Pinterest has confirmed that its head of ad products, Jon Alferness, has left the company and that it has made a change to its product organization team. According to a Pinterest spokesperson, the companys consumer product and ads product teams are now combined into one group an integrated product team led by SVP of Product Lawrence Ripsher.
Alferness had been with Pinterest for less than a year, joining the company in July 2017. By December, he was promoted to head of Pinterests ad business when it was announced that Tim Kendall, Pinterests former head of ads, was leaving the company. At the time, Alferness was given the title SVP of Ads and Commerce and reported directly to Pinterest CEO Ben Silberma…
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