About the Company

Nir Eyal, CEO – Nir is the CEO and founding member of AdNectar, responsible for company strategy and vision. He is also responsible for establishing the company as a thought leader within the advertising industry through speaking engagements at industry events, enthusiastic coverage in the trade press, and prestigious awards from industry analysts. Nir raised multiple rounds of financing from top-tier investors and recruited a veteran board of industry and technical advisors. Prior to AdNectar, Nir co-founded and sold a company to outside investors at age 28. He holds an MBA from Stanford.

Vlada Breiburg, VP of Partnerships – Vlada serves as VP of Partnerships and founding member of AdNectar. She is responsible for building AdNectar's publisher network of 100MM users. Vlada manages a team responsible for all technology and business aspects of partnerships including API integrations, technical operations and business development. Prior to AdNectar, Vlada led cross-division, VP-level product initiatives for Windows Live communication products. She holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University.

Bill DeStein, Director of Engineering - Bill is the Director of Engineering and is responsible for staffing a high-performing team of full-time and contract developers and leading the design and development of ad serving and social networking platforms. Bill has more than 20 years experience at both Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startups. At Yahoo, he led key contextual ad serving platform projects. Bill holds patents in data communications and social advertising.

Michal Bortnik, Board Director – Michal is the Chief Product & Technology Officer and a founding member of AdNectar. Michal leads AdNectar’s product strategy and development, and oversees the Engineering organization. At AdNectar, he created and launched several first-to-market social advertising products, engaging millions of users. Prior to AdNectar, Michal managed flagship product initiatives for Xbox. He was an inventor of 18 patent pending social gaming technologies, including Xbox Achievements. He earned an MBA from Stanford and Computer Science BA from Harvard.

Julie Li-Eyal, VP of Brand Solutions - Julie is the VP of Brand Solutions and founding member of AdNectar. Julie developed and manages AdNectar’s Sales & Account Management teams, successfully bringing AdNectar's social ad solutions to market. Servicing top tier brand and agency clients nationwide, her sales efforts led AdNectar to profitability within its first year of operation. Prior to AdNectar, she co-founded Sunshine BD, where she was responsible for over $3.5MM in sales. She holds a BA in Economics from Emory University.

Colin Zhu, Software Engineer - Colin is AdNectar's Software Engineer and is resposible for leading the front-end development team. He continuously researches and develops the newest social web technologies that set AdNectar's offering apart in the marketplace. Prior to AdNectar, Colin was a rising star at Cisco where he became a team lead on a strategic product within two years. He was promoted twice in a row and earned three Cisco Achievement awards.