Steve Semelsberger
Senior Vice President, Business Solutions Group
Steve has P&L responsibility for Demand Media's Business Solutions Group. He has been with Pluck from its earliest days and was originally hired as the first business development executive. He then built and ran the global sales team that drove 13 consecutive quarters of on/above target bookings growth, facilitating Pluck’s 2008 acquisition by Demand Media.
Prior to Pluck, Steve spent nearly six years with Motive (MOTV), helping the firm grow to ~$100M in revenue and complete an IPO in 2004. Previous experience in his 15+ year career includes product management, marketing and sales positions with iChat (now part of Apple) and NetRatings (now part of Nielsen Media) along with several media and services companies.
Steve holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and Spain's IESE, along with a BS in management from Binghamton University. A father of two young boys, he spends a good deal of his time outdoors with family and friends in his adopted home town of Austin, TX.
Steve was recently interviewed by the UK’s Association of Publishers in the article “Social Media is Beyond the Hype Cycle.”
Follow Steve on Twitter at @semels
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