Feb 9, 2016

Ghostery, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus LLC, said Monday that it named Jim Weber its CFO. Prior to Ghostery, Weber was CFO of iLevel Solutions. PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – February 08, 2016) – Ghostery, a global technology leader empowering consumers and businesses to create safer, faster and more trusted digital experiences, today announced it has appointed Jim Weber as chief financial officer. Weber will oversee Ghostery’s financial and administrative operations with a focus on accelerating company growth in response to consumer demand for better digital experiences. “Jim has a proven track record of leading SaaS companies to transformational growth, which made him the ideal fit to join as CFO,” said Scott Meyer, CEO of Ghostery. “2016 is shaping up to be another high-growth year for Ghostery as we focus on evolving our SaaS digital experience platform, MCM, as well as our transparency and privacy tools. We are excited to see the immediate and long term impacts of Jim’s leadership and expertise on Ghostery’s future.” “We’re in the age of fast-paced innovation and fierce competition, especially in the SaaS industry,” said Weber, CFO of Ghostery. “I’ve been very impressed by Ghostery’s ability to create the market and maintain a position of leadership while continuously delivering cutting edge solutions for its customers. Simplifying complex business needs in this way is a rarity in the SaaS sector, and I’m eager to apply my experience to help take Ghostery’s business to the next level.” Weber has more than 20 years of financial management experience, with a background that includes financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, strategic planning, corporate finance and risk management. Prior to Ghostery, he was CFO of iLevel Solutions, where he played a pivotal role in the company’s growth and sale to Ipreo. Weber also served as CFO at FalconStor where he led the company from zero to $90 million in revenue. Weber joins Ghostery in a time of significant momentum. Last year, Ghostery was ranked 159th on Deloitte’s 2015 Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. Weber graduated from Fordham University. He is a certified public accountant and was named one of Long Island Business News’ “Top 40 Under 40.” About Ghostery Ghostery empowers consumers and businesses globally to create safer, faster, and more trusted digital experiences. There are over 50,000,000 installs globally of the Ghostery Browser Extension, with 30,000 new installs per day. Businesses rely on Ghostery MCM to speed up, clean up, and lock down their websites and apps through increased visibility and control of the digital technologies used to drive conversion and revenue. Ghostery is also the dominant provider of privacy governance services, powering compliance for more than $2 billion of advertising and e-commerce transactions annually. Founded in 2009, Ghostery is headquartered in New York City with a technology office in Salt Lake City and sales offices in London and San Francisco. The company is backed by Warburg Pincus, LLC, the global private equity fund. Learn more at Ghostery.com and @ghosteryinc. © 2015 Buyouts Insider / Argosy Group LLC