Ascencio – VP Of Latin American Operations ay TinBu.
March 29, 2009
TinBu announced they have hired Fernando Ascencio to serve as Vice President of Latin American Operations. Ascencio will be in charge of marketing TinBu’s patent-pending technology and content channels to Spanish language online and wireless publishers in the U.S., as well as throughout Latin America.
Fernando Ascencio is an experienced internet executive in the Latin American sector. Ascencio worked with the Spanish language broadcasting company Univision for 8-years prior to participating in the initial launch of Quepasa.com in 1999. During his tenure with Quepasa.com he served in a variety of senior executive roles, including as CEO of the Company. During Ascencio’s tenure with Quepasa the company grew into one of the largest Latin American social networks in the world, with over 2.5 million registered users from the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America. As CEO of Quepasa Ascencio oversaw over 50 employees, with offices in Mexico and the U.S. Ascencio also worked previously for the ABC Television Group based out of New York City.
“TinBu is fortunate to have a person with as much experience and skills as Fernando Ascencio to head up our growth with Latin American audiences,” stated John Brier, TinBu’s CEO. “His direct experience in developing online business relationships in the online sector across all of Latin America, as well as with the Spanish speaking audience residing in North America, will be a valuable asset to TinBu as we look to increase our growth among Spanish speaking audiences in the U.S. and in Latin America,” added Brier.
As Vice President of Latin American Operations Ascencio will manage the overall performance of the company’s growth across Latin America and the U.S. within the Spanish speaking segment. TinBu produces interactive content channels using a patent pending technology that are designed to increase site traffic, user satisfaction, and revenue generation for online publishers who utilize TinBu’s content channels. TinBu’s interactive content channels are available to online publishers with integrated revenue generation as an option, including Yahoo! search and contextual ads for publishers serving Latin American online audiences.