Great Minds

On this first ClimaTech Edition of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Joe Curtatone, President of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, ahead of the ClimaTech 2024 event, June 3-5, 2024. More information on ClimaTech can be found at https://advertisingweek.com/event/climatech-2024 

On this episode of Great Minds, the amazing Luvuyo Madasa returns! In case you missed it, Luvuyo joined us to close out Season 2 of Great Minds – be sure to listen here: https://advertisingweek.com/great-minds-luvuyo-madasa/

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to welcome Chris James of The Burrito Brothers to the show. Chris discusses the rich history of The Burrito Brothers band, as well as what they’re up to now.

In early 2020 Bosko Milekic co-founded Optable with the goal of re-architecting digital advertising in the post-cookie world. Prior to Optable, Bosko co-founded AdGear, an advertising technology platform that was among the first ad platforms to integrate real-time bidding protocols. He has spent close to 20 years developing advertising technology, as a software developer, product manager, and entr...

Debbie Wosskow OBE is a multi exit entrepreneur, board advisor and investor, now focused on diversity, health and wellness and economic empowerment. She is co-founder of WJV LLP, the boutique investment and strategic innovation firm that supports and empowesr female founders by connecting female run and diverse VC’s with investors focused on purpose and returns. Debbie is also Co-Chair of the gove...

On this episode of Great Minds we speak with Alda Abbracciamento, President, Global Groupe Client Lead-Walmart at Publicis Groupe. Alda’s mission: Drive business growth through creativity among big brands, startups and non-profits. Build partnerships across organizations that inspire collaboration to deliver integrated marketing and technology solutions that power brands. Mentor young talent to br...

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to welcome Claire Singer, VP Partnerships at Condé Nast. Claire walks us through her amazing career, with quite a few interesting stops and stories along the way.

Jennifer D’Alessandro brings over 20 years of experience to her role as Head of Ad Sales and Marketing at Future Today, a video distribution and technology company that operates hundreds of OTT channels on connected TV platforms. Jennifer oversees the ad sales marketing department, leads the U.S. sales team in direct and programmatic partnerships spanning the expansive Future Today library of cont...

On this episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Professor Verne Harris, Acting Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Verne Harris has been the archivist for the papers of Nelson Mandela since 2004, as Head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue. Before that, he had worked for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission a...

Emma Lacey is Senior Vice President EMEA at Zefr, where in her two years with the company she has helped position Zefr as the leading technology provider for brand safety and suitability across Meta, TikTok and YouTube in the region. Prior to joining Zefr, Emma spent 15 years’ building successful commercial teams across the advertising industry, including being part of the EMEA leadership team at...

On this episode of Great Minds, we welcome Andrea Pezzi, Chairman of MINT. Andrea walks us through his amazing and diverse career, from DJ to MTV to present, with many interesting stops along the way. Please note that at the time of this recording, Andrea was CEO of MINT but is now Chairman.

Amy Williams is the founder and CEO of  Good-Loop , the purpose-led advertising platform that makes it easy and profitable for big brands to do good, at scale. Working with the world’s biggest advertisers, including Nike, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and L’Oreal, Good-Loop’s ad formats drive engagement and build brand love while donating millions to charities around the globe. Good-Loop’s carbon-n...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, seventh generation descendant of shipping and railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt, is an American singer, composer, songwriter, designer, actress, philanthropist and entrepreneur. At a young age, Consuelo studied with famous singing teachers such as Ron Anderson and Seth Riggs and went to Italy and studied music in Fiesole and began performing in cafes and restaurants...

Kicking off season 5 of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome actress, comedian, producer, and writer, Susie Essman back to the show.

Liz Ulmer is a theatrical management professional based in NYC with over 16 years of producing and administrative experience. She works as the Director of Stage Rights at Sony Music Publishing where she handles music licensing for Broadway shows such as MJ the Musical, The Outsiders, Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical, and Moulin Rouge, as well as various live stage events throughout the wor...

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to feature Ren Akinci, EVP, People & Culture, Emerald and Advertising Week, and host of Advertising Week and Emerald’s newest podcast, Great Minds: People & Culture. Ren walks us through her career journey.

Chris uses his 20+ years of data, digital identity, and technology expertise as CRO at Lotame. He is a globally experienced senior leader with a track record of establishing and delivering commercial growth across EMEA markets and was instrumental in Lotame’s European rollout of Panorama ID – one of the leading cookieless identity solutions solving both publisher and marketer challenges on data co...

James Cornish is SVP of International Sales & Partnerships for Vevo. With over 20 years of experience in selling digital media, he is responsible for managing and growing Vevo’s sales partnerships across its international territories. Prior to Vevo, James worked for Virgin Media and Fox Interactive Media.

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to present a long overdue conversation with Aaron Reitkopf, Senior Advisor to IPG on Open Architecture.

On today’s episode of Great Minds we head to the Pacific Northwest to speak with Michael Boychuk, CCO and Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, and Matt McCain, Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, an award-winning creative agency based in Seattle.

Composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Bruce has toured, performed, recorded and appeared on records with some of the biggest names in music including Little Richard, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Dr John, Steve Cropper, Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck), Leslie West and Corky Laing (...

On today’s episode of Great Minds we’re thrilled to welcome Tony Marlow, Chief Marketing Officer at LG Ad Solutions. Tony walks us through his career path. From his days at Nielsen and Yahoo! to IAS and now LG Ad Solutions,  Tony has worked with some of the best and brightest in the industry.

As a strategic, business-minded B2B marketer, Margaret drives innovative strategies that grow company profit, profile, and pride. Said simply, “marketing is in my DNA”—an unexpected statement from a farmer’s daughter and immigrant, but it was on her family’s dairy farm in Ireland where she learned the value of hard work, keeping promises, and a commitment to community and connection—the same value...

Brian O’Kelley is CEO and co-founder of Scope3, leading the decarbonization of the media and advertising industry. A respected entrepreneur and executive with a track record of building companies that have defined and led multi-billion dollar categories, Brian was the co-founder and CEO of AppNexus through its $1.6B sale to AT&T in 2018. He co-founded Waybridge, a supply chain technology compa...

On this very special episode of Great Minds we welcome Jeff Kollath, Executive Director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.