Omar Tawakol

Co-Founder & CEO at Rembrand

Founding BlueKai and pioneering the data management platform (DMP) category, which became the infrastructure backbone of programmatic advertising and audience data activation.

OperatorSan Francisco, California, United States20+ years in industry

Last updated May 30, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Bio

Omar Tawakol is Co-Founder and CEO of Rembrand, a generative-AI virtual product-placement platform, and a board member of The Trade Desk (2025). He previously founded BlueKai (acquired by Oracle) and Voicea (acquired by Cisco).

Previous Roles

Founder

Voicea (prior)

Founder & CEO

BlueKai (prior)

Expertise

Data Management Platforms (DMP)Programmatic AdvertisingAudience Data MarketplaceThird-Party DataAI-Powered PersonalizationData PrivacyEnterprise AIIdentity Resolution

Education

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
MBA, Harvard Business School

Notable Achievements

Founded BlueKai in 2008, pioneering the DMP category and selling it to Oracle for approximately $400 million in 2014
BlueKai became the foundation of Oracle Data Cloud, one of the world's largest third-party data marketplaces
Founded Voicera in 2017, which was acquired by Cisco in 2019 and integrated into Webex as the Webex Assistant
Serial entrepreneur with two successful exits across AdTech and enterprise AI

Awards

Recognized on industry lists for top AdTech entrepreneurs and innovators

Speaking Topics

Data privacy and the future of third-party dataBuilding and scaling data marketplacesAI applications in advertising and marketingEntrepreneurship and company building in AdTechThe evolution of audience targeting post-cookie

Connections