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Kochava Announces Initial Members To XCHNG's Board Of AdvisorsSANDPOINT, Idaho, Jan. 11, 2018 /CNW/ -- Kochava Labs, a research and development subsidiary of Kochava Inc., today announced its initial group of Board of Advisor members to XCHNG, the open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem. XCHNG's inaugural group of advisors bring deep industry knowledge in the digital advertising (ranging across supply and demand for both brand and agencies) and crypto industries, including: Bob Walczak, Former EVP of Global Product at WPP's programmatic ad-buying platform, Xaxis; David Wachsman, digital currency expert and Founder and CEO of blockchain communications firm, Wachsman; and Ernie Cormier, advisor to investors, strategics, and high-potential, tech-based growth companies, formerly Chief Product Officer at AOL Platforms and CEO at Nexage. Kochava CEO, Charles Manning, said: "As XCHNG moves toward its highly anticipated Token Generation Event, we are proud to strengthen our impressive team with industry heavyweights who understand the complexities of the digital advertising environment. We are dedicated to building a well-rounded platform that will anticipate the needs of all players in the digital advertising ecosystem, including the large transaction volumes represented in advertising. XCHNG is built and tested to handle millions of transactions per second through a combination of innovations in blockchain including the XCHNG daily rolling chain (DRC), making it one of the fastest blockchain protocols in existence." XCHNG's board of advisors will help advance the XCHNG mission and will be directly involved in product strategy and roadmap direction. Announced in October, the XCHNG blockchain-based system of record offers a digitized and tokenized insertion order (IO, or a contract to buy advertisements) with the supporting immutable infrastructure to make the entire transaction process between buyers and sellers more transparent, efficient and secure. As a founding member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB)'s Blockchain Tech Lab, the XCHNG team has designed the framework to be an open industry standard, built with advertising in mind. Other select individuals who will be joining XCHNG's board of advisors include:
Bob Walczak, former EVP of Global Product at Xaxis, said: "The open and distributed nature of the XCHNG framework on blockchain will improve and enhance the digital ad buying experience for all players in the ecosystem—offering greater access to inventory for buyers and greater yield for publishers, both large and small. Having worked closely with Charles and his team in the past, I believe XCHNG will be a major step forward for digital advertising and will provide the transparency that the industry is so desperately lacking." Former Nexage CEO and AOL Platforms CPO Ernie Cormier said: "There are several areas in next-gen ad platform architecture and capabilities that we as an industry have yet to address well, even with all the advances in programmatic over the last several years. Blockchain is among the most promising technologies that we have to build this next paradigm, and XCHNG can become a keystone standard delivering the benefits of well-deployed and evolved blockchain tech. Charles and his team have proven to be strong leaders and technologists for years, playing a strong and respected role in the ad tech ecosystem and story, with XCHNG representing the next chapter." The XCHNG framework will be powered by the XCHNG Token (XT), which will be released in a SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) event in early 2018. XCHNG Tokens will be used to buy and sell media or pay for services surrounding media transactions. XCHNG has been built to enable market-driven payment providers who can facilitate escrow, fiat conversion, or payment depending on the needs of the participants in an IO. The digitization and tokenization of IOs will thereby treat digital ads as a true asset class. Since its inception in 2011, Kochava Inc. has aimed to better understand the feedback loop between user acquisition, engagement, and lifetime value throughout the digital ecosystem. Their clientele includes the world's top advertisers and Fortune 100 companies, which depend on Kochava Inc. to measure over $6 billion in ad spend annually. Through their industry-leading technology, Kochava Inc. sheds light on the effectiveness of ad spend on all connected devices and is uniquely positioned to deliver this blockchain solution to the industry. For more information about XCHNG visit https://www.xchng.io/. Kochava CEO Charles Manning is available for interview About XCHNG About Kochava Inc. Media Contact:
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