During his service with Oracle, he was involved in many machine learning and cloud computing projects. 

At Moloco, David oversees the largest, global team consisting of machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data engineers. 

David obtained his BS from Seoul National University and went on to study computer science and machine learning at Stanford. He is distinguished by being a world finalist in ACM ICPC World Finals 2004, where each year an elite group of the brightest collegiate problem solvers on the planet comes together to compete in the top tier of the International Collegiate Programming Contest. Additionally, Sehyuk was a Gold medalist at the International Olympiad in Informatics in 1998, a silver medalist in 1996 and a medalist in the National Mathematical Olympiad in 1998 and 1999.

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Francesco Renzo joined Moloco in June 2022 as the Vice President of Go To Market, supporting sales and driving global growth strategies.

Previously, Francesco worked at Google on Revenue Analytics, building and growing the apps sales team in the US, and driving the Channel Partner Strategy and Operations. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey in Milan, Shanghai CN, and Boston, focusing on Marketing and Sales for B2B.

Francesco grew up in a small town near Naples, obtaining his Master’s degree in Finance in Milan. Outside of work, Francesco spends time with his family and enjoys being an avid motorcycle rider.

As Head of Global Business for Moloco Commerce Media, Ned focuses on building Moloco's retail media business and collaborating with customers to scale their ad revenue. He is responsible for global growth, overseeing teams focused on business development, customer experience, strategy, and operations.

Over his 12-year career at Criteo, Ned built and led commercial teams focused on helping clients achieve measurable growth. As Managing Director, Growth US, and previously VP of North America Sales, he expanded Criteo’s client portfolio beyond e-commerce into retail, finance, automotive, and more—partnering with brands such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Puma, Foot Locker, and Booking.com. He led a $500M+ existing business and a $70M+ new business team, always with a focus on driving customer value. Ned has spent his career creating performance-driven solutions that meet market needs.

Ned holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University, where he was a member of the Men's tennis team. After his time at Duke he spent two years playing professional tennis all over the world.

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Ben Jeger brings more than 15 years of business experience in building new markets and customer facing teams to Moloco where his duties include heading up the sales and growth management teams in the EMEA region.

Prior to Moloco, he served as Managing Director, Central Europe for AppsFlyer, where his team grew the business by more than 300x in 6.5 years to an 8-figure-SaaS-ARR across 20 countries. His responsibilities included Sales, Customer Success, Marketing and Partnerships. Before joining AppsFlyer, Jeger held leadership roles at Fyber for more than 4 years where he headed up EMEA’s client services teams.

Ben received his BSc. and postgraduate certificate from Manchester Business School in Management and lives with his wife and two sons in Berlin.

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Sid Jhawar is a passionate operator with an exciting journey, which has taken him to very diverse industries and countries. Before joining Moloco to set up the India business, he had built and scaled the Intercity food delivery business of the Indian food delivery platform Zomato. 

He has previously worked in the Government of India as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Finance Minister. Sid has been a banker at Deutsche Bank and a management consultant at Bain & Co, where he specialized in financial services in South-East Asia. He has also driven strategic business initiatives for Disney’s APAC team and the Indian streaming app Hotstar.

Sid has a Bachelors and Masters in Technology from IIT Delhi, a CFA charter, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He stays in Gurgaon (India) with his wife. Sid is an avid traveler, a passionate foodie, and has done stand-up comedy shows!

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Xiaoxiao Zhu is the esteemed General Manager at Moloco, leading the Greater China team across multiple operational spheres including sales, product development, communications, and business expansion. As a venerated senior leader, Xiaoxiao brings over a decade of profound expertise in fostering business growth and pioneering mobile app marketing strategies. Her commitment to penetrating the local market, elevating the return on investment for digital initiatives, and catalyzing business development have become cornerstones of her professional ethos.

Prior to her tenure at Moloco, Xiaoxiao held prominent leadership positions within the sales and customer management divisions of Google's Greater China operations for an impressive duration exceeding 12 years. In her capacity as the head of the Appdev team at Google, she was instrumental in orchestrating digital export strategies and creating app marketing solutions tailored to the needs of Chinese app developers.

Operating out of Beijing, Xiaoxiao's extensive experience and strategic approach have greatly benefitted the companies she has served, making her an invaluable leader in the digital landscape of the region.

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William Melzer, joined Moloco as the Vice President of Sales, EMEA. Boasting a comprehensive ad-tech background cultivated through pivotal roles at Singular Labs and ironSource. Will has played a key role in steering sales growth and expanding Moloco's presence across the EMEA region.

Prior to his current position, Will served as the UK Country Director and UK Country Manager at Moloco, demonstrating strategic leadership in the UK market. His journey in the ad-tech realm began at ironSource, where he excelled as the User Acquisition Director for Europe. 

Armed with a Master's degree in Global Political Economy from the University of Sussex, Will combines academic insights with practical experience to drive Moloco's success in the evolving ad-tech landscape.

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Hyun Chai Lee is currently responsible for leading the 'Scaled Growth Enablement' team at Moloco, where he facilitates the achievement of scalable growth within the organization's business operations. Prior to this role, Hyun Chai was instrumental in establishing Moloco's South East Asia business and served as the leader of the Korea and APAC DSP business teams for a period of four years.

Hyun Chai brings a wealth of experience to his role, having worked in various capacities for prominent technology companies such as Google and Meta, where he gained exposure to both the supply and demand sides of advertising businesses in Korea, Singapore, and Ireland. Additionally, he previously served as a Product Manager at SK Telecom, the leading mobile telecommunications company in Korea.

Hyun Chai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University, with a minor in Business Administration.

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