Closing a merger during the coronavirus pandemic? It’s not what he expected, but Michael Barrett, CEO of the combined Rubicon Project and Telaria, is adapting the companies’ product road map and integration timeline to steer the company through this crisis.

Laura Desmond, former Starcom CEO and current interim CEO at Double Verify, shares lessons from the last recession and speculates on what the current crisis could mean for marketers, agencies and tech. 

Insider Inc. CEO Henry Blodget joins AdExchanger to talk about how he’s steering his company during the coronavirus outbreak – and his critiques of the too-little-too-late response by the US and if the current stimulus package is enough to help the economy.

Hearts & Science US CEO Erin Matts takes us on a virtual tour of her day pitching clients, supporting employees and trying to keep morale high during a global pandemic. She also talks about indulging in long walks with her labrador retriever, Bruce.

Live sports may be canceled, but life marches on for Jayne Peressini, senior director of growth marketing at DraftKings. Daily fantasy sports and egaming are "going nuts," she says. When Jayne isn't working or organizing fun virtual activities to keep her team sane, including Top Chef-themed lunch-making competitions, she's hanging out with her wife and two young children. Favorite Netflix binge program right now: "Tiger King."

Watson Adverting CRO Jeremy Hlavacek gives his forecast for digital media and ad tech post-coronavirus. Plus, how the lockdown is affecting Americans’ weather-checking habits.

GroupM Global CEO Christian Juhl discusses heading up an organization with 32,000 employees and some of the world’s largest brand clients amid a pandemic – all while being single parenting his 12-year-old son.

How can ad tech startups survive the COVID-19 pandemic? Will the economic downturn change the way MathCapital thinks about its investment priorities? Is the VC spigot shut off, or is there still money to be had? Most importantly: Should we start washing our fruits and vegetables with soap? 

MathCapital's Eric Franchi and AdExchanger's Ryan Joe try to get to these answers and more in this episode of Social Distancing With Friends.

InMobi Group CEO Abhay Singhal chats with AdExchanger senior editor Allison Schiff about how he's making the most of the San Francisco shelter in place order. Abhay is reading more than he's watching Netflix, he's spending much-needed time with the family and he finally accomplished his lifelong dream of solving a Rubik's Cube – oh yeah, and he's managing a global workforce while wearing shorts and a baseball cap.

Three months after becoming CEO of Criteo, Megan Clarken has been confronted with a very different set of challenges from the ones she signed up for. In this episode of AdExchanger’s new audio series “Social Distancing With Friends,” she describes the coronavirus’s impact on ad spend and ecommerce fulfillment, and how she is leading the company through the crisis.