Following a successful initial public offering earlier this year, advertising software company Viant has brought on its first chief legal officer. The company’s public debut and new legal leadership come at at time when advertising technology is an extremely hot market, and digital privacy issues are top-of-mind for companies across various industries.

Los Angeles-based Lisa Harrington most recently served as the general counsel of food supplement company ChromaDex, and was general counsel at athletic wear company Asics America Corp. before that. She previously worked in-house at NBCUniversal and Fandango, and she also spent two years practicing at Am Law 100 firm Cooley.