ADVANCE SPEAKERS

One stage.

Every side of the industry.

From global brands and leading publishers to the platforms and agencies driving the industry forward, ADVANCE speakers bring diverse perspectives and firsthand experience. Hear where they're spending their brainpower, what they're betting on, and what they've learned from big swings (and the occasional miss.)

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Timbaland
Multi-Platinum, 4x Grammy
Award-Winning Producer
Member of the Songwriters
Hall of Fame
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Chari Hawkins
Team USA Track & Field
Paris 2024 Olympic Competitor
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Grace Kao
Chief Marketing Officer
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Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
Pinterest logo with a white stylized P inside a red circle next to red text spelling Pinterest.
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Ndidi Oteh
Global Chief Executive Officer
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Text reading 'Accenture Song' with Accenture in black and Song in a multi-color gradient.
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David Kaufman
Global Head of Monetization Product Partnerships
TikTok logo with a black musical note outlined in cyan and red next to the word TikTok.
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Tim Castree
Chief Marketing Officer
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DoorDash logo with stylized D and red text.
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Amy Weisenbach
Chief Marketing Officer
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The New York Times wordmark in blackletter font.
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Andrea Bendzick
Chief Executive Officer
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Jen Wong
Chief Operating Officer
The word 'reddit' in lowercase bold orange letters.
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Mary Ellen Coe
Chief Business Officer
YouTube logo with a red play button icon to the left of the black text.
Lee Brown
Chief Business Officer
Pinterest logo with a white stylized P inside a red circle next to red text spelling Pinterest.
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Steven Wolfe Pereira
CEO & Founder
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Judy Toland
VP, Global Audience Marketing
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Laura Desmond
Chief Executive Officer
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Brianna Gays
Chief Marketing Officer
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Mary Ann Belliveau
President of Americas
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Bob Lord
President
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Horizon media logo with 'horizon' in white inside a blue circle and 'media' in blue next to it.
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Sean Downey
President, Americas & Global Partners
The multicolored Google wordmark with blue, red, yellow, and green letters.
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David Kersey
Vice President, Global Head of Media
SharkNinja wordmark logo in black text with a stylized shark fin graphic.
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Amy Hawthorne
Sr. Director, B2B Strategy and Transformation
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LinkedIn logo with 'Linked' in blue text and 'in' in white inside a blue square.
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Miles Fisher
VP, Global Strategic Advertising Partnerships
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Roku brand logo in bold purple letters.
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Oli Marlow-Thomas
Chief Innovation Officer
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Louisa Wee
Chief Marketing Officer

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The word STRAVA in bold uppercase orange letters with stylized A characters forming triangular shapes.
Smiling woman with long dark hair and glasses against a purple background.
Kerry Flynn
Reporter

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Axios logo with a blue stylized 'A' followed by black uppercase letters spelling 'XIOS'.
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Madhu Muthukumar
Chief Product Officer

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SoFi company logo with stylized text and a dot pattern symbol.
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Lisa Moore
Chief People Officer
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Yahoo! logo in bold purple lowercase letters with an exclamation mark.
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Julie Edwards
Head of Strategy, 3P Creative AI & Operations, US Creative Works
Google logo with letters in blue, red, yellow, and green colors.
Portrait of a man with short dark hair wearing a black sweater over a white collared shirt against a purple background.
Kevin Babcock
Head of Creative Partnerships, Google
Google logo with letters in blue, red, yellow, and green colors.
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Tashi Dondup
Director, Creative Strategy & Integration
Red stylized letters spelling ESPN in a bold, italicized font.
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Sharb Farjami
VP of Global Agency and Partnerships
Reddit logo with the Reddit alien icon and the word 'reddit' in orange text.
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Kruti Shah
Managing Director, Marketing and Media Strategy
The New York Times logo text in uppercase serif font on white background.
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Matt Bush
Chief Revenue Officer
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Spencer Mandell
VP Creative,
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Julie Halloran
Global Executive Creative Director
Vercel logo featuring a stylized V composed of geometric blue triangles next to the text 'vercel' in lowercase black letters.
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Matthew Derella
Senior Vice President, LinkedIn Ads and Microsoft Advertising
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Mat Mildenhall
Managing Director, Clients and Growth
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Cleo Abram
Journalist, YouTube Creator
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Sarah Hofstetter
Co-Founder and Board Member
Logo featuring the characters '3Arc' in a stylized font with interconnected design elements.
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James Ollunga
SVP, Advanced Analytics
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Horizon Media logo with white text on a blue circle background.
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Nino Phillip Medina
Growth
The word ANTHROPIC in bold black block letters with a backslash after the letter C.
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Daniel Green
Head of Digital Marketing
Gymshark brand logo with stylized shark icon
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Richard Hartell
Chief Innovation Officer
WPP Media logo with 'WPP' in dotted pattern and 'Media' in solid bold font in dark blue.
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Puru Patnekar
Head of Performance Marketing
Charter Spectrum logo with the word 'Charter' in blue above the larger gray word 'Spectrum' ending with a blue right-pointing arrow.
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Melissa Yang
SVP Ecosystem Partnerships & AI Applications
Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Alfie Villanueva Brandt
Senior Manager of Revenue Partnerships
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Susan Childs
Senior Manager of Product Marketing
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John Paulson
Managing Director
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WPP Production logo with WPP in dotted gray pattern and Production in solid black text.
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Ryan Lammela
Vice President, Channel Activation
Butler Till logo with a blue stylized star emblem to the left and the company name in blue with an orange forward slash.
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Howie Lloyd
Director, Customer Success
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Smartly logo with a stylized geometric shape to the left of the text.
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Brandon Baum
YouTube Creator