Get to Know Koddi

George brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and innovative marketing savvy to the Koddi team. His philosophy for establishing market-leading companies is to do industry-leading work with big brands.

George’s ventures have ranked in the Inc. 500, Deloitte Fast 500, and Entrepreneur 360 lists of fastest growing companies; won major industry awards for performance; as well as cultivated employee-first environments.

Individually, he’s been inducted into MediaPost’s Online All-Stars, named a Top Boss award winner by Digiday, and included in Direct Marketing News’ 40 Under 40 list of business leaders.

Nicholas has more than 15 years of experience in digital advertising, technology development, and management roles. At Koddi, he oversees daily operations and client success, working directly with technology, product, and service resources to ensure total accountability and service to some of the world’s top brands.

Nicholas has founded and grown successful businesses in structured data, local data management, and conversion optimization and held technology leadership roles working with top global clients at iProspect, one of the world’s top digital advertising agencies.

Nanda has over 20 years of experience, having recently served as Director of Engineering at Meta where he was responsible for leading the team launching and building Meta’s privacy and regulation framework and tools across their Ads business. Prior to this, Nanda served as a senior engineering leader at Amazon where he was responsible for the product vision, roadmap, team strategy, and overall execution of Amazon Live, as well as building their video ads delivery platform. At Koddi, Nanda is responsible for the product strategy, roadmap, and execution across the product, engineering, and data science teams. 

Harsh brings global experience in the adtech industry, having recently served as the Chief Revenue Officer at PromoteIQ, a Microsoft company, where he was responsible for revenue generation, go-to-market strategy, customer delivery, and partnerships. Prior to this, Harsh served as GM and Head of Sales at Xandr, formally AppNexus, where he successfully navigated one of AT&T’s largest Ad Tech acquisitions in Xandr. In his role at Koddi, Harsh is responsible for the marketing, sales, and partnership strategies and teams to drive revenue growth and market expansion.

Trevor brings vast experience in the technology industry, having recently served as a senior product manager at DoorDash where he was integral to building the Doordash ads business. Prior to this, Trevor held positions at Google where he worked on the travel search team. Trevor’s role at Koddi includes developing and implementing strategic plans for the company.

Sabour leads and oversees the people experience at Koddi, ensuring the employee journey is positive from the moment a candidate clicks “apply” to their continued growth and development at Koddi and beyond.

Prior to joining Koddi, Sabour established and led PMG’s People Operations team and before that, she held various HR Business Partnership roles at Sabre. With more than 10 years of experience in the HR space, Sabour has a passion for growing and developing employees and enhancing company cultures.

As General Manager of Koddi Ads, Jason oversees Koddi’s publisher-facing business unit, which enables site monetization at scale with proven technology and expertise.

Jason is a 25-year veteran of the software and technology business, with the last 10 years in ad tech. He has managed teams and businesses of all sizes throughout his career, with a special focus on building scalable and repeatable plays. Previous to Koddi, Jason was the Managing Director for North America at Kenshoo, Inc., a leading ad-buying platform. Jason holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Eric is a seasoned executive with 15 years of experience shaping the media industry. Prior to joining the leadership team at Koddi, Eric held key roles at Criteo, HookLogic (acquired by Criteo), and Accenture.

As Vice President of Commerce Media at Koddi, Eric led the launch of Koddi Ads, the leading SaaS solution for building and operating commerce media programs. Eric is responsible for overseeing the company’s commerce media business, including strategy, operations, and customer success. Given Eric’s well-earned reputation for launching and growing some of the industry’s largest commerce media programs, Eric is a respected consultant and thought leader among top brands and business leaders.

Eric holds a degree in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Deep is a proven marketing expert with an impressive track record of delivering key results and exceeding clients’ expectations. With 15 total years of marketing experience, including 10 years in the travel industry, Deep’s unique experience is perfectly matched here at Koddi, where he’s spent the past six years welcoming new customers and leading the Client Services team.

Deep proudly brings his unique perspective to driving growth and success – dating back to his first position managing email marketing campaigns, into his tenure at Travelocity leading the metasearch efforts, then leading partnerships with a London-based online event ticketing company, and now at Koddi. In his spare time he enjoys traveling all over the world, and spending time with his family and friends.

Chris is responsible for operations, program management, and analytics at Koddi. He has spent more than 15 years developing new technologies with a strong focus in travel ad tech. Chris served on the executive team at HookLogic (acquired by Criteo in 2016) where he led the product and operations teams for the travel vertical.

Chris has a passion for building scalable systems and processes that allow teams to operate effectively.

Corey Ladd has launched industry-first products in the travel industry, led product management and engineering teams, and loves to focus on delighting customers and building teams. As a servant leader, Corey has mentored and developed teams around the globe, including a two-year stint in Krakow, Poland. The depth of his product experience is complemented by the breadth of leadership roles he has held in Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, and transformational projects.

Prior to joining Koddi, Corey was the head of product at ECI and helped it transform into a SaaS-based software company offering Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools to manufacturers. Corey also held several leadership positions in product at Sabre, Inc. where he built industry-leading point of sale software solutions for travel agencies worldwide.