Programmatic Pulse

This week Sean is joined by Mike Hauptman, Founder & CEO at AdLib We discussed 👇 02:46 Mike’s Start in AdTech 06:42 Founding AdLib: Why and How 07:18 The Startup Journey: Rewarding but Relentless 13:59 What AdLib Does & How It’s Different 17:18 Who AdLib Serves: 4 Core ICPs 20:30 Why Single DSPs Are Limiting 23:41 Career Advice: Be Real & Make Shit Happen

This week Sean is joined by Caroline Lidington , UK MD & GM - MENA & APAC Invibes Advertising . We discussed 👇 00:20 - Caroline’s Career Journey 02:50 - Launching InVibes & Global Growth 05:20 - Creative Tech & Smart Targeting 07:50 - Fashion Meets GenAI 11:20 - Career Advice & Leadership 15:20 - Belief, Grit & Growth in Lockdown

This week Sean sat down with Zac Selby, Global Head of Digital Strategy at dentsu. We discussed 👇 00:15 - Zac’s Journey into AdTech & Moving to London 04:15 - Local vs Global Media Buying Explained 07:55 - Inside a Global Role & AI Roadmap 11:40 - Smarter Measurement: Behavioral & Attention Metrics 19:20 - Career Advice & Building Visibility 23:15 - Quote to Remember: “What Stands...

This week on the show Sean is joined by Blake Seabrook & Brendan Carney, Country Managers, UK & SE at Readpeak. We discuss👇 00:16 - Career Journeys 05:00 - The Readpeak Platform 07:21 - Publisher and Advertiser Perspectives 09:39 - Breaking Into Agencies & Overcoming Tech Stacks 14:20 - Nordic vs UK Market Differences 21:38 - Market Evolution & Smaller Agencies 24:03 - Career Advi...

This week Sean is joined by Ben Putley⁠, Co-Founder & CEO at ⁠Alkimi⁠. We discuss👇 💫 The evolution of Alkimi 💫 Building a decentralised ad exchange 💫 Lessons from their growth journey 💫 How to utilize AI to gain an edge 💫 Career advice for emerging leaders

This week Sean is joined by Christopher Pettit , Co-Founder & CEO at Revving Chapters below 👇 00:15 Recap of Fired Up Event 01:53 Chris’ Career Journey 06:38 What Revving Does 08:58 Industry Finance Problem 11:18 Why Late Payments Persist 13:43 Building Revving Obstacles & Growth 16:03 Convincing CFOs to Use Revving 18:33 Fixing the AdTech Ecosystem 20:32 Career Progression & Financia...

Programmatic Pulse podcast is back! Sean is joined by the CEO of the 2024 London AdTech Economic Forum winner - Fabian Beste @ 4screen. Chapters below 👇 00:15 Introduction to Fabian and 4Screen 05:46 The Concept and Technology Behind 4Screen 08:59 Starting in Covid 11:57 Partnerships with Major Automakers 14:43 The Startup Ecosystem in Munich 18:26 Growth Opportunities for 4Screen 21:15 Career Ad...

This week Sean is joined by Darren Jacobs, Sales Director EMEA at Zitcha. Chapters below 👇 00:29 - Career Journey 03:10 - Transitioning to a Global Market 06:14 - What Does Zitcha Do? 07:33 - Building a Retail Media Network 11:59 - How a Retailer Can Win 15:03 - Challenge in Retail Media 17:42 - The Future of Retail Media 29:04 - Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Rachel Smith, Co-Founder & CEO at ExchangeWire. Chapters below 👇 00:29 - Career Journey 06:33 - Growing ExchangeWire 10:01 - The Core Components of EW 12:13 - Simplifying AdTech 20:59 - Importance of Networking // ATS 31:03 - Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Tom Laband, Co-founder and CEO of Adsquare. 00:29 - Career Journey 02:51 - Growing Adsquare Internationally 05:56 - Entrepreneurial Operating Framework System 09:55 - Journey So Far and Growth Plans for Adsquare 16:32 - Tom's Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Ravi Patel , Founder & CEO at SWYM.ai Chapters below 👇 00:29 - Career Journey 03:45 - What is SWYM.ai ? 05:55 - Dynamic Curation 09:45 - Journey so Far and Growth Plans 11:38 - Achieving Product Market Fit in AdTech 16:11 - Where Does PMF Go Wrong 18:32 - Ravi's Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Max von Weber, Founder & CEO at adnomaly Chapters below 👇 00:39 - Career Journeys 02:35 - Adland in Germany 04:13 - Inspiration Behind Adnomaly 06:58 - What adnomaly Solves and Client Success Stories 11:27 - Growth Plans 13:30 - Leading From the Front 16:00 - The Feelings you Went Through When Starting adnomaly 21:01 - How to Succeed Working in a Startup 23:46 - Ad...

This week Sean is joined by Mallory Simmonds, President EMEA at Kepler. Chapters below 👇 00:15 - Career Journeys 04:30 - Transitioning From the US to UK Market 07:33 - Inside the Pitch Process 12:13 - Standing Out in a Sea of Sameness 15:30 - Blending Data with Creative 19:48 - Balancing Motherhood, Career and Training 22:30 - Triathlon Training 31:41 - Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Matthew Newcomb, Regional Director at ⁠Azerion⁠ & Cassidy Nasello, founder at FELT . Chapters below 👇 00:38 - Career Journeys 05:21 - Making Agreements not Expectations 13:40 - When You're Ready You Will Know 15:38 - Getting Ahead of the Problem 19:25 - Methods to Overcome Adversities 25:51 - Establishing a Work-Life Seperation 30:31 - Premortem Technique 33:25...

