Seasoned technology leader, Jud Valeski, will help to accelerate the development of Sovrn’s data-driven solutions.
Boulder, CO – June 30, 2025 – Sovrn, a data and technology platform that helps content creators earn and keep more of their revenue, today announced that it has named Jud Valeski as Chief Technology Officer. Valeski, who will oversee the company’s data science, engineering and technology capabilities, will be based out of Sovrn’s Boulder office and will report directly to Walter Knapp, CEO.
“Data and technology are rapidly evolving and changing the nature of what it means to be a creator, publisher, or platform,” said Knapp. “Jud brings the entrepreneurial, engineering and data-driven leadership we need in a world where AI is redefining every layer of the open internet.”
Valeski comes to Sovrn from Honey Science Corporation, where he served as General Manager and helped oversee the $4 billion acquisition of the company by PayPal. He was also previously the CTO and Co-Founder of Gnip, a social media API aggregation company that was purchased by Twitter in 2014. Valeski has held other notable positions in technology at companies like Techstars, AOL, Netscape and Onebox.
“I have a passion for finding new ways of working through the utilization of technology and I have turned that into a very fun career path,” said Valeski. “When the opportunity to serve as CTO at Sovrn came across my plate, I knew it was the perfect next step for me. Sovrn has quietly assembled one of the most strategic datasets in the industry—linking attention, identity, and purchases across the open internet. My role is to ensure our technology stack scales to meet the next generation of privacy-forward, AI-accelerated advertising and commerce. We’re just getting started.”
Valeski’s new hire comes on the heels of an impressive start to 2025 for Sovrn. Last month the company launched Signal Vitals, a unique programmatic and inventory health dashboard for publisher ad inventory optimization. Sovrn also announced Commerce Audiences earlier this year, a dataset that allows advertisers to reach in-market shoppers across its premium exchange and beyond. In addition to these new offerings, the company welcomed industry veteran Brian Monahan to its board of directors.
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About Sovrn
Sovrn provides products and services to thousands of online publishers and creators to help them understand, operate, and grow their business. Sovrn is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with offices in New York and London.
With thousands of customers deploying advertising, affiliate marketing, and data products across more than 80,000 websites, mobile apps, and connected TV channels, Sovrn reaches over 500 million active consumers every day. Since its founding, Sovrn has been a leader in online publisher technology and has been recognized by IAB, JICWEBS, and TAG for its role in combating fraud and promoting pro-transparency initiatives. Visit sovrn.com to learn more.
