Q&As 2011
Q&As 2009 || Q&As 2010 || Q&As 2011
- Accuen (OMG), Josh Jacobs, President (On new role)
- Annalect Marketplaces (OMG), Matt Spiegel, CEO
- Attention, Curtis Hougland, founder
- Digitas (Publicis), Norman de Greve, EVP (On brand metrics)
- Digitas (Publicis), Nicole Estebanell, VP/Group Director
- Essence, Matt Isaacs, Founding Partner
- FRWD, John Grudnowski, Managing Partner
- Geomentum (IPG Mediabrands), Chris Hiland, President, Strategic Partnerships (On Aol deal and local ad business)
- GroupM (WPP), Rob Norman, CEO, North American Operations
- Hill Holliday, Adam Cahill, EVP and Co-Media Director, and Jenna Umbrianna, Platform Media Manager (On new platform media unit)
- iCrossing, Don Scales, CEO, and Peter Randazzo, CTO (On Red Aril Acquisition)
- Ikon Communications, Phil Cowlishaw, Performance Media Director
- kbs+p, Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer and managing partner of venture unit (On the new venture unit)
- Maxifier, Anthony Katsur, COO (On new role)
- MEC (WPP), Richard Astley, Senior Partner, Practice Lead, Data Planning and Optimization
- 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)
- 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), Richard Lawrence, Leader, Business Science & Marketing Analytics
- Mindshare (Group M/WPP), Chris O’Brien, Managing Director and Digital Office Lead
- neo@Ogilvy (WPP), Sean Muzzy is Managing Director, N.A.
- Performics, Daina Middleton, CEO
- 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, 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)
- Xaxis, Brian Lesser, CEO (on launch)
- 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)
- AudienceScience, Jeff Pullen, CEO, and Jeff Hirsch, President (on executive changes)
- Burst Media, Jarvis Coffin, CEO (Acquired by Blinkx on 4/8/11)
- Casale Media, Joseph Casale, CEO
- 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)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Product Management Director (On “direct deals”)
- Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Scott Spencer, Product Management Director (On new ad exchange announcement)
- 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)
- Hi-Media,Cyril Zimmermann, CEO
- IDG Tech Network, Peter Longo, CEO (On AdMeld partnership, private exchange)
- 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
- Lexity (formerly, Vurve), Amit Kumar, 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)
- Microsoft, Dahlberg and Dennis Buchheim, General Manager of APS Scale Display group
- 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)
- OpenX, John Linden, CTO (On new ad server for publishers)
- RadiumOne, Gurbaksh Chahal, CEO (On new funding)
- Rocket Fuel, Inc., George John, CEO (On latest funding)
- SpecificMedia, Tim Vanderhook, CEO
- Travel Ad Network, Nan-Kirsten Forte, CEO (On new role)
- Underdog Media, Jeff Hirsch, CEO (formerly, AudienceScience executive)
- ValueClick, Gary Fuges, vp of corporate development and investor relations (On Greystripe acquisition)
- Yahoo! / Right Media Exchange, Seth Dallaire, Yahoo! Vice President of Sales
- Yahoo!, Joel Jones, VP, Americas Ad Marketplaces (On role as new head of Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange in North America)
- 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)
- Adobe’s Digital Marketing Business, John Mellor, VP of strategy and business development
- American Express OPEN, VP, Robert Ciccone
- Association of National Advertisers, Bill Duggan, Group Executive Vice President
- Ancestry.com, Josh Hanna, CMO
