Joshua Abneri is Director, Addressable Strategy at KINESSO, the performance marketing arm of IPG Mediabrands. He has more than 10 years of experience in video strategy and activation. Currently, Joshua leads strategy and activation for several pharma brands, delivering data-informed, addressable premium video across channels.

Evan Adlman serves as Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales & Revenue Operations for AMC Networks. In this role, Adlman leads the company’s digital and national sales operation, overseeing national sales, linear and digital operations, the FAST/AVOD business team, programmatic sales and the company’s pioneering work in advanced advertising, enabling clients to leverage data and platforms across AMC Networks’ brands to reach their audiences. Adlman also works closely with the organization’s programming and business development teams on an increasingly expanding array of ways to serve content to users on new platforms, enabling more opportunities for clients to engage with audiences.

Prior to joining AMC Networks, Adlman was most recently Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales for Condé Nast, where his scope included programmatic, data, video and agency partnerships. He led the enterprise sales team, all data partnerships and designed the go-to-market strategy for the company’s AdTech partnerships and business integrations across display, video and email.

Before Condé Nast, Adlman led PubMatic’s supply business for the Americas. His team worked with premium publishers to implement programmatic ad buying capabilities and strategies across their direct and indirect sales teams.

Larry Allen is Vice President of Global Strategy, Data, Measurement & Addressable at FreeWheel, a Comcast Advertising company, which provides the technology, data enablement, and convergent marketplaces required to ensure buyers and sellers can transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels, in order to ensure the ultimate goal – results for marketers. In his role, Larry leads global strategy and commercial initiatives to advance the use of sophisticated data sets for audience planning, measurement, and cross-media activation.

Prior to his current role, Larry served as Vice President and General Manager of Data and Addressable Enablement for Comcast Advertising, a global leader in media, technology, and advertising that fosters powerful connections between brands and their audiences as well as among publishers, distributors, MVPDs, agencies, and other industry players. In this role, he was responsible for leading the overarching addressable TV solutions and product roadmap across Comcast, serving both internal and external clients.

With more than 20 years of extensive experience in media, marketing, and ad technology; Larry previously served as Vice President of Ad Strategy at WarnerMedia, where he developed innovative advanced TV solutions and drove product vision. Larry also was Senior Vice President of Business Development for Xaxis, where he led publisher development, trading and investment for Xaxis Americas. In addition, Larry held senior positions at AOL, Yieldex, Viewpoint Corporation (Unicast), and 24/7 Real Media.

An expert in addressability and other advanced TV solutions, Larry holds a board director role within the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) - an affiliate of the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) - which is an industry organization dedicated to innovation in media measurement. He also leads cross-industry collaboration efforts, serving as board secretary for Go Addressable, a major industry initiative founded in 2021. Partnering closely with his peers from across the industry, Larry works to scale addressable TV capabilities for advertisers, making it easier for them to incorporate addressable TV into their campaigns. His focus remains on leveraging data and technology to improve consumer experiences and deliver optimal results for clients across all screens.

Larry frequently speaks on topics ranging from identity, cross media measurement, and advanced attribution tactics at conferences such as Advertising Week New York, AUDIENCExSCIENCE, CES, CIMM, Streaming Media West, TV Data Summit, and TV of Tomorrow. He is also often quoted in the press in publications such as Ad Age, AdExchanger, Beet.TV, and the Wall Street Journal. Larry graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in business management. He lives in New York City with his family.

Esra Bacher is currently serving as the Global Agency Lead, Agency Exchange Partnerships at Google. In this pivotal role, she is responsible for shaping the sales vision and end-to-end market engagement strategy for Google Ad Manager inventory, successfully driving adoption through strategic partnerships with major advertising agencies and large publishers.  Prior to her role at Google, Esra spent over a decade at GroupM, where she served as Managing Partner, Head of Programmatic Investment in New York. In this leadership position, she oversaw the strategic programmatic investment for GroupM clients across all media types. She was instrumental in defining and implementing the programmatic investment and Supply Path Optimization (SPO) strategy. An inspiring leader and respected thought leader, her expertise has been featured in prominent media outlets, including Adweek and ExchangeWire, and she is a frequent speaker at major industry events. Esra holds a Master of Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, specializing in International Marketing and Management. 

