• September 16, 2008

Online communication platform Meebo has brought on Pip Marquez de la Plata as its new SVP of marketing.

Marquez de la Plata most recently served as a vice president of marketing and brand strategy for the Entertainment Group at Cnet Networks. Throughout his career, Marquez de la Plata has worked with a long list of top marketers, including Mountain Dew, Toyota, Electronic Arts and Gillette.

Prior to Cnet Networks, Marquez de la Plata was director of account management at advertising firm J. Walter Thompson, and worldwide brand director for Sun Microsystems.--Gavin O'Malley