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Sandy Martin, Senior Manager Marketing
- Hotels.com, David Young, Director of Marketing
- LEGO Systems, Mike McNally, Brand Relations Director
- Papa John’s, Jim Ensign, VP of Digital Marketing
- WhiteWave, Aaron Simpson, Associate Marketing Director at WhiteWave Foods (On digital marketing today and Vizu)
- Bank Of Montreal/BMO Capital Markets, Dan Salmon, Equity Research Analyst (2011)
- Boston Consulting Group, Ed Busby, Partner (On the Data Stack)
- Forrester Research, Joanna O’Connell, Senior Analyst
- Forrester Research, Michael Greene, Analyst
- ZenithOptimedia, Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting (2011 Internet Ad Spend)
- ZenithOptimedia, Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting (Ad spend growth for 2012)
- [x+1], John Nardone, CEO (On new funds)
- Adchemy, Murthy Nukala, CEO (On company news)
- AppNexus, Ari Paparo, SVP of Product Management
- Chango, Chris Sukornyk, CEO (on new funding)
- ChoiceStream, Steve Johnson, CEO
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (on mobile DSP)
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On the state of the company)
- MediaMind, Gal Trifon, CEO (on being acquired by DG)
- Sojern, Mark Rabe, CEO
- Tapad, Are Traasdahl, CEO (on launch)
- 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)
Creative Providers and Optimization
- AdKeeper, Scott Kurnit, CEO
- BoostCTR, Rob Lenderman, Co-Founder and CIO-CMO
- Moat, Jonah Goodhart and Noah Goodhart, Co-CEOs
- Spongecell, Ben Kartzman, CEO (2011 update)
- Acxiom, Mark Howe, CEO
- Adobe, John Mellor, vp of marketing (on Demdex acquisition)
- Adobe, Loni Kao, Group Manager of Solution Marketing, Digital Enterprise (on Adobe ADEP platform)
- BlueCava, David Norris, CEO (On the state of the company)
- BlueKai, Omar Tawakol, CEO (On DMP strategy, TrackSimple acquisition)
- Clearspring, Ramsey McGrory, CEO (On acquisition of Xgraph)
- Coremetrics (IBM), John Squire, CSO (On new enterprise analytics product)
- Coremetrics (IBM), John Squire, CSO
- Epsilon, Eric Stein, EVP of Digital Strategy
- eXelate, Mark Zagorski, CEO (on new role)
- Experian, Mike Balducci, SVP and General Manager, Digital Advertising Services, Experian Marketing Services (on Turn integration and digital strategy)
- Factual, Gil Elbaz, CEO
- Magnetic, Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO (2011 update)
- MarketShare, Wes Nichols, co-Founder and CEO
- 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
- Rapleaf, Auren Hoffman, CEO (2011 Update)
- Red Aril, Jim Soss, CEO
- ShareThis, Kurt Abrahamson, CEO (on new role)
- 5min, Ran Harnevo, CEO (On Brightcove partnership)
- Adap.tv, Amir Ashkenazi, CEO (on new advertiser platform)
- DG, Neil Nguyen, President and COO (formerly, DG Fast Channel – on acquisition of MediaMind)
- Eyeview, Oren Harnevo, CEO
- OneScreen, Atul Patel, CEO
- Simulmedia, Dave Morgan, CEO (On new targeted TV ecosystem map)
- SpotXchange, Mike Shehan, CEO (on new optimization technology)
- TidalTV, Scott Ferber, CEO
- Tremor Media, Anthony Risicato (On video hub and branding)
- Covario, Russ Mann, Co-Founder and CEO
- Efficient Frontier, David Karnstedt, CEO (2011 update)
- Efficient Frontier, David Karnstedt, CEO (on acquisition of Context Optional)
- Kenshoo, Yoav Izhar-Prato, CEO
- Perfect Market, Julie Schoenfeld, CEO (on new funds)
- DiJiPOP, Ji Kim, Founder & CEO
- HookLogic, Jonathan Opdyke, CEO
- Longboard Media, Jim Barkow, CEO
- MaxPoint Interactive, Joe Epperson, CEO
- Monetate, David Brussin, CEO
- RichRelevance, Diane Kegley, CMO
- RichRelevance, David Selinger, CEO
