• December 5, 2007

Travel Ad Network has hired Brian Silver as chief operating officer, a newly created position.

Silver previously was with NetCash, a virtual gift card company where he has been COO since 2006. Previously, Silver served as COO for Did-it Search Marketing, vice president of operations for IAC Advertising (the sales division of Ask Jeeves, formerly AJinteractive.

He also was VP and GM of Ask Jeeves' holding MaxOnline, which he joined in 2002 after facilitating the merger as a strategic consultant between MaxOnline business DoubleClick Media and interactive advertising firm L90.

--Tanya Irwin