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Michel Guillon

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Michel Guillon serves as Head of Solutions Architecture at illuma, a contextual intelligence and advertising technology company that uses machine learning to enable cookieless audience targeting. In this role, he bridges the technical and commercial sides of the business, working with publishers and advertisers to implement and optimise illuma's contextual solutions in a privacy-first advertising landscape. Guillon has built his career at the intersection of data, technology, and digital advertising, developing expertise in programmatic infrastructure, data architecture, and the technical requirements of modern ad-tech platforms. His background spans solutions engineering and architecture roles that support both supply- and demand-side stakeholders in the digital media ecosystem. At illuma, his work is particularly relevant given the industry's ongoing transition away from third-party cookies, where contextual targeting solutions have become a central focus for publishers and brands seeking durable, privacy-compliant audience strategies.

Last updated Oct 8, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Role
Head of Solutions Architecture
Company
illuma
Based
London, United Kingdom

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Years in industry
10 years

Bio

Michel Guillon serves as Head of Solutions Architecture at illuma, a contextual intelligence and advertising technology company that uses machine learning to enable cookieless audience targeting. In this role, he bridges the technical and commercial sides of the business, working with publishers and advertisers to implement and optimise illuma's contextual solutions in a privacy-first advertising landscape. Guillon has built his career at the intersection of data, technology, and digital advertising, developing expertise in programmatic infrastructure, data architecture, and the technical requirements of modern ad-tech platforms. His background spans solutions engineering and architecture roles that support both supply- and demand-side stakeholders in the digital media ecosystem. At illuma, his work is particularly relevant given the industry's ongoing transition away from third-party cookies, where contextual targeting solutions have become a central focus for publishers and brands seeking durable, privacy-compliant audience strategies.

Expertise & education

Expertise

Contextual AdvertisingSolutions ArchitectureProgrammatic AdvertisingCookieless TargetingData ArchitectureAd Technology IntegrationMachine Learning Applications in AdTechPrivacy-First Advertising

Speaking topics

Contextual targeting and cookieless advertisingSolutions architecture in ad technology

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Leading solutions architecture at illuma during a critical industry transition to cookieless advertising
  • Supporting publisher and advertiser adoption of contextual intelligence technology at scale