Kathryn (Kat) Barnitt is Truthset’s Head of Data Science, having served previously as the company’s Interim CTO. With six years of experience at Truthset, she is responsible for all things data, including machine learning, analytics, research, and security and compliance. She and her team hold the patents for Truthset’s proprietary Truthscore algorithms.

Before joining Truthset, Kathryn specialized in data analytics and econometric modeling as a Senior Analyst at Analysis Group, an economic consulting firm based in Boston, MA. She graduated from Williams College (Go Ephs!) with a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics and English.

 Currently residing in Berkeley, CA, when not crunching numbers, Kathryn trains for marathons, trounces her competition in sudoku, and spoils her two cats.

As Vice President of Client Growth in Data Solutions at Epsilon, Amanda Bates is at the forefront of driving innovation with data across Advanced TV solutions.  Amanda brings deep expertise in direct and digital marketing, complemented by a robust background in database marketing. Her leadership spans a diverse range of verticals—including tech, telco, media platforms, partners, agencies and more recently, dining, and travel. She has consistently enabled brands and clients to unlock their full potential of data, fueling growth and positioning Epsilon as a trailblazer in the evolving media and entertainment landscape.

Jay leads media security strategy at HUMAN, where he drives product strategy, M&A, major partnerships, and new opportunities for HUMAN fraud protection at scale. As the first non-founder to join the company full-time back in 2013, Jay has played an integral role in leading revenue generation and fostering adoption of HUMAN technology by the internet’s largest platforms. Before HUMAN, he was President of gamerDNA Media and served as SVP at Emergent Payments. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Cornell.

As the Executive Director of Sports and Live Investment at WPP Media, Marty partners with the agency Portfolio, Client Business, and Investment Leads, to ensure a cohesive and collaborative best-in-class investment offer for WPP Media clients. He delivers a holistic view to help navigate the evolving investment landscape. 

He joined WPP Media in 2011 and with over 24 years of experience in the industry, he has been essential in the implementation of brand integrations as well as negotiations in the general and sports marketplace. He has helped create a better connection between clients and their consumers by enhancing existing media opportunities and bringing new ideas to fruition. Through his negotiations, Marty has allowed clients’ dollars to work harder for them. 

In previous roles, Marty has been a Director of Implementation overseeing brands across multiple categories. Before joining WPP Media, Marty spent more than 13 years working at Mediaedge:CIA, DDB, BBDO and OMD on every type of account working with top advertisers from Packaged Goods, QSR and Financials to Technology. His understanding of the business dynamics of transactional-based clients as well as his success in bringing to life sponsorships, was essential to the success of the brands. 

Dan Callahan is the Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for Spectrum Reach®, the advertising and sales division of Charter Communications. In this role, Dan is responsible for all revenue generation activities at Spectrum Reach, leveraging his extensive experience to create new growth opportunities for its advertising and sales capabilities.  He is an experienced sales executive with a proven track record of strategy, innovation, and transformation within the industry. He is committed to shaping the future of converged, addressable, and data-enabled TV, and will be instrumental as Spectrum Reach continues to create new growth opportunities for our advertising and sales capabilities.  

As a veteran in the media, marketing, and advertising sales industry, Dan has been at the forefront of change and innovation with a steady focus on the ‘next generation’ of advertising capabilities, notably around addressable and programmatic advertising solutions. He holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University.

Julie is a commercial executive with a track record of success in planning, executing and delivering excellence in platform technology, data activation, and content sales/marketing. 

Previously, Julie held the role of Vice President of Programmatic Advertising and Data Strategy at Hearst and Global Head of Advertising Revenue Innovation at Spotify, where she was responsible for podcast monetization, agency development, programmatic, trading, brand safety and category development. Julie also held leadership roles at Rocket Fuel, AudienceScience, and Scripps Networks Interactive (now WBD).

