Q&As || View Thinking
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Agency
- 360i, Jared Belsky, EVP
- Accuen (OMG), Josh Jacobs, President (On FBX)
- AKQA, Scott Symonds, Managing Director AKQA Media
- Digitaria, Dan Khabie, CEO
- Fluent, Drew Kurth, CEO, Digital Marketing Platforms and Services
- Group M, John Montgomery, COO
- GroupM, Adam Smith, Futures Director
- Group M (Next), Chris Copeland, CEO
- GroupM, Ari Bluman, Chief Digital Investment Officer
- Havas, Anthony Rhind, Co-CEO
- iCrossing / Core Audience, Adam Lavelle, CEO
- Initiative North America, Bret Leece, North America EVP, Performance Analytics
- Initiative North America, Nick Pahade, North America CEO
- MAGNA Global, Brian Monahan, Managing Partner MAGNA Global Intelligence Practice
- MEC (WPP), Jack Bamberger, President, Digital North America
- Omnicom Annalect, Scott Hagedorn, CEO
- Razorfish, Jeff Lanctot, Chief Media Officer
- SapientNitro, Patrick MacDougall, VP, Technology
- Starcom USA (Publicis), Phil Geyskens, EVP, Analytics & Development Director
- VirKet, Daniel Molano Fajardo, Chief Strategy and Product Officer
- VivaKi Nerve Center, Kurt Unkel, President
- WPP Mindshare, Steve Plimsoll, CTO
Ad Networks and Exchanges
- AdBrite, Hardeep Bindra, CEO
- AdRoll, Aaron Bell, CEO & Adam Berke, President
- AdScale, Matthias Pantke, Managing Director (On Ströer)
- Aol, Ned Brody, CRO (On launch of AdLearn Open Platform (AOP))
- Aol/Parenting.com, Ned Brody, CRO and President of AOL Advertising
- Advertising.com, Ned Brody, CEO
- ADZERK, James Avery, CEO
- CAST, Omer Kaplan, CEO
- Federated Media, John Battelle, Founder and Chairman
- Federated Media, Deanna Brown, CEO
- Google/DoubleClick AdExchange, Jonathan Bellack, Director of Project Management, Google (On Premium Display Ads)
- Google, Laura Holmes, Product Manager (On tags)
- Google, Aaron Nelson, Product Manager
- IDG Tech Network, Peter Longo, CEO (On New DMP)
- Luminate, Chas Edwards, CRO
- Martini Media, Skip Brand, 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 Advertising, Daniel Sheinberg, Senior Director of Display Marketplaces
- OpenX, Tim Cadogan, CEO and LiftDNA, Vadim Telyatnikov, CEO (On OpenX's acquisition of LiftDNA)
- SAS, Wilson Raj, Global Customer Intelligence Director (On SAS's acquisition of aiMatch)
- Say Media, Matt Sanchez, CEO
- Trusignal, Gordon Meyer, CEO and David Dowhan, President
- Undertone, Mike Cassidy, CEO
- Valassis, Jim Parkinson, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, (On Brand.net acquisition)
- ValueClick, Bill Todd, President ValueClick Media
- Yahoo! / Genome, Peter Foster, GM, Audience Advertising
- Vibrant Media, Cella Irvine, CEO
- Vibrant Media, Cella Irvine, CEO (On hiring Tom Iler)
- Yahoo!, Michael Barrett, CRO
- Yahoo! / Media.net, Divyank Turakhia, CEO
Advertiser
- AdChina, Alan Yan, CEO
- Adobe Ad Solutions, David Karnstedt, VP, GM, Ad Solutions
- ANA, Bob Liodice, CEO
- Avis, John Peebles, Group VP of Marketing Strategy & Innovation
- Bazaarvoice, Creegan and Brant Barton, GM, Media Solutions
- Buzzfeed, Jonah Peretti, CEO
- FiftyOne, Michael DeSimone, CEO
- GE, Andy Markowitz, Director of Global Digital Strategy
- GraphEffect, James Borow, CEO
- GroupM, Adam Smith, Futures Director
- Hallmark, Ann Herrick, National Campaigns Director
- La Quinta Inns, Ted Schweitzer, SVP Marketing & eCommerce, Brand Relations Director
- Skype, Joslyn Moore, GM Advertising Incubations
- Viacom, Ross Cohen, SVP, Digital Inventory Strategy Viacom Media Networks
- Viacom, Josh Cogswell, SVP, Digital Products
Analysts
- AdSafe, Scott Knoll, CEO
- 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)
