Wright Ferguson, Jr. named President of AdForum.com

AdForum.com announced the appointment of Wright Ferguson, Jr. as President USA.

Wright spent the majority of his career as EVP, Group Publisher of Adweek Magazines where he oversaw advertising and marketing strategy for six magazines including Marketing Y Medios, 18 online products, custom-publishing and seven events/awards shows. Following his executive position at Adweek, he was appointed Vice President Sales, North America for Eye Corp, an Australian-based Out-of-Home media company selling mall advertising. Most recently, Wright formed Ferguson & Associates where he consults to Pongr.com (an image recognition search platform via mobile) on sales strategy, and Canyaa.com (a new ad model in India which will pay viewers for their time and attention) on sales and marketing.

Active in the advertising industry, Wright is a long time club and board member of the Advertising Club of New York and has served on their executive, nominating and programs committees. He spent many years on the board of the American Advertising Federation (the governing body of ad clubs), judged three National Student Advertising Competitions, and was on the board of advisors of Selfchec, a non-profit devoted to cancer awareness and prevention.

Wright will work closely with Philippe Paget, Worldwide CEO to leverage AdForum‘s existing image and build, in the coming years, a leading global online platform to deliver professional services to the advertising and marketing community.