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SVP of Ad Platforms at Walmart Connect, Evan Adlman is a key architect of one of retail media's most powerful ad tech stacks, scaling Walmart's advertising infrastructure to compete with digital giants.

Principal Analyst at Insider Intelligence (eMarketer) covering digital advertising, retail media, and AdTech privacy shifts — one of the industry's most cited voices on programmatic trends and signal loss.

Ewa Madon drives research and insights at Outbrain, shaping industry understanding of native advertising effectiveness and content recommendation trends through data-driven thought leadership.

CEO of Sourcepoint, the consent management platform helping publishers navigate privacy regulations while protecting ad revenue — a critical voice at the intersection of AdTech, privacy compliance, and the open web.

CTO of HUMAN Security, leading the technical fight against bot fraud and invalid traffic that costs the digital advertising industry billions annually.

CRO of Zeotap driving global revenue for one of Europe's leading customer intelligence and identity resolution platforms, and a prominent advocate for privacy-first, first-party data strategies in the post-cookie era.

Co-founder and CEO of Simpli.fi, one of the leading programmatic DSPs built on unstructured data targeting — a pioneer in localized, geo-fenced, and addressable advertising for agencies.

VP of Marketing at Raptive (formerly AdThrive), driving brand and growth strategy for one of the largest ad management platforms serving independent content creators and digital publishers.

Gal Trifon is co-founder and CEO of Deep.BI, a data intelligence platform for media and AdTech companies, and was previously the founder and CEO of Crosswise, a cross-device identity company acquired by Oracle Data Cloud. His work spans identity resolution, cross-device targeting, and AI-driven audience intelligence, making him a serial entrepreneur in the data and identity layer of AdTech. He is recognized as a pioneer in probabilistic identity matching.

Academic economist turning AdTech's measurement blind spots into rigorous science — Garrett Johnson's research on ad incrementality and platform economics is required reading for anyone serious about advertising effectiveness.

President and COO of PubMatic, one of AdTech's largest independent SSPs; a decade-long operator driving publisher monetization strategy and programmatic supply-side innovation at scale.

Gavin Dunaway is a veteran AdTech editor and analyst best known for his editorial leadership at AdMonsters, where he shaped industry conversation around programmatic advertising, header bidding, and publisher monetization for over a decade.

VP and GM of LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, leading one of the world's most influential B2B advertising platforms and shaping how brands reach professional audiences at scale.

CMO of iHeartMedia who has been a driving force behind the rise of programmatic audio advertising, blending data-driven marketing with the world's largest audio network.

Senior AdTech executive at CNN driving premium video advertising and programmatic strategy for one of the world's most recognized news brands across digital and streaming platforms.

CEO of the Media Rating Council since 2011, George Ivie is the foremost authority on advertising measurement standards, having shaped the industry's foundational rules on viewability, invalid traffic, and cross-media measurement.

Seasoned tech executive and AdTech investor known for leading Shazam's growth and now actively shaping the AdTech and MarTech landscape through board and advisory roles.

Founder of Adap.tv (acquired by AOL for ~$405M) turned venture capitalist; one of AdTech's most respected operator-investors shaping programmatic video and MarTech.

Co-founder of Beeswax, the customizable DSP infrastructure platform acquired by Comcast/FreeWheel in 2021 that redefined transparency and flexibility in programmatic bidding.

Chief Product Officer at Innovid driving CTV advertising innovation through dynamic creative optimization, cross-platform measurement, and data-driven personalization at scale.

Co-founder and CEO of Aqfer, Gowthaman Ragothaman is a veteran AdTech operator building enterprise-grade data management and identity infrastructure for the privacy-first era.

The architect of Netflix's advertising business, Graham Mudd brought Meta-scale ad expertise to build one of the most anticipated new ad platforms in streaming history.

Mobile advertising executive and creative optimization advocate at Kargo, known for bridging programmatic technology with brand storytelling and championing higher creative standards in mobile AdTech.

Co-CEO of Havas Media Group, driving large-scale integration of programmatic and data-driven advertising across one of the world's largest media networks.