Q&A Directory by Category
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- 360i, Jared Belsky, EVP
- Accordant Media, Art Muldoon and Matt Greitzer, Co-Founders
- Accordant Media, Art Muldoon, CEO and Matt Greitzer, COO (On market)
- Accuen (OMG), Josh Jacobs, President (On new role)
- Accuen (OMG), Josh Jacobs, President (On FBX)
- Adnetik, Ed Montes, CEO
- AKQA, Scott Symonds, Managing Director
- AKQA, Scott Symonds, GM
- Annalect Marketplaces (OMG), Matt Spiegel, CEO
- Attention, Curtis Hougland, founder
- Catalyst S+F, Tim Hanlon, Partner
- Digilant, Ed Montes, CEO
- Digitaria, Dan Khabie, CEO
- Digitas (Publicis), Norman de Greve, EVP (On brand metrics)
- Digitas (Publicis), Nicole Estebanell, VP/Group Director
- Essence, Matt Isaacs, Founding Partner
- Fluent, Drew Kurth, CEO, Digital Marketing Platforms and Services
- FRWD, John Grudnowski, Managing Partner
- Geomentum (IPG Mediabrands), Chris Hiland, President, Strategic Partnerships (On Aol deal and local ad business)
- Mediabrands Audience Platform, Arun Kumar, CEO
- GroupM Search (WPP), Robbie Hills, CEO
- Group M, John Montgomery, COO
- Group M (Next), Chris Copeland, CEO
- GroupM (WPP), Rob Norman, CEO, North American Operations
- GroupM, Adam Smith, Futures Director
- GroupM, Ari Bluman, Chief Digital Investment Officer
- Havas, Anthony Rhind, Co-CEO
- Hill Holliday, Adam Cahill, SVP
- Hill Holliday, Adam Cahill, EVP and Co-Media Director, and Jenna Umbrianna, Platform Media Manager (On new platform media unit)
- iCrossing / Core Audience, Adam Lavelle, CEO
- iCrossing, Dax Hamman, vp (On DataXu partnership)
- iCrossing, Don Scales, CEO, and Peter Randazzo, CTO (On Acquiring Red Aril)
- Ikon Communications, Phil Cowlishaw, Performance Media Director
- Infectious Media, Andy Cocker and Martin Kelly, co-Founders and Managing Partners
- Infectious Media, Andy Cocker, co-Founder and Managing Partner (On Impression Desk)
- Initiative North America, Bret Leece, North America EVP, Performance Analytics
- Initiative North America, Nick Pahade, North America CEO
- Innovation Interactive, Will Margiloff, Founder and co-CEO
- kbs+p, Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer and managing partner of venture unit (On the new venture unit)
- MAGNA Global, Brian Monahan, Managing Partner MAGNA Global Intelligence Practice
- Maxifier, Anthony Katsur, COO (On new role)
- Maxus (WPP), Martin Lawson, Global Data and Insights Director
- MEC (WPP), Richard Astley, Senior Partner, Practice Lead, Data Planning and Optimization
- MEC (WPP), Jack Bamberger, President, Digital North America
- Media 8, Hamza Rouissi, Media Director
- Media Innovation Group (WPP), Brian Lesser, SVP and General Manager
- Media Innovation Group (WPP), Eugene Becker, Director, Analytics
- Media Kitchen (MDC Partners), Barry Lowenthal, President
- Media Storm, Jeremy Cornfeldt, Managing Director
- Mediabrands Worldwide (IPG), Michael Brunick, VP, Media Technology Director
- Mediabrands Worldwide (IPG), Michael Brunick, VP, Media Technology Director (On verifying audience)
- Mediabrands Worldwide (IPG), Brendan Moorcroft, CEO, Cadreon (On new role, strategy)
- Mediabrands Worldwide (IPG), Michael Brunick, VP, Strategic Partnerships (On trading desk Cadreon’s momentum, 2011)
- Mediabrands Audience Platform (Mediabrands and IPG), Brendan Moorcroft, CEO
- Mediacom, Jeff Hinz, Managing Director (On the CMO and Audience Buying)
- Mediasmith Inc., David Smith, CEO
- MediaVest, Robin Steinberg, SVP, Director of publisher investment and activation, and Sarah Baehr, SVP, Director of digital publishing solutions
- MediaVest, Sarah Baehr, SVP, Director of digital publishing solutions (On trends in digital for magazines)
- Millward Brown (WPP), Ann Green, Partner (On new online listening solutions)
- Mindshare (Group M/WPP), Steve Plimsoll, CTO
- Mindshare (Group M/WPP), Richard Lawrence, Leader, Business Science & Marketing Analytics
- Mindshare (Group M/WPP), Chris O’Brien, Managing Director and Digital Office Lead
- Mindshare, Brian Decker, MD, Client Leadership
- neo@Ogilvy (WPP), Sean Muzzy is Managing Director, N.A.
- neo@Ogilvy (WPP), Greg Smith, COO
- Omnicom Annalect, Scott Hagedorn, CEO
- OmnicomMediaGroup, John Donahue, Global Director of Business Intelligence Analytics
- OmnicomMediaGroup (Omnicom), Matt Spiegel, CEO – Part I
- OmnicomMediaGroup (Omnicom), Matt Spiegel, CEO – Part II
- Performics, Daina Middleton, CEO
- Razorfish, Jeff Lanctot, Chief Media Officer
- Razorfish, Matt Greitzer, VP, Search Marketing and Head of ATOM Systems
- Red Bricks Media, Scott Neslund, CEO (On new role and digital strategy)
- SapientNitro, Patrick MacDougall, VP, Technology
- Starcom USA (Publicis), Phil Geyskens, EVP, Analytics & Development Director
- Starcom USA (Publicis), Mark Pavia, Executive VP, Digital Managing Director (On new role and digital strategy)
- Tap.me, Matt Spiegel, CEO (On new role)
- Team Detroit, Todd Huntley, SVP, and Sarah Ripmaster, VP, PointRoll (on Ford campaign)
- Team Detroit, John Gray, SVP (On DataXu and brand awareness)
- Universal McCann, Kristi Argyilan, Chief Transformation Officer, and Dr. Hari S. Abhyankar , SVP, Business Insights & Advanced Analytics (on Media 3.0 strategy)
- Varick Media (MDC Partners), Darren Herman, President
- Varick Media (MDC Partners), Neeraj Kochhar, President (On new role)
- VirKet, Daniel Molano Fajardo, Chief Strategy and Product Officer
- VivaKi (Publicis), Kurt Unkel, President (On VivaKi’s Future)
- VivaKi (Publicis), Kurt Unkel, SVP
- VivaKi (Publicis), David Kenny, Managing Partner (On agency challenge, automation)
- VivaKi (Publicis), Kurt Unkel, SVP (On Razorfish integration, AOD, more)
- VivaKi (Publicis), Curt Hecht, CEO (On industry deals, BlueKai, more)
- VivaKi (Publicis), Curt Hecht, CEO (On Google, DSP strategy)
- VivaKi (Publicis), Curt Hecht, CEO (On the State of Vivaki)
- VivaKi Nerve Center, Kurt Unkel, President
- WPP, Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group
- Xaxis, Brian Lesser, CEO (on launch)
- Yieldivision, Simon Aurik, Director, Business Development
- 24-7 Real Media, David Moore, CEO
- 24-7 Real Media, Nicolle Pangis, VP, Product (On publisher ad serving product update)
- AdBrite, Iggy Fanlo, CEO
- AdBrite, Iggy Fanlo, CEO (on new branding, company strategy)
- AdBrite, Hardeep Bindra, CEO
- Adconion,Nick Higgins, Adconion’s Director of Global Video (On Joost video ad network launch)
- Ad.ly, Arnie Gullov-Singh, CEO
- Adgregate Markets, Henry Wong, CEO
- Adgregate Markets, Henry Wong, CEO (on Mobile Advertising)
- Adgregate Markets, Henry Wong, CEO (on IPG deal and new product)
- Adgregate Markets, Henry Wong, CEO (On PointRoll partnership)
- Adgregate Markets, Henry Wong, CEO (On ShopFans, social e-commerce)
- Adify, Russ Fradin, CEO
- Adify, Russ Fradin, CEO (On Third-Party Data)
- AdReady, Aaron Finn, CEO
- AdReady, Karl Siebrecht, CEO (On new funding)
- AdReady, Karl Siebrecht, CEO (On display/DSP strategy)
- AdRoll, Aaron Bell, CEO
- AdRoll, Aaron Bell, CEO (On self-service retargeting)
- AdRoll, Aaron Bell, CEO & Adam Berke, President
- AdScale, Matthias Pantke, CEO
- AdScale, Matthias Pantke, Managing Director (On Ströer)
- ADSOVO, Chris Mejia, CEO
- Advertising.com, Ned Brody, CEO
- ADZERK, James Avery, CEO
- Akamai, Mike Afergan, CTO