Julie obtained her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Notre Dame 

Working with the full client roster across Publicis Media, Cullen Deady co-leads client enablement and education of PMX Lift, Publicis Media’s advanced TV practice. As Senior Vice President, he consults agency teams and clients on the advanced TV space to offer unique, proprietary buying solutions that combine linear and TV inventory, while serving as the PMX Lift lead for audience-based strategy and activation across various data sets and marketing technology. By positioning and selling the power of PMX Lift, Cullen has helped continually deliver year-over-year growth, driven by a combination of organic growth and new business wins.

Cullen joined Publicis back in March 2013 as an Associate at Starcom. There, he worked his way up through the ranks for 10 years, landing as Vice President of Audience Strategy prior to his current role. At Starcom, Cullen managed over $1B in client billings; owned marketing technology and audience workflows across multiple clients; led the agency’s client-dedicated Audience Strategy Center of Excellence, growing the team size by 50%; and was a champion of company culture and development of young talent.

Cullen’s dedication to owning the media and communications planning for numerous of Publicis’ top clients has led him to be a two-time Effie Award winner.

Born and raised in the western suburbs of Chicago, Cullen currently resides in Portland, Oregon to take full advantage of the Pacific Northwest lifestyle. Outside of work, you can find him taking his dog for a road trip around the region, hiking one of the many trails in his area, and checking out the newest craft brewery opening in the city. 

Hania Faridi is Senior Vice President at Mastercard, where she leads sales and servicing with technology & channel partners across Mastercard’s suite of services, including business and market insights, consumer acquisition and engagement, security solutions, and open banking. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hania brings over a decade of experience in driving global revenue growth and fostering strategic partnerships in the technology ecosystem. She is recognized for her expertise in helping companies leverage data-driven insights to innovate and scale. 

Previously, Hania held various roles at Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), where she helped some of the biggest global organizations deploy Test & Learn capabilities to inform strategic decisions around marketing, advertising, pricing, & payments. APT was acquired by Mastercard in 2015. 

Hania earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.  

Mollie Garza is the CEO & Founder of MJGrowth Consulting LLC.

Lauren is the Head of Sales and Partnerships of Chase Media Solutions, a dual-sided media platform that connects brands to Chase’s 82 million customers with the goal of helping consumers discover great value from merchants that matter to them while also driving sales for brands and merchant partners.

Lauren has over 15 years of media, advertising, technology and executive experience with some of the world’s leading platforms, including ROKT, Facebook (Meta), Roblox, VEVO and Viacom. In her role at Chase, she oversees Chase Media Solutions’ sales teams and partners with cross-functional teams like marketing, product and sales operations to align sales strategy with overarching company goals.

Trevor Hamilton is Managing Director of Publisher & Platform Solutions at Kochava, the leading omnichannel measurement and attribution company. With nearly two decades of experience driving growth across the ad tech landscape, Trevor has held senior revenue leadership roles at companies including Boxfish, Amobee, and Velti, where he helped scale sales organizations and deliver transformative client outcomes.

A proven commercial leader, Trevor excels at building and leading high-performing teams, forging strategic partnerships, and uncovering new revenue opportunities. He is passionate about translating complex technology into measurable value for clients and thrives on mentoring and developing talent. 

Based in New York, Trevor is dedicated to advancing customer-driven innovation and helping publishers and platforms connect their media investments to real-world business impact.

Darline Jean is a member of the executive leadership team for Google's suite of publisher platforms, which is comprised of Google Ad Manager, AdMob, and AdSense. After holding various C-level roles across the agency and publisher sides of the industry, Darline Jean now leads Google Network's platform demand strategy, overseeing a growing sales organization that works directly with global ad agencies and tech platforms to drive revenue to digital content publishers, grounded in increasing performance for brands.

