Shin and Visible Measures recognized for innovation and success in social video advertising
Boston, May 31, 2012 – Visible Measures, the analytics and advertising platform for social video, today announced that Visible Measures founder and CEO Brian Shin has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Award in the Northeast. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their business and communities.
“I am grateful and truly humbled that Ernst & Young has selected me as one of the finalists for 2012’s Entrepreneur of the Year in New England Program,” said Brian Shin, founder and CEO of Visible Measures. “This would not be possible without the hard work, dedication, passion, and innovation of every single team member at Visible Measures. For me, this is the ultimate team award.”
Brian Shin was selected from more than 60 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Now in its 26th year, the Entrepreneur of the Year Program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities in more than 50 countries throughout the world.
Visible Measures was recently named a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts by Boston Business Journal for creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through employee satisfaction, working conditions, and company culture. The company was also recently named by AlwaysOn as an OnMedia Top 100 Winner, signifying leadership among peers, game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players.
Award winners will be announced at a special gala on June 21, 2012 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, MA.
To see the full list of finalists please visit: http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/NE_Article_finalists
About Visible Measures
Visible Measures is the analytics and advertising platform for social video. Designed from the ground up to meet the unique challenges of measuring and delivering social video advertising, the company’s patented platform powers the Viewable Media choice-based video ad network. Visible Measures provides its customers and clients with unprecedented visibility into the performance of paid and Earned Media placements and engagement in social video. The company’s True Reach℠ measurement is the world’s first paid, owned, and earned media metric to be approved by the Media Rating Council. Visible Measures is a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Digital Video Committee and the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF). To learn more about Visible Measures and explore its industry-wide charts, please visit http://www.visiblemeasures.com.
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