- Akamai, Mike Afergan, CTO (On Pixel Free technology, industry, more)
- Akamai, Mike Afergan, CTO (On shopping behaviors)
- Aol, Ned Brody, CRO (On launch of AdLearn Open Platform (AOP))
- Aol and Advertising.com, Jamie Fellow, Dave Jacobs, Don Kennedy (On Ad Desk, display)
- Aol/Advertising, Tom Thai, head of strategic initiatives (on Pictela acquisition)
- Aol/Advertising, Ned Brody, Chief Revenue Officer and President
- Aol, Jeff Levick (on recent strategy, looking ahead)
- Aol, Dave Jacobs (update on Ad.com, HuffPo, digital strategy)
- Aol, Ned Brody, President and head of Aol’s B2B businesses and international operations (update on Ad.com, Pictela)
- Aol, Erin Clift, SVP of Branded Experiences (On Aol and VivaKi partnership)
- Aol/Platform-A – BidPlace, Div Bhansali, Director of Product
- Aol/Parenting.com, Ned Brody, CRO and President of AOL Advertising
- AudienceScience, Jeff Hirsch, CEO
- AudienceScience, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (On publisher platform)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Pullen, COO and President (On new role)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (On Consorte Media acquisition)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (on data guarantee and audience validation reporting)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (on acquiring Wunderloop)
- AudienceScience, Alanna Clark, VP (on new role)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Pullen, CEO, and Jeff Hirsch, President (on executive changes)
- Brand.net, Elizabeth Blair, CEO
- Brand.net, Elizabeth Blair, CEO (On Video Initiatives and VAST)
- Brand.net, Elizabeth Blair, CEO (On new funding)
- Brand.net, Andy Atherton, COO (On futures market product)
- Burst Media, Jarvis Coffin, CEO
- Burst Media, Jarvis Coffin, CEO (Acquired by Blinkx on 4/8/11)
- Casale Media, Joseph Casale, CEO
- CAST, Omer Kaplan, CEO
- Chitika, Venkat Kolluri, CEO
- Collective, Joe Apprendi, CEO
- Collective, Andrew Kraft, SVP of Tech Sales and Client Services (On AMP engagement metrics and targeting)
- Collective, Peter Weingard, VP of Marketing (On display ad study)
- Collective, Jerome Fitzgibbons, EVP (On AppNexus partnership, DSPs)
- Collective, Joe Apprendi, CEO (On Collective Exchange)
- Collective, Joe Apprendi, CEO (on Oggifinogi acquisition)
- Collective, Joe Apprendi, CEO and Web TV Enterprise, Jamie Estrin (on WebTV acquisition)
- Collective, Joe Apprendi, CEO (on extending sell-side platform)
- Connexity, Dave Gross, CEO
- ContextWeb/ADSDAQ, Jay Sears, EVP
- ContextWeb/ADSDAQ, Jay Sears, EVP (On PubMatic partnership and RTB)
- ContextWeb/ADSDAQ, Anand Subramanian, Founder and President (On PubVantage And PerformancePrice)
- CPX Interactive, Mike Seiman, CEO
- Datran Media, Scott Knoll, SVP of Display
- Datran Media, Scott Knoll, SVP of Display (2010 update)
- DSNR Media Group, Peles Tsafrir, CEO
- Federated Media, John Battelle, Founder and Chairman
- Federated Media, Deanna Brown, CEO
- FetchBack, Chad Little, CEO
- FetchBack, Chad Little, CEO (On recommendation retargeting and recent developments) (Acquired by GSI Commerce on 6/1/10)
- Goodway Group, Jay Friedman, COO
- Google/DoubleClick AdExchange, Jonathan Bellack, Director of Project Management, Google (On Premium Display Ads)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Neal Mohan, VP, Scott Spencer, Group Director (Part I)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Neal Mohan, VP, Scott Spencer, Group Director (Part II)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Group Director (On Second-Price Auction And Data)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Product Management Director (On “direct deals”)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Group Product Manager and Google/Display Network, Jason Miller, Group Product Manager (On new exchange enhancements, verification and display strategy)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Product Management Director (On new ad exchange announcement)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Henrique de Castro, VP of Global Media and Platforms
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Lexi Reese, Director of Sales (On new publisher white paper)
- Google, Neal Mohan, VP of Product (On GDN inventory and DoubleClick Ad Exchanger inventory)
- Google, Brad Bender, Director of Product Management for the Google Display Network (On Teracent, retargeting)
- Google, Brad Bender, Director of Product Management for the Google Display Network (On brands, the search-display cocktail, YouTube inventory)
- Google, Neal Mohan, VP of Product (On Admeld acquisition)
- Google, Laura Holmes, Product Manager (On tags)
- Google, Aaron Nelson, Product Manager
- Grocery Shopping Network, Andy Robinson, CEO
- Hi-Media,Cyril Zimmermann, CEO
- IDG Tech Network, Peter Longo, CEO
- IDG Tech Network, Peter Longo, CEO (On AdMeld partnership, private exchange)
- IDG Tech Network, Peter Longo, CEO (On New DMP)
- Image Space Media, Jesse Chenard, CEO
- Inflection Point Media, Chris Hulse, CEO
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On Recent Placement and Trends)
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On audience targeting platform)
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On Q2 2010 performance)
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On Q3 2010 performance)
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On 2010 earnings results)
- InterClick, Michael Katz, CEO (On being a Yahoo!)
- Jemm Media, Matt Whaley, CEO
- InvestingChannel, Nikesh Desai, CEO
- Kontera, Yoav Shaham, CEO
- Legolas Media, Yoav Arnstein, CEO
- Lexity (formerly, Vurve), Amit Kumar, CEO
- Lijit Networks, Walter Knapp, COO
- Lijit Networks, Todd Vernon, CEO
- Lijit Networks, Todd Vernon, CEO, and Walter Knapp, COO
- Lijit Networks, Todd Vernon, CEO, and Walter Knapp, COO (On new roles and Federated Media acquisition)
- Looksmart, Gill Brown, vp of sales
- Luminate, Chas Edwards, CRO
- MainStreetSocial, C. Eoin Townsend, CEO
- Martini Media, Skip Brand, CEO
- Matomy, Hakan Lindskog, CEO
- Microsoft, Dave O’Hara, COO of Microsoft Advertising & Ari Bluman, President, North America, Real Media Group
- Microsoft, Rik Van Der Kooi, Corporate VP, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions
- Microsoft/AdECN, Jed Nahum, Director of Business Integration
- Microsoft, Rik van der Kooi, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Advertiser & Publisher Solutions group (On AppNexus Investment, Display Strategy)
- Microsoft, Rik van der Kooi, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Advertiser & Publisher Solutions group (on RTB partnership with AppNexus)
- Microsoft, Esco Strong, Director, Exchange Marketplace Management (on Exchange’s European Roll-out)
- Microsoft, Dahlberg and Dennis Buchheim, General Manager of APS Scale Display group
- Microsoft Advertising, Daniel Sheinberg, Senior Director of Display Marketplaces
- Netmining, Dean Vegliante, GM
- Netmining, Will Margiloff, co-CEO of Innovation Interactive (On insights product and DR)
- OneRiot, Tobias Peggs, CEO
- OpenX, Tim Cadogan, CEO and LiftDNA, Vadim Telyatnikov, CEO (On OpenX’s acquisition of LiftDNA)
- OpenX, Tim Cadogan, CEO
- OpenX, Tim Cadogan, CEO (On Microsoft Deal)
