Paul Bannister
Chief Strategy Officer, Raptive
Paul is the Chief Strategy Officer at Raptive, the world’s largest ad management service, providing the technology and services that help the highest quality publishers grow their businesses and maximize success. The company serves over 3,000 independent publishers whose distinctive voices are shaping the open web. The company’s collective of creators reaches more than 160 million monthly unique visitors, ranking as the 11th largest digital entity and as #1 in Food, Family, and Home. Paul focuses on new product innovation, strategic partnerships, and corporate development at Raptive. During his time at Raptive, he led the company’s transition to a programmatic-first approach, spearheaded the early adoption of header bidding, and directed the transition to a publisher services model. Paul has worked in digital media and advertising since the mid-90s, starting a major video game publisher out of his parent’s basement. He worked for early internet pioneers including USWeb/CKS and CMP Media.