Crowd Science Announces New CEO

Jul21 2010

Mountain View, CA

Crowd Science (www.crowdscience.com), a provider of technology-driven online market research services, announced today that Corey J. Leibow, a technology and e-commerce veteran, has been named president and chief executive officer.

“We’re extremely excited to have Corey join the Crowd Science team”, said John Martin, Crowd Science co-founder.  “Corey’s seasoned track record in building successful organizations based on establishing great customer relationships and leveraging product value will be key in taking Crowd Science to the next level,” added Martin.

Leibow has held senior-level positions at leading edge companies for more than 22 years.  Most recently he was executive in residence at Plug and Play Tech Center, a high-tech incubator.  Prior to Plug and Play, Leibow was president and CEO of Mercado Software, which he shaped into a leading e-commerce search and merchandising service, subsequently selling the company to Omniture in 2008.  His earlier positions include executive vice president of worldwide sales and services at SEEC, Inc./Asera, chief operating officer of ClickSoftware, executive vice president of sales and professional services at Ajuba, and vice president of worldwide sales operations of Cadence Design Systems.

“Crowd Science has the unique blend of being in a good market with great technology and a top-notch team, and I see huge upside for the company,” noted Leibow. “Online marketers and advertisers continue to clamor for better metrics and market research insights in this increasingly complex digital landscape, and I’m intent on fully capitalizing on that opportunity at Crowd Science,” said Leibow.

About Crowd Science

Crowd Science (www.crowdscience.com), based in Mountain View, CA with offices in Toronto and Sydney provides online market research applications that combine the benefits of web analytics and survey research in a single research platform. This revolutionary approach enables easier, faster, and more accurate online research results via low-overhead, turnkey research apps, opening up a new world of research possibilities. Crowd Science’s growing suite of products includes Audience Profiler, a tool to help website publishers better understand their audiences, and Campaign Profiler, an online ad effectiveness solution.  Both are based on the innovative Crowd Science Research Platform and proprietary SmartSample methodology. Crowd Science is helping publishers, brands, agencies, and ad networks generate better insights that increase ad sales, inform editorial decisions, and demonstrate the ROI of marketing programs. Crowd Science’s market research technology has been deployed on over 6,000 web sites. Clients include Everyday Health, Federated Media, HalogenNetwork, Meredith, and Technorati.