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Steve Sarner

Chief Revenue Officer | former Amazon | Brewing Up Something All New!

San Francisco, California

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Education

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2023

    Advanced Amazon Advertising is a fast growing specialized non fiction author marketing service.

  • Board Member

    2013

    Member of the Board of Directors for sf.citi - representing San Francisco tech companies in conversation with local policymakers and organizing volunteer opportunities and social impact partnerships for tech companies and their employees to serve the San Francisco community.

2023 - 2024

  • Vice President Sales and Marketing

    2023 - 2024

2016 - 2023

  • VP Ad Sales and Program Management

    2019 - 2023

  • Head of Sales and Ad Solutions - Goodreads (an Amazon company)

    2016 - 2019

    Goodreads, an Amazon Company, is the world's largest site for book readers and recommendations. I'm responsible for our advertising sales and advertising solutions globally.

2009 - 2015

  • Vice President Marketing

    2011 - 2015

    If(we): Acquired by The Meet Group. if(we) - formerly known as Tagged Inc. - was a successful social products company and technology incubator focused on connecting people. if(we) owned and operated two of the world's most popular social networks, Tagged and hi5, which make over 100 million monthly new friends connections. It also launched numerous social discovery and communication apps as well. The company was acquired by Meet Group in early 2017 and continues to operate Tagged and hi5 in its brand portfolio.

  • Vice President Sales

    2009 - 2011

    Recruited to lead advertising sales for Tagged including brand sponsorships and network sales and successfully transitioned all ad revenue to 100% programmatic.

2007 - 2013

  • Advisor

    2007 - 2013

    Charter sales & marketing advisory role from pre-revenue start-up stage through successful acquisition by Amazon.com (AMZN)

2007 - 2009

  • Director Integrated Sales

    2007 - 2009

    Led integrated performance / brand sales efforts across News Corp. Fox Interactive properties including MySpace, American Idol.com, Photobucket, IGN, Scout and other FIM sites.

2000 - 2007

  • Vice President National Sales Director

    2000 - 2007

    Joined Tickle.com (originally Emode) pre-revenue and helped to build the site to over $30MM in revenue becoming the world's leading testing, assessment and quiz online destination. Tickle.com was acquired by Monster Worldwide for ~$100 million in May 2004. Appointed to lead Monster's social network advertising vertical representing sites including but not limited to Bebo, hi5, and Tickle.com. Directly and indirectly led a national sales team of 30+ responsible for all facets of ad revenue generation, advertising product development marketing and operations.

RealAge

1998 - 2000

  • VP Marketing

    1998 - 2000

    Real Age was the leading personal health assessment site. Joined pre-revenue responsible for marketing including user acquisition and brand sales development. RealAge was subsequently successfully acquired by The Hearst Corporation.