TubeMogul appoints SEA lead

Video ad platform TubeMogul has promoted Phu Truong to managing director, Southeast Asia, and expanded its executive team to help brands and advertising agencies accelerate the adoption of automated buying.Truong, who acted as director of the company’s operations in Asia for eighteen months, is the former vice president of commercial operations for the BBC, where he worked for more than five years. He also worked at The Wall Street Journal’s digital unit for seven years where he held the position of director of international advertising sales.TubeMogul has also appointed Singapore-based video industry sales executive Yogesh Foflia as its Southeast Asia sales manager. Foflia has held senior Asia-wide sales roles at Google, advertising and technology sales network VeNA, and InMobi.Suzie Porter has been appointed as TubeMogul’s regional business development manager. Porter has held publisher development roles in Asia and Europe and, is charged with servicing ad agency clients and technology, media and data partners in the region.Chief executive Brett Wilson said: “We look forward to deepening our relationships with our brand and ad agency partners by continuing to provide them with the best digital video advertising software and tools.”