COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2014) - Manta , the largest online community for small businesses, today announced it has made two key appointments to its management team: Dario Ambrosini joins the company as its first Chief Marketing Officer and Joey Glowacki joins as Vice President of Sales. With these additions, Manta gains leadership experience and expertise to support its strategic goals while maximizing its rapid growth.
"Both Dario and Joey come armed with experience that will be invaluable to Manta as the company innovates and expands its role in the small business market," said John Swanciger, Manta CEO. "The CMO and VP of Sales roles are fundamental to the next phase of our company, as we seek to enhance our members' experience and help SMBs grow and connect with new customers."
In his capacity as Manta's CMO, Ambrosini will focus on strengthening Manta's relationship with the millions of small businesses who use it daily, expanding business development efforts with other SMB-focused companies, and bringing to market new products under development. Ambrosini brings more than 15 years of experience and joins Manta from Switchfly, a cloud based e-commerce platform for the travel and loyalty industries; as their CMO he was responsible for corporate marketing, communications and strategy. Prior to Switchfly he held positions in marketing, product management and business operations at Yahoo! Search Marketing and American Express OPEN.
VP of Sales Joey Glowacki will be responsible for Manta's sales strategy and advertiser relations. Glowacki is a seasoned sales executive with more than 20 years of experience building and leading sales organizations. Most recently he held a senior leadership position with LMO Advertising, the largest privately held advertising agency in the Mid Atlantic region. Prior to LMO, he led sales at a variety of digital media brands including Microsoft and Sporting News, and built the digital sales efforts at American City Business Journals.
"Both executives are well-respected in the industry and they bring ideas and energy that will help Manta continue its rapid growth," said Norwest Venture Partners General Partner, Jon Kossow. "Manta continues to thrive as the largest online community dedicated to small business and the new appointments will help Manta further enhance its excellent value proposition for its millions of small business members and their customers."
Launched in 2005, Manta has grown to become the most powerful platform for small business owners with thousands joining each day and more than 20 million global visitors each month. The span of the network combined with its current success is helping small businesses profit, connect and grow.
About Manta Manta is the place for small business. Born as an online directory, we help businesses stand out, join forces and get smarter. Optimized for the mobile consumer, Manta has become the most highly trafficked destination to find great services and unique products from local businesses everywhere. Become one of the 30,000 business owners who will join Manta this month to get visible and gain one-on-one insights from other business owners at www.manta.com .