- OpenX, Tim Cadogan, CEO, and Vincent Pelillo, Director, Orange Advertising Network (On Orange Ad Market partnership)
- OpenX, John Linden, CTO (On new ad server for publishers)
- RadiumOne, Gurbaksh Chahal, CEO
- RadiumOne, Gurbaksh Chahal, CEO (On new funding)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., Richard Frankel, President (On new brand optimization platform)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., Richard Frankel, President (On consumer intent data)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO (On new funds, company growth)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO (On Sarbanes-Oxley, Start-up Innovation)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO (On latest funding)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO (On Growth & Hiring)
- SAS, Wilson Raj, Global Customer Intelligence Director (On SAS’s acquisition of aiMatch)
- Say Media, Matt Sanchez, CEO
- ShortTail Media, Jason Krebs, President
- Solve Media, Ari Jacoby, CEO
- SpecificMedia, Chris Vanderhook, COO/Co-Founder (on BBE acquisition)
- SpecificMedia, Tim Vanderhook, CEO
- Tatto Media, Lin Miao, CEO
- Tribal Fusion, Dilip DaSilva, CEO
- TRAFFIQ, Scott Portugal, SVP
- TRAFFIQ, Mark Kahn, CEO (On Audience Buying and Datran Integration)
- TRAFFIQ, Mark Kahn, CEO (On new agency partnership)
- TRAFFIQ, Nick Pahade, CEO (On new role)
- TRAFFIQ, Eric Picard, CPO (On new trading desk)
- Travel Ad Network, Brian Silver, CEO (On new business, positioning)
- Travel Ad Network, Brian Silver, CEO (On new funds)
- Travel Ad Network, Brian Silver, CEO (On acquiring TravelMuse)
- Travel Ad Network, Nan-Kirsten Forte, CEO (On new role)
- Trusignal, Gordon Meyer, CEO and David Dowhan, President
- Unanimis, Damon Reeve, CEO
- Underdog Media, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (formerly, AudienceScience executive)
- Undertone Networks, Mike Cassidy , CEO
- Undertone Networks, Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer
- Undertone Networks, Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer (On brand insights product)
- Undertone Networks, Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer (company update Fall 2010)
- Undertone Networks, Mike Cassidy, CEO (On Jambo acquisition)
- Valassis, Jim Parkinson, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, (On Brand.net acquisition)
- Valassis, John Lieblang, President of Digital Media, (On Yahoo! partnership)
- ValueClick Media, Bill Todd, President
- ValueClick Media, Bill Todd, GM
- ValueClick Media, Bill Todd, GM (on new platform strategy)
- ValueClick, Gary Fuges, vp of corporate development and investor relations (On Greystripe acquisition)
- Vibrant Media, Cella Irvine, CEO
- Vibrant Media, Cella Irvine, CEO (On hiring Tom Iler)
- WildTangent, Dave Madden, EVP of Business Development & Marketing
- XTEND Media, Adi Orzel, CEO
- XTEND Media, Adi Orzel, CEO (2010 Update)
- Yahoo! / Genome, Peter Foster, GM, Audience Advertising
- Yahoo! / Right Media Exchange, Antony Taylor, VP of Display Platforms
- Yahoo!, Michael Barrett, CRO
- Yahoo! / Right Media Exchange, Bill Wise, VP/GM, Ad Platforms (On Yahoo! DSP)
- Yahoo! / Right Media Exchange, Seth Dallaire, Yahoo! Vice President of Sales
- Yahoo!, Bill Wise, VP/GM, Ad Platforms, and Ramsey McGrory, VP (On Yahoo! DSP strategy)
- Yahoo!, Ramsey McGrory, VP (On Yahoo! DSP, SEM Pilots, Demand Media, more)
- Yahoo!, Dev Patel, VP (On Dapper acquisition)
- Yahoo!, Dave Zinman, VP (On new network branding, Personalized Retargeting)
- Yahoo!, Ramsey McGrory, VP (On RMX update, Audience Sharing, more)
- Yahoo!, James Deaker, VP Data Solutions (On new role, analytics, rate card, more)
- Yahoo!, Prabhakar Raghavan, SVP, Chief Scientist & Head of Yahoo! Labs (on research for the marketer)
- Yahoo!, Shashi Seth, SVP (On search retartgeting)
- Yahoo!, Dev Patel, VP (On Smart Ads and Dapper integration)
- Yahoo!, Wayne Powers, SVP, North America Sales (On Q2 2011, sales strategy)
- Yahoo!, Ramsey McGrory, Head of Right Media Exchange (On Right Media publisher updates)
- Yahoo!, Joel Jones, VP, Americas Ad Marketplaces (On role as new head of Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange in North America)
- Yahoo! / Media.net, Divyank Turakhia, CEO
- AdChina, Alan Yan, CEO
- Adobe Ad Solutions, David Karnstedt, VP, GM, Ad Solutions
- Adobe’s Digital Marketing Business, John Mellor, VP of strategy and business development
- American Express OPEN, VP, Robert Ciccone
- ANA, Bob Liodice, CEO
- Ancestry.com, Josh Hanna, CMO
- Association of National Advertisers, Bill Duggan, Group Executive Vice President
- Avis, John Peebles, Group VP of Marketing Strategy & Innovation
- Bazaarvoice, Creegan and Brant Barton, GM, Media Solutions
- Bazaarvoice, Ari Paparo, SVP, Media Products
- Del Monte Foods, Doug Chavez, Digital Marketing
- Discovery, Amanda Hoppe, Media Manager
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Sandy Martin, Senior Manager Marketing
- FiftyOne, Michael DeSimone, CEO
- GE, Andy Markowitz, Director of Global Digital Strategy
- GroupM, Adam Smith, Futures Director
- Hallmark, Ann Herrick, National Campaigns Director
- Hotels.com, David Young, Director of Marketing
- Kimberly-Clark, Jeffrey Holecko, Media Manager
- La Quinta Inns, Ted Schweitzer, SVP Marketing & eCommerce, Brand Relations Director
- LEGO Systems, Mike McNally, Brand Relations Director
- Mazda Canada, Mike Collinson, Director, Marketing & Product Strategy
- Monster, John Federico, VP Global Media and Marketing Alliances
- Orbitz, Chris Stevens, Senior Director, Merchandising and Display Advertising
- Papa John’s, Jim Ensign, VP of Digital Marketing
- Skype, Joslyn Moore, GM of Advertising Incubations
- Triad Retail, Greg Murtagh, CEO and Roger Berdusco, COO and President
- Viacom, Ross Cohen, SVP, Digital Inventory Strategy
- Viacom, Josh Cogswell, SVP, Digital Products
- WhiteWave, Aaron Simpson, Associate Marketing Director at WhiteWave Foods (On digital marketing today and Vizu)
- AdSafe, Scott Knoll, CEO
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (2010)
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (2011)
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (2012)
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (On BMO 2.0)
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (On Facebook)
- Blackstone, Ken Allen, Managing Director
- Boston Consulting Group, Ed Busby, Partner (On the Data Stack)
- Connectual, Aaron Goldman (On his new Google Marketing book)
- Econsultancy, Monica Savut, Senior Research Analyst
- eMarketer, David Hallerman, Research
- Forrester Research, Michael Greene, Analyst
- Forrester Research, Joanna O’Connell, Senior Analyst
- Jirafe, Amit Shah, CEO
- MediaLink, Wenda Harris Millard, President and COO
- ThinkEquity, William Morrison and Robert Coolbrith, Research
- Winterberry Group, Jonathan Margulies, Director (AdSafe study on brand safety)
- Winterberry Group, Jonathan Margulies, Director (Netezza study on data usage)
- YieldMetrics, Gabe Gottlieb, Co-founder
- ZenithOptimedia, Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting (2011 Internet Ad Spend)
- ZenithOptimedia, Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting (Ad spend growth for 2012)
- Adapt.ly, Nikhil Sethi, CEO