This week Sean is joined by Heather Carver , CRO at Freestar . Chapters below 👇 00:38 - Prebid.org Ascent Event 05:55 - Heather's Career Journey 12:54 - AdOps to Commercial - Strong Foundations 16:01 - Who Freestar are 22:51 - Establishing a Consultative Approach 25:52 - Roadmapping Success for your Team 28:52 - 'Slowing Down to Move Fast' 33:40 - Adversities you Overcame in your Care...

Sean is joined by Marc Guldimann, Founder & CEO at Adelaide . Chapters below 👇 00:15 - Marc's Career Journey 07:12 - Inspiration Behind Adelaide's Name 08:20 - Building a Team Roadmap 09:55 - Top Line View of Attention in Media 13:00 - Establishing Attention as a Mainstream Media Currency 16:36 - Attention and how Media is now Bought 19:02 - Incentives for Advertisers, Platforms and C...

This week Sean is joined by Zuzanna Gierlinska, Chief Commercial Officer at MIQ. Chapters below 👇 00:18 - AdTech Personality of the Year 02:05 - Zuzanna’s Career Journey 05:50 - Different Personalities for Different Environments 08:05 - What Brought you to MIQ 12:13 - Building a Career with Intention: How to Plan & Progress 24:35 - The Importance of Networking 27:25 - Creating Your Own ‘Board...

This week Sean is joined by Chris Kenna, who is the CEO of BA Diversity Media. Chapters below 👇 🎙 Chris' Career Journey 🎙 Navigating the CTV Landscape 🎙 The Difference in the US Ad Market to the UK 🎙 Cultural Upfonts 🎙 AI's Role in Content Production 🎙 The Current State of DEI 🎙 Chris' Advice for Emerging Leaders

This week Sean is joined by Charles Cadbury , CEO at Say It Now And special guest Boardy ! Chapters below 👇 🎙 Charlie's Career Journey 🎙 Audio as a Channel 🎙 The Mission Behind Say It Now 🎙 The Future of Voice 🎙 Conversation with Boardy 🎙 AI as an Innovator 🎙 Charlie's Career Advice

This week on the show Sean is joined by Gregg Rogers, Senior Director, Curation Partnerships at Equativ. Chapters below 👇 🎙 Gregg’s Career Journey 🎙 The Evolution of Equativ and Its Mission 🎙 Breaking Down Curation: Why It’s More Than Just a Buzzword 🎙 SSP vs. DSP: Why Curation on the Supply Side Matters 🎙 Addressability & Audience Targeting 🎙 AI, Creative Personalisation & Commerce Media...

This week Sean is joined by James Appleby, UK Managing Director at Assembly Global Chapters below 👇 🎙 James’s Career Journey 🎙 The Evolution of Assembly: Performance-First Media Innovation 🎙 Balancing Agency Life: Challenges, Growth, and Culture 🎙 The Role of People in Defining Agency Success 🎙 Hybrid Work and the Importance of In-Person Connection 🎙 Advice on Finding Passion in Your Career 🎙 Jam...

This week Sean is joined by Joy Ross, SVP, DSP at Cadent. 00:15 Joy’s Career Journey 02:09 Lessons from Building Standards in Programmatic Advertising 05:56 Inside Cadent: Converging TV and Programmatic Innovation 07:00 The Future of CTV: Growth, Challenges, and Opportunities 09:25 UK vs US - CTV Market 14:00 The Women in Programmatic Network: Building Global Connections 17:15 Create Joy: Supporti...

This week on the show Sean is joined by Gareth Neville, head of Business Development at Kepler. Chapters below 👇 01:14 Gareth’s Career Journey: From Local Publishing to AdTech Leadership 05:45 The year 2020 10:20 Insights from Working at Amazon 17:45 Working at Kepler and Role as Head of Business Development 20:00 The Power of Building Meaningful Relationships 27:15 Supporting Emerging Leaders &a...

This week Sean is joined by Matt Bennathan, Chief Commercial Officer at Zeotap. Chapters below 👇 00:27 Matt’s Career Journey: From Data Sales to AdTech leadership 03:00 Inside Zeotap: Solutions, Recent Funding & Culture.  08:25 Going From a Massive Corporation to a Scale-Up 14:05 The Power of Saying No: Staying Disciplined for Success 19:25 Staying Present & Supporting the Next Generation...

This week Sean is joined by Matthew Goldhill, Founder of Picnic Chapters below 👇 🎙 Matthew’s Career Journey 🎙 The Evolution of Picnic: Lessons, Pivots, and Building with Purpose 🎙 Introducing PIQ: Revolutionising Media Quality Metrics 🎙 Highlights from Picnic’s Media Quality Report 🎙 Industry Challenges: Trust, Metrics, and Made-for-Advertising Sites 🎙 Predictions for 2025: Building Trust and Adv...