MarTech Interview

"When we talk to businesses all over the world, the frustration towards old DMP technology is evident. They now have to compete with solutions that can build audiences in real-time." Please tell us about your journey into marketing data technology and how you started at 1PlusX. I started working in the digital advertising space in 2000 when I joined Bertelsmann Media company. While there, I oversaw the design and implementation of digital products and services. In 2009, at Google, I led the product management team of…

"Marketing Automation is baked into our own marketing processes, however, it’s no short cut for real people working with prospects and customers in a non-scalable way." Tell us about your role and journey into Marketing Technology. What inspired you to start GlobalWebIndex? I had previously worked in a Market Research role at a large global advertising agency. My job was to help clients understand who they should target their Marketing at, why and how to reach them. I utilized all the industry research and data sets…

"As Machine Learning and AI continue to rapidly improve and evolve, we are looking to refine and implement these technologies across our products." Hi Marcin, Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired the idea of Pricefx? I am the CEO and Co-founder of Pricefx and I started the company because I saw a huge opportunity in the Pricing software industry. I had been in the software business for over 20 years already with 5 years in Pricing software. I knew that the industry had to change to meet the…

"When a user visits a publisher, they’re expressing a level of trust in the publisher, and each publisher must repay that trust by providing a safe and clean user experience." Tell us about your role and journey into technology. What galvanized you to join GeoEdge? I always found the tech industry very interesting. Growing up in Israel, I watched the Israeli tech companies as they made a huge impact on the Israeli economy and built the start-up nation ecosystem. I knew this is the place I want to be. After completing my…

"SaaS is the future of data analytics.SaaS architecture enables data to become real-time and to become useful, and immediately applicable to real business conditions – our software is intentionally designed to do just that." How exciting is the current SaaS ecosystem today? SaaS is literally on fire – its a very exciting time, particularly in the pricing space. Pricefx was truly the first cloud native solution to enter the B2B pricing space, and at the time most in the industry were sceptical, saying there was no way…

"While many marketers have first-party data, in order to get a complete view of the customer, third-party data is required to connect the dots." Tell us about your role and journey into Marketing Technology. How did you arrive at Experian? I began my career consulting for technology and telecommunications clients and quickly saw how technology was changing behavior and making life better for consumers. I left consulting to work in the Marketing Technology industry and recognized early on that digital and mobile were the…

"Diversity holds tremendous value, so own and share your truth." Tell us about your career journey. The first 15 years of my career were spent on the client side at American Express, Warner Bros. and Netflix. I loved my experiences at each of those companies, but always had an interest in starting a company or joining a start-up. I’ve kept a running list of inventions and company ideas in my nightstand drawer since 1998. In 2014, the founders of VidMob, who I’ve known and admired for years, told me about their amazing new…

"With each campaign mandating nuanced KPIs and demonstrating different traffic behaviors, its only natural to strive for a personalized buying approach based on the unique needs of each campaign." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to be part of Tremor Video? I am the Chief Commercial Officer at Tremor Video. I oversee Data Partnerships, Data Operations, Corporate Partnerships, Supply Operations, Ad Operations, and Creative. A little over five years ago, I was working on the agency side…

"If you can tie ad spend back to purchase intent and store visits, you’re in good shape." Tell us about your role and journey into Advertising Technology. What inspired you to be a part of inMarket? I started my career in the agency space in the late 90s. At that time, Digital Advertising was something that everyone knew would become a reality, but no one had a clue what form it would mature into. As such, it didn’t even demand a line item from brands, let alone a scalable budget. The true innovation back then was…

"Digital advertising has been one of the most disruptive and exciting spaces in technology over the last few decades." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start at Brand Networks?  Digital Advertising has been one of the most disruptive and exciting spaces in technology over the last few decades. It’s changed the way business gets done in every category. I have been in the space for 20 years and first started my Digital Advertising career with NetGravity in 1999. I felt that Brand…

"As the impact of AI grows, one of the biggest challenges we encounter will be algorithmic bias." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology and the Data Science field. What inspired you to start Correlation One? When we started the company in 2015, we felt the AI and Data Science talent market was being overlooked. At the time, Data Science had not yet become a buzzword even though the conversation around Big Data and AI was heating up. In 2011, Marc Andreessen famously said “software is eating the world” and…

"The importance of human intelligence must also continue to be recognized if businesses want to seek a competitive advantage" Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start at Adverity? Adverity’s story began in 2015. Our three Co-Founders – Andreas Glänzer, Martin Brunthaler, and myself, had previously been working with e-commerce companies that spent a significant amount of money on advertising – but were using excel spreadsheets to make sense of data – which was shocking to us. We…

"AI and Machine Learning have been a high-level topic for several years now, but I think people are only just starting to consider what that means for the retail industry." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start at Springbot? Observing how technology is changing the world and understanding why people do the things they do are super interesting concepts for me. I’ve been lucky in my career to hold positions that incorporate both. Before Springbot, I was the Vice President of Product…

"Messaging is at the early stages of adoption and many of the brands that have adopted it have only scratched the surface of what is possible." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start Quiq? I have been in tech most of my life, having degrees in Computer Science and then beginning my career at Bell Labs. I spent a good portion of my professional life as the CTO at RightNow - a leading provider of SaaS customer experience software. I started Quiq because I saw a huge gap between the…

"Truly personalized target account engagement starts with real-time insights and is realized when you trigger coordinated actions across delivery channels. " Tell us about your role and journey into Marketing Technology. What inspired you to join MRP? I’m currently a Global Head of Marketing and Delivery at MRP. On one side, I am responsible for all Marketing activities globally, from brand to demand, and on the other, I am responsible for global delivery of all Client Software and Marketing Services execution. This is…

"Great customer service means being where your customers are and being available when they need you." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start Boost.ai? As Chief Commercial Officer, my role is to help companies identify how they can create real ROI with conversational Artificial Intelligence. When my Co-Founders and I started Boost.ai in 2016, we saw a clear gap in the market for artificially intelligent virtual agents that could increase experience and satisfaction for customers, not…

"As visual recognition improves and offers more relevant results, AI will be able to identify better content creators for brands to partner with." How exciting is the current Social Content ecosystem today? Exciting is an understatement. There are literally changes and enhancements happening on a daily basis. These changes are not only happening within the big platforms like Facebook, Snap, WhatsApp, and Pinterest, they are happening on the consumer front as well. I can’t think of a better time to be in space. That said,…

"Over the course of the next year, we expect Machine Learning to move upstream to further optimize cross-channel media planning." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start Simpli.fi? We were inspired to start Simpli.fi based on the belief that advertisers could benefit greatly from targeting audiences in a more granular and transparent way than using the legacy approach of targeting audiences with opaque, prepackaged audience segments. We launched our platform to target using…

"Video content has changed the way that companies communicate and promote their products and services." Tell us about your role and journey into Technology. What inspired you to start at Wideo? I’m one of the Co-Founders and Head of UX/Design. As a Graphic Designer and professional motion grapher, I’ve always been around technology. There is always a new tool or plug-in out there that you can use to get better results. Starting a few years ago, with the emergence of new technology startups and companies creating new…

"Your audience pays attention to the smallest details, and those details are shaping their experience and their perception of your brand." Tell us about your role and journey into technology. What inspired you to start at Splash? I believe the best way to do business is in person. Prior to Splash, I was leading events at Thrillist, as well as helping to launch the Summit Series, and I saw the same thing over and over again: the biggest software businesses in the world were successful - not by growing their Sales team or…