Vdopia, the leading online and mobile video monetization player has announced the appointment of Ms. Debadutta Upadhyaya to the role of Vice President, India. She would be reporting to Saurabh Bhatia, Chief Business Officer and co-founder, Vdopia.
Before joining Vdopia, Debadutta was the Head of Sales Strategy at Yahoo! India. She spent almost six years with Yahoo! India and grew from her role as an Account Manager in 2004 to National Sales Head in 2008. Her last assignment at Yahoo! India was as Head of Sales Strategy. Prior to Yahoo!, she was with Times Group for nearly eight years. Debadutta is a gold medalist in Literature, Journalism and Mass Communication.
During her previous stints, Debadutta played a pivotal role in displacing the reigning leader to garner the No 1 position for Yahoo! India in the display space; and on-boarding many non-medium spenders like Coke to the print medium.
"We are delighted to have Debadutta joining our senior management team. She is one of the finest Internet Media Sales professional in the country. Her joining could not have come at a better time for Vdopia which is geared up for some major product launches in 2010. Her rich domain experience and strategic inputs will add immense value to our overall operations," commented Saurabh Bhatia, Chief Business Officer, Vdopia.
"I am really excited about this opportunity. Vdopia already commands a leadership position in India in the realm of Online Video Advertising. My role would be to assist company scale up its operations and drive this leadership position to the next level. What really got me excited about Vdopia is its proprietary cutting edge technology expertise, execution finesse and the gigantic vision of the founders," said Debadutta Upadhyaya, VP (India), Vdopia.
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