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Award-winning commercial and music video director at Stink Films, renowned for crafting visually iconic campaigns for global brands that blur the line between advertising and cinematic art.

Executive Chairman of Simpli.fi, the programmatic platform he co-founded in 2010 and led as CEO until 2025; backed by Blackstone and GTCR.

Co-founder and CEO of Singular, the marketing analytics platform that unified attribution and cost aggregation to give marketers a complete ROI picture.

Serial AdTech entrepreneur and pioneer in probabilistic identity resolution; founded Crosswise (acquired by Oracle) and now leads Deep.BI, an AI-driven data intelligence platform for media and AdTech.

Academic economist and marketing professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business whose empirical research on digital ad effectiveness, incrementality, and privacy has made him a go-to scholar for the AdTech industry.

SVP of Product Management at Magnite

CEO and co-founder of Directive Consulting, Garrett Mehrguth is a leading voice in B2B SaaS performance marketing, known for redefining how tech companies measure pipeline impact across search, paid media, and programmatic channels.

President of Hearts & Science, the data-driven media agency built by Omnicom, known for leading large-scale media strategy and analytics-forward advertising solutions for major brands.

Gary Friedman is the visionary Chairman and CEO of RH (formerly Restoration Hardware), known for transforming a struggling retail brand into a luxury lifestyle powerhouse — not a traditional AdTech figure, but influential in brand-driven marketing philosophy.

Google's Webmaster Trends Analyst and one of the most recognized voices on Google Search, crawling, and indexing — a must-follow for anyone in SEO and organic search strategy.

Gary Millerchip is CFO of Costco Wholesale, a retail finance executive whose oversight of Costco's growing advertising and membership monetization strategy places him at the intersection of retail media and AdTech.

Serial entrepreneur, marketing futurist, and CEO of VaynerMedia who has shaped how brands think about social media advertising, attention economics, and digital-first marketing strategy.

Gavin Buxton is Index Exchange's Managing Director for Asia, driving programmatic supply-side growth and header bidding adoption across the APAC region.

Programmatic analyst and author covering header bidding, cookie deprecation, and industry shifts.

AdTech operator with deep roots in programmatic and performance advertising, currently leading strategic and commercial direction at shoppable media platform Adimo.

CEO of Adform, Europe's leading independent adtech platform offering a fully integrated DSP/SSP/DMP stack — a rare alternative to US-dominated programmatic ecosystems.

Co-Founder of Bubbler Media and former iHeartMedia CMO, Gayle Troberman is a seasoned marketing and brand strategy leader known for building innovative, audience-first advertising experiences across major media platforms.