- Triad Retail Media, Brian Quinn, CRO (on Operative deal and Shopper Marketing)
- Yext, Howard Lerman, CEO
- Bob Walczak, entrepreneur
- Media Armor, Elizabeth Zalman, Co-Founder
- MoPub, Jim Payne, CEO
- Mojiva, David Gwozdza, CEO
- Ad Pepper Media, Ulrich Schmidt, CEO
- Adara Media, Layton Han, CEO
- Cardlytics, Scott Grimes, CEO
- Clickable, David Kidder, CEO (2011 update)
- Criteo, Greg Coleman, President (on his new role)
- Cross Pixel Media, Alan Pearlstein, CEO (on new data platform offering)
- Inadco, James Walker, CEO, and Dave Zinman, COO
- SkimLinks, Alicia Navarro, CEO
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO (2011 Update)
- VigLink, Oliver Roup, CEO
- Belo Interactive Group, David Karabag, Director of Product Management (on Mixpo and publisher strategy)
- Cars.com, Jay Wright, Yield Management Group Leader
- Cox Digital Solutions, Steve Shaw, president
- Forbes.com, Matt Barash, VP (on Forbes FMX product)
- Fox News, Jeremy Steinberg, VP
- Gannett Digital Network, Josh Resnik, VP/GM (on redesign of Gannett Digital Network)
- Guardian News and Media, Andy Beale, Technology Director
- IGN Entertainment, Bernard Ho, VP/GM of Video
- NBC Universal, Peter Naylor, EVP, Digital Media Sales (On new private exchange)
- quadrantONE, Mario Diez, CEO
- Technorati, Richard Jalichandra, President & CEO (On Technorati Media Exchange)
- Centro (makers of Transis), Shawn Riegsecker, Founder & President (On new funds, company update)
- IPONWEB, Boris Mouzykantskii, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist
- Pretarget, Keith Pieper, Founder and CEO
- Evidon (formerly Better Advertising), Scott Meyer, CEO (new name, VivaKi agreement)
- TRUSTe, Chris Babel, CEO
- NetSeer, John Mracek, CEO (2011 update)
- Peer39, Andy Ellenthal, CEO (on new safety and quality attributes)
Social Targeting and Marketing
- 33Across, Eric Wheeler, CEO (on new funds)
- Buddy Media, Mike Lazerow, CEO (on Spinback acquisition)
- HubSpot, David Cancel, Chief Product Officer (on new role, post-Performable
- Mass Relevance, Sam Decker , CEO
Traffic Tools: Serving, Quality and Attribution
- AdSafe, Scott Knoll, CEO (On new role)
- Affectiva, Dave Berman, CEO
- C3 Metrics, Mark Hughes, CEO
- ClearSaleing, Randy Smith, President (On the State of the Co.)
- Click Forensics, Paul Pellman, CEO (On malware and malvertising trends)
- Click Forensics (new name: Adometry), Paul Pellman, CEO (On acquiring Adometry and name change)
- Encore Media Metrics, Steve Latham, CEO
- TagMan, Paul Cook, CEO (On funding in 2011)
- VisualIQ, Manu Mathew, CEO
- Donovan Data Systems, JT Batson, CEO, and Frank Addante, CEO, The Rubicon Project (on new display ad partnership)
- INVISION INC, Lynda Clarizio, CEO (on new digital product)
- First Round Capital, Chris Fralic, Managing Partner (2011 update)
- Jerry Neumann, angel investor (on the dearth of talent in digital)
- Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., Tolman Geffs, Co-President (2011 update, M&A Trends)
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder (on Demdex sale)
- LUMA Partners, Terence Kawaja, Founder (on new hire and Adtechopoly)
- Oppenheimer & Co., Todd Simon, Managing Director, Head of Digital Media
- Petsky Prunier, Sanjay Chadda, Partner & Managing Director (on GSI Commerce Buys ClearSaleing)
- Valhalla Partners, Kiran Hebbar, General Partner
- Intent Media, Richard Harris, Co-founder and CEO
- Limelight Networks, Jonathan Cobb, GM and CTO of Mobility and Monetization Group (on new mobile product for publishers)
- Visual Revenue, Dennis Mortensen, CEO
- Yieldbot, Jonathan Mendez, CEO (on funding)
