Travo@10: Sojern meet the team

Mark Rabe, chief executive With more than 15 years in digital media senior leadership roles, Mark loves the challenge of scaling businesses, and is passionate about the role digital plays in the marketing ecosystem. As chief executive of Sojern, he leads a team of travel and online advertising veterans as they build the world’s most … Continue reading Travo@10: Sojern meet the team

Mark Rabe, chief executive

With more than 15 years in digital media senior leadership roles, Mark loves the challenge of scaling businesses, and is passionate about the role digital plays in the marketing ecosystem.

As chief executive of Sojern, he leads a team of travel and online advertising veterans as they build the world’s most powerful data-driven performance marketing engine.

Prior to joining Sojern, Mark spent more than six years at Yahoo! managing the creation and growth of its global sales team, and directing strategic relationships with the world’s largest global advertisers and agencies.

He has also held leadership positions at companies such as Overture and About Inc. Mark holds a BA from Denison University and an MBA from Duke University.

He is a member of the IAB and advisor to several digital media companies.

Stephen Taylor, senior vice-president, managing director

Stephen is a Brit living in San Francisco, from where he oversees the global sales, operations, product, partnerships and marketing for Sojern’s core business.

Throughout his career, Stephen has been a pioneer of data-driven marketing and is passionate about building global businesses.

Most recently, Stephen served as the chief executive of Qype, acquired by Yelp.

Prior to that, he led Yahoo!’s European consumer business and was EMEA managing director for Overture.

Early in his career, Stephen was one of the first employees at Air Miles (acquired by British Airways).

Stephen graduated with honours from the University of Birmingham and is a non-executive director of several internet and mobile businesses