MINNEAPOLIS — Grocery Shopping Network on Thursday said David Carlick has been named board chairman, effective immediately.
Richard Andolshek, GSN’s current chairman, will remain on the board as vice chairman and will continue to assist in guiding the company.
“After serving as a board director on GSN’s board for several years, I am very familiar with the company and its needs,” Carlick said. “I look forward to assuming a leadership position within the company and driving our future growth initiatives alongside Richard.”
GSN offers digital shopper planning and marketing tools for grocery retailers, CPG companies and shoppers.
Carlick is a co-founder of DoubleClick, and previously served as an executive with Poppe Tyson, where he was co-leader of the interactive group, poppe.com. Carlick has also served as an independent director at Ask Jeeves (acquired by IAC in 2005), BigBook (acquired by Verizon in 1999) and I/Pro, the Nielsen-backed online measurement company that was acquired by CMGI.
During his 10-year tenure as a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners, he was instrumental in a number of investments, including Grocery Shopping Network and Intermix Media (parent of MySpace), where he was chairman through the acquisition in 2005 by News Corp.
