Robert Pietsch is responsible for all sales and marketing activities that drive advertising revenue for Twitter on the west coast. Prior to joining Twitter in 2011, Pietsch served as VP of worldwide sales at social video start up Sharethrough and VP of sales, West at Myspace where he was responsible for all revenue generating activities.
Before he jumped into social media, Pietsch spent over 10 years at Forbes.com where his most recent position was chief digital advertising officer for Forbes Media. He was responsible for all sales and marketing activities that drove advertising revenue from Forbes.com, Forbes.com Audience Network and the Forbes.com Business and Finance Blog Network, with revenues growing over 700% from 2000 – 2007.