Kimberly is the President and CEO of Butler/Till and brings decades of experience in both B2B and B2C marketing across many industries, including insurance, consumer products, healthcare and health systems, financial services, energy, and retail. She previously worked at McCann Erickson, Bausch + Lomb, and the Wolf Group. Kimberly has contributed to work that has won industry accolades, including multiple Effie, Addy, and Pinnacle Awards. Kimberly has held a lecturer position at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and has been a guest speaker at Nazareth University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Ad Age, the American Marketing Association, the National Center for Employee Ownership, and the ESOP Association. Kimberly has served on the Board of Directors at Bivona Child Advocacy Center and the Young Presidents’ Organization. She is also a winner of Rochester’s “Forty Under 40 Award,” honoring those who exhibit a unique combination of business and community leadership.

Since joining Butler/Till 15+ years ago, Kimberly has played an instrumental role in the company’s growth. Under Kimberly’s leadership, Butler/Till has reached impressive milestones, including becoming a Certified B Corporation, transitioning to a 100% employee-owned company, opening an office in New York City, and earning recognition as a “Top Workplace” for 15 consecutive years.

Kimberly has a bachelor’s degree in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School, and has attended Executive Education at the Harvard Business School.

Jill Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer of Assembly North America, where she leads the agency’s vision, strategy, and operations across the region.

In her previous role as U.S. CEO of EssenceMediacom, Jill Kelly oversaw GroupM’s newest and largest agency in the world’s largest ad market. In her role, she helped ensure that EssenceMediacom’s breakthrough thinking delivers growth, innovation, and business results for clients.  

Before joining EssenceMediacom in October 2022, she was Global CMO at GroupM, where she led strategic marketing across its 80 markets and was responsible for launching the company’s Responsible Investment Framework in 2021 to help align the business with its mission to define the next era of media where advertising works better for people.  
Jill has devoted her career to innovation in digital advertising and media. She co-founded the industry’s first Digital Content NewFronts (2012) and has held leadership roles across a number of industry agency brands, from media agencies to digital, data and technology offerings at WPP, Publicis Groupe and IPG.  

Jill is deeply invested in driving diversity and equity advocacy, and inclusion initiatives in the industry including New Majority Ready in 2019. In recognition, she has been named to Adage's Leading Women ranks and honored by AdColor with the "Legend" award. She served on the ColorComm Board and was the Operating Board Chair of She Runs It, a women’s leadership organization. Over the years, she has mentored and sponsored hundreds of professionals through structured and informal forums.  

In addition to her professional activities, Jill is concurrently navigating college admissions with her three teenagers, is a self-proclaimed weekend culinary warrior, and wannabe runner (except when it's below freezing temperatures).  

Michael Kuntz is the National Vice President, Advanced TV Sales for Spectrum Reach®, the advertising and sales division of Charter Communications.  In this role, he is responsible for growing programmatic partnerships with national brands and agencies, providing internal and external education, and exploring new ad-tech solutions.

Michael is a digital ad sales veteran with over 20-years of experience in the industry.  He has worked across the entire publisher, ad-tech, and agency holding company ecosystem to build strategic partnerships and launch innovative ad products and programmatic solutions.  He has previously served as COO, National Head of Sales at Gannett/USA TODAY, in addition to holding key leadership roles at Gawker Media and Hearst Corporation.

Jason Manningham is CEO and Founder of Blockgraph, the technology company fueling the future of connected TV. Under Jason’s leadership, the company’s privacy-centric identity and data collaboration platform is creating a better, safer, and more sustainable TV advertising ecosystem where media, technology, and advertising technology companies work together to deliver identity-based targeting and measurement solutions for multiscreen TV advertising.

Jason spearheaded the launch of Blockgraph five years ago, building it from an industry initiative led by Comcast Advertising into an independent company owned by Comcast NBCUniversal, Charter Communications and Paramount. Prior to his current role, Jason held a variety of strategy and operations positions at FreeWheel (a Comcast Company), AOL, and Viacom Media Networks. He started his career at Accenture as a management consultant.

Jason holds a BBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Kelly Metz is the Chief Investment Officer at Spark Foundry. At Spark, Kelly leverages her unique background in tech and media to build holistic investment strategies. Her expertise lies in uniting investment, activation, and content to deliver superior, data-driven client outcomes.

