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Hugh Williams

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Hugh Williams is a senior advertising technology leader at Paramount, where he oversees advanced advertising initiatives spanning the company's broad portfolio of streaming and linear television properties. He has been instrumental in developing Paramount's data-driven advertising capabilities, helping the company navigate the transition from traditional TV advertising toward addressable, programmatic, and streaming-first monetization models. His work sits at the intersection of premium video content and modern AdTech infrastructure. Throughout his career, Williams has focused on building scalable advertising solutions for large media organizations, with particular emphasis on audience targeting, measurement, and the evolving connected TV landscape. At Paramount, he has worked to position the company's advertising offerings competitively against both traditional broadcast rivals and digital-native streaming platforms, leveraging first-party data assets and partnerships with major technology and measurement vendors. Williams is regarded as a practitioner-operator in the advanced TV and streaming advertising space, contributing to industry conversations around identity resolution, cross-screen measurement, and the future of television advertising in a fragmented media environment. His role reflects the broader industry shift toward treating premium video inventory with the same data sophistication historically associated with digital display and programmatic channels.

Last updated Jul 10, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Jul 13, 2026

Role
Executive Vice President, Advanced Advertising & Partnerships
Company
Based
New York, New York, United States
Connections
2
Years in industry
15 years

Bio

Hugh Williams is a senior advertising technology leader at Paramount, where he oversees advanced advertising initiatives spanning the company's broad portfolio of streaming and linear television properties. He has been instrumental in developing Paramount's data-driven advertising capabilities, helping the company navigate the transition from traditional TV advertising toward addressable, programmatic, and streaming-first monetization models. His work sits at the intersection of premium video content and modern AdTech infrastructure. Throughout his career, Williams has focused on building scalable advertising solutions for large media organizations, with particular emphasis on audience targeting, measurement, and the evolving connected TV landscape. At Paramount, he has worked to position the company's advertising offerings competitively against both traditional broadcast rivals and digital-native streaming platforms, leveraging first-party data assets and partnerships with major technology and measurement vendors. Williams is regarded as a practitioner-operator in the advanced TV and streaming advertising space, contributing to industry conversations around identity resolution, cross-screen measurement, and the future of television advertising in a fragmented media environment. His role reflects the broader industry shift toward treating premium video inventory with the same data sophistication historically associated with digital display and programmatic channels.

Career

  • Senior Vice President, Advanced Advertising

    Paramount / ViacomCBS · 2019-2022

  • Vice President, Advertising Technology

    CBS Interactive · 2015-2019

Expertise & education

Expertise

Advanced TV AdvertisingConnected TV (CTV)Addressable AdvertisingProgrammatic AdvertisingStreaming MonetizationFirst-Party Data StrategyCross-Screen MeasurementAudience Targeting

Speaking topics

The Future of Streaming AdvertisingAdvanced TV and Addressable AdvertisingCross-Screen Measurement and AttributionFirst-Party Data in Premium Video

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Led development of Paramount's advanced advertising infrastructure across streaming and linear platforms
  • Helped scale addressable and programmatic TV capabilities during ViacomCBS to Paramount rebrand and transformation
  • Drove partnerships with major AdTech and measurement vendors to enhance Paramount's data-driven advertising offerings
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