Eben Thurston

Eben Thurston is Managing Director of Marketing and Business Development at Root Markets Inc. Prior to coming to Root Markets Inc., Eben spent 7 years at Time Inc., the publishing division of Time Warner, building a reputation as a leader and innovator in the interactive side of the business. In his role as Product Development Manager in the Online Audience Development group, Eben led business development efforts that included strategic partnerships and content syndication deals designed to drive web traffic growth. He was the executive sponsor of several projects that enhanced technical infrastructure for search engine optimization, web analytics and RSS capabilities. In his prior role as a Front-end Web Developer at Time Inc., Eben was instrumental in formalizing W3C endorsed web standards as the company’s official development specification. In addition to his extensive work with Time Inc., Eben has worked as a Freelance Web Producer, Web Technology Consultant and held administrative roles at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Eben holds an MBA with a Marketing concentration and Product Management focus from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business Administration.