Jim Daily

Chief Executive Officer OpenWeb

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Jim Daily is Chief Executive Officer of OpenWeb, the New York company, formerly Spot.IM, whose platform runs comment sections and community features for publishers and sells advertising around those conversations. He took over on 1 April 2025. Most of his career was spent at the video advertising company Teads. He joined in 2013 as its first employee in the Americas, working from a coffee shop in Brooklyn, and became CEO North America and Global President; OpenWeb says he grew the North American business from nothing to $275 million in annual revenue. Before OpenWeb he was founding CEO of LinksDAO, a golf venture.

Career Highlights

• Chief Executive Officer of OpenWeb since 1 April 2025, succeeding interim CEO Tim Harvey, who became Executive Chairman.
• Joined Teads in 2013 as employee number one in the Americas and rose to Global President and CEO North America.
• Grew Teads North America from $0 to $275 million in annual revenue, with publisher partners including ESPN, Condé Nast and The Washington Post, according to OpenWeb.
• Listed as Global President among Teads’ executive officers in its 2021 SEC registration statement.
• Founding CEO of LinksDAO, which OpenWeb says he built into an $11 million business in 10 months.

Professional Journey

Daily studied hospitality management at Boston University and built his career in digital advertising. By 2021, Teads’ SEC filing said he had 15 years’ experience across video, display, branded entertainment, data and programmatic.

In 2013 he joined Teads, the video advertising company, as its first employee in the Americas. The company’s 2021 registration statement says he started the business from a coffee shop in Brooklyn. He built it into a major part of the North American ad-tech market and became Global President as well as CEO for North America. OpenWeb puts his Teads tenure at nearly ten years. It says the North American business grew from nothing to $275 million in annual revenue on his watch, and that Teads as a whole grew to $750 million across 30 countries. In 2021, Teads also said he sat on several industry boards, including the Mobile Marketing Association.

After Teads, he was founding CEO of LinksDAO, a venture that OpenWeb describes as “turning a passion for golf into an $11 million business in just 10 months.”

OpenWeb announced him as chief executive in March 2025, and he took over on 1 April. The company, formerly Spot.IM, hosts conversation and community tools for publishers and sells advertising around them. It had been run by interim CEO Tim Harvey, who became Executive Chairman when Daily arrived. Daily said the mission was what drew him: “The idea of fostering healthier, more meaningful online conversations is something I believe in deeply and it’s critical for business and also society.” He leads a team that includes President and CFO Haim Sasson.

Education

Boston University

Bachelor of Science, Hospitality management