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Senior leader at Publicis Health Media driving data-driven media strategy and programmatic innovation in the healthcare and pharmaceutical advertising space.

Retail media architect who built Sam's Club's Member Access Platform (MAP) into a differentiated closed-loop advertising ecosystem powered by deterministic first-party membership data.

Chief Technology Officer at Criteo (since 2014), leading the commerce-media company’s R&D across Europe and the US.

Pioneering adtech antitrust scholar whose academic work directly shaped FTC and DOJ actions against Meta and Google, bridging rare insider industry experience with rigorous legal analysis.

Chairman and CEO of Mondelez International, driving one of the world's largest snack companies through digital transformation and data-driven marketing at massive global scale.

Dirk von Borstel is a senior AdTech executive at Virtual Minds, one of Germany's leading programmatic advertising platform groups, known for driving programmatic innovation in the DACH region.

Senior AdTech executive and Chief Marketing Officer at WHOOP, known for leading global marketing and brand strategy after a distinguished career scaling programmatic and digital advertising at major media companies.

Serial AdTech entrepreneur who built Media.net into one of the world's largest contextual ad networks before selling it for $900M — one of the biggest AdTech exits in history.

Chief Brand Officer at Pura, Dmitri Siegel is a brand strategist and advocate for ethical, privacy-respecting marketing known for purposeful consumer-centric brand building across e-commerce and smart home categories.

Founder and CEO of Hybrid Theory, a leading AdTech consultancy; recognized thought leader in programmatic supply chain economics, market structure, and M&A advisory.

AdTech entrepreneur and AI innovator leading xpln.ai, focused on bringing explainability and transparency to programmatic advertising and machine learning-driven media buying.

45th and 47th President of the United States with no significant presence or contributions in the AdTech industry.

President of Disney Advertising and one of the most powerful figures in premium video ad sales, Donna Speciale has shaped how streaming giants like Hulu and Disney+ monetize audiences at scale.

CEO of Walmart who has transformed the retail giant into a major player in retail media and commerce advertising through Walmart Connect, making it a formidable competitor to Amazon's ad business.

Doug Rozen is CEO of Cadent, a leading advanced TV advertising platform, known for driving convergence between linear and digital TV advertising at scale.

Senior product leader at Adobe driving advertising and audience solutions, with deep expertise in data-driven marketing and identity across the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem.

Marketing executive and brand builder known for transforming Pearle Vision into a modern retail brand; now applying consumer-centric marketing leadership to Take 5 Oil Change as CMO.

Acclaimed British commercial director whose visually inventive, emotionally resonant work for brands like John Lewis and Coca-Cola has shaped modern advertising storytelling.

Chief Product Officer at Waze driving the evolution of navigation-based advertising, including branded pins and contextual driver-targeting formats that reach tens of millions of monthly active users.