- AdBuyer.com, Tim Ogilvie, CEO (Acquired by MediaBank on 4/28/11)
- AdBuyer.com, Tim Ogilvie, CEO (On audience profiles product)
- Adchemy, Murthy Nukala, CEO
- Adchemy, Anurag Wadehra, VP of Product (On WordMap product)
- Adchemy, Murthy Nukala, CEO (On company news)
- Adchemy, Murthy Nukala, CEO (On the End of Cookies)
- AppNexus, Brian O’Kelley, CEO
- AppNexus, Ari Paparo, SVP of Product Management
- AppNexus, Brian O’Kelley, CEO
- AppNexus, Brian O’Kelley, CEO (On funding)
- BLiNQ Media, Dave Williams, CEO
- BLOOM Digital, Vlad Stesin, VP, Strategy
- Brandscreen, Julian Tol, Founder and CEO
- Chango, Chris Sukornyk, CEO
- Chango, Chris Sukornyk, CEO (on new funding)
- ChoiceStream, Steve Johnson, CEO
- XA.net (was CPM Advisors), Rob Leathern, CEO
- XA.net (was CPM Advisors), Rob Leathern, CEO (On BlueKai Integration and Data Trends)
- XA.net (was CPM Advisors), Rob Leathern, CEO and Mediageeks GM Jacob LeWinter (On Technology Integration)
- XA.net, Rob Leathern, CEO (On Brand Study)
- XA.net, Rob Leathern, CEO (On new creative ad tech, Facebook integration)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On new financing and service layer)
- DataXu, Bill Simmons, VP of Technology (On CPM data)
- DataXu, Sandro Catanzaro, VP of Products (On creative’s impact)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On mobile DSP partnership with GroupM)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On platform update, DX2)
- DataXu, Bill Simmons, CTO (On OpenRTB agreement)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On mobile DSP)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On acquisition of Mexad)
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On acquisition of Mexad)
- Dynamic Signal, Russ Fradin, CEO
- Ensighten, Josh Manion, CEO
- HubSpot, Brian Halligan, CEO (Acquired 6/3/10 by Google)
- Invite Media, Nat Turner, COO (On UK Office and European Opportunity)
- Invite Media, Nat Turner, COO (On RTB and display buying)
- iPinyou, Xuehua Shen, CTO and Co-Founder (On demand=side platform in China)
- Lucid Media, Ken Barbieri, VP
- LucidMedia, Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO (on DSPs and New DSP Strategy)
- LucidMedia, Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO (on self-service)
- LucidMedia, Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO (on new round of funding)
- LucidMedia, Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO (on ValueClick deal)
- Marketo, Phil Fernandez, CEO (on B2B marketing automation)
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On Adroit acquisition)
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On the state of the company)
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On Tap.Me acquisition)
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On Akamai deal)
- MediaMind (was “Eyeblaster”), Gal Trifon, CEO (on re-branding) (Acquired 6/16/11 by DG)
- MediaMind, Gal Trifon, CEO (on being acquired by DG)
- OwnerIQ, Jay Habegger, CEO
- OwnerIQ, Jay Habegger, CEO (On DiJiPOP acquisition)
- Permuto, Shaukat Shamim, CEO
- Permuto, Shaukat Shamim, CEO (On Heels.com)
- Sense Networks, David Petersen, CEO
- Simpli.fi, Frost Prioleau, CEO, and Paul Harrison, CTO
- Sojern, Mark Rabe, CEO
- Taykey, Amit Avner, CEO
- Taykey, Amit Avner, CEO (On industry trends)
- Taykey, Amit Avner, CEO (On targeting)
- Tapad, Are Traasdahl, CEO (on launch)
- Triggit, Zach Coelius, CEO
- Triggit, Zach Coelius, CEO (on Launch of Self-Service Platform)
- Triggit, Zach Coelius, CEO (on funding)
- Turn, Philip Smolin, GM
- Turn, Bill Demas, CEO (On Omnicom and platform upgrade)
- Turn, Philip Smolin (On optimizer, brand dollars)
- Turn, Philip Smolin (On platform update, service, RTB)
- Turn, Scott Howe (On new board seat)
- Turn, Bill Demas, CEO (On new funds)
- Turn, Bill Demas, CEO (On the company)
- VeriFone Media, Chris Polos, Head of Advertising Solutions (On audience buying)
- Virtue, Reggie Bradford, CEO (On intergration with CRM and mobile)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO
- [x+1], Toby Korner, VP, Account Management (on CPG display ad channel)
- [x+1], Ken Rona, VP, Data Strategy and Analytics (on Insights and New Products)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On platform update)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On Merkle partnership)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On KN Dimestore partnership)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On Robust Q1 2010)
- [x+1], Perianne Grignon, CMO (On Shopper product, Tumri partnership)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On new funds)
- [x+1], Peter Massey, President and COO (On new role)
- Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Christian Haas, Executive Creative Director
- Isobar, Darryl Gehly, president
- POP, Nick Theil, art director
Creative Providers and Optimization
- ADISN, Andy Moeck, CEO (Acquired 6/11/10 by CrowdGather)
- AdKeeper, Scott Kurnit, CEO
- Ammunition Group, Robert Brunner, Partner
- Blueye Creative, Abby Ross, Partner
- BoostCTR, Rob Lenderman, Co-Founder and CIO-CMO
- Burt, Gustav von Sydow, CEO
- Burt, Gustav von Sydow, CEO (on creative agencies)
- Dapper, Jon Aizen, COO (Acquired 10/5/10 by Yahoo!)
- Dapper, Tom Beriker, CEO (On New Role and Display Channel)
- Dapper, Tom Beriker, CEO (On Dapper DisplayDR, industry)
- Eyeblaster, Gal Trifon, CEO
- Eyeblaster, Ariel Gelfman, Analyst (On Audience-Buying Research)
- EyeWonder, John Vincent, CEO
- Gumgum, Ophir Tanz, CEO
- Linkstorm, Ari Brandt, CEO
- Moat, Jonah Goodhart and Noah Goodhart, Co-CEOs
- Oggifinogi, Michael Rosen, President (Acquired by Collective on 3/24/11)
- Performable, David Cancel, CEO (Acquired 6/16/11 by HubSpot)
- PointRoll, Jason Tafler, CEO
- PointRoll, Max Mead, VP of biz dev and analytics (Ad sequencing)
- Spongecell, Ben Kartzman, CEO (2010 update)
- Spongecell, Ben Kartzman, CEO (2011 update)
- Teracent, Chip Hall, SVP
- Teracent, Chip Hall, SVP (On Video Optimization Platform) (Acquired by Google on 11/24/09)
- Tumri, Calvin Lui, CEO (Acquired 7/6/11 by Collective)
- Tumri, Calvin Lui, CEO (On Marketing Analytics Offering)
- Tumri, Hari Menon, CEO (company update)
- Tumri, Dave Smith, CRO (On [x+1] partnership) (Acquired 7/6/11 by Collective)
- Unicast, Caleb Hill, SVP
- VideoEgg, Matt Sanchez, CEO
- Accelerate, Cameron Hulett, Executive Head of Solution Strategy
- Acxiom, Phil Mui, Chief Product Officer
- Acxiom, Scott Howe, CEO
- Acxiom, David Danziger, Director of Data and Targeting Products
- Adobe, John Mellor, vp of marketing (On Demdex acquisition)
- Adobe, Loni Kao, Group Manager of Solution Marketing, Digital Enterprise (On Adobe ADEP platform)
- Adobe, Ann Lewnes, SVP (On marketing as the new finance)
- Adobe, Brad Rencher, SVP and GM of Omniture Business Unit (On Adobe’s acquisition of Auditude)
- Adobe, Brad Rencher, SVP and GM of Omniture Business Unit (On 2012 Digital Marketing Summit)
- Aggregate Knowledge, Paul Martino, CEO
- Aggregate Knowledge, Paul Martino, CEO (On Investment and Big Data)
- Aggregate Knowledge, Pascal Benoussan, VP of Product (On BlueKai Integration)
- Aggregate Knowledge, David Jakubowski, CEO (On data management platform)
- aWhere, John D. Corbett, CEO
- Bering Media, Michael Ho, CEO
- BitYota, Dev Patel, CEO and Poulomi Damany, VP
