Meet the Team.

Cliff Rosenberg - Executive Chairman

Cliff joined Clear Light Digital in July 2006. Previously he spent three years as the Managing Director of Yahoo! Australia & NZ. In 2006 Cliff was elected as the inaugural Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).

Prior to his role at Yahoo!, Cliff was MD of iTouch Australia, the wireless application service provider. The LSE-listed company delivers products and services to mobile carriers, corporate customers and end consumers via SMS, Interactive Voice Response, WAP, and PDA devices.

Previously, he held a variety of telecommunications and Internet related roles within Telkom South Africa, Cable and Wireless, and Vodafone Pacific and has ten years consulting experience with international management consultancies such as Gemini Consulting and Bain Consulting.

Jamie Silver - Managing Director & Co-Founder

Jamie is the Managing Director and one of the company founders. He brings extensive experience in online advertising and business development from key roles at some of Australia's leading online players.

Jamie spent three years at LookSmart in product development and search analyst roles. After leaving LookSmart he joined SEEK, where he managed its online marketing activity and key alliance partnerships. Most recently Jamie was at Optimedia where he established the agency's search marketing offering and implemented campaigns for clients such as NAB, Telstra, Sensis, Qantas and the Victoria Government.

Jamie's role at CLD includes sourcing and acquiring new business, in addition to leading the strategic development of the business.

Lori Silver - Product & Marketing Director & Co-Founder

Lori is the Product & Marketing Director for Clear Light Digital and one of the company founders. Her passion for the online community & her commitment to the online space has seen her stick around through the boom, crash and back again.

Lori has managed successful digital strategy projects at well-known Australian properties such as LookSmart & realestate.com.au. Her expertise is ad product development & revenue management in the digital space. She was instrumental in the migration of LookSmart and realestate.com.au to the Accipiter ad serving system, and she & Emily co-developed the first sponsored links-style advertising product in Australia.

Lori's role at CLD includes overseeing product management, marketing & communications.

Emily Fulton - Technology & Operations Director & Co-Founder

Emily is the Technology & Operations Director and one of the company founders. She brings over ten years online experience of working with internet products & technologies.

Emily spent several years working for LookSmart and was instrumental in establishing teams in the UK, US and the Australian operations. As the Director of Product Management for LookSmart Australia, Emily was responsible for product development, project management and distributor relationships including ninemsn and Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand. Emily was also a key player in positioning LookSmart's Australian assets for acquisition by Sensis Pty Ltd.

Emily's role at CLD includes overseeing the production & technology teams, delivering large client projects and ensuring the business operations run smoothly.

Pete Cane - Non-Executive Director

Pete brings a wealth of experience and relationship management to CLD. With a passion for the latest technologies, backed up by over 10 years of internet development and advertising experience, he provides a unique perspective to our partner relationships and solutions.

Prior to his role at CLD, Pete founded a digital advertising consultancy business, which worked globally with a wide variety of clients in the search, classifieds, travel, and wireless communications spaces. Locally, the company worked closely with realestate.com.au and sensis.com.au. Prior to this, Pete worked for a number of years at LookSmart, where he was the technical manager for the migration of ad serving technology and assisted in the development of the first local sponsored links product.

Rene Slota - Group Manager, Digital Marketing

Rene joined CLD in mid 2006. His role involves maximising the effectiveness of CLD client's through digital marketing including; search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimisation (SEO), email marketing (eDM), media & display advertising.

Prior to starting at CLD, Rene worked for Whirlwind were he looked after the various marketing needs of clients such as Brumby's Bakeries, Boost Juice Bars, Mushroom Records, Obese Records & Kapow Advertising. Before Whirlwind, Rene was part of the advertising team for Fowls Auction Group.

Rene has studied both Public Relations and Graphic Design from which an affinity towards successful marketing has grown.

Paul Strike - Creative Director

Paul is the Creative Director of Clear Light Digital with 10 years of digital design and development experience. He sees the importance of evolving constantly, while communicating to a wider audience the importance of smart usability and effective user interface design.

Before CLD, Paul spent nearly 4 years with The REA Group in the capacity of Senior Interface Designer, during which he contributed to the success of their major websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au, propertyfinder.com, allrealestate.co.nz and casa.it.

Prior to his role with the REA Group Paul worked very closely with organizations such as World Vision, Allied Pickfords and Civic Video, leading the strategic design component and overall creative direction.

Paul's work emphasizes simplicity, foundation and structure, combined with elements of form and function, whilst always drawing on imaginative expression.