A recognized leader in media investment, Kelly is at the forefront of driving greater accountability in emerging digital channels, especially streaming television. Before joining Spark, she held senior investment roles at OMD U.S. and led the advanced television practice for Omnicom Media Group.

Kelly built her distinct perspective foundational roles at technology leaders like Oracle, Yahoo!, and Adobe, and at agile startups like VideoAmp. This deep fluency in both technology and media allows her to pioneer sophisticated, future-facing solutions that address the market's most complex challenges.

Chris is a senior marketing executive with over 12 years of experience leading talent-driven campaigns at the intersection of culture, commerce, and storytelling. As SVP of Creator Partnerships at Publicis (following its acquisition of Captiv8), he oversees talent strategy, creator relationships, and partnership architecture for some of the world’s most influential brands.

Chris specializes in building award-winning, talent-first brand platforms that move culture and drive measurable business results. Most recently, he spearheaded the Tru Kolors x American Eagle global campaign featuring Travis Kelce — developing the concept, securing buy-in, negotiating the partnership, and leading creative and product collaboration from ideation through launch. The result was a first-of-its-kind cultural moment that united sports, fashion, and entertainment, garnering global attention.

Before joining Captiv8 (now part of Publicis), Chris spent seven years at WME representing top-tier talent and negotiating multi-million-dollar brand deals across entertainment, sports, and digital. His experience spans both the agency and brand sides, giving him a unique ability to bridge the worlds of creators and commerce. Passionate about the future of the creator economy, he continues to explore innovative ways to connect brands and audiences authentically, impactfully, and at scale.

As Chief Investment Officer of PHD USA  Mike Piner delivers  data-driven, audience-centric investment solutions that enable connected consumer experiences across the customer journey. A tested executive with 27 years of industry experience, Piner has been a leading industry voice on TV’s digital transformation and an early pioneer in driving the development of advanced advertising capabilities. Named AdAge’s 2020 Media Planner of Media Planner of the Year for using next gen-data and technology to break media investment boundaries, he had held seats on both the Joint Industry Committee (JIC) to advance the standardization of alternative video currencies and the Go Addressable industry initiative to accelerate the growth of addressable TV. 

Fiona is an expert in 1st party data strategies, data monetisation, carbon reduction, digital innovation, data-driven marketing, brand positioning, sales, strategic partnerships, business development. In her previous roles, Fiona has pioneered new tech platforms to the UK market, launching to publishers and brands. Before that, she spent a decade at blue-chip media owners including Trinity Mirror, Bauer, and News International. With over 20 years of experience in the media industry, Fiona has developed a holistic understanding and created numerous long-standing, profitable relationships with media agencies, publishers, and brands. Known for her strategic vision and business growth acumen, Fiona is a thought leader dedicated to advancing MarTech, AdTech, and publishing platforms.

Liz Schiff is the SVP of Global Agency Development for IAS.

With over a decade focused on developing new measurement currencies, Stu has made a career of bringing together iconic American media companies and brand advertisers around data that is faster, more accurate and more actionable. With the support of iSpot’s vast client base of A-list brands—marketers utilizing iSpot’s real-time analytics to transform their TV strategies—Stu has been leading a movement to rethink how entertainment companies can better engage consumers while optimizing their TV ad performance. From helping to empower studios to buy TV based on ticket sales, or giving networks the ability to broker ad inventory based on business-outcome guarantees, Stu spends his days driving the industry forward. Prior to his time at iSpot, using NLP-derived emotion measurement data as Chief Strategy Officer at Canvs AI, Stu helped Fox and Pepsi broker integrated deals based not just on impressions but on how advertising moves people to feel and express themselves. Earlier, as a strategist and analyst at agencies like Young & Rubicam, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Publicis, Stu led the launch of dozens of new car lines and household products. Always fascinated with the power of storytelling and data-driven truth, Stu got his professional start as a journalist for The New York Times, WIRED and BusinessWeek.