- Econsultancy, Monica Savut, Senior Research Analyst
- Jirafe, Amit Shah, CEO
- MediaLink, Wenda Harris Millard, President and COO
Buying Platforms
- Adchemy, Murthy Nukala, CEO (On the End of Cookies)
- AppNexus, Brian O'Kelley, CEO
- DataXu, Mike Baker, CEO (On acquisition of Mexad)
- Dynamic Signal, Russ Fradin, CEO
- Ensighten, Josh Manion, CEO
- HubSpot, Brian Halligan, CEO
- iPinyou, Xuehua Shen, CTO and Co-Founder
- Marketo, Phil Fernandez, CEO
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO
- MediaMath, Joe Zawadzki, CEO (On Tap.Me acquisition)
- OwnerIQ, Jay Habegger, CEO (On DiJiPOP acquisition)
- Taykey, Amit Avner, CEO (On industry trends)
- Taykey, Amit Avner, CEO (On targeting)
- Virtue, Reggie Bradford, CEO
- [x+1], Peter Massey, President and COO (On new role)
Creative Agency
Creative Providers and Optimization
Data and Measurement
- Accelerate, Cameron Hulett, Executive Head of Solution Strategy
- Acxiom, Phil Mui, Chief Product Officer
- Adobe, Brad Rencher, SVP and GM of Omniture Business Unit (On 2012 Digital Marketing Summit)
- Bering Media, Michael Ho, CEO
- BitYota, Dev Patel, CEO and Poulomi Damany, VP
- comScore, Gian Fulgoni, CEO
- DataLogix Eric Roza, CEO and Connection Engine, Eric Kirby, CEO
- Digilant, Ed Montes, CEO
- Enliken, Marc Guldimann, CEO and founder
- Experian, Matt Seeley, President (On Conversen Acquisition And Audience IQ Impact)
- Experian Marketing Service's Hitwise measurement group, Simon Bradstock, SVP, General Manager
- 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, Yuchun Lee, SVP and General Manager, Enterprise Marketing Management Group
- GfK Custom Research North America, David Krajicek, CEO (On Knowledge Networks acquisition)
- Korrelate, Daniel Jaye, CEO
- Merkle, David Williams, CEO
- Mixrank, Ilya Lichtenstein, Co-Founder
- Neustar, Dave Helmreich, VP, Business Development
- Nielsen, Scott McKinley, EVP of Advertising Effectiveness (On Vizu acquisition)
- Nielsen, Scott McKinley, EVP of Advertising Effectiveness
- Nielsen, Jonathan Carson, CEO, Digital
- Nielsen, ComScore, Steve Hasker, President, Global Media Products and Advertiser Solutions
- PlaceIQ, Duncan McCall, CEO and Co-Founder (On location-based advertising)
- The Portal Group (TPG), Autumn Christiano, Director of Analytics
- SAS Intelligent Advertising, Andy Bober, Director, SAS Customer Intelligence Product Management
- ThinkNear, Eli Portnoy, CEO
- ThinkNear, Eli Portnoy, CEO (On Telenav acquisition)
Digital TV, Video and Radio
- King of the Web, Maggie Finch, CEO
- LiveRail, Mark Trefgarne, Co-Founder and CEO
- Revision3, Jim Louderback, CEO
- Ooyala, Jay Fulcher, CEO
- Spotify, Jeff Levick, Chief Marketing Solutions
- TubeMogul, Brett Wilson, CEO (On Trading Desks)
- Turner Digital, Walker Jacobs, EVP
- Univision, Charlie Echeverry, EVP, Digital Sales
- Visible Measures, Brian Shin, CEO
- VivaKi, Tracey Scheppach, EVP Innovations Director SMGx and VivaKi
Search Engine Marketing
Email
Digital Out-Of-Home
Lead Generation
Shopping
Mobile
- Adelphic Mobile, Changfeng Weng and Jennifer Lum, Co-Founders
- AdTheorent, Anthony Iacovone, CEO
- Apsalar, Michael Oiknine, CEO
- Celtra, Mihel Mikek, CEO
- Chartboost, Maria Alegre, CEO and co-Founder
- Fiksu, Micah Adler, CEO
- Human Demand, Howie Schwartz, CEO
- IBM, John Kennedy, VP Marketing
- LifeStreet Media, Mitchell Weisman, CEO
- Nexage, Ernie Cormier, CEO
- Placed, David Shim, CEO
- Pinger, Joe Sipher, CPO & CMO and Brian Gilbert, Director of Advertising
- Sense Networks, David Petersen, CEO
- StrikeAd, Alex Ramahan, CEO
- Viggle, Keving Arrix, CRO, Function(x) Inc
- Velti, Alex Moukas, CEO (On CASEE acquisition)
