The Ad Podcast

Mat transform how brands connect with their markets by fusing creative storytelling with strategic rigor. From copywriter to CMO at Prophet, my 25+ year journey spans digital innovation, agency leadership, and brand transformation for Fortune 500 clients. My expertise bridges the brand-demand divide to drive measurable growth in both B2B and B2C environments. I've led digital disciplines of 30...

Jonathan Haber is a cofounder of Giant Spoon, an independent, integrated agency that expands the ways people experience brands. Giant Spoon is known for turning marketing upside down. Obsessed with culture and driven by insatiable curiosity, the agency blends teams across creative, media, and experiential to stir shit up for ambitious brands.

Pep loves working with amazing people, He loves solving problems, and he loves meeting new folks from everywhere in the world. Currently, he has the privilege of leading a fantastic team of engineers and business leaders. Together they are driving the future of brand-consumer relationships. They are building SaaS that helps brands uncover authentic conversations at scale and help them put the most...

Damaune serves as Global Chief Growth Officer at 72andSunny, one of the world’s most admired and innovative creative agencies, where he is responsible for the global revenue of the business including marketing and revenue operations, business development, and corporate communications. For Journey, success means driving growth on both the agency and the client sides of the partnership, and he works...

Christopher Brady, President, Global Chief Commercial Officer at Tribeca Enterprises. In this role, Brady is responsible for revenue strategy across the organization, including finding new ways to grow the Tribeca Festival, as well as other live events and Tribeca Studios, the organization’s production company. This past year he’s helped drive the highest sponsorship figures for the Tribeca Festiv...

Dustin is a musician who became an award-winning marketer more than 20 years ago after receiving his first guitar, a truly life-defining moment that set him down a path of creative exploration. He is passionate about filmmaking, photography, design, illustration and all things creative, as well as marketing strategy, data and analytics. He specializes in telling engaging stories and connecting bra...

German is a practitioner of "mixed cognitive arts" building modern brands across a full spectrum of categories (with a leaning toward health, pharma, wellness, beauty, finance, insurance, food, hospitality, sports and automotive). A Silicon Valley-trained entrepreneur and thought leader applying ingenuity and leading methodologies to simplify marketing challenges using human insights, cu...

Mark Barker is the Co Founder of Craft & Commerce (C&C) an integrated media agency that connects growth science, media strategy, and modern measurement to help our partners create greater marketing impact and grow with confidence. C&C is purpose-built to bring a marketer’s mentality to today’s dynamic media landscape. The result is an expert, senior-level team that approaches media not...

Michael Nyman has made a career by being on the leading edge of marketing trends. With this latest venture he has created another new go to market strategy. Nyman, the former long time PMK*BNC Co-Chairman & CEO, has now launched Acceleration, a new investment vehicle & advisory firm. With Acceleration, Nyman will be developing a new go-to market business approach with a series of strategic...

As the Global CEO and Founder of Meet The People, an advertising group headquartered in New York City, he leads a team of more than 750 staff across ten offices in the US and Canada. He created MTP in 2021 to build a unique new consultancy group that focuses on helping brands to growth their business by combining the power of integrated marketing and advertising strategies merged with data and tec...

While carrying the “ethos” of a Marketing Technologist to many enterprises, He's always possessed a firm understanding of how technology has continued to transform the discipline of Marketing while disrupting today’s conventional consumer engagement models. Over that past 20+ years his communications experience ranges from African American, Hispanic, LGBT, Asian American, Arab American, Indian, Bo...

Winston Binch is the Chief Brand & Experience Officer at GALE, leading the creative, production, and experience design teams. GALE is one of the most diversely awarded agencies in the industry, with accolades including Ad Age Business Transformation Agency of the Year, ADWEEK U.S. Media Agency of the Year, Campaign US Advertising Agency of the Year, and Ad Age Data & Analytics Agency of th...