Lauren Schweitzer is General Manager of Sales at DISH Media, responsible for driving revenue growth across the full portfolio of DISH Media solutions. Lauren oversees relationships with key partners, both agency and client direct. Lauren joined DISH Media in 2018. Prior to DISH, she spent years selling at both ION Television and Univision, as well as time on the agency side at Carat.

Howard Shimmel is President, Janus Strategy and Insights, a new US based research consultancy formed in 2019. Prior to starting this company, Howard was Chief Research Officer at Turner, where he oversaw all multi-screen entertainment, news, kids and sports research, as well as corporate analysis and insight-led efforts.

Shimmel played a critical role in driving the company’s efforts around the consumer journey and insights to better capture measurement for both Turner and its partners. In 2016, in partnership with Turner Ad Sales’ Turner Ignite team, Shimmel oversaw the launch of Turner Ad Lab, an initiative whose goal was to make recommendations about linear and digital video ad experience in light of the changing TV landscape.

Prior to be promoted to his role in 2014, Shimmel was senior vice president of ad sales and sports research for Turner, where he oversaw television and digital research analysis and strategy support for the company’s news, entertainment, animation, young adults & kids and sports advertising sales units. He joined Turner from Nielsen Media & Advertising Analytics where he served as executive vice president responsible for building out an advanced analytic business focused on issues like cross-platform analytics, advanced media targeting, promotion effectiveness and ROI measurement, for media companies, agencies and advertisers. Shimmel’s industry-rich experience includes other leadership roles at The Nielsen Company, America Online, WBIS and MTV Networks. He also served as president of Symmetric Resources, Inc. Over the span

of his career, Shimmel has developed research expertise related to technology adoption, methodology and advertising’s impact on sales.

Jen Soch, Executive Director of Channel Solutions at WPP Media oversees Audio & Local Video, DR, Publishing, and AdvancedTV. Her extensive career spans over three decades in media agencies, where she has consistently driven innovation and excellence. 

Previously, as Integrated Global Investment Lead at Mindshare, a WPP Media Brand, Jen spearheaded the Facebook Business, managing all investment channels including Video, Audio, Programmatic, Image, Search, Social, and Digital. Her strategic oversight ensured cohesive campaigns and seamless integration across channels and tactics. 

Jen's impressive track record includes roles as EVP, Commercial at The Guardian, where she led U.S. Commercial Operations, and a strategic position at Domo focusing on analytics and investment. Her agency experience encompasses leadership roles at Ammarti-Puris, Dentsu-Aegis, MEC, and MediaVest, where she guided planning, strategy, and investment for diverse client portfolios. 

Jen spent over a decade defining the first addressable and digital marketplaces and launching inaugural advertising on video on demand, including OTT, CTV, and mobile platforms. 

Jen holds an MBA from Fordham University and a degree from Lehigh University. Beyond her professional achievements, she is a proud mom who enjoys ski jumping, and playing the saxophone. 

Jeremy Steinberg is the Chief Revenue Officer at Fandom, the world’s largest fan platform. In this role, he leads the company's revenue growth strategy and oversees all commercial endeavors. His primary focus is on building high-performance teams and forging partnerships that are cutting-edge, to bring industry-leading solutions to market. 

Prior to joining Fandom, Jeremy was the Chief Revenue Officer and GM at Yieldmo, where he transformed the business into a top premium ad exchange, increased revenue threefold, and developed large market-leading partnerships, expanding the business internationally and into CTV. Before Yieldmo, Jeremy served as Global Head of Ecosystem at MediaMath, where he developed industry-leading global partnerships that transformed the company's go-to-market offerings. Jeremy also played an important role in the acquisition of The Weather Company by IBM in 2015, where he was the Global Head of Sales and helped transform the go-to-market strategy, introduced the groundbreaking WeatherFX platform to the market, and launched Watson Advertising. 

