Slavi Samardzija
Slavi Samardzija is the Chief Data and Platforms Officer and Global Chair, Media and Commerce of Stagwell Inc.
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Bio
Slavi Samardzija is the Chief Data and Platforms Officer and Global Chair, Media and Commerce of Stagwell Inc. Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Samardzija held numerous executive roles at WPP across 15 years, then moved to Omnicom where he spent more than a decade, most recently as Global CEO of Annalect, the data and technology unit of Omnicom Media Group. At Stagwell, he leads data and platform initiatives including the implementation of an AI-powered operating system the company calls "The Machine," as well as an advanced customer and audience ID graph being integrated into Stagwell's Marketing Cloud. In his expanded role as Global Chair, Media and Commerce, he oversees a portfolio of media and commerce agencies — including Assembly, GALE, Goodstuff, and others — representing approximately $600 million in net revenues and more than 3,500 employees worldwide. Source 1: stagwellglobal.com — Stagwell Aligns Media and Commerce Companies under ... Source 2: stocktitan.net — Stagwell (STGW) Appoints Slavi Samardzija as Chief Data and ... Source 3: mediapost.com — Stagwell Names Samardzija Chief Data And Platforms Officer
Career
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