Viant appoints Kwan as Chief Product Officer
June 13, 2022
Viant Technology, a people-based advertising software company, has named Dustin Kwan as Chief Product Officer, a newly created executive role intended to drive product strategy at the company. Kwan spent the last 8 years leading ad products at Amazon, including growing Amazon DSP to one of the largest demand side platforms in the market.
“We’re excited to bring on a strategic leader like Dustin to increase the momentum we’re seeing in platform adoption across existing and much larger customers,” said Tim Vanderhook, CEO, Viant. “Dustin’s deep expertise leading product strategy, development and execution with multi-billion-dollar revenue goals will underpin every new offering Viant brings to market.”
Kwan brings two decades of experience in product leadership to Viant, most recently as a General Manager of Advertising Products at Amazon DSP. Kwan also previously led Vertical Ad Display Products and Device Ad Products for the company, driving growth across ad channels and devices including Fire TV, Fire Tablet, and Kindle eReaders. Prior to Amazon, Kwan held other product leadership roles at AVG Technologies, Sendori, and Ask.
“Being immersed in the advertising software industry over the last decade, I recognise the vast opportunity in front of Viant,” said Kwan. “I look forward to building upon the product vision this talented team of innovators has been successfully implementing, in order to deliver new solutions for our customers.”