Matthew Garcia is the President of The Sasha Group. The Sasha Group is a VaynerX company founded in 2019, infused with entrepreneurial DNA and built by folks with decades of Fortune 500 expertise. They teach, guide, and execute present-day brand building for ambitious businesses of all sizes to unlock meaningful growth. In a world that’s constantly changing, they build brands that win hearts in th...

Dana Seguin is a passionate brand builder and marketing leader with 25 years of experience reshaping the retail and fashion industries. Her career began on the merchandising side at American Eagle Outfitters, but she found her true calling in creative marketing—developing powerful strategies in advertising, PR, and social media for brands like SPANX, Chico’s, and Aerie. Her proudest accomplishment...

As a transformative business leader, she has built a career defined by driving growth, accelerating iconic brands, and delivering unbeatable results for global retail, technology, and consumer industries. She has guided world-renowned companies to achieve record-breaking success and enduring market impact, including consumer and B2B leaders in retail, technology, and analytics. Currently, she serv...

James Edmunds cofounded plant-based CBD-infused drinks brand TRIP in 2019. Its canned sodas are now stocked in stores and bars in over 30 countries and the London-based company raised $5 million from investors in 2021 to expand into the United States.

Blayne Ross is a creative entrepreneur, experience designer and producer known for award winning experiences, environments and content that sparks meaningful connections. He began his career in the entertainment industry in 2001 and quickly found a home working on the Emmy nominated HBO series Six Feet Under at the Greenblatt Janollari Studio. With a passion for complex stories that influence cult...

With over 20 years of hospitality experience, Dan has been honored to work in New York City’s most prestigious and historic hotels. With a backdrop of iconic locations like the United Nations, Times Square, and the heart of Manhattan, he has shared indelible experiences alongside the finest hoteliers in the world. Throughout his career he has attained a broad knowledge of operations from his hands...

Juan Pablo is a Marketing leader with an MIT Executive Education. He led global brands at Mondelēz International , L'Oréal , and BIC. Recognized as Top 25 Marketeers in LATAM and the 75 Best Marketeers in Mexico. He has Industry expertise in Beauty, Food, and Stationery, driving growth and profitability across Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and the USA.He Co-founded ventures with successful...

The Ad Bowl, creative jam featuring:1.        Connecting from Austin TX, Author of best-selling series The @Advertising Survival Guide Trilogy, Freelance creative director and copywriter: Cameron Day 2.        Joining from New York, Founder and Chief George Officer at GeorgeCo and creator of the award-winning blog Ad Aged: George Tannenbaum 3.        From Minneapolis MN, veteran creative director...

Hem is an accomplished investment, board and executive management leader with two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, venture capital & private equity investor, board professional, investment banker, general management executive as well as a researcher. He was recognized as a Top 25 Founder’s Choice VC in 2023, an Emerging 50 VC in 2022 and as San Diego’s 500 Most Influential People in 2...

Executive with 20 years of experience in finance, operations, M&A, venture investing and strategic board work for a combination of private companies, Fortune 500 corporations and private equity firms in the U.S. and Europe. Solopreneur working as strategic CFO with select emerging fund managers and high growth companies.  Former Partner at seed stage venture capital firm that quadrupled its AU...

He was born and raised in Turkey by a mathematician mother and a father who started and ran a successful technology company. He observed their love relationship and witnessed the positive impact of math, technology and entrepreneurship in my life. His parents' presence, values and parenting style define who He is. His father took risks when no one was talking about startups or knew what comput...

As the CEO and co-Founder of CorralData , Alex Lirstman is focused on leveraging AI to democratize data access and helping organizations become data-driven overnight. CorralData combines human data expertise with AI to make it simple for non-technical teams to analyze and act on their data. The platform allows users to unify disparate data sources and surface insights using natural language. Corra...

Jonathan Hung is a successful VC and entrepreneur. He has evolved from his role as a prolific angel investor with over 100+ pre-seed and pre-IPO investments under his belt to becoming the Managing Partner for Entrepreneur Ventures and Head of Consumer/Partner for Trousdale Ventures. Jonathan is a driver of value creation who supports entrepreneurs, investors, startups, and high-net-worth individua...