Michael Blanche

Michael Blanche
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Surfside

Michael Blanche is the Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Surfside, a technology company powering the infrastructure, APIs, and software businesses need to quickly build custom ad platforms for personalized commerce, native ads, sponsored listings, internal promotions, and more.

He brings a wealth of experience in creating technology at the intersection of Customer Experience, Advertising and Commerce; identifying market trends and creating digital products. As a technologically-minded leader, Michael’s chief skills lie in balancing business, technology and community.

Prior to founding Surfside, Michael served as the Chief Technology Officer at SITO (NASDAQ: SITO), where he was responsible for leading innovation for the company, developing technologies that create longterm value, and ensuring data privacy. Before SITO, Michael was the Head of Product at Momentum Cloud and co-founder at Comsite. Michael began his career with Yakka, a media services company that he founded while at university in Australia.

A leader in the advertising industry, Michael is actively working on creating Retail Media Standards with the IAB