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Brian Stempeck

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Brian Stempeck currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Evertune AI, where he focuses on AI-driven advertising technology. He brings deep AdTech expertise from a long tenure at Basis Technologies (formerly Centro), where he held senior strategy and partnership roles before serving as Chief Strategy Officer and helping shape one of the largest independent programmatic advertising platforms in North America.

Last updated Jun 6, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Chief Strategy Officer
Company
Evertune AI
Based
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Connections
1
Years in industry
18 years

Bio

Brian Stempeck currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Evertune AI, where he focuses on AI-driven advertising technology. He brings deep AdTech expertise from a long tenure at Basis Technologies (formerly Centro), where he held senior strategy and partnership roles before serving as Chief Strategy Officer and helping shape one of the largest independent programmatic advertising platforms in North America.

Career

  • Chief Strategy Officer

    Basis Technologies (formerly Centro) · ~2010-2024

  • Various Senior Strategy & Partnership Roles

    Centro · ~2006-2010

Expertise & education

Expertise

Programmatic AdvertisingMedia Workflow AutomationAdTech Platform StrategyOmnichannel Media BuyingIdentity ResolutionAgency-Technology PartnershipsAI-Driven AdvertisingEnterprise Advertising Operations

Speaking topics

Future of Programmatic AdvertisingAdTech Stack ConsolidationMedia Workflow AutomationAgency and Technology Platform RelationshipsAI in AdvertisingPrivacy Regulation and Identity Resolution

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Co-founded Evertune AI as CEO, entering the AI-native AdTech startup space after a long corporate leadership career
  • Served as Chief Strategy Officer at Basis Technologies (formerly Centro), helping build and position one of the largest independent programmatic platforms in North America
  • Played a central role in Centro's rebranding and strategic evolution into Basis Technologies
  • Recognized as a consistent industry thought leader on programmatic automation and AdTech stack consolidation
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