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Omar Tawakol

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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).

Last updated May 30, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Co-Founder & CEO
Company
Rembrand
Based
San Francisco, California, United States
Connections
2
Years in industry
20 years

Career

  • Founder

    Voicea · prior

  • Founder & CEO

    BlueKai · prior

Expertise & education

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

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

Recognition

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
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