Brendan Benzing, Advisory Board Member
Brendan Benzing brings more than 17 years of media experience to his role as Vice President of Mobile Search & Marketing for Infospace. Brendan's extensive background and industry experience has been uniquely focused around advertising supported interactive products and services across television, mobile and PC environments. He is an active member of the Mobile Marketing Association, and is a frequent speaker at mobile and digital media conferences and trade shows. Prior to joining Infospace, Brendan spent 7 years with AOL, most recently as Executive Director in AOL's Directional Media Group -- which included AOL search, commerce, and local properties.  Passionate about the power of interactive media and of the role of advertising in developing these mediums -- like mobile - Brendan understands the needs from both the buy and sell side of advertising and knows the importance of supporting publishers and buyers to create healthy sustainable markets.  Before AOL, Brendan held positions of increasing responsibility at Bell Atlantic, now part of Verizon.  Brendan is a graduate of Drexel University, and resides in Seattle with his wife Cindy.