Jeremy's extensive experience in sales and revenue leadership, programmatic, and data-driven product development, has equipped him to bring industry-leading solutions to market and to forge cutting-edge partnerships that drive exponential growth. His integrity and emotional intelligence, qualities that have been the bedrock of his leadership style over the years, make him an effective leader in both growth and turnaround situations. Jeremy's experience in building high-performance teams with a change-oriented mindset has been vital in his current role at Fandom. He has a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Michigan and actively supports the UJA and the Y Afterschool Programs.

Matthew Van Houten is Senior Vice President of Product and Partnerships at DIRECTV Advertising. Matt’s views on media, advertising, technology and innovation come from 15+ years and 360° of industry experience working across the Entertainment and Media sectors at powerful brands (ViacomCBS, WarnerMedia), scaled distributors (AT&T, DIRECTV, Xandr), and respected universities (CUNY Baruch College, NYU). Matt has led the growth of multi-billion dollar domestic and international businesses across traditional and emerging media.

As a thought leader, Matt holds several patents and is a two-time EMMY® award winner for his work in advanced advertising. He has consistently built high performing product, strategy, & business development teams, has established strategic partnerships in changing media landscapes, has led investment M&A and developed new lines of business, and has enabled revenue growth across national, addressable, local, and programmatic ad sales channels. 

For the past 13 years, Matt has shared his expertise and his perspective in the classroom: he serves as an adjunct professor at the Zicklin School of Business at CUNY Baruch College, where he teaches an advanced media, entertainment, and technology course in the school’s Department of Marketing and International Business.

Matt earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Diego, and earned a Master of Business Administration from CUNY Baruch College. He is also a former collegiate athlete and WCLL national champion in lacrosse. He currently lives in Manhasset, New York with his wife and three sons.  

Domenic Venuto is Horizon Media's Chief Product and Data Officer, overseeing enterprise-wide Product, Data, and AI strategy. His work drives transformative data solutions and product innovation, optimizing media and growth outcomes for clients.

Previously, Domenic was COO at Progress Partners, scaling M&A and venture initiatives in media and advertising. As COO at Amobee, he led a global team of 300+, managing $320M in revenue and spearheading the integration of Videology's $120M acquisition. At The Weather Channel, he launched AI-driven ad solutions and expanded revenue via strategic data partnerships.

Domenic also held senior roles at Publicis Groupe and Razorfish, managing key industry partnerships and overseeing major P&Ls across sectors like retail and media. A thought leader in adtech, he contributes to top publications and advises on company boards, including ID5. Domenic holds an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

April Weeks, chief investment and media officer, leads a team of 300+ media professionals to steward $1B in media spend on behalf of Basis’ managed services division. Her team partners with clients to solve business challenges through holistic solutions combining advertising technology, subject matter expertise, and activation proficiency. April has over 25 years of experience partnering with agencies and brands to develop and execute omnichannel media plans and investment strategies.

A change-management leader, April has led Basis’ convergence of specialized capabilities, expertise, and knowledge into one integrated team with subject matter expertise and activation proficiency across all digital media channels. April has been cited in industry outlets such as Adweek, eMarketer, and MediaPost. She is a member of CHIEF and has previously been part of the She Runs It mentor program. April’s expertise is built on several years serving clients at IPG and Omnicom agencies.

Robert Wheeler is the Founder and CEO of At The Moment Media (ATM), a dynamic media publisher launched in May 2025. ATM (www.atm.media) operates at the intersection of Advertising, Technology, and Media—a world it aptly calls "ATM." His media platform has been referred to as the *People Magazine* of the industry, focusing on the human stories behind the headlines and valuing the people driving the news just as much as the news itself. It provides essential insights and high-level interviews from industry-shaping events.

A veteran marketing and communications executive, Robert left his role as Chief Marketing Officer for GroupM, North America to launch ATM. At GroupM, he was the chief architect of consolidating marketing resources to support the firm's largest and most profitable region. His leadership was instrumental in increasing strategic client marketing initiatives by 165%. He also spearheaded the adoption of marketing AI technologies and aligned C-suite strategies across Mindshare, Wavemaker, and EssenceMediacom.

