The Programmatic Digest

We welcome John Lee , Head of Evangelism at Microsoft Advertising to the Sensei's Corner. He is a digital advertising professional with extensive experience in search engine marketing, display advertising, and social media advertising. In addition, he is a writer, speaker, trainer, content creator, and genuine fanatic for all things digital (marketing and tech). In this episode, we are discussing...

We welcome Manuela Cortes , Programmatic Media Strategy Guru. Manuela oversees media buying strategy and execution across different channels for performance campaigns (CPA,CPL and CPI). Additionally, she has experience in media buying on programmatic, social media, search, and native platforms, generating revenue for clients on specific KPIs, and has worked with sales team to execute pitch proposa...

We welcome Sean Burke , Senior Director of Advertiser Solutions at PubMatic into the Sensei's Corner. The PubMatic platform empowers independent app developers and publishers to control and maximize their digital advertising businesses and enables advertisers to drive ROI by reaching and engaging their target audiences in brand-safe, premium environments across ad formats and devices. Since 2006,...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Stefanie Beach , CEO of SMB Media Consulting . SMB is a full-service digital media consultancy whose services include programmatic strategy and execution through paid search and paid social, as well as website monetization for publishers. In this episode, we are discussing Stefanie's journey to business as a female entrepreneur, realities of balancing c...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Mia Umanos , Co-Founder of Clickvoyant . She helps unify efforts of data scientists, developers, designers and business toward a common goal.  In this episode, we are discussing issues faced by data analysts, where algorithms fall short, and the power of automation.   This week, we are referencing: How to Increase Margin on Analytics Services - Agency C...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Regional VP Catherine Dale of Platform East at SpotX . With her team, she manages new and existing media owner relationships. Additionally, Catherine is a founding member of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as a lead and founding member of the Parents and Caregivers ERG. In this episode, we are discussing the current state and future...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Founder & CEO Shailin Dhar and CRO Marc Goldberg from Method Media Intelligence (MMI). MMI is the next generation of digital ad measurement offering comprehensive measurement and verification solutions in an easily implementable manner. In this episode, we are discussing why prebid should be complemented with a post-bid solution, the prevalence of inval...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Arthur Querou , Founder and CEO of KMTX , a leading French-based AdTech company. In this episode, Arthur and I are discussing current hot topics in the European market, the implementation of GDPR, and Arthur's projections for the industry's future. This week, we are highlighting: • Cookies and IDFAs • The effect of regulations on advertisers' data monit...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Kerel Cooper, CMO at LiveIntent and co-host of the Minority Report Podcast. LiveIntent is a prominent provider in the industry, dedicated to helping customers figure out their first-party data strategy with an emphasis on email marketing. From the death of third-party cookies to consent and privacy regulations, email marketing is more valuable of an ass...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Reny Morel , Senior Analyst and Programmatic at Digitas North America. In light of the deprecation of third-party cookies, Reny and I are discussing the latest tests and upcoming updates. I am calling it a live case study, as Reny shares her findings and future goals from testing strategies with and without third-party data. Our current focus is on inno...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome back Erik Requidan and Justin Hansen, the founders of Media TradeCraft. In last week's episode, we spoke about the anxiety with publishers and them trying to figure out how to function without third-party cookies, where most of their revenue comes from. In this week's episode, we will be discussing the next steps for publishers and what they hope to ach...

