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I just saw on Sam Harrelson’s Cost Per News blog that Steve Denton, President of LinkShare, has resigned.

The announcement came in the form of a press release from LinkShare.

The release also mentions two promotions in the LinkShare executive management team.

Kelli Beougher, Vice President of Lead Generation Services, was promoted to Senior Vice President and will add responsibilities for LinkShare’s push into new businesses, as well as day to day management of its extensive publisher network. Beougher joined LinkShare in 2001, and has held senior roles in client and network development services. Prior to
joining LinkShare, she held positions at both Priceline Webhouse and LexiQuest. She began her career at GE Capital Management, and is a Six Sigma Black Belt and holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Arun Bordoloi, Senior Vice President of Services, who currently runs LinkShare’s Affiliate Marketing business, was given the additional responsibility of leading LinkShare’s growing Search Engine Marketing (SEM) business. Prior to LinkShare, Bordoloi was Senior Vice President for Draftfcb. Before that, he spent eight years at Razorfish (AvenueA/Razorfish). Mr. Bordoloi started his career in management consulting for Ernst & Young and Deloitte Consulting. He holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Congratulations to Kelli and Arun.

Presumably this registration was unexpected, as there is now a search for Steve Denton’s replacement. In the meantime, his duties will be assumed by John J-H Kim, who will become Interim President, in addition to his role as CEO of LinkShare’s parent company, Rakuten USA.

Where to next, Steve? Are you going to form a super group with Todd Crawford?

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