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Inbox placement at Gmail US — 97.1% (last 7 days)
Yahoo JP folder shift detected — 6.4% spam-folder movement
Outlook.com EU — median latency 38 seconds
CAN-SPAM footer present and parseable in all variants
CASL consent metadata missing on 412 addresses — review
Strategist playbook "Q4 reputation freeze" recommended for sender ID 30482
GDPR opt-out propagated to 7 downstream ESPs
Pilot-customer scoping refreshed — 14 customers active
DMARC policy quarantine — alignment at 99.4% across last 7 days
ARC seal mismatch on 2.1% of forwarded mail
DANE TLSA records aligned across MX
One-Click List-Unsubscribe header present (RFC 8058)
Yahoo inbox dipped 3.2% on spring-promo campaign
Microsoft SNDS — 2 IPs moved from "Green" to "Yellow"
Gmail spam rate trending below 0.05% for 30 consecutive days
Spamhaus SBL listing on 192.0.2.45 — delist requested 11 min ago
SURBL not listing any sender domains
Comcast complaint rate elevated — 0.18% (threshold 0.10%)
Apple Mail inbox placement — 96.4% (up 1.1pp WoW)
Pristine spam trap hit detected on list "newsletter-jan"
Open rate up 4.7pp on personalized subject-line cohort
Click-through dipped on transactional flow — investigating segment overlap
1.2M campaigns analysed in the last 24 hours
List-hygiene scan flagged 11,243 risky addresses for review
Unsubscribe rate stable at 0.12% globally
Apple Privacy proxy is influencing 28% of opens on iOS
Engagement tier "highly active" grew 6.3% MoM
Subject-line classifier — 0 promotional terms flagged on B2B template
Inactive-90 segment volume crossed warning threshold
All 4 sending IPs IPv6-ready and accepted at Gmail
Subdomain delegation drift on bounce.example.com — TTL race detected
DNS propagation complete for new bounce domain
Greylisting events up 14% at Office365 — retry latency in band
Inbox placement at Gmail US — 97.1% (last 7 days)
Yahoo JP folder shift detected — 6.4% spam-folder movement
Outlook.com EU — median latency 38 seconds
CAN-SPAM footer present and parseable in all variants
CASL consent metadata missing on 412 addresses — review
Strategist playbook "Q4 reputation freeze" recommended for sender ID 30482
GDPR opt-out propagated to 7 downstream ESPs
Pilot-customer scoping refreshed — 14 customers active
DMARC policy quarantine — alignment at 99.4% across last 7 days
ARC seal mismatch on 2.1% of forwarded mail
DANE TLSA records aligned across MX
One-Click List-Unsubscribe header present (RFC 8058)
Yahoo inbox dipped 3.2% on spring-promo campaign
Microsoft SNDS — 2 IPs moved from "Green" to "Yellow"
Gmail spam rate trending below 0.05% for 30 consecutive days
Spamhaus SBL listing on 192.0.2.45 — delist requested 11 min ago
SURBL not listing any sender domains
Comcast complaint rate elevated — 0.18% (threshold 0.10%)
Validity Inc. | June 27, 2023

Validity Welcomes New Chief Revenue Officer To Develop Superior Go-To-Market Function

CRO Jeff Lundal brings decades of experience from Oracle and Experian Marketing to guide the company through its next period of explosive growth

BOSTON, June 27, 2023 – Today Validity, the leading provider of data quality and email deliverability solutions, announced the addition of a new Chief Revenue Officer, Jeff Lundal, to its leadership team. This strategic leadership addition comes on the heels of recent momentum including key product announcements and integrations, positioning Validity to continue offering best-in-class SaaS solutions for today’s data-driven world.

Lundal has over 20 years of experience at companies including Oracle and Experian Marketing. He is an expert in transforming businesses and driving growth by setting vision and strategies, building high performing teams, moving stakeholders to a common goal, and delivering value to customers. In his new role, Lundal will work to support the Validity team’s mission to define and lead the sales and marketing industry with a new class of SaaS solutions purpose-built for today’s complex, data-driven business needs. In turn, this will enable customers to build stronger relationships with more stakeholders.

“Jeff’s arrival at Validity represents an exciting turning point in the company’s history,” said Mark Briggs, CEO of Validity. “We are thrilled to have his vision on the leadership team as we look towards our future growth. I feel confident that Jeff’s experience leading all facets of the customer experience at high-growth SaaS companies will transform our go-to-market process for the better.”

Lundal will oversee the sales, marketing, and account management teams. In the coming months, he will focus on further developing them as the best teams in the market, drawing from his experience executing similar programs at category-leading companies. He will take on the task of rallying the entire organization on a shared sales process and go-to-market playbook.

“I’m excited to join Validity and apply my experience to develop an unrivaled go-to-market function and team that consistently delivers positive experiences and powerful industry solutions to our customers and prospects,” said Jeff Lundal, CRO of Validity. “Validity has built the most powerful data management solution and the highest value email deliverability solutions. These solutions solve major issues for sales leaders and marketers and are required more than ever in today’s environment.”

Lundal’s hire is effective immediately. Additional Validity career opportunities can be found here.