In the Sensei's corner this week, we welcomed Erik Requidan and Justin Hansen, the founders of the company Media TradeCraft. With several years of experience in the publishing industry, Media TradeCraft specializes in media services that serve both large media companies or mid-sized publishers. More than ad management, Media TradeCraft delivers customized strategies to bring in more revenue. By do...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Tyler Bryant, the digital media director at RPM advertising, specializing in the travel vertical and other highly regulated industries. They have a wide range of clientele that includes brick and mortar casinos and produce television commercials for today's popular brand empire. Connect with: Tyler Bryant: LinkedIn | Website | Email Programmatic Digest...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, Nishant Desai, the director of technology and operations at Xaxis is back with some major updates (this is a follow-up from Episode 27). Before working for Xaxis, Nishant was in tech support for the ad server and then moved into the client solutions for the company 24/7 real media. In 2014, Xaxis and 24/7 merged, and Nishant moved into technology and operations, w...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Nish Desai, director of technology, and partnership with Xaxis. Founded in 2011, Xaxis is a programmatic media company that empowers its clients to reach out to their customers through different touchpoints. Today's episode was recorded just short of a year ago, and we discussed when Google first announced third-party cookies deprecation and the effects...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome back Alexis Day, the co-founder of digital X media, also known as dXm. dXm, a female black-owned company, is a subscription-based agency where companies get access to expert marketing resources to support media planning, buying, operations, and more. Connect with: Alexis Day: dXm | LinkedIn |  Instagram | But Content is Queen Programmatic Digest podcast...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome back Shiv Gupta, a former executive who has worked in the ad tech space for over ten years. Soon after graduating college, he worked for Ad.com , also known as AOL, as part of the operations team. He moved on to Criteo, where he worked as the VP for sales in the eastern region of the United States. Soon after, he started his own company called;  UofDigi...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome back Robert Brill, who was on the podcast a few years ago. Robert Brill is the chief executive officer of Brill Media, an advertising firm whose core business model helps marketers advertise without spending a fortune. Spending over ten years in the digital advertising business, Robert saw how massive brands such as Sony, Disney, Bacardi, and more could...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome back Gabriel Cohen, Account Director at SpotX, a video ad tech company. Gabriel has spent the last decade working in advertising and marketing and moved over to the sales side with SpotX. Now he helps clients understand the ever-changing video landscape and provides them the support they need to tape into inventory at scale and make it measurable and sc...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Raquel "Rocky" Merchant, Senior ​Display Manager at PayPal. As we continue to brace through the effect of the Coronavirus outbreak, Rocky and I discuss her work as a #paidmedia strategist for #PayPal including in programmatic buying. As well as exploring other digital activations that PayPal is/may consider as media opportunities, she has been working i...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome Stephanie Smith, Chief Insomniac at digital Insomnia. As we continue to brace through the effect of the Coronavirus outbreak, Stephanie and I discuss how some brands are positively shifting the dynamic of this time into connecting with their customers. She shares some valuable tips and explains how this could be an important time for some brands to cont...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, Mike Hauptman CEO & Founder of AdLib explains any correlation and potential solution between first-party consent and third-party cookies.   This week, we discuss the following article: First-Party Consent Can Replace Third-Party Cookies Connect with: Mike Hauptman LinkedIn  |  Website Programmatic Digest podcast: Contact  | Shownote |  Website Helene Parker: Websi...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome  Gabriel Cohen,  Account Director at SpotX.  He is a true programmatic sensei and is going over the latest in media consumption including ConnectedTV and TV viewership, media trends and spend,  and any opportunities affecting our programmatic and digital industry during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.  This week, we refer to the following articles/...

It's a Uof Digital Takeover!!! Shiv Gupta, founder of the Uof Digital,  is reviewing news headlines pulled from the Uof Digital weekly newsletter.  He recaps, explains, and gives us his POV on each of the following: GroupM Partners With Index Exchange As Hold Cos Lean Into SSPs Can Quibi Live Up To Its $1.75 Billion Valuation? Exclusive: CEO of AT&T ad unit Xandr resigns - source TikTok opens up t...

In the Sensei's Corner this week, we welcome  Shelley Stone,  Digital Media Strategist at BRKThru Digital. She has over 9 years of experience in the programmatic industry and is going over Do's and Don't's regarding connectedTV fraud and supply inventory brand safety.  This week, we discuss the following articles: Practical Ways To Protect Campaigns And Staunch Growing CTV Ad Fraud Online advertis...