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»Arun Kumar

Podcast: IPG’s Huge Bet On Acxiom

Interpublic Group’s $2.3 billion purchase of Acxiom Marketing Services in 2018 shook the industry. And it reverberated into 2019 with Publicis Groupe’s follow-up acquisition of Epsilon. This week on the podcast, IPG Chief Data and Technology Officer Arun Kumar comes into the studio for a frank discussion of the deal and the larger trend of... Continue reading »
by Zach Rodgers // May 20th, 2019 //
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Arun Kumar: AMS Will Supercharge IPG’s First-Party Data Capabilities

Arun Kumar, chief data and marketing technology officer at IPG Mediabrands, will play a central role in integrating Acxiom Marketing Solutions (AMS) into the holding company. The $2.3 billion acquisition, announced last week, gives IPG 1,600 data scientists, 200 product and technology specialists and first-party data on 2.2 billion global consumers. With AMS, IPG also... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // July 10th, 2018 //
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IPG’s Arun Kumar: Facebook’s Third-Party Data Clampdown 'Could’ve Been Handled Better'

Facebook’s decision to shut off partner categories and turn down the spigot of data flowing into and out of its platform may be a necessary step to comply with GDPR and improve consumer privacy. But Facebook could’ve given partners more notice, rather than wait until two months before GDPR goes into effect, said Arun Kumar,... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // April 13th, 2018 //
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Demystifying Agency Data Platforms

Advertisers want to market using the type of rich data provided by walled gardens – but that’s not possible on the open web. So the major holding companies have each developed data platforms to meet their clients’ needs. The question is: What’s the difference between their offerings? Publicis Groupe’s Spine, IPG’s AMP, WPP’s mPlatform, Dentsu... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // February 1st, 2018 //
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IPG Mediabrands Built A Data Stack That Operates Across Walled Gardens

For agencies, managing and optimizing campaigns across walled gardens is no easy task. Because Facebook, Google, Snap, Twitter and Amazon each have their own ways of defining audiences and processes for optimizing spend, buyers have to launch campaigns multiple times across each of them for every client, without getting consistent insight into what’s working and... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // December 19th, 2017 //
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Behind CEO Henry Tajer’s Exit At IPG Mediabrands

Last week, IPG Mediabrands global CEO Henry Tajer announced he will leave the company and head back to Australia for personal reasons. But executive politics and challenges facing media agencies also factored into his departure. Tajer, a 10-year veteran of IPG Mediabrands, became global head in 2015 after a successful stint as CEO of Mediabrands... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 11th, 2017 //
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IPG Taps Arun Kumar To Scale Data And Technology Across The Holding Company

Cadreon’s global president Arun Kumar has become IPG Mediabrands’ first-ever chief data and marketing technology officer. In addition to overseeing all data, technology and analytics assets within Mediabrands, he will still head up Cadreon. Among Kumar’s top priorities is scaling IPG Mediabrands’ data stack across the unit and IPG at large. “We’ve gotten pretty good... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // March 24th, 2017 //
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Trading Desks Are Building (And Buying) Their Way To A Persistent Identifier

Holding company trading desks this year are putting the focus on data and the ability to identify a customer across screens and platforms. That focus made owning data mission critical, and it’s shifted the focus away from programmatic as a silo and toward data management and activation across the board. As a result, “trading desk”... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // January 20th, 2017 //
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How Cadreon’s Arun Kumar Connects The Dots Between Walled Gardens

Arun Kumar, global president at Cadreon, will take the stage Jan. 19 to share Cadreon’s full vision for the future at Industry Preview in New York City. Walled gardens are cropping up across the digital ecosystem. “It’s just the way the world is going to be for the foreseeable future,” said Arun Kumar, global president at Cadreon.... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // January 13th, 2017 //
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