Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

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Dec 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

• UK adtech industry body to help raise standards and processes to help reduce all types of ad fraud. This is an unpaid and fully voluntary role with no personal financial gain.
• The coalition was dissolved in January 2026.

Jul 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

• Looking after poorly family member.

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · Worldwide

• In early 2021 I founded the Adtech Chat group as a place for Adtechers to hang out by the digital water cooler/pub. Today it’s the most vibrant and active community of adtech professionals in the world with well over 13,000 members connecting, debating, and joking with each other, all under a strict Chatham House Rule
• We are more than just our jobs and the companies that pay us.
• Groups include:
• Adtech Chat - UK
• Adtech Chat - Global
• Adtech Chat - North America
• Adtech Chat - Israel
• Adtech Chat - CEE
• Adtech Chat - EMEA
• Adtech Chat - LATAM
• Adtech Chat - APAC
• Adtech Chat - MENA
• Adtech Chat - DACH
• Adtech Chat - India
• Adtech Chat - North UK
• Adtech Chat - Job Seekers
• Adtech Chat - Publishers only
• Adtech Chat - Advertisers only
• Adtech Adops Chat
• Adtech Identity & Measurement Chat
• Adtech Sustainability Chat
• Adtech Political Ads Chat
• Adtech Audio Ads Chat
• Adtech CTV Chat
• Adtech DOOH Chat
• Adtech Retail Media Chat
• Adtech AI Chat
• Adtech Mobile Chat
• Adtech Gaming Tech Chat
• Adtech Investor/Founder Chat
• Adtech Chat in Cannes
• Adtech Chat at ATS
• Adtech Chat at Madfest
• Adtech Chat at DMEXCO
• Adtech Chat at Trinity Lunch
• Adtech Chat at SXSW
• Adtech Chat at Possible Miami
• Adtech Chat at MWC
• Adtech Chat at Prebid Summit
• Adtech Chat at Programmatic Pioneers
• Adtech Chat at Ad Week Europe
• Adtech Chat at Programmatic I/O
• Adtech Chat at CES
• Ads are available in every group for £300. Company group takeovers/Ask Me Anything's are available for £5,000. DM me for details.

Oct 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ENGINE Media Exchange (EMX) was the programmatic SSP from the Engine agency.
• My role was to come in and build out presence and revenue across the UK & Europe.
• In my first year I helped to increase revenue by over 120% YoY, make first hires in Germany, and created multiple trading deals with independent agencies and programmatic trading houses.
• I left in the Summer of 2021 to focus on caring for an elderly parent who could no longer care for themselves.

Dec 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

• City AM is London’s leading financial freesheet newspaper with over 85,000 readers daily. City AM is also one of the only British newspapers to have a weekly section dedicated to the blockchain and digital asset sector.
• My role was to contribute to the paper with editorial commenting on all topics related to Bitcoin, blockchain, and crypto in general.

Apr 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Company was acquired May 2018.
• AdSupply creates patented, world-class ad tech that delivers viewable, high impact ad formats for brands, agencies and publishers looking to maximize ROI.
• AdSupply’s simple philosophy: give advertisers and publishers the freedom to monetize. How do we accomplish this? By building the most powerful ad delivery tools in the digital marketplace, serving human-triggered ads that expose new and boost existing revenue streams, and balancing that all with a user experience that produces verified, industry-leading viewability and engagement metrics.
• AdSupply serves its global client base through unmissable digital ad formats including; Before You Go™, a non-intrusive, full page ad experience; Floating Banner™, an intelligent banner that remains viewable while users browse; and the Scroller™, a premium ad experience that activates on user scroll and stays in view.
• AdSupply uses patented ad serving technology with direct integrations on over 1500+ publishers sites. With the release of June 2016 data, AdSupply is now a Top 5 comScore ranked ad network for News & Information.

Sep 2012 – Apr 2017 · 4 yrs 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

• The company was acquired April 2017.
• OCP was a unique company in the digital ad space. We offered international representation to some of the largest and best known foreign publishers to drive ad sales from the London based international arms of media agencies.
• Key achievements:
• Secured international sales rights with some of the largest digital publishers in the world including Kinopoisk (Russia), Terra (Latam), and T-Online (Germany)
• Successfully launched Teads for the international market
• Secured regular six figure bookings.
• Built Straightline.io as a programmatic futures platform to reduce the friction in the buying and selling of guaranteed inventory.

Mar 2010 – Apr 2017 · 7 yrs 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

• Media Ventures was a digital media investment vehicle offering seed funding to first time entrepreneurs with strong digital media background. We supported them to launch the business offering funding, office support and ongoing strategic advice.
• Businesses included:
• Mobile Ventures: a premium mobile ad sales house
• Play Media: a premium video ad sales house
• Hyper Focal: an in-image ad network
• Liberty Digital: a recruitment company focused on employees in the digital ad sales sector
• 4th Wall: an RTB sales house

May 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

• At Glam, my initial role was to smoothly support the transition of the business as Monetise to Glam Media.
• I ensured that revenues continued to rise across the Glam Entertainment sites, and exceeded the company target by over 13% and beat YoY revenue by over 30% despite the ad slump experienced by the industry in 2008 and 2009.
• Latterly, I was charged with working with all of our global offices to create a united international media offering for the global advertisers based in London.

Nov 2004 – May 2008 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• The company was acquired May 2008.
• Monetise was a premium 3rd party ad sales house that worked with premium publishers who were able to go 'beyond the banner' and create bespoke solutions for brand advertisers.
• Key achievements:
• Secured exclusive sales contracts from some of the largest independent publishers of the day including Setanta, ARTISTdirect, Pocket-Lint.com, Rock You and Flixster
• Secured a £1 million year long sponsorship for one of our sites from one of the large telcos via their agency - competitive pitch against Yahoo, MTV and Bebo.
• Secured season long sponsorship for Setanta from major betting company for two consecutive years
• Secured bespoke sponsorship for Flixster from Orange for activation of their BAFTA sponsorship for three consecutive years.
• Secured 12 country, multi-language, six week sponsorship for Paramount's release of last Indiana Jones movie - $250,000 contract.
• Created bespoke sponsorship's for COI campaigns on our social network sites.
• Recognised as 4th fastest growing digital media company in the UK with 1,000% growth over three years (GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards, 2008).
• Acquired May 2008 by Glam Media, one of the best funded ad tech companies in history.

Oct 2000 – Jul 2004 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• eType was one of the first 3rd party online ad sales houses. I joined as the third employee.
• Key achievements:
• Sold 12 month unique Multimap sponsorship to BT Broadband.
• Set up long term deals with Match.com, William Hill, and BT across multiple sites and formats.
• Trained up new hires.
• Consistently company’s top salesperson.

Feb 1999 – Oct 2000 · 1 yr 8 mos

• My role was to cross-sell the entire portfolio of The Independent (IoS, all supplements, all INM websites) to the largest spending advertisers for their recruitment needs.

Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 · 3 yrs

• Top salesperson.
• Launched new concessions in other stores around the country.
• Handled all inventory management
• Made Guide Clothing the most profitable concession in Topman Oxford Circus.
• I was responsible for supporting the CM in all inventory management, merchandising, and ultimately driving sales.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1996 · 2 yrs

• In top 1% for UK for pre-sales for all Disney releases.
• Sales trainer for Disney pre-sales across the district.
• Part of the team that won UK Store of the Year
• Nominated for Worldwide Employee of the Month, April '95