Friday, August 2, 2013

P.V. Narayanamoorthy joins leading Out Of Home Analytics Company

P.V. Narayanamoorthy, a veteran in the field of media planning and advertising effectiveness,has taken on the crucial role of Director at Proof of Performance Data Services (PoP). Mr. Moorthy will spearhead the cutting edge technology based analytics platform which PoP has created for accurate measurement methodology and accountability in the outdoor media business.   He willbe the key strategic contact for advising corporates about outdoor spends and how efficacy can be maintained and enhanced in outdoor media utilization.
Mr. Moorthy’s appointment is testimony that PoP that is constantly on the lookout for improving the qualitiyand accountability in the Outdoor media platform. He aims to bring to the forefront path-breaking tools and techniques  which willmake the Out Of Home (OOH) media more efficient, effective and transparent.
Mr. Moorthy has already conceptualized and implemented a revolutionary metric called ‘The Visibility Index’for PoP which is perceived to be a major breakthrough in the planning of OOH campaigns by making available critical information related to OOH assets including hitherto untracked metrics like visibility distance and time for which a particular asset is visible.
Speaking on the occasion, Harjaap Singh Mann, Founder CEO and Managing Director, PoP said “Mr. Moorthy’sis considered an institution in the media planning spaceand his prowess is unparalleled and universally acknowledged by peers. We are sure it would be a new chapter of success for POP and are glad that he has joined us in our endeavor to revolutionize the OOH industry. I firmly believe that we, and the industry,  will have a lot to learn from him.”
In his illustrious career spanning more than 35 years in Media and Advertising, he has worked with several advertising agencies including Clarion Advertising, Ogilvy Benson & Mather, RK Swamy, Ulka Advertising and McCann Erickson.
His last assignment was with Carat where he worked across the Asia Pacific region spanning 13 countries. He was a member of the regional board with responsibility for new business, strategy, tool development, training and research.

About Proof Performance Data Services
Proof of Performance Data Services (PoP), an independent company with the largest database of assets across India for the Outdoor advertising industry supported by auditable, tamper proof videos hosted on a cloud based platform. This translates into a wealth of information across more than 50,000 media assets and this number continues to grow every month.
They use, for the first time in India, a proprietary video analytics based data mining capability that offer a simple but powerful solution. Vehicle mounted infrastructure is used to capture real time videos spanning more than 12,000 kms every month. A robust and tested data mining and machine learning algorithm then extracts information from these videos and annotates data within the video as per client’s requirement.
This intelligence is then offered to Brands, Media owners and Agencies on a subscription based model to help efficiently monitor and plan their spends in the Out of Home segment and deliver enhanced return on investment.For more information visit http://www.proof-of-performance.com/