Lisa Valentino

Lisa Valentino is a senior revenue and partnerships executive best known for her leadership roles at the intersection of premium content and programmatic advertising. Before joining Index Exchange, she built a strong reputation at Disney Advertising Sales, where she served as Executive Vice President of Client Solutions and Addressable Enablement, overseeing the company's data-driven and addressable advertising capabilities across its vast portfolio of streaming and linear properties including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. Her work there positioned Disney as a leader in audience-based buying and first-party data activation at a time when the industry was grappling with signal loss and identity fragmentation. At Index Exchange, Valentino brings that premium publisher and data strategy expertise to the supply side, leading revenue operations and publisher partnerships for one of the largest independent SSPs in the open web ecosystem. Her mandate includes helping publishers maximize yield through header bidding, private marketplace deals, and programmatic direct solutions, while navigating the structural shifts brought on by cookie deprecation and evolving privacy regulations. Her background bridging content, data, and technology makes her a distinctive voice in conversations about the future of publisher monetization. Valentino is regarded as an operator with deep fluency in both the buy side and sell side of programmatic advertising, giving her a nuanced perspective on how demand and supply dynamics interact. Her career reflects a broader industry trend of senior talent moving from major media companies into infrastructure and platform roles as the programmatic ecosystem matures and consolidates.

• Led addressable and data-driven advertising strategy at Disney Advertising Sales across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN during a critical period of streaming growth
• Joined Index Exchange as CRO to lead revenue strategy for one of the largest independent SSPs in the open web programmatic ecosystem