Bosko Milekic
Bosko Milekic is best known as the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Optable, a Montreal-based data collaboration platform that enables publishers and advertisers to build privacy-safe audience partnerships through clean room technology. At a time when third-party cookie deprecation and tightening privacy regulations are reshaping the digital advertising landscape, Milekic has positioned Optable as a technically rigorous solution for data clean rooms, leveraging cryptographic techniques and privacy-enhancing technologies to allow data sharing without exposing raw user-level data. Prior to founding Optable, Milekic held senior technical and product roles in the AdTech and media technology space, including time at Verizon Media (formerly Oath), where he worked on large-scale data and identity infrastructure. His background spans distributed systems, data engineering, and product strategy, giving him a rare combination of deep technical credibility and go-to-market acumen that has shaped Optable's product direction. Milekic is a recognized voice in the industry on topics including data clean rooms, privacy-enhancing technologies, identity resolution in a post-cookie world, and the evolving standards around data collaboration. He has contributed to industry conversations through conference appearances and thought leadership, advocating for interoperable, privacy-first infrastructure as the foundation for sustainable digital advertising.
Last updated May 30, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
- Years in industry
- 15 years
Bio
Bosko Milekic is best known as the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Optable, a Montreal-based data collaboration platform that enables publishers and advertisers to build privacy-safe audience partnerships through clean room technology. At a time when third-party cookie deprecation and tightening privacy regulations are reshaping the digital advertising landscape, Milekic has positioned Optable as a technically rigorous solution for data clean rooms, leveraging cryptographic techniques and privacy-enhancing technologies to allow data sharing without exposing raw user-level data. Prior to founding Optable, Milekic held senior technical and product roles in the AdTech and media technology space, including time at Verizon Media (formerly Oath), where he worked on large-scale data and identity infrastructure. His background spans distributed systems, data engineering, and product strategy, giving him a rare combination of deep technical credibility and go-to-market acumen that has shaped Optable's product direction. Milekic is a recognized voice in the industry on topics including data clean rooms, privacy-enhancing technologies, identity resolution in a post-cookie world, and the evolving standards around data collaboration. He has contributed to industry conversations through conference appearances and thought leadership, advocating for interoperable, privacy-first infrastructure as the foundation for sustainable digital advertising.
Career
Senior Technical/Product Leader
Verizon Media (Oath) · 2017-2020
Engineering & Product Leadership
Various AdTech companies · 2009-2017
Expertise & education
Expertise
Education
- Computer Science, McGill University
Speaking topics
Recognition
Notable achievements
- Co-founded Optable, one of the early dedicated data clean room platforms purpose-built for media and advertising use cases
- Raised venture funding to scale Optable's privacy-safe data collaboration infrastructure
- Developed clean room technology leveraging cryptographic protocols to enable secure, privacy-compliant data partnerships