Ariel Maislos

Founder and CEO Before founding Pudding Media, Ariel was the co-founder and President of Passave - the technology and market leader in Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) access solutions, founded in 2001 and acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2006. Ariel is also a founder and member of the board of directors of Anobit Technologies and serves on the board of directors of Kovio and of Nanoconduction. Ariel has filed several patents, and was an editor of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. Ariel holds an MBA and a B.Sc., cum laude, in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Ruben E. Maislos

Founder and COO Ruben oversees operations and the research and development activities. Prior to Pudding Media, Ruben was with DSPC, later acquired by Intel, where he gained over 8 years of experience in speech research and advanced mobile telephony platforms. Ruben has filed several patents in the field of mobile communications and speech recognition. Ruben holds a B.Sc. in Math and Computer Science.

Skip Brand

Chief Revenue Officer Skip serves as the Chief Revenue Officer at Pudding Media where he focuses on strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Pudding Media, Brand was a VP of Business Development and Strategy at JiWire pioneering a WiFi advertising network, which attracted some of the Internet’s biggest brands. Brand grew their advertising network to more than 60 advertisers including top brands like Dell, Nokia, Toshiba, Ford, Bank of America, Schwab, HBO and Microsoft.
At Yahoo!, Brand worked with top advertisers in technology and telecommunications to embark on mobile advertising with brands like Intel, HP, Sony, Sprint, Samsung, and AT&T. He also was the interim VP of Yahoo!’s Global Alliances group, where he defined strategy and led the overall execution of Yahoo!’s worldwide partnership and alliance efforts. Before joining Yahoo!, Brand was the VP of product and business development at SimpleDevices and also held executive positions at Excite@Home and Cox Communications. Brand has a Ph.D. in Technology Policy from Arizona State University and also holds a B.S., a Master’s in Public Information Management.

Eran Arbel

Cofounder and VP Products Eran oversees the product management and product marketing activities at Pudding Media. Eran brings over 15 years of diversified experience in management and entrepreneurial positions in the telecom and enterprise industries. Prior to Pudding Media, Eran was with 2Wire, Amdocs and XACCT, leading product management, marketing, sales and R&D teams. Before XACCT, Eran was the founder and VP Products of Teklee, an innovator of integrated fleet management solutions which were sold to large fleets in France, Germany and Japan. Eran holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science.

Stoyan Kenderov

VP Strategic Partnerships Stoyan looks after Pudding Media's strategic relationships with mobile, wireline, cable and VoIP carrier partners. He brings over 12 years of expert knowledge of the communications space. Prior to joining Pudding Media, Stoyan led the marketing organization of Amdocs' Customer Management division where he leveraged product & marketing experience to generate the highest number of carrier leads in the history of the company. He was instrumental in making Amdocs a leader in the digital advertising and IPTV space and has filed several technology patents. At KPNQwest he led the roll-out of billing, customer management and service management platforms across 16 countries in Europe. Earlier in his career he founded GeMiNet, one of the first German consumer portals that was later acquired by a German investment fund. Stoyan holds a Masters degree in Computer Sciences from University of Karlsruhe in Germany and degrees in Mathematics and Financial Engineering. He has completed post-graduate work in strategic marketing and financial management at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.