- Bizo, Russell Glass, CEO
- Bizo, Russell Glass, CEO (On Martini Media partnership)
- Bizo, Russell Glass, CEO (On self-service platform)
- Bizo, Russell Glass, CEO (On BlueKai partnership)
- BlueCava, David Norris, CEO
- BlueCava, David Norris, CEO (On the state of the company)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On Certification Program)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On Time Value and Intent Capture)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On Investment)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On Pulse and Intender Signal Strength)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On white-label data management product)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On company strategy)
- BlueKai, David Wiener, director of biz dev (On keyword product, Efficient Frontier)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On DMP strategy, TrackSimple acquisition)
- BrightTag, Mike Sands, CEO
- Brilig, Paul Cimino, CEO
- Brilig, Paul Cimino, CEO (on audience commerce platform)
- Campaign Grid, Jeff Dittus, CEO
- Clearspring, Hooman Radfar, CEO
- Clearspring, Ramsey McGrory, CEO
- Clearspring, Ramsey McGrory, CEO (On acquisition of Xgraph)
- comScore, Gian Fulgoni, CEO
- Compass Labs, Dilip Venkatachari, CEO
- Comscore, Josh Chasin, Chief Research Officer
- Comscore, Anne Hunter, VP, Ad Effectiveness
- Coremetrics (IBM), John Squire, CSO
- Coremetrics (IBM), John Squire, CSO (On new enterprise analytics product)
- DataLogix, Eric Roza, President
- DataLogix Eric Roza, CEO and Connection Engine, Eric Kirby, CEO
- Demdex, Randy Nicolau, CEO (Acquired 1/18/10 by Adobe)
- Demdex, Randy Nicolau, CEO (On New Financing)
- Digital Element, Rob Friedman, Co-Founder and EVP
- Digital Element, Frank Bobo, VP (On IP targeting and European expansion)
- Enliken, Marc Guldimann, CEO and founder
- Epsilon, Eric Stein, EVP of Digital Strategy
- Epsilon, Eric Stein, EVP of Online Solutions (2012 Predictions)
- eXelate, Meir Zohar, CEO
- eXelate, Meir Zohar, CEO (On Invite Media partnership and data insights)
- eXelate, Mark Zagorski, CRO (On Nielsen PRIZM segments partnership)
- eXelate, Mark Zagorski, CRO (On private exchange)
- eXelate, Meir Zohar, CEO (On new funding)
- eXelate, Mark Zagorski, CEO (On new role)
- Experian, Matt Seeley, President (On Conversen Acquisition And Audience IQ Impact)
- Experian, Mike Balducci, SVP and General Manager, Digital Advertising Services, Experian Marketing Services (on Turn integration and digital strategy)
- Experian Marketing Service’s Hitwise measurement group, Simon Bradstock, SVP, General Manager
- Factual, Gil Elbaz, CEO
- Feeva, Nitin Shah, CEO (2011 update: Dissolved)
- GfK Custom Research North America, David Krajicek, CEO (On Knowledge Networks acquisition)
- IAB, Randall Rothenberg, CEO
- IAB, Patrick Dolan and Winterberry Group analyst, Jonathan Margulies
- IAB, Patrick Dolan, EVP & COO (On organization’s new “Data-Driven Advertising” site)
- IBM, Yuchun Lee, VP/GM
- IBM, Jay Henderson, Strategy Director of IBM Digital Marketing
- IBM, Jay Henderson, Strategy Director of IBM Digital Marketing
- IBM, Dave Laverty, VP of Worldwide Marketing
- JovianDATA, Parveen Jain, CEO (Acquired 8/25/10 by MarketShare Partners)
- Kantar Media, Jon Swallen, SVP of Research
- Knowledge Networks, Florian Kahlert, VP
- Korrelate, Daniel Jaye, CEO
- LocalEze, Jeff Beard, President
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO (On Funding)
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO (On ad network partnerships)
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO (On series A funding)
- Magnetic, Mike Peralta, COO (On new role)
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO (2011 update)
- MarketShare Partners, Wes Nichols, co-Founder and CEO (On JovianData acquisition)
- MarketShare, Wes Nichols, co-Founder and CEO
- Merkle, David Williams, CEO
- Mixrank, Ilya Lichtenstein, Co-Founder
- Milabra, Sam Cox, CEO
- Netezza, Brad Terrell, VP and General Manager
- Netezza, Brad Terrell, VP and GM, and Michele Chambers, Dir. of Product Mgmt. (On TwinFin appliance and big data)
- Netezza, Brad Terrell, VP and GM (On Acxiom and data misconceptions)
- Nielsen, Scott McKinley, EVP of Advertising Effectiveness (On Vizu acquisition)
- Nielsen, Ari Paparo, EVP, Product Leadership (On new product role)
- Nielsen, Scott McKinley, EVP of Advertising Effectiveness
- Nielsen, Jonathan Carson, CEO, Digital
- Nielsen, ComScore, Steve Hasker, President, Global Media Products and Advertiser Solutions
- Neustar, Lisa Hook, CEO (On TARGUSinfo acquisition)
- Neustar, Dave Helmreich, VP, Business Development
- Polk, Andrew Price, VP of Media, Advanced Technology, and Dealer Solutions, and John McBride, Director, Sales and Client Services (offline/online migration, ad summos)
- PlaceIQ, Duncan McCall, CEO and Co-Founder
- PlaceIQ, Duncan McCall, CEO and Co-Founder (On location-based advertising)
- Quantcast, Konrad Feldman, CEO
- Quantcast, Konrad Feldman, CEO (On Cisco Investment)
- Quantcast, Todd Teresi, CRO (On MTV Networks Partnership)
- Quantcast, Konrad Feldman, CEO (On new global audience data)
- Rapleaf, Auren Hoffman, CEO
- Rapleaf, Joel Jewitt, VP of Bus. Dev. (On NetProspex partnership)
- Rapleaf, Auren Hoffman, CEO (2011 Update)
- Red Aril, Jim Soss, CEO
- SAS Intelligent Advertising, Jeff Wood, Senior Director
- Scout Analytics, Matt Shanahan, SVP of Strategy
- ShareThis, Tim Schigel, CEO
- ShareThis, Kurt Abrahamson, CEO (On new role)
- ShareThis, Kurt Abrahamson, CEO (On brand opportunity)
- TARGUSinfo, Paul McLenaghan, VP of Interactive Markets
- TARGUSinfo, Dave Helmreich, VP AdAdvisor (On Demdex deal and data business )
- TARGUSinfo, Paul McLenaghan, VP, AdAdvisor Platform (2010 update, self-service analytics)
- Tealium, Jeff Lunsford, CEO
- The Portal Group (TPG), Autumn Christiano, Director of Analytics
- ThinkNear, Eli Portnoy, CEO
- ThinkNear, Eli Portnoy, CEO (On Telenav acquisition)
- VisualDNA, Alex Willcock, Founder and CEO
- VisualDNA, Alex Willcock, Founder and CEO (On new publisher platform)
- Vizu, Dan Beltramo, CEO
- Vizu, Dan Beltramo, CEO (On new brand study)
- 5min, Ran Harnevo, CEO (On Brightcove partnership)
- Adap.tv, Amir Ashkenazi, CEO
- Adap.tv, Teg Grenager, founder and VP of Product (On RTB integration into marketplace)
- Adap.tv, Toby Gabriner, President (On TidalTV partnership)
- Adap.tv, Teg Grenager, founder and VP of Product (On recent developments)
- Adap.tv, Amir Ashkenazi, CEO (On new advertiser platform)
- AdGenesis, Michael Kelley, CMO
- Auditude, Adam Cahan, CEO
- Auditude, Mike Gaffney, CRO (On live-stream ad insertion)
- BBE, Matt Wasserlauf, CEO (Acquired 10/18/10 by Specific Media)
- blip.tv, Dina Kaplan, Co-Founder
- blip.tv, Mike Hudack, CEO and Co-Founder (On funding and plans)
- BrightRoll, Tod Sacerdoti, CEO (On BrightRoll Exchange)
- DG, Neil Nguyen, President and COO (formerly, DG Fast Channel – on acquisition of MediaMind)
- DG, Neil Nguyen, President and COO (On acquisition of EyeWonder)
- Dynamix, Jamie Goin, VP
- Eyeview, Oren Harnevo, CEO
- FreeWheel, Doug Knopper, Co-CEO
- FreeWheel, Doug Knopper, Co-CEO (On PAVE launch, plans)
- FreeWheel, Doug Knopper, Co-CEO (On funding)
- Innovid, Zvika Netter, CEO
