Marcus Keane

Marcus Keane currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Smartology.net, a role held since December 2012, where responsibility includes leading the development of the SmartMatch Demand Side Platform for contextually targeted advertising using AI and LLM technologies. Prior to this, Marcus had an extensive tenure at the Financial Times from 1999 to December 2012, holding various roles such as Director of Technology in Financial Publishing, where oversight included program delivery, operational support, and team management across multiple commercial units. Earlier roles at Financial Times included Software Development Manager, Solutions Architect, Senior Software Developer, and Lotus Notes Team Leader, contributing to significant achievements such as an 80% reduction in outages and the expansion of development teams. Marcus began the career as a Systems Developer at Legal & General Assurance Society Limited, specializing in COBOL development.