Jeff Hicks

Jeff Hicks has extensive experience in the field of engineering, with their most recent position being Senior Vice President of Engineering at Cision since September 2022. Prior to this, they were Vice President of Engineering - Distribution, Media Relationship & Monitoring at Cision from June 2021 to September 2022.

Before joining Cision, Jeff held the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering at Vericast in 2021. In this role, they led the Engineering organization for the Digital Marketing & Technology Solutions business unit, overseeing various teams and capabilities.

From 2017 to 2021, Jeff worked at Valassis, initially as an Executive Director of Engineering and later as Vice President of Engineering. Jeff led a team of directors and managers and was responsible for delivering the advertising platform for print and digital media. During their tenure, they achieved significant revenue growth and margin improvement through the implementation of new bidding algorithms and strategies.

Before Valassis, Jeff was Director and Senior Director of Engineering at MaxPoint from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, they oversaw the development of various products and capabilities, including a data management platform and location and audience products. Jeff also led the Real-time Execution software engineering team, scaling the system to handle over 100 billion ad opportunities per day.

Prior to that, Jeff worked at CA Technologies from 2010 to 2013, where they served as Senior Director of Software Engineering and Director of Software Engineering. Jeff led multiple scrum teams and mentored development managers, while also leading the architecture platform team for the Infrastructure Management product line.

Jeff's career began at IBM, where they worked as a Staff Software Engineer from 1991 to 1997. Jeff led a team of engineers and developed a reusable software component for network communications products.

Overall, Jeff Hicks has a wealth of experience in engineering leadership roles, with a focus on delivering innovative products, driving revenue growth, and improving operational efficiency.

Jeff Hicks has a Master's degree in Engineering with a specialization in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Auburn University. In addition to their formal education, Jeff has also obtained additional certifications, including a Certification in Coaching for Business Leaders from HeySue.com - Home to Sue Heilbronner & Leadership Camp, which they obtained in November 2020. Jeff also holds a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, although the institution and dates of obtaining this certification are not provided.