- Kantar Video, Bill Lederer, CEO
- King of the Web, Maggie Finch, CEO
- LiveRail, Mark Trefgarne, Co-Founder and CEO
- Mixpo, Anupam Gupta, CEO
- OneScreen, Atul Patel, CEO
- Ooyala, Jay Fulcher, CEO
- Open Book Video, Matt Prohasksa, CEO (Feb. 2011 update: Dissolved)
- Revision3, Jim Louderback, CEO
- ScanScout, Waikit Lau, CEO (Acquired 11/8/10 by Tremor Media)
- Simulmedia, Dave Morgan, CEO
- Simulmedia, Jon Werther, CRO (On Growth For Digital TV)
- Simulmedia, Dave Morgan, CEO (On new funding)
- Simulmedia, Dave Morgan, CEO (On new targeted TV ecosystem map)
- Smartclip, Matt Prohaska, CEO, North America
- Spotify, Jeff Levick, Chief Marketing Solutions
- SpotXchange, Mike Shehan, CEO
- SpotXchange, Mike Shehan, CEO (on new optimization technology)
- TargetSpot, Eyal Goldwerger, CEO
- TidalTV, Scott Ferber, CEO
- Tremor Media, Jason Glickman, CEO
- Tremor Media, Jason Glickman, CEO (On tech upgrade, Quantcast partnership)
- Tremor Media, Jason Glickman, CEO (On investment)
- Tremor Media, Jason Glickman, CEO (On ScanScout acquisition)
- Tremor Media, Anthony Risicato (On video hub and branding)
- TubeMogul, Brett Wilson, CEO
- TubeMogul, Brett Wilson, CEO (On Trading Desks)
- Turner Digital, Walker Jacobs, EVP
- Univision, Charlie Echeverry, EVP, Digital Sales
- Visible Measures, Brian Shin, CEO
- YuMe, Scot McLernon, CRO (On platform update, brand security initiative)
- Visible World, Tara Walpert Levy, President
- Acquisio, Martin Le Sauteur, CEO (On DART integration)
- Acquisio, Marc Poirier, Co-Founder (On The Trade Desk partnership)
- Covario, Russ Mann, Co-Founder and CEO
- DataPop, Jason Lehmbeck, CEO
- Efficient Frontier, David Karnstedt, CEO
- Efficient Frontier, Justin Merickel, VP (On new DSP)
- Efficient Frontier, Justin Merickel, VP (On Facebook Ads integration)
- Efficient Frontier, David Karnstedt, CEO (2011 update)
- Efficient Frontier, David Karnstedt, CEO (on acquisition of Context Optional)
- GroupM Search, Chris Copeland, CEO
- KAYAK, Robert Birge, CMO and Emily Scott, Director of Marketing
- Kenshoo, Yoav Izhar-Prato, CEO
- Marin Software, Chris Lien, CEO
- Marin Software, Chris Lien, CEO (On Criteo display ad partnership)
- Marin Software, Chris Lien, CEO (On display advertising challenges)
- Perfect Market, Julie Schoenfeld, CEO
- Perfect Market, Julie Schoenfeld, CEO (on new funds)
- Searchandise, John Federman, President and CEO
- Trada, Niel Robertson, CEO
- Trada, Niel Robertson, CEO (On agency focus)
- VivaKi, Tracey Scheppach, EVP Innovations Director SMGx and VivaKi
- Listrak, Ross Kramer, CEO
- LiveIntent, Matt Keiser, CEO
- Responsys, Scott Olrich, CMO
- SailThru, Neil Capel, CEO and co-founder
- SailThru, Neil Capel, CEO and co-founder (Company update)
- 3M, Kelly Canavan, Marketing Manager
- Adcentricity, Rob Gorrie, CEO
- ADstruc, John Laramie, CEO
- Argo Digital Solutions, Jason Kates, CEO
- Argo Digital Solutions, Jason Kates, CEO (On product upgrade to rVue)
- Vistar Media, Michael Provenzano, Co-founder and Jeremy Ozen, Co-founder
- eBureau, Jeremy Longinotti, SVP/GM, Audience Targeting
- Inuvo, Rich Howe, CEO
- Pontiflex, Zephrin Lasker, CEO
- Ramp Digital, Jonathan Mendez, CEO
- Reply.com, Payam Zamani, CEO
- DiJiPOP, Ji Kim, Founder & CEO
- Find The Best, Kevin O’Connor, CEO
- Goodzer, Dmitry Pakhomkin, CEO
- Group Commerce, Jonty Kelt, CEO
- HookLogic, Jonathan Opdyke, CEO
- HookLogic, Jonathan Opdyke, CEO (On new hire)
- Longboard Media, Jim Barkow, CEO
- MaxPoint Interactive, Joe Epperson, CEO
- Monetate, David Brussin, CEO
- Monetate, David Brussin, CEO (On company expansion and strategy)
- MyBuys, Bob Cell, CEO
- Priceonomics, Rohin Dhar, Co-founder
- Retailigence, Jeremy Geiger, CEO
- RichRelevance, David Selinger, CEO
- RichRelevance, Diane Kegley, CMO
- ShopLocal, Vikram Sharma, CEO
- Triad Retail Media, Brian Quinn, CRO (on Operative deal and Shopper Marketing)
- WeShop, Antony Lee, CEO
- Yext, Howard Lerman, CEO
- 4INFO, Zaw Thet, CEO
- Adelphic Mobile, Changfeng Weng and Jennifer Lum, Co-Founders
- AdMobius, Dan Grigorivici, CEO
- AdTheorent, Anthony Iacovone, CEO
- Apsalar, Michael Oiknine, CEO
- Celtra, Mihel Mikek, CEO
- Chartboost, Maria Alegre, CEO and co-Founder
- Collider Media, Bryan Jones, CEO
- Fiksu, Micah Adler, CEO
- Flurry, Simon Khalaf, CEO (On Recent Investment And Marketplace Data)
- Human Demand, Howie Schwartz, CEO
- IBM, John Kennedy, VP of Marketing (On showrooming)
- InMobi, Naveen Tewari, CEO and Founder
- Jumptap, Paran Johar, CMO (On iPad advertising opportunity)
- Jumptap, George Bell, CEO (On investment by Dentsu-owned CCI)
- LifeStreet Media, Mitchell Weisman, CEO
- Media Armor, Elizabeth Zalman, Co-Founder
- Medialets, Eric Litman, CEO
- Microsoft, Jamie Wells, Director, Global Trade Marketing, Mobile Media and Jed Nahum, Director, Online Advertising Exchange and Channels (On mobile ad exchange)
- Mobclix, Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder (Acquired 10/1/10 by Velti)
- Mobclix, Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder (On AdMob comparison and Heartbeat acquisition)
- Mobclix, Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder (On Supply-Side Platform)
- Pinger, Joe Sipher, CPO & CMO and Brian Gilbert, Director of Advertising
- StrikeAd, Alex Ramahan, CEO
- Viggle, Keving Arrix, CRO, Function(x) Inc
- Velti, Dakota Sullivan, VP of global marketing (On Mobclix acquisition)
- Velti, Alex Moukas, CEO (On CASEE acquisition)
- Verve, Tom MacIsaac, CEO (On CASEE acquisition)
- MoPub, Jim Payne, CEO
- Mojiva, David Gwozdza, CEO
- Mozes, Dorrian Porter, founder and CEO
- Nexage, Ernie Cormier, CEO
- PHD, Sal Candela, Mobile Director
- Placed, David Shim, CEO
- Bob Walczak, entrepreneur (former CEO of Ringleader Digital)
- Ad Pepper Media, Ulrich Schmidt, CEO
- Adara Media, Layton Han, CEO
- BannerConnect, Sebastiaan Schepers, COO
- Cardlytics, Scott Grimes, CEO
- Clickable, David Kidder, CEO
- Clickable, David Kidder, CEO (2011 update)
- Criteo, J.B. Rudelle, CEO
- Criteo, J.B. Rudelle, CEO (On consumer privacy, retargeting)
- Criteo, J.B. Rudelle, CEO (On platform update)
- Criteo, Greg Coleman, President (On the state of the company)
- Criteo, Greg Coleman, President (On his new role)
- Cross Pixel Media, Alan Pearlstein, CEO
- Cross Pixel Media, Alan Pearlstein, CEO (on new data platform offering)
- Diageo, Kathy Parker, SVP, Marketing Innovation
- Dotomi, John Giuliani, CEO (Acquired by ValueClick on 8/5/11)
- Epic Advertising, Don Mathis, CEO
- Epic Media Group, Art Shaw, CEO
- IgnitionOne, Will Margiloff, CEO
- IgnitionOne, Will Margiloff, CEO (On Google PLAs)
- Inadco, James Walker, CEO, and Dave Zinman, COO
- MediaTrust, Peter Bordes, CEO
- Mexad, Sacha Berlik, CEO
- MyThings, Benny Arbel, CEO
- PerformLine, Alex Baydin, CEO
- PerformLine, Alex Baydin, CEO (on EDU products)
- QUISMA, Ronald Paul, CEO
- ReTargeter, Arjun Dev Arora, CEO
- SkimLinks, Alicia Navarro, CEO
- Sociomatic, Thomas Brandhoff, Founder and Jason Kelly, CEO
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO (on incrementality and view-throughs)
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO (2011 Update)
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO (On Hiring of John Kelly)
- VigLink, Oliver Roup, CEO
- Associated Content, Patrick Keane, CEO (Acquired 5/18/10 by Yahoo!)
