Great Minds

Long-time friend of Advertising Week, Linda Sawyer, joins the show this week to chart her amazing journey from her days as CEO of North America at Deutsch to her current role as Co-Founder and CEO of Skura Style.

On the eve of his move to a new role at Snap, Win Sakdinan discusses his career, ranging from his early days in Vancouver B.C., to P&G, to Twitter.

Long-time friend of Advertising Week, Lisa Utzschneider, joins Great Minds this week. Now serving as CEO at Integral Ad Science, she discusses her career at some of the world’s biggest technology and internet brands: from Amazon to Microsoft to Yahoo, and now at IAS.

From the groundbreaking Mr. Show to his unforgettable stint as Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development, David Cross has been one of the most unique voices in comedy for more than two decades. David joins the show today to discuss his story, his roles, and his perspective on a career spent making us laugh.

Having served the role of Digital Prophet at AOL, Oath, and Verizon Media, David Shingy, aka “Shingy,” is no stranger to marketing. A dear friend of Advertising Week, we’re pleased to welcome Shingy to this episode of Great Minds to discuss his extraordinary career.

There’s no better way to conclude Season 2 of Great Minds than to speak with the extraordinary Michael Roth, Executive Chairman and former Chairman and CEO of Interpublic Group (IPG) about his amazing career as he exits IPG at the end of this year. We’ll be back in January 2022 with Season 3!

Audacy Chairman, President and CEO David Field joins this episode of Great Minds to discuss his career, Audacy’s rebranding, and the power of audio.

On her last day as Chief Marketing Officer of the Singapore Tourism Board, Great Minds speaks with Lynette Pang. Lynette shares her journey from its very beginning, as well as what’s next for her in the future.

This week on Great Minds we feature Adam Singolda. Adam is the founder and CEO at Taboola, the largest discovery platform, serving over 450 billion recommendations of articles, blogs, videos, products and apps to over 1.4 billion unique users every month.

In this episode of Great Minds we speak with Lindsey Clay. Now in her 14th year at Thinkbox, and 8th year as CEO, Lindsey reflects on her career.

A true legend of the industry, Rick Boyko joins Great Minds to discuss his career. From his early days at Leo Burnett and Chiat/Day, to his time at Ogilvy and as Director at VCU Brandcenter, to present.

Canadian comedy legend Ron James joins the show to discuss his extraordinary career – from his early days at Second City to Just for Laughs to present.

Today’s guest on Great Minds is Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, VP and Head of North American Revenue & Global Client Solutions at Yahoo. Elizabeth takes us on a journey across her extraordinary career, including stops at Viacom, Snap, CBS, and many more, and to her present role at Yahoo!

Recorded live at Advertising Week New York 2021, legendary director, producer and cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld shares stories from his life and career.

This week, Great Minds welcomes John Partilla, CEO of Screenvision Media, a premier cinema, video, and media organization.  Prior to joining Screenvision Media, Mr. Partilla served as CEO of Olson Group, and EVP, Digital Practice Lead, of ICF International.  Under his leadership, Olson Group achieved double digit growth annually becoming the third-largest independent digital agency in the U.S befo...

Recorded at Advertising Week New York 2021, rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group Mötley Crüe.

Recorded at Advertising Week New York 2021, the incredible story of Peter Frampton’s positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time.

Fresh off his Advertising Week New York appearance, Kargo’s Founder and CEO Harry Kargman joins this episode of Great Minds to discuss his company’s new adtech acquisition, the return to (almost) normal work, and the road ahead for Kargo.

After a one-week break for AWNewYork, we’re back with an excellent interview with Ryan Olohan, Managing Direct of Food, Beverage & Restaurants at Google. Ryan discusses his role at Google and has the distinction of being the only guest of Great Minds thus far that owns his own ice cream shop.

Following up on a great conversation with our partners from LiveRamp last year, this week we speak with Daniella Harkins, LiveRamp’s SVP of Commercial Strategy and Excellence, on her work empowering agency executives to leverage the power of identity across the ecosystem, as well as the experience she’s cultivated along the way from her previous executive roles.

This week, Great Minds welcomes Audacy’s Chief Digital Officer, J.D. Crowley, to the show to discuss not only his career, but the continued rise of audio and podcasts in the content marketplace. If you’re even remotely interested in the wide and varied world of podcasts and music, you won’t want to miss this episode.

Great Minds extends a long-overdue welcome to Jason Harris, President and CEO of Mekanism, author of The Soulful Art of Persuasion, and longtime friend of Advertising Week. Harris describes his career and creative journey from his early years at TBWA\Chiat\Day to the present.

A true friend of Advertising Week, Horizon Media’s Founder, CEO, and President, Bill Koenigsberg discusses his career path from the early days to present, helming Horizon Media, the world’s largest independent media agency.

In part two of four of our ongoing Great Minds series with Google, today we sit down with Mike Henry, Managing Director, Financial Services at Google. Mike takes us on an interesting journey through his role at the company, where he started, and where he and Google are headed in the years to come.

As President of Live Nation, Russell Wallach, and his team of over 400 oversee the world’s largest live entertainment company. On this episode of Great Minds, Russell dives into the inner workings of operating a live entertainment business and takes us through the career path he took to get here.