Speaking of Buddy Media, the company today announced the hiring of former Yahoo exec Dennis Morgan as its new CFO. Most recently, he served as CFO of three venture-backed technology companies: EPAC
Technologies, Panther Express and Vibrant Media.
Before that, Morgan led corporate finance efforts at Yahoo for more than $5 billion in acquisitions and business development deals. He also ran
Yahoo's corporate-wide budgeting process and served as finance head of its $3 billion search business. At Buddy, he will help manage growth at the Facebook marketing company that's added 165 clients
this year including brands such as Kraft Foods Inc., Hanes, ESPN, Ford Motor Company and Virgin Mobile USA. It's also raised $38 million to date from investors including WPP Digital.