- American Greetings, Steve Alessi, SVP of Sales and Operations
- Belo Interactive Group, David Karabag, Director of Product Management (On Mixpo and publisher strategy)
- BlueTie and Adventive, David Koretz, CEO
- Break Media, Nick Wilson, CTO
- Buzzfeed, Jonah Peretti, CEO
- Cars.com, Jay Wright, Yield Management Group Leader
- Conde Nast Ideactive, Pat Connolly, Head Of Strategy
- Conde Nast, Josh Stinchcomb, VP of Corporate Partnerships
- Cox Digital Solutions, Steve Shaw, president
- Demand Media, Joanne Bradford, CRO and Peter Luttrell, SVP Ad Solutions & Brand Management
- Forbes.com, Jim Spanfeller, CEO
- Forbes.com, Matt Barash, VP (on Forbes FMX product)
- Forbes.com, Mark Howard, SVP (on Remnant inventory)
- Fox News, Jeremy Steinberg, VP
- Fox News, Jeremy Steinberg, VP, Digital Sales & Business Development (2012 Update)
- Gannett Digital Network, Josh Resnik, VP/GM
- Gannett Digital Network, Josh Resnik, VP/GM (On redesign of Gannett Digital Network)
- Gannett Digital Network, Anthony Diaz, VP of Sales and Strategy for Gannett Broadcasting
- Gilt City, Sarah Chubb, President
- Glam Media, Josh Jacobs, SVP of Products & Marketing (On GlamAdapt)
- Glam Media, Robert Tas, SVP (On GlamAdapt Automate)
- Guardian News and Media, Andy Beale, Technology Director
- IGN Entertainment, Bernard Ho, VP/GM of Video
- LinkSmart, Pete Sheinbaum, CEO
- Meredith, Liz Schimel, Chief Digital Officer
- Mindjolt, Tyler Fitch, Director of Yield Management
- NBC Universal, Peter Naylor, EVP, Digital Media Sales
- NBC Universal, Peter Naylor, EVP, Digital Media Sales (On new private exchange)
- New York Magazine, Michael Silberman, GM
- NYTCO, Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research & Development Operations
- NYTCO, Todd Haskell, Group VP of Advertising
- Online Publishers Association (OPA), Pam Horan, President
- Pandora, John Trimble, CRO
- Pandora, John Trimble, CRO (On Ad Growth)
- PlentyOfFish.com, Markus Frind, CEO
- quadrantONE, Mario Diez, CEO
- quadrantONE, Mario Diez, CEO (2012)
- ScreenShot Digital, Eric Schaefer, GM
- SportingNews.com, Gary Strauss, National Digital Sales Manager
- Spanfeller Media Group, Jim Spanfeller, CEO (On Publishers & RTB)
- Spanfeller Media Group, Jim Spanfeller, CEO
- Technorati, Richard Jalichandra, President & CEO
- Technorati, Richard Jalichandra, President & CEO (On Technorati Media Exchange)
- Thrillist, Ben Lerer, CEO
- Thrillist, Todd Anderman, President, Sales/Ops
- The Lean Startup, Eric Ries, Author
- Turner/Sports Illustrated, Walker Jacobs, EVP, Turner/SI Digital Ad Sales
- United Online, Jeremy Helfand, EVP and Chief Sales Officer
- Weather Channel, Curt Hecht, CRO
- Weather Channel, Beth Lawrence, EVP of Ad Sales & Media Solutions
- Weather Channel, David Kenny, Chairman and CEO
- Ziff-Davis, Bennett Zucker, SVP/GM, Data Solutions
- Ziff-Davis, Vivek Shah, CEO
- Centro (makers of Transis), Shawn Riegsecker, Founder & President
- Centro (makers of Transis), Shawn Riegsecker, Founder & President (On new funds, company update)
- IPONWEB, Boris Mouzykantskii, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist
- Komli Media, Prashant Mehta, CEO
- MediaBank, Bill Wise, CEO
- MediaBank, Bill Wise, CEO (On new cross-channel DSP)
- MediaBank, Bill Wise, CEO, and Donovan Data Systems (DDS), JT Batson, President (On MediaOcean merger)
- MediaOcean, Bill Wise, CEO (On new role and merger)
- MediaOcean, Bill Wise, CEO (On Prisma)
- Pictela, Greg Rogers, CEO (Acquired by Aol on 12/16/10)
- Pretarget, Keith Pieper, Founder and CEO
- Sequential (formerly Pretarget), Keith Pieper, Founder and CEO
- Theorem, Jay Kulkarni, CEO
- The Trade Desk, Jeff Green, Founder & CEO
- The Trade Desk, Jeff Green, Founder & CEO (One Question)
- Better Advertising, Scott Meyer, CEO
- Better Advertising, Scott Meyer, CEO (On privacy survey concerns)
- Better Advertising, Scott Meyer, CEO (On Power I release)
- Better Advertising, Scott Meyer, CEO (On DAA approval)
- Better Advertising, Scott Meyer, CEO (on Open Data Partnership)
- Evidon (formerly Better Advertising), Scott Meyer, CEO (new name, VivaKi agreement)
- Network Advertising Initiative, Marc Groman, Executive Director
- Privacy Choice, Jim Brock, CEO
- TRUSTe, Chris Babel, CEO
- AddThis, Ramsey McGrory, CEO
- Criteo, Greg Coleman, President
- Infolinks, Dave Zinman, CEO
- NetSeer, John Mracek, CEO
- NetSeer, John Mracek, CEO (2011 update)
- OpenAmplify, Mark Redgrave, CEO
- OpenAmplify, Mark Redgrave, CEO (On Brand Engagement)
- Peer39, Amiad Solomon, CEO
- Peer39, Andy Ellenthal, CEO (On new role)
- Peer39, Amiad Solomon, President and Founder (On AdMeld partnership)
- Peer39, Andy Ellenthal, CEO (On Rubicon Project partnership)
- Peer39, Andy Ellenthal, CEO (on new safety and quality attributes)
- Peerset, Mike “JB” John-Baptiste, CEO
- Peerset, Amit Kanigsberg, CTO & Co-founder (on data, privacy and Peerset)
- Proximic, Philipp Pieper, CEO
- Proximic, Philipp Pieper, CEO (On audience buying)
- Resonate Networks, Bryan Gernert, CEO (On attitudinal targeting)
- Resonate Networks, Bryan Gernert, CEO (On targeting)
- Resonate Networks, Bryan Gernert, CEO (On funding)
Social Targeting and Marketing
- 140 Proof, John Manoogian III, Founder
- 33Across, Eric Wheeler, CEO
- 33Across, Eric Wheeler, CEO (On new funds)
- 33Across, Eric Wheeler, CEO (On Global Expansion Effort)
- Adobe Social, John Mellor, VP of Strategy and Business Development, Digital Marketing
- Apdaptly, Nikhil Sethi, CEO
- Ampush, Jesse Pujji, CEO and Co-founder
- Blinq Media, Dave Williams, CEO
- Bluefin, JP Maheu, CEO
- Brand Networks, Jamie Tedford, CEO
- Buddy Media & Salesforce Radian6, Mike Lazerow, CEO & Marcel LeBrun, CEO
- Buddy Media, Mike Lazerow, CEO (On Brighter Option acquisition)
- Buddy Media, Mike Lazerow, CEO (On Spinback acquisition)
- BuzzLogic, John Donahue, CTO (On new role, agencies)
- ChompOn, Samuel Yam, CEO
- eBuddy, Rogier van den Heuvel, VP, Worldwide Sales (On European media momentum)
- Facebook, Carolyn Everson, VP, Global Marketing Solutions
- Facebook, Gokul Rajaram, Product Director, Facebook Ads
- Facebook, David Baser, Product Manager
- Glow, Damian Routley, CEO
- Hooked Media Group (on Social Gaming Technology Platform), Prita Uppal, CEO
- HubSpot, Brian Halligan, CEO
- HubSpot, David Cancel, Chief Product Officer (on new role, post-Performable)
- Kenshoo, Zivika Goldstein, Social Product Director, Aaron Goldman, CMO
- LinkedIn, Jonathan Lister, VP, N.A. Sales
- Lotame, Andy Monfried, CEO
- Lotame, Andy Monfried, CEO (company 2010 update)
- Lotame, Andy Monfried, CEO (on new funds)
- M80, Mark Evans, Managing Director
- Mass Relevance, Sam Decker, CEO
- Media6Degrees, Andrew Pancer, COO
- Media6Degrees, Tom Phillips, CEO
- Media6Degrees, Andrew Pancer, COO (on new funding)
- MediaBrix, Ari Brandt, CEO
- Moontoast, Marcus Whitney, CTO
- Nanigans, Ric Calvillo, CEO
- Nanigans, Marc Grabowski, COO
- Opti.mal, Rob Leathern, CEO
- Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder
- Sharethrough, Dan Greenberg, CEO (On Sharethrough.tv)
- Sharethrough, Dan Greenberg, CEO
- Shoutlet, Jason Weaver, CEO
- SocialMedia.com, Seth Goldstein, CEO
- Sprout, Carnet Williams, CEO
- Spruce Media, Rob Jewell, CEO, Lucy Jacobs COO
- SVnetwork, Jay Samit, CEO
- Syncapse, Michael Scissons, CEO
- Unified, Sheldon Owen, CEO
- Unified, Calvin Lui, President
- Upcast Social, Jim Brigden, CEO
- WaPo, Laura O’Shaughnessy, CEO
- Wildfire, Victoria Ransom, CEO
Traffic Tools: Serving, Quality and Attribution
- 41st Parameter, Ori Eisen, Founder, Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer
- Ad-Juster, Mike Lewis, President
- Ad-Juster, Mike Lewis, President (on Traction and SaaS Implications)
- Adometry, Jim Ewel, CEO (Acquired by Click Forensics on 3/1/11)
- Adometry, Paul Pellman, CEO
- AdSafe Media, Helene Monat, President
- AdSafe Media, David Hahn, VP of Product (On Inventory Transparency and iFrames)
- AdSafe Media, Kent Wakeford, CRO and Co-Founder (On funding)
- AdSafe Media, Kent Wakeford, CRO and Co-Founder (On new ad network and publisher products)
- AdSafe, Scott Knoll, CEO (On new role)
- Affectiva, Dave Berman, CEO
- Affectiva, Dave Berman, CEO (On the emotion attribute)
- Anchor Intelligence, Ken Miller, CEO
- Anchor Intelligence, Ken Miller, CEO (On search product and audience targeting)
- C3 Metrics, Mark Hughes, CEO
- ClearSaleing, Adam Goldberg, CIO (Acquired by GSI Commerce on 1/10/11)
- ClearSaleing, Adam Goldberg, CIO (reviewing cross-channel attribution)
- ClearSaleing, Randy Smith, President (On the State of the Co.)