Prior to GroupM, he served as Group Vice President and Corporate Marketing & Communications Lead at WarnerMedia. In this role, Robert acted as the company's chief spokesperson and was the chief communications lead for the integration and proposed merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery. He also managed global integrated marketing efforts for key brands, including CNN, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros.

His career has been defined by a proven ability to launch and shape major brands. As Head of Global Communications at AT&T's Xandr, he built the global communications division from the ground up and executed the original go-to-market communications strategy that launched the brand. This deep expertise in the ad-tech and media landscape was further built through senior marketing and communications roles at TiVo, Cadent, and AT&T AdWorks, where he led negotiations for major B2B events like the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and CES.

Robert began his career at NBC Universal, rising from the prestigious Page Program to roles as a publicist for Bravo and Oxygen Media and a Senior Coordinator in Corporate Communications. During his time at NBCU, he assisted with major announcements, including the creation of Hulu, the acquisitions of The Weather Channel and Oxygen Media, and crisis management for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Throughout his career, he has been recognized for his industry contributions, earning the prestigious Richard D. Parsons Award and being named one of the "40 Under 40" in the media industry by Multichannel News.

Dawn Lee Williamson is Chief Revenue Officer of Comcast Advertising's Media Solutions team, which provides a streamlined way for advertisers to build brand relevancy and sustainable business outcomes through multiscreen TV advertising campaigns – powered by the media, data, and technology assets of Comcast. In this role, she oversees all of Comcast Advertising’s U.S. media sales assets spanning agency, local, regional, and national; political, media & entertainment, and automotive; programmatic and addressable; and AudienceXpress. She also leads Sales Development, in addition to the new Agency Strategy & Partnerships team that will establish the go-to-market strategy across all lines of business, bridging Comcast’s media, data, and tech assets for national agencies in coordination with Comcast Advertising’s data teams.

Dawn joined the company as Regional Vice President for Effectv – which is now part of Media Solutions and operating under the Comcast Advertising brand – in the Southeast region in 2018. Under her leadership, the Southeast became Effectv’s top performing region in 2020. Dawn and her team fueled this growth by expanding existing customer relationships and creating new revenue opportunities.

In 2021, Dawn stepped up to serve as the Head of Sales Development at Effectv, leading the company’s new 300+ person sales development organization designed to accelerate Effectv’s client-centric approach to customer success. In this role, she oversaw a team focused on understanding clients’ holistic business needs, developing the right solutions to reach those brands’ audiences across screens, and driving measurable outcomes. Additionally, at the same time, Dawn led Mnemonic, Effectv’s in-house creative agency, and was the Executive Sponsor of the Salesforce implementation.

Dawn came to Comcast from VICE Media, where she was Senior Vice President, Head of U.S. Advertising Sales. There, she led revenue-generating strategies through custom client solutions, agency and media partnerships and other initiatives that reinforced and drove VICE’s value proposition in the marketplace. Before VICE Media, Dawn oversaw all commercial activity for BBC World News TV and BBC.com for the Americas (North America and Latin America). She also held global and domestic leadership roles at Turner Broadcasting System, TNT, CNN, and Cartoon Network.

Dawn is a two-time Cablefax “Most Influential Minority in Cable” honoree, a 2023 and 2024 Cablefax Diversity & Pride honoree, a former member of Effectv’s Diversity Board, and current National Champion for the Comcast, Asian Pacific American Employee Resource Group. She is also a member of She Runs It, an industry organization that aims to cultivate and promote female talent throughout all levels in marketing, media, and technology and mentors for Mentoro, a non-profit organization that mentors young professionals in the retail, media and tech industry.

Dawn has published articles in Ad Age and spoken at many industry conferences – including the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Legislative Leadership Summit, ASOTU CON, the Digital Marketing World Forum Expo, and Matrix Solutions’ Media Ad Sales Summit. Additionally, Dawn graduated from the Betsy Magness Women’s Leadership, National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Executive Leadership program and the Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, WICT Network’s Senior Executive Summit (SES).