Connatix Promotes Dor Leitman to Chief Technology Officer

Connatix, the main video expertise firm for premium publishers and advertisers, immediately (April sixteenth, 2024) commemorated its tenth 12 months of delivering groundbreaking video options by saying the promotion of Dor Leitman to chief expertise officer (CTO), making certain steady elevation of the corporate’s expertise.

As CTO, Leitman is liable for guiding the corporate’s product technique and expertise growth, and can play a key position in enhancing product capabilities and driving strategic innovation throughout Connatix’s enterprise goals. Beneath Leitman’s management, the corporate’s product and R&D groups merged right into a single powerhouse supply organisation, enabling seamless integration of product technique, execution, and market launch processes.

Leitman brings a wealth of expertise to the CTO place, having performed a pivotal position in Connatix’s technological evolution for the previous 5 years in positions together with senior vice chairman of product and R&D in addition to VP of AI and content material automation. His journey with Connatix started in 2019 following the acquisition of the AI-powered text-to-storytelling expertise he created. Since then, Dor has spearheaded the event of Connatix’s Deep Contextual™ concentrating on providing, amongst different industry-leading instruments. Deep Contextual™ is a proprietary expertise leveraging AI-powered deep studying, superior pc imaginative and prescient, and pure language processing (NLP) to analyse media content material in actual time — which has develop into a pivotal, privacy-safe concentrating on device as third-party cookies disappear.

Amidst the surge of generative AI instruments, Leitman has additionally been a robust voice within the {industry}, guiding publishers and advertisers on the way to choose the best instruments to attain their goals whereas navigating the challenges and limitations inherent in implementing AI expertise. 

“Dor’s promotion to chief expertise officer is a testomony to his visionary management and the form of future-forward pondering that drives Connatix,” stated David Kashak, co-founder & CEO of Connatix. “As we have a good time 10 years of {industry} excellence, we’re excited to embark on the following chapter of progress and innovation, with Dor’s steerage. His expertise experience, particularly in AI, shall be essential as we spearhead a shift in the direction of a data-centric tradition in promoting, making certain publishers and advertisers are well-prepared for the long run.”

Since its inception in 2014, Connatix has steadily expanded its international presence, with workplaces in New York Metropolis, London, Cluj-Napoca, and Tel Aviv. As we speak, Connatix collaborates with over 350 writer teams throughout quite a few websites and companions with main manufacturers and companies around the globe. The corporate’s platform encodes over 100 years of video content material every day and homes over 2.2m movies. 

“Since its founding in 2014, Connatix has persistently pushed the boundaries of what’s attainable in video expertise,” stated Leitman. “I’m extremely happy with the progress we’ve made and the lasting affect we’ve had on the {industry}. As we embark on this subsequent chapter, I’m excited to steer our proficient crew in growing the following era of video options that may form the way forward for media.”