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Architect of Facebook's $100B+ advertising empire and former Google AdWords builder, Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most consequential figures in the history of digital advertising.

Founder of U of Digital, the AdTech industry's go-to education platform that has trained thousands of professionals on programmatic advertising, DSPs, SSPs, and the broader digital advertising ecosystem.

Pioneer of social media marketing and digital brand strategy, Shiv Singh has shaped how global brands like PepsiCo and Visa engage consumers in the digital age — and literally wrote the book on social media marketing.

Senior Reporter at Adweek covering the collision of AdTech, privacy regulation, and platform policy — one of the sharpest translators of complex privacy changes for the digital advertising industry.

Former SVP of Ads at Google who led the ads and commerce organization. Now CEO of Neeva, bringing deep expertise from building one of the world's largest advertising systems.

VP of Advertising Product at NBCUniversal, Stephanie Gutnik is a leading force in CTV and streaming ad innovation, shaping programmatic strategy across Peacock and NBCU's One Platform.

A leading publisher-side voice in AdTech, Stephanie Layser shapes the future of privacy-preserving advertising and identity standards as VP of Programmatic Strategy at News Corp.

One of the most influential privacy and advertising law attorneys in the U.S., Stu Ingis has shaped digital advertising regulation and industry self-regulatory frameworks for over two decades as a Partner at Venable LLP.

Chief Revenue Officer at The Trade Desk, one of AdTech's most powerful independent DSPs, driving global revenue strategy across programmatic, CTV, and retail media.

Co-Founder and CTO of Innovid, the publicly-traded CTV ad serving and measurement platform — a pioneer in connected TV advertising infrastructure and interactive video technology.

CEO of Inuvo (NYSE: INUV) pioneering privacy-first, AI-driven advertising through the IntentKey platform — a cookieless targeting solution built for the post-third-party-cookie era.

Google's longtime YouTube and video advertising executive, Tara Walpert Levy has spent 15+ years shaping how brands and agencies leverage Google's ad platforms, making her one of the most influential operators in digital video advertising.

VP of Product at LiveRamp driving identity resolution and privacy-centric data connectivity solutions at the forefront of the post-cookie advertising era.

Founder of LUMA Partners and creator of the iconic LUMAscapes, Terence Kawaja is the AdTech industry's most influential dealmaker and ecosystem cartographer, shaping how the world understands digital advertising M&A.

VP of Marketing at Criteo driving the company's evolution from retargeting pioneer to full-stack commerce media platform, with deep expertise in retail media networks and first-party data strategies.

Former CEO of OpenX who championed independent ad exchange infrastructure and publisher-first programmatic solutions; now leading GoFundMe as CEO since 2020.

VP of Inventory Partnerships at The Trade Desk, Tim Sims is one of programmatic advertising's leading architects of supply path optimization, shaping how DSPs structure relationships with publishers and SSPs at scale.

Tim Vanderhook leads Viant, a publicly-traded advertising software company focused on people-based advertising. He has driven the company's identity graph and DSP technology development.

Chief Addressability Officer at Kargo driving cookieless identity strategy and privacy-preserving ad tech solutions in a post-cookie world.

CTO of Criteo driving the company's transformation from retargeting pioneer to full-stack commerce media platform, with deep expertise in privacy-first identity solutions and retail media technology.

AdTech revenue leader who helped scale TripleLift into one of programmatic native advertising's most prominent platforms, driving go-to-market strategy across brands, agencies, and publishers.

CEO of Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, who architected the landmark Rubicon Project-Telaria merger and has made the company a dominant force in CTV and programmatic advertising infrastructure.

Chief Product Officer at OpenX driving programmatic innovation across header bidding, supply path optimization, and privacy-first advertising infrastructure for one of the largest independent ad exchanges.

VP of Advertising Platforms at Apple, Todd Teresi leads Apple Search Ads and the company's privacy-first ad strategy — making him one of the most consequential figures in mobile advertising's post-IDFA era.