Outbrain Inc. announced the appointment of Yonatan Maman as Chief Technology Officer and Andraz Tori in a newly created executive role as Chief Product Officer. Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, and General Manager, Israel, Ori Lahav, will transition his responsibilities and focus on cross-company strategic initiatives, while continuing his role as General Manager, Israel. The newly-appointed executives will support Outbrains growth by building upon the companys existing technologies and product offerings to align with the evolving needs of publishers, brands, and advertisers as they increasingly seek to drive measurable outcomes while building deeper engagement with audiences.

Both Maman and Tori will report to David Kostman, Co-CEO, Outbrain. Under Oris esteemed leadership, Yonatan and Andraz have helped transform engineering team into a world-class technology organization, built a mature infrastructure fit for supporting partners, and helped reach over $1 billion in revenue, said Kostman. Yaron Galai, Outbrains Co-Founder and Co-CEO continued, Were introducing a new generation of Outbrain leadership who are committed to advancing and elevating Outbrains capabilities, offerings, and culture, and Im looking forward to seeing how Yonatan and Andraz will build upon Oris legacy.

Maman joined Outbrain in 2011 as a Senior Software Engineer and has served as Vice President of Engineering for the past five years. While leading Outbrains R&D team, he brought modern practices and new capabilities to the growing engineering organization. Tori has served as Head of Recommendations and Data Science at Outbrain for the past four years, following Outbrains acquisition of Zemanta, of which he was a founder.