IAB Tech Lab International Summit

Stephen Almond leads the ICO’s teams charged with engineering information rights into the fabric of new ideas, technologies and business models as part of our dynamic digital economy, including through the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum.

Prior to joining the ICO, Stephen was a Fellow at the World Economic Forum spearheading the development of a more agile, innovation-enabling approach to regulation with governments, regulators and industry worldwide.

Stephen has previously worked in leadership roles across the UK Government, including creation of the White Paper on Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and roll-out of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, which invested in regulatory sandboxes and similar initiatives to unlock technological innovation.

Phil leads the design of AI Systems for Meta, integrating high performance accelerators, networking and facilities to create the industry-leading training & inference systems we use to deliver our AI services to our customers. Previously Phil worked at Graphcore (a UK-based startup building AI accelerators) and at Cray developing and delivering large scale high performance computing systems. Phil holds a PhD in computational chemistry from the University of Bristol.

Rishan is the co-founder of Adgent, a marketplace that enables advertisers to reach users of conversational AI platforms. Prior to this, he held positions at MiQ, Amazon and most recently an AdTech startup called Tickle.

Alex is a product manager on the Privacy Sandbox team at Google. Prior to Google he co-founded Coir, an ads privacy learning platform, led privacy and addressability standards making at IAB Tech Lab, and held product management roles overseeing privacy, ad creative, video ad serving and more at AppNexus/Xandr. Insider named him one of “14 experts from companies like Google and The Washington Post who are determining the future of digital advertising”.

Frances leads product development and strategy for Sourcepoint. She brings over 10 years of experience in marketing technology products with a career that has spanned both buy & sell sides of the media industry. Prior to Sourcepoint, Frances was Head of Digital Optimisation at The Guardian where she oversaw the advertising technology stack & related data ethics. Frances has a deep passion for building products that help publishers & users alike navigate the evolving privacy landscape.

Anthony Katsur is a media technology veteran with more than twenty-five years of executive leadership and technical experience at innovative technology companies in the digital media industry.

Most recently, Anthony was SVP, Strategy, Operations and Corporate Development at Nexstar Media Group, Inc., the largest local broadcaster in the United States. Anthony was responsible for overseeing strategy, technology platforms and corporate development across Nexstar’s portfolio of digital assets.

Prior to Nexstar, Anthony served as President of Sonobi, where he implemented their product and go to market strategy around people-based marketing. Anthony recruited, and led highly effective teams while driving strategic partnerships with leading media companies, agencies and brands.

Prior to Sonobi, Anthony held global leadership roles at Rubicon Project as EVP of Business Operations and General Manager of Buyer Cloud. He also held global executive roles at MediaMath and Maxifier, where he served as CEO. Earlier in his career, he joined DoubleClick via the acquisition of NetGravity where he lead multiple engineering divisions and also fulfilled several product leadership and general management roles.

Anthony is an active participant at industry conferences, speaking about the latest ends in advertising at the National Association of Broadcasters, AdAge’s Brand Summit, Advertising Week, Broadcasting & Cable, AdMonsters and GABBCON. He has been quoted on industry trends and provided thought leadership in The Wall Street Journal, AdAge, Adweek, AdExchanger, MediaPost, Econsultancy and Digiday, among others.

With over a decade and half of experience on both the supply and buy sides, he has worked across various companies in programmatic.
His expertise includes managing products, partnerships, and driving innovation across multiple digital channels, such as Mobile, CTV, and DOOH.
He also has experience in consulting, providing strategic advice to global ad tech firms, publishers, and advertisers.
At IAB UK, he focuses on formulating industry positions, leading strategic initiatives, and ensuring a smooth transition to a post-cookie environment.

Matt is the SVP, Product Strategy for Activation within GroupM’s data and technology business Choreograph. Prior to this role, Matt was the Global Head of Programmatic for EssenceMediacom.

Manny Puentes is GM of Advertising at Genius Sports and a board member at the IAB Tech Lab. Previously, Manny served as CTO of MediaMath and is an advertising veteran who has built programmatic product portfolios for more than 25 years.

In his role at Genius Sports, Manny is aggressively expanding the media portfolio and maximizing the value of exclusive sports data. He is leading the launch of pioneering new products including the world’s first fan-centered identity graph and activation platform, and new fan engagement analytics tools.

Outside of work, Manny enjoys playing music, hiking, cycling, golfing, and fishing in the great outdoors of Boulder, Colorado.

Mathieu Roche is the CEO of ID5. He co-founded the business in 2017, after spending over 10 years at European data specialist Weborama, where he led international development and launched the DMP offering worldwide. During his time at Weborama, the company experienced exceptional growth, establishing itself in a dozen countries and growing from 3 to 30 million euros in revenues.

With ID5, Mathieu Roche materialises his vision of helping Ad Tech and publishers to compete against the “walled gardens” who dominate digital advertising. ID5’s mission is to provide a privacy-first identity infrastructure empowering publishers to grow sustainable advertising revenue.

Mathieu graduated from Institut Commercial de Nancy and holds a Master of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has lived in London since 2011 with his wife and 3 daughters.

Shailley brings several years of product management experience in digital advertising at Yahoo and Say Media building products for mobile advertising, ad operations, targeting solutions, and integrating data platforms. Shailley has supported and worked with multiple IAB initiatives in the past, namely MRAID and Mobile Rising Stars specifications. At Yahoo, he worked on creating innovative ad experiences for mobile and tablet platforms as well as native formats. Shailley has a diverse background as a product leader, consultant, and entrepreneur building and sustaining high performing teams at both large organizations as well as venture funded startups like Paypal, Yahoo, Say Media, Serus, Accenture, and PwC. Shailley has an MBA and Chemical engineering degrees.

Sai Manoj Sistla is a Senior Product Manager at InMobi, where he leads the development of innovative publisher platforms, including the core Ads Exchange Interface and Consent Management Platform. Previously at Amazon and Airtel, he spearheaded multiple product initiatives, including several industry-first features. Sai’s blend of technical expertise and strategic product management makes him a pivotal force in enhancing publisher experiences globally.

His key skills include platform thinking, specializing in creating scalable solutions for diverse markets, along with a deep understanding of ad tech and privacy compliance. Sai is also a proven leader, effectively managing and mentoring product and engineering teams to foster innovation. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and is currently pursuing part-time studies in programming and data science at IIT Madras.

Hill is a dad joke aficionado, avid reader, podcast junky, and boasts a 995-day streak on Duolingo. She comes to Tech Lab from Epsilon where she was the product lead for their partnership with The Trade Desk and the Disclosed offering. She got her start with the IAB TechLab in the Distributed Ledger working group via her role at GroupM as the Assoc. Director of Product Management on the Global Investment Systems team. She has varied experience on both the buy and sell side of the industry and enjoys nerding out about all things ad tech.

Aashish has over 12 years of experience in media and ad tech, specializing in analytics, media mix modeling, sales, sales operations, and product marketing roles. Currently supporting TikTok’s attribution product, and helping advertisers optimize their media strategy through data-driven insights. Based in New Jersey, Aashish lives with his wife and two kids. In his free time, he loves going swimming with his toddler.

AdTech Founder & UCL Scholar

Ninon leads the privacy-oriented work of IAB Europe and oversees the TCF compliance programmes. She has previously worked at Leboncoin Group in Paris, responsible for ePrivacy & GDPR legal compliance for advertising operations, and at Sirdata on data protection where she took part in developing a commercial Consent Management Platform. Prior to Sirdata, she worked as consultant for an advisory firm in strategy, crisis communications & public affairs.