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Farewell, El Presidenton!
March 18th, 2008 by David Lewis
Linkshare announced today that Steve Denton will be stepping down as president. It is a sad day. You can read the press release below for more details.
I would like to thank Steve for all that he has done for Linkshare and our industry as a whole. I know that Steve will be successful in whatever he does and look forward to hearing what’s next.
LinkShare Announces Executive Management Team Changes
NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- LinkShare, a leading pay-per-action
marketing network, announced the resignation of Stephen R. Denton as
President of the company and two promotions in its executive management
team.
Kelli Beougher, Vice President of Lead Generation Services, was
promoted to Senior Vice President and will add responsibilities for
LinkShare's push into new businesses, as well as day to day management of
its extensive publisher network. Beougher joined LinkShare in 2001, and has
held senior roles in client and network development services. Prior to
joining LinkShare, she held positions at both Priceline Webhouse and
LexiQuest. She began her career at GE Capital Management, and is a Six
Sigma Black Belt and holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of
Texas at Austin.
Arun Bordoloi, Senior Vice President of Services, who currently runs
LinkShare's Affiliate Marketing business, was given the additional
responsibility of leading LinkShare's growing Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
business. Prior to LinkShare, Bordoloi was Senior Vice President for
Draftfcb. Before that, he spent eight years at Razorfish
(AvenueA/Razorfish). Mr. Bordoloi started his career in management
consulting for Ernst & Young and Deloitte Consulting. He holds a B.S.E.E.
and an M.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
While a search for Denton's replacement gets underway, his duties will
be assumed by John J-H Kim, who will become Interim President in addition
to his role as CEO of LinkShare's parent company, Rakuten USA.
"During his tenure at LinkShare, Steve made important contributions to
the organization-helping to build a strong client services team, introduce
innovations in technology and service offerings, and expand LinkShare's
global presence," said John J-H Kim. "We thank him for his many
contributions to LinkShare and wish him well in his new endeavors."
LinkShare was founded in 1996 and acquired in 2005 by leading Japanese
e-commerce company Rakuten. In recent years the company has expanded beyond
affiliate marketing to provide search and lead generation services as well
as support for video and mobile pay per action tracking to its customers.
7 Comments | Filed under: Online Marketing
I think Steve was good for LinkShare. The company will be worse off not to have him any more.
Steve Denton did a great job with his tenure at LinkShare. He had a talent for dispensing with all the red tape of a negotiation and getting to the crux of the matter. I really like him and wish him well.
I enjoyed Steve as well in the few interactions I had with him.
I’ll always remember Steve and 3 other Linkshare “suits” coming into a bar in San Fran where the rest of us were loaded and singing Karaoke. They had a great time sipping cokes and watching us.
I think that was the LS Summit in 2006. Seemed like a genuinely good guy.
Wow, good luck Linkshare trying to replace Steve. I always enjoyed talking with Steve and he was a huge asset for Linkshare.
Steve was good for LinkShare. He was not afraid of mingling with affiliates and wrestling with tough issues. He will be missed.
Even I liked Steve Denton! Could be he even liked me back.
Surprised and sorry to hear. A real loss for LS. Liked Steve, experienced him as a real straight shooter.