Cali Tran
Operator and investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chairman
2024 - Current
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - 2024
Cision is a leading marketing and communications SaaS and services platform powered by our PR Newswire, CisionOne and Brandwatch/Insights business units.
Cision is a global media intelligence company that offers PR and social software as well as analytics.
Raised $192,000,000.00.
President and CEO
2023 - 2024
President and Chief Commercial Officer
2022 - 2023
President and Chief Business Officer
2021 - 2022
President
2014 - 2020
Promoted from President and CEO of Valassis to President of Vericast, the holding company that owns Valassis. At Vericast, a MacAndrews & Forbes portfolio, I led all our sales, product, engineering, operations, and strategy efforts for our businesses which include Valassis (Valassis, NCH and Clipper) and RetailMeNot.
President and CEO
2019 - 2020
Promoted from Divisional President of Valassis Digital to President and CEO of Valassis in 2019
Valassis Marketing Solutions is an advertising company that specializes in online marketing, print marketing, market research and analytics.
President
2014 - 2018
SVP Technology and Business Development
2013 - 2014
MacAndrews & Forbes is a holding company with interests in a diversified portfolio of public and private companies. Wholly owned by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald O. Perelman, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. invests in companies with strong market positions, recognized brands and growth potential. By focusing on a company’s core business, MacAndrews & Forbes helps nurture and build the business to new levels of performance and success. Current holdings include leading participants across a wide range of industries, from cosmetics and entertainment to biotechnology and military equipment.
Based in New York, MacAndrews & Forbes is an investment firm that finances entertainment, cosmetics, security, and biotechnology industries.
Principal
2006 - 2013
www.nbvp.com
Merlinio is a digital insurance platform and next-gen insurance broker company.
Board Member
2010 - 2013
Series A Lead Investor and Board Member. Sharethrough is the largest & most sophisticated platform for in-feed mobile native ad monetization. (ACQ 2024 by Equative)
Board Member
2008 - 2011
Series A Lead Investor and Board Member. Developer of hardware and software networking solutions for rich media bandwidth optimization. (ACQ 2011 by Qualcomm)
Bigfoot Networks develops hardware and software solutions that maximize network performance for online gaming and other real-time apps.
Raised $20,750,000.00 from Raven Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity and Palomar Ventures.