“In this expanded role, Mike’s proven leadership skills will be exactly what we need to fuel Ranker and Watchworthy’s continued growth.” -Clark Benson, CEO and founder of Ranker.
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
June 09, 2020
Ranker, known as the world’s leading publisher for fan-powered rankings on just about everything, today announced that Mike Filliben has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Filliben was the first analytics hire at Ranker in 2014, and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Audience Development and Analytics leading the inception and development of several initiatives that have driven consistent growth and gone on to become core competencies of the company.
With almost 15 years of experience in technology and digital media, Filliben has been fortunate to experience the business from many different angles, holding roles in sales, customer success, product, marketing, operations and analytics.
“Mike is a trusted professional that has been committed to the development of Ranker’s strategic initiatives and business goals for several years,” said Clark Benson, CEO and founder of Ranker. “What we’re seeing in this pandemic is that most digital media publishers are moving to subscription paywalls in a panic, whereas we are fearlessly adapting to the changes with innovations and employee growth. In this expanded role, Mike’s proven leadership skills will be exactly what we need to fuel Ranker and Watchworthy’s continued growth.”
As COO of Ranker, Filliben will oversee publisher and business operations, working with his team to lead the data driven improvement of tactics, processes, and technology in pursuit of consistently superior execution. Those efforts will support the further advancement and evolution of Ranker and Watchworthy, a free personalized TV recommendation app launched in March 2020.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to lead Ranker to the next level of growth and operational inventiveness,” Filliben said. “These are unstable times for the digital media space, but we feel good about the opportunities in front of us and about our ability to execute on them. We’ve got a passionate team that is invested in the future of the company – I’m looking forward to the challenge and what we can accomplish together.”
Prior to his career at Ranker, he was the head of analytics at Military.com, the nation’s largest online Military and Veteran membership organization. He has a B.S. in Business Economics from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
More information about Ranker and its leadership can be found here.
About Ranker
Ranker, a Quantcast Top 50 site in the US, attracts more than 20 million monthly unique visitors worldwide and is the leader in fan-powered rankings on just about everything. Whatever the topic – TV, movies, video games, sports, brands, food, lifestyle – Ranker puts the vote into the hands of millions rather than a few critics to answer the questions we are most passionate about. Over 1 billion votes now power Ranker Insights, a treasure trove of psychographic correlation data that delivers personalized consumer recommendations (“if you like X, you’ll also like Y, Z”), and also audience insights to marketers, studios, and platforms seeking a deeper understanding of consumer tastes and preferences. Launched in 2020 and powered by Ranker Insights, Watchworthy is the only statistically relevant, crowd-sourced TV recommendation app available to consumers. Ranker made #187 on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 featuring the fastest growing companies in North America and Built In LA’s Top 50 Mid-Sized Companies To Work For in 2020. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Ranker also has offices in Chicago and NYC.
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