Accelent Recruits Chief Product Officer for PebblePost
October 1, 2021 – Executive search firm Accelent recently placed Rahul Lahiri as the new chief product officer for PebblePost, a leading digital to direct mail platform. Mr. Lahiri will head the product division as the company looks to build on the momentum and growth it has experienced in the last year. Leading the assignment were John Boehmer, managing director, Maura McShane, partner, and Jerzy Jung, associate.
“This has been a blockbuster year for PebblePost and the brand we work with,” said PebblePost CEO Jacob Ross. “Brands are growing and taking market share at a faster pace than ever, and they have seen the incredible impact reaching consumers at home with relevant physical mail can be. We’ve seen explosive growth as they compete to reach consumers at home with mail that is relevant, respectful and performant. Rahul will play a critical role in evolving the Programmatic Direct Mail platform and the PebblePost Graph to further our mission of enabling brands to reach consumers at home with the most relevant and respectful physical mail.”
Mr. Lahiri most recently served as co-founder of Mesh Dynamics, which Google acquired. He also spent nearly three years as Criteo’s vice president of product, where his knowledge powering highly relevant marketing using online intent expressed by consumers drove the product development and go-to-market strategy for Criteo’s product offering. He also played a key role at Google, building search remarketing from the ground up to a multi-billion-dollar revenue line for the business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lahiri worked on and led product development teams for internet search and advertising technology companies Ask.com and Netseer, which was acquired by Inuvo.
Perfectly Positioned
“In all marketing, the greatest predictors of performance are relevance and timing,” said Mr. Lahiri. “PebblePost is perfectly positioned to help brands master both within an entirely re-imagined channel. The customer experience is no longer siloed by ‘digital’ and ‘brick and mortar.’ Technology like Programmatic Direct Mail allows brands to seamlessly bring together a full picture of the customer that is actionable and measurable regardless of where the consumer converts.”
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Mr. Lahiri’s hire comes following a year of explosive growth for PebblePost, in which the company launched its Lookalike and Graph Mail products and saw revenue more than double year over year. Earlier this year, PebblePost also welcomed to the executive team Nick Dujnic, formerly VP marketing of LiveIntent, to lead all marketing functions for the company.
Founded in 2014, New York City-based PebblePost helps hundreds of brands like Mejuri, Hilton and J. Crew to reach consumers at home with timely, relevant mail that activates buying decisions and drives conversions everywhere. The inventor of Programmatic Direct Mail, PebblePost’s platform captures online interest and intent data, leveraging advanced targeting, algorithmic optimization, attribution and quantitative analysis to send relevant direct mail within 12 to 24 hours of a user expressing interest in a product or service.
Respected Recruiters
Accelent is an executive talent acquisition and integration firm that serves technology clients in the internet, E-commerce and digital media space as well as the enterprise SaaS software sectors. The firm has completed a number of searches in the general E-commerce arena for companies such as Borderfree, Fluid and ShopKeep.
Mr. Boehmer has built his professional career around the technology industry. His executive search experience and business-building background has served hundreds of companies in the internet, E-commerce and digital media space as well as the enterprise and SaaS software sectors. His clients have ranged from venture-backed emerging and mature growth companies to global large-cap media and software concerns. He has completed engagements across almost every organizational function, including CEO, COO, CFO, CTO and heads of sales, marketing and product development.
Ms. McShane is an executive search consultant with over 15 years of experience in the technology sector. Her primary focus has been on enterprise software, internet, E-commerce, security and systems integration. Her clients have ranged in size from venture capital backed start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations. She has been responsible for driving the research strategy, candidate development, client assessment and presentation. She has successfully completed searches in all functional areas, including C-level and board of directors.
Ms. Jung has held roles as both a coordinator and executive assistant at MediaLink’s executive search practice. Previously, she spent many years in the field of education in both administrative and teaching positions. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Muhlenberg College, focusing on English and women’s studies.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor; and Stephen Sawicki, Managing Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
