People

Serial entrepreneur who built and sold two landmark AdTech companies — ClickAgents ($40M) and BlueLithium ($300M to Yahoo!) — before age 26, pioneering behavioral targeting and programmatic advertising.

Co-founder and CEO of Verve Group, one of AdTech's most active consolidators who built a major mobile and CTV advertising platform through a string of strategic acquisitions.

Founder and CEO of Kargo, Harry Kargman built one of mobile advertising's most recognized independent platforms, pioneering high-impact creative formats for premium publishers.

VP of Product Management at PubMatic driving publisher monetization strategy, identity solutions, and privacy-first programmatic innovation at one of AdTech's leading independent SSPs.

Media entrepreneur and CEO of Insider Inc. who transformed digital publishing economics and advertising models, bridging Wall Street financial acumen with digital media innovation.

President & CEO of Dentsu Group, one of the world's top five ad holding companies, driving a sweeping 'One Dentsu' transformation that unifies creative, data, and technology capabilities for global clients.

Placeholder entry — see Anthony Katsur who leads IAB Tech Lab. This entry is intentionally excluded as Katsur is already in the database.

Ian Trider leads product innovation at Magnite, one of the world's largest independent SSPs, with deep expertise in CTV advertising infrastructure and programmatic supply-side technology.

Iann Zaborski leads publisher development across the Americas at Index Exchange, one of the leading independent SSPs. He is a respected figure in the supply-side programmatic community, focusing on publisher monetization strategy and header bidding innovation.

Inga Friedman Ezra is the Chief Revenue Officer at GumGum, a contextual intelligence company specializing in brand-safe advertising without reliance on personal data. She drives revenue strategy for the company's AI-powered contextual advertising solutions.

Yuri Debelov co-founded IPONWEB, one of the most influential infrastructure companies in the history of programmatic advertising, whose technology powered numerous DSPs, SSPs, and ad exchanges including BidSwitch. IPONWEB was acquired by Criteo in 2022 for approximately $380 million, representing one of the largest AdTech acquisitions of recent years. Debelov is widely credited as a foundational architect of real-time bidding infrastructure.

Co-founder and CEO of Wurl, the CTV distribution and advertising platform that has become essential infrastructure for streaming TV monetization at scale.

Top-ranked Wall Street analyst at Oppenheimer whose coverage of The Trade Desk, Magnite, PubMatic, and other public AdTech companies makes him one of the most influential voices shaping investor sentiment in programmatic advertising.

Yahoo's Chief Business Officer and architect of ConnectID, Iván Markman is one of AdTech's leading voices on cookieless identity and the future of privacy-first advertising.

Chief Revenue Officer at Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, driving global revenue strategy across CTV, mobile, and desktop programmatic advertising.

Jade Yeban leads cross-media measurement standards at IAB, shaping the frameworks that define how the advertising industry measures and values media across fragmented platforms.

CEO of Smaato, one of the world's largest independent mobile advertising platforms and SSPs, now part of Verve Group's growing programmatic ecosystem.

Founder and CEO of Kevel, James Avery is a leading voice in ad tech infrastructure, empowering companies to build custom ad servers and retail media networks as an alternative to Big Tech ad platforms.

Senior Reporter at AdExchanger who has become one of adtech's most-read journalists, known for breaking news on programmatic advertising, privacy regulation, and identity solutions.

Charles Manning is the CEO of Kochava, one of the most influential mobile measurement and attribution platforms in AdTech, known for championing privacy-first data solutions and deterministic attribution.

James Prudhomme leads addressability strategy and data ethics initiatives at Index Exchange, one of the leading independent SSPs in programmatic advertising. He has been a vocal advocate for responsible data use and transparent supply chain practices. His work helps shape how publishers and buyers navigate identity in a privacy-constrained environment.

President of Comcast Advertising, James Rooke is one of the most influential executives shaping the convergence of TV and digital advertising at scale.

Founder and CEO of Scope3, the AdTech industry's leading carbon emissions measurement platform — the person most responsible for putting sustainability on the programmatic advertising agenda.

Publisher-side programmatic powerhouse who built revenue operations at Business Insider and Bloomberg Media, and is a leading voice on data monetization and privacy-compliant targeting.