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Eyeo Appoints Former Google Employee As Chief Product Officer

Aug 07, 2023•almost 2 years ago

Position

Chief Product Officer

Company

Eyeo

Vegard Johnsen
Köln

Description

Eyeo, the parent company of Ad Block Plus, has hired Vegard Johnsen, a former Google employee, as its new chief product officer. Johnsen brings with him a decade of experience at Google, where he worked on combating ad-fraud and developing ad-blocking and consent management tools. Overall, Johnsen’s appointment as chief product officer reflects Eyeo’s commitment to user advocacy and improving the online advertising ecosystem.

Company Information

Company

Eyeo

Location

Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

About

eyeo is dedicated to building technology that supports a fair and sustainable online value exchange between users, publishers and advertisers. We believe in an internet where content creation is remunerated, and all sides can thrive, whilst preserving the open web. Our ad-filtering technology powers the largest ad blockers on the market, like Adblock Plus, Adblock and Adblock Browser. We continually innovate to offer best-in-class solutions for the changing online world like our novel privacy product Crumbs, our whitelabel browsers for distribution partners, and our Acceptable Ads Standard, which reaches over 250 million users.

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