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Co-founder and CPO of Optable, pioneering privacy-safe data collaboration and clean room technology for publishers and advertisers navigating the cookieless era.

Bozoma Saint John is the former Global Chief Marketing Officer of Netflix, where she served from August 2020 to March 2022.

Brad Backenstose is President of Clients at WPP Media, leading client relationships and growth strategy across one of the world's largest media investment groups.

Chief Strategy Officer at USC Annenberg's Center for the Digital Future; 25+ year digital strategy advisor.

Creative technologist and strategist at Mojo Supermarket known for blending advertising craft with digital innovation across brand and agency work.

Brad Lightcap is the former Chief Operating Officer of OpenAI.

CFO of Omnicom Media, the media services division of Omnicom Group, overseeing financial operations for one of the world's largest media agency networks.

Founder & CEO of Anonym (privacy ad-tech, acquired by Mozilla in 2024); former VP of Marketing Science at Meta.

Brad Smith is the President and Vice Chair of Microsoft.

Senior media and programmatic leader at Dentsu X driving data-driven, audience-first media strategies for major brand clients across the US.

VP, Government Affairs at CoreWeave; former Meta and IAB public-policy lead.

Senior AdTech and media leader at Unilever driving data-driven marketing strategy and programmatic innovation for one of the world's largest advertisers.

Brandon Cooke is the Chief Marketing and Growth Officer of BarkleyOKRP, an independent advertising agency.

Co-founder of SocialVibe, which evolved into true[X] and later Infillion — a pioneer in engagement-based advertising and opt-in ad formats that reshaped how brands think about attention and value exchange.

Brandy Berthelson is a games and technology journalist and editor who has covered the field since 2006, with work appearing in Adweek and AOL's Games.com. She was editor-in-chief of Restart.run from its December 2024 launch, a games news site run by the content-marketing agency Moonrock and sponsored by Walmart. Moonrock laid off Restart's entire editorial team on August 7, 2026, and Berthelson said the layoff marked the end of her roughly 20-year career in games media.

Brendan Carr is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the top U.S. regulator overseeing broadcast media, telecommunications, and broadband — making him one of the most powerful figures shaping the media and advertising landscape.

Executive in Residence at Progress Partners