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO (On impression inflation, new platform)
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO (On click fraud in social media)
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO (On funding)
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO (On malware and malvertising trends)
- Click Forensics (new name: Adometry), Paul Pellman, CEO (On acquiring Adometry and name change)
- Convertro, Jeff Zwelling, CEO
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (on New Product and Industry Trends)
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (On new financing and company plans)
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (On new fraud detection group)
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (On brand safety report)
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (State of DoubleVerify 2012)
- Encore Media Metrics, Steve Latham, CEO
- Mpire (AdXpose), Matt Hulett, CEO
- Mpire (AdXpose), Kirby Winfield, CEO (on Risk Management)
- Mpire (AdXpose), Kirby Winfield, CEO (on Ad Blocking Feature, Clients) (Acquired by comScore on 8/4/11)
- Mpire (AdXpose), Kirby Winfield, President and CRO (On API, pricing and services layer)
- Skinected, Chip Meyers, Co-founder
- TagMan, Jon Baron, Co-Founder and GM
- TagMan, Jon Baron, Co-Founder and GM (On funding and business momentum)
- TagMan, Paul Cook, CEO (On funding in 2011)
- TagMan, Jon Baron, CEO (On big players in tag management)
- TrackSimple, Jon Ingalls, Co-Founder & CEO (Acquired by BlueKai on 1/26/11)
- Trust Metrics, Andy Lerner, CEO
- VisualIQ, Manu Mathew, CEO
- Donovan Data Systems, JT Batson, CEO
- Donovan Data Systems, JT Batson, CEO, and Frank Addante, CEO, The Rubicon Project (on new display ad partnership)
- INVISION INC, Christine Watkins, CEO
- INVISION INC, Lynda Clarizio, CEO (on new digital product)
- Solbright, Tom Pace, CEO (Acquired 10/18/10 by Operative)
- Solbright, Tom Pace, CEO (On new Digital Media Index)
- Battery Ventures, Satya Patel, Partner
- Satya Patel
- betaworks, Andrew Weissman, Founder and COO
- Blackstone Advisory Partners, LP, Ken Allen, Director, Head of Digital Media and Internet Advisory
- Blackstone Group, Ken Allen, SVP
- DeSilva+Phillips, Jay MacDonald, Partner
- Fast Pay Partners, Jed Simon, Founder & Partner and Patrick Yee is Partner
- First Round Capital, Chris Fralic, Managing Partner (2010 update)
- First Round Capital, Chris Fralic, Managing Partner (2011 update)
- Foundry Group, Seth Levine, Managing Director
- Foundry Group, Seth Levine, Managing Director (On Ad Tech)
- Genacast Ventures, Gil Beyda, Managing Partner
- Genacast Ventures, Gil Beyda, Managing Partner (2012)
- GCA Savvian, Terence Kawaja, Managing Director (On Google/Invite deal)
- GCA Savvian, Steve Fletcher, Managing Director (On Yahoo!/interclick)
- Highland Capital Partners, Matt Nichols, Principal
- Index Ventures, Dom Vidal, Partner
- JEGI, Tolman Geffs, Co-President
- Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., Tolman Geffs, Co-President (On Investopedia sale, M&A trends)
- Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., Tolman Geffs, Co-President (2011 update, M&A Trends)
- Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jeremy Liew, Managing Director
- Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bipul Sinha, Partner
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder (on new ecosystem map update)
- LUMA Partners, Brian Andersen, Partner (on joining LUMA, also: new LUMA video)
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder (on Demdex sale)
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder (on new hire and Adtechopoly)
- Matrix Partners, James Beriker, EIR
- Neu Ventures, Jerry Neumann, angel investor
- Jerry Neumann, angel investor (on the dearth of talent in digital)
- Norwest Venture Partners, Jeffrey Crowe, Managing Partner
- Norwest Venture Partners, Jeffrey Crowe, Managing Partner (On engagement as portfolio expands)
- Norwest Venture Partners, Jeffrey Crowe, Managing Partner (On startups)
- Norwest Venture Partners, Jeffrey Crowe, Managing Partner (On early stage investing)
- Oppenheimer & Co., Todd Simon, Managing Director, Head of Digital Media
- Petsky Prunier, Sanjay Chadda, Partner & Managing Director
- Petsky Prunier, Sanjay Chadda, Partner & Managing Director (on GSI Commerce Buys ClearSaleing)
- Redpoint Ventures, Chris Moore, Partner
- Tallwave, Dan Boberg, President
- Union Square Venutres, Andy Weissman, Partner
- Valhalla Partners, Kiran Hebbar, General Partner
- Valhalla Partners, Kiran Hebbar, General Partner (On Multi-Medium Marketing)
- Venrock, David Pakman, Partner
- ad summos, Curt Viebranz, CEO
- aiMatch, Jeff Wood, CEO
- aiMatch, Jeff Wood, CEO (client win)
- FatTail, Doug Burke, GM
- Intent Media, Richard Harris, Co-founder and CEO
- isocket, John Ramey, CEO
- Limelight Networks, Jonathan Cobb, GM and CTO of Mobility and Monetization Group (on new mobile product for publishers)
- Outbrain, Yaron Galai, CEO
- PaperG, Victor Wong, CEO
- PaperG, Victor Wong, CEO (2012)
- Rare Crowds, Eric Picard, CEO
- Visual Revenue, Dennis Mortensen, CEO (2012)
- Visual Revenue, Dennis Mortensen, CEO
- WebMynd, Amir Nathoo, CEO
- Yieldbot, Jonathan Mendez, CEO
- Yieldbot, Jonathan Mendez, CEO (On funding)
- Yieldbot, Jonathan Mendez, CEO (On intent targeting)
- ZEDO, Roy de Souza, CEO
- Baynote, Doug Merritt, CEO
- Operative, Mike Leo, CEO
- GSI Commerce, Chris Sardakis, CEO GSI Global Marketing Services (on ClearSaleing acquisition) (Acquired by eBay on 3/28/11)
- GSI Commerce, Billy Seabrook, Chief Creative Officer of True Action Network, arm of GSI Commerce and owned by eBay
Publisher Yield Management Tools
- AdMeld, Ben Barokas, CRO (Acquired 6/14/11 by Google)
- AdMeld, Michael Barrett, CEO (on new funding, strategy)
- AdMeld, Jason Kelly, Chief Media Officer (on new role)
- Improve Digital, Janneke Niessen, CEO
- Krux Digital, Tom Chavez, Founder
- Krux Digital, Tom Chavez, Founder (On publisher study)
- LiftDNA, Vadim Telyatnikov, CEO (Acquired 2/27/12 by OpenX)
- Maxifier, Jonathan Shaevitz, CEO
- Metamarkets, David Soloff, CEO (on funding)
- Metamarkets, David Soloff, CEO (on positioning)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (on RTB)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (on RTB Estimates For 2009/10)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (on Ad Price Index)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (on Supply-Side Platform Product)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (On Series C funding)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (On sell-side platform and momentum)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (On Data Firewall product)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (On acquiring Revinet)
- PubMatic, Rajeev Goel, CEO (On Admeld acquisition by Google)
- PubMatic, Kirk McDonald, President (On new role)
- Shiny Ads, Roy Pereira, CEO & Founder
- The Rubicon Project (on Mediaweek article)
- The Rubicon Project (On Q4 CPM surge)
- The Rubicon Project (on RTB and publisher controls)
- The Rubicon Project, Craig Roah, COO (on SiteScout acquisition)
- The Rubicon Project, John Carnahan, CTO (on FAN integration, product roadmap)
- The Rubicon Project, Frank Addante, CEO
- YieldBuild, Paul Edmondson, CEO
- Yieldex, Tom Shields, President
- Yieldex, Tom Shields, CEO (Update on company news)
- Yieldex, Andrew Nibley, CEO (on new roles)
- Yieldex, Andrew Nibley, CEO (On ‘Big Data’)
