Tony Ralph — CTO
“Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two – and only two – basic functions: marketing and innovation.” -- Peter Drucker, "The Practice of Management" Contemporary marketing allows us to understand customers holistically when it is embedded within all aspects of the business. This reduces Drucker’s distinction in the ideal scenario: product innovation inherently entails marketing. At its best, “marketing technology” is nearly indistinguishable from “enterprise technology”. Less optimally, a brand’s desire to put customers first is interrupted by siloed organizations and fragmented infrastructure. Those who have solved this at scale (Google, Facebook and increasingly Amazon) now understand so much about “customers” they've made a (lucrative) business by offering this knowledge to less fluent brands. This is the backdrop which has framed my career: attempting to understand customers via solutions which interweave and harmonize advertising and core product development. When done well, what is the difference? Experiences garnered along the way include: ◆ Digital transformation ◆ Engineering & Product leadership ◆ Online media (both buy and sell side) ◆ eCommerce + subscription services ◆ Acquired technology & talent integration ◆ M&A evaluation; infrastructure integration ◆ Engineering / data Infrastructure & cloud migration ◆ Vendor assessments, negotiation, partnerships ◆ Global org, team & talent development ◆ Identity, personalization, user journey ◆ Experimentation and digital measurement ◆ Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) ◆ Monetization strategy and solutions, sales engineering ◆ Ad technology architecture and strategy ◆ Global MarTech integration & solutions, Marketing Ops ◆ Creative production, creative ops (DAM, CMS) ◆ CRM, Customer Support / Services ◆ Data governance: CCPA, GDPR, VPPA, COPPA, SOX, etc.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a MarTech expert with a focus on data-driven product management and digital marketing solutions.
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Experience: 27 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Expert in integrating marketing and product development.
- Led global data product management at PepsiCo.
- Pioneered ad tech solutions at Intuit and Netflix.
Work Experience
GCP -- Google Kubernetes Engine (3 yrs 5 mos)
Self-employed
Advising / Consulting (4 yrs 4 mos)
PepsiCo
SVP, Global Data Product Management (1 yr 5 mos)
Walmart
Vice President, Product Management (3 yrs)
Intuit
Director, Product Management (2 yrs)
Netflix
Director, Product Management, Marketing Technology (3 yrs)
Senior Manager, Partner Technology Organization (1 yr)
Display Advertising Solutions Consultant, DoubleClick for Publishers (1 yr)
Yahoo
Engineering Product Specialist, Display Advertising (2 yrs)
Principal Engineer, Display Advertising (2 yrs)
Engineer and Property Liaison, Display Advertising (3 yrs)
Software Engineer (4 yrs)
CNET Networks
Software Operations Engineer (1 yr)
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA at UC San Diego
Master of Science - MS at California State University - East Bay