- Verve, Tom MacIsaac, CEO (On CASEE acquisition)
Performance Marketing
- Diageo, Kathy Parker, SVP Marketing Innovation
- IgnitionOne, Will Margiloff, CEO
- QUISMA, Ronald Paul, CEO
- Sociomatic, Thomas Brandhoff, Founder and Jason Kelly, CEO
- TellApart, Josh McFarland, CEO (On Hiring of John Kelly)
Publisher
- Conde Nast Ideactive, Pat Connolly, Head Of Strategy
- Conde Nast, Josh Stinchcomb, VP of Corporate Partnerships
- Demand Media, Joanne Bradford, CRO and Peter Luttrell, SVP Ad Solutions & Brand Management
- Forbes.com, Mark Howard, SVP (on Remnant inventory)
- Fox News, Jeremy Steinberg, VP, Digital Sales & Business Development (2012 Update)
- Gilt City, Sarah Chubb, President
- LinkSmart, Pete Sheinbaum, CEO
- 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 (On Ad Growth)
- quadrantONE, Mario Diez, CEO (2012)
- ScreenShot Digital, Eric Schaefer, GM
- Spanfeller Media Group, Jim Spanfeller, CEO (On Publishers & RTB)
- Thrillist, Ben Lerer, CEO
- The Lean Startup, Eric Ries, Author
- Weather Channel, Curt Hecht, CRO
- Weather Channel, David Kenny, Chairman and CEO
Media Buying Ad Technology
- Komli Media, Prashant Mehta, CEO
- MediaOcean, Bill Wise, CEO (On new role and merger)
- Sequential (formerly Pretarget), Keith Pieper, Founder and CEO
- Theorem, Jay Kulkarni, CEO
- The Trade Desk, Jeff Green, Founder & CEO (One Question)
Privacy Regulation
Targeting Technology
Social Targeting and Marketing
- 33Across, Eric Wheeler, CEO (On Global Expansion Effort)
- Apdaptly, Nikhil Sethi, CEO
- Adobe Social, John Mellor, VP of Strategy and Business Development, Digital Marketing
- 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)
- Facebook, Carolyn Everson, VP, Global Marketing Solutions
- Facebook, Gokul Rajaram, Product Director, Facebook Ads
- Kenshoo, Zivika Goldstein, Social Product Director, Aaron Goldman, CMO
- LinkedIn, Jonathan Lister, VP, N.A. Sales
- M80, Mark Evans, Managing Director
- Media6Degrees, Tom Phillips, CEO
- MediaBrix, Ari Brandt, CEO
- Nanigans, Ric Calvillo, CEO
- Nanigans, Marc Grabowski, COO
- Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder
- Sharethrough, Dan Greenberg, CEO (On Sharethrough.tv)
- Spruce Media, Rob Jewell, CEO, Lucy Jacobs COO
- Syncapse, Michael Scissons, CEO
- Unified, Sheldon Owen, CEO
- Upcast Social, Jim Brigden, CEO
- WaPo, Laura O'Shaughnessy, CEO
- Wildfire, Victoria Ransom, CEO
Traffic Tools: Serving, Quality and Attribution
- Adometry, Paul Pellman, CEO
- Affectiva, Dave Berman, CEO (On the emotion attribute)
- DoubleVerify, Oren Netzer, CEO (State of DoubleVerify 2012)
- TagMan, Jon Baron, CEO (On big players in tag management)
- Trust Metrics, Andy Lerner, CEO
Back Office
Venture Capital And Banking
- Satya Patel
- Blackstone Advisory Partners, LP, Ken Allen, Director, Head of Digital Media and Internet Advisory
- Foundry Group, Seth Levine, Managing Director (On Ad Tech)
- Genacast Ventures, Gil Beyda, Managing Partner (2012)
- JEGI, Tolman Geffs, Co-President
- Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bipul Sinha, Partner
- Matrix Partners, James Beriker, EIR
- Norwest Venture Partners, Jeffrey Crowe, Managing Partner (On startups)
- Redpoint Ventures, Chris Moore, Partner
- Union Square Venutres, Andy Weissman, Partner
- Valhalla Partners, Kiran Hebbar, General Partner (On Multi-Medium Marketing)
Publisher Ad Technology
- Outbrain, Yaron Galai, CEO
- PaperG, Victor Wong, CEO
- Rare Crowds, Eric Picard, CEO
- Visual Revenue, Dennis Mortensen, CEO
- Yieldbot, Jonathan Mendez, CEO (On intent targeting)
Management Systems
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