This week Sean sat down with Zac Selby, Global Head of Digital Strategy at dentsu.

We discussed 👇

00:15 - Zac’s Journey into AdTech & Moving to London

04:15 - Local vs Global Media Buying Explained

07:55 - Inside a Global Role & AI Roadmap

11:40 - Smarter Measurement: Behavioral & Attention Metrics

19:20 - Career Advice & Building Visibility

23:15 - Quote to Remember: “What Stands in the Way...”

This week on the show Sean is joined by Blake Seabrook & Brendan Carney, Country Managers, UK & SE at Readpeak.

We discuss👇

00:16 - Career Journeys

05:00 - The Readpeak Platform

07:21 - Publisher and Advertiser Perspectives

09:39 - Breaking Into Agencies & Overcoming Tech Stacks

14:20 - Nordic vs UK Market Differences

21:38 - Market Evolution & Smaller Agencies

24:03 - Career Advice & Mentorship

This week Sean is joined by Ben Putley⁠, Co-Founder & CEO at ⁠Alkimi⁠.

We discuss👇

💫 The evolution of Alkimi

💫 Building a decentralised ad exchange

💫 Lessons from their growth journey

💫 How to utilize AI to gain an edge

💫 Career advice for emerging leaders

This week Sean is joined by Christopher Pettit, Co-Founder & CEO at Revving

Chapters below 👇

00:15 Recap of Fired Up Event

01:53 Chris’ Career Journey

06:38 What Revving Does

08:58 Industry Finance Problem

11:18 Why Late Payments Persist

13:43 Building Revving Obstacles & Growth

16:03 Convincing CFOs to Use Revving

18:33 Fixing the AdTech Ecosystem

20:32 Career Progression & Financial Literacy

23:01 Advice for Career Growth

Programmatic Pulse podcast is back! Sean is joined by the CEO of the 2024 London AdTech Economic Forum winner - Fabian Beste @ 4screen.

Chapters below 👇

00:15 Introduction to Fabian and 4Screen

05:46 The Concept and Technology Behind 4Screen

08:59 Starting in Covid

11:57 Partnerships with Major Automakers

14:43 The Startup Ecosystem in Munich

18:26 Growth Opportunities for 4Screen

21:15 Career Advice and Networking

25:07 Lessons Fabian has Learnt From his Journey

28:01 Team Structure and Hiring Challenges

This week Sean is joined by Darren Jacobs, Sales Director EMEA at Zitcha.

Chapters below 👇

00:29 - Career Journey

03:10 - Transitioning to a Global Market

06:14 - What Does Zitcha Do?

07:33 - Building a Retail Media Network

11:59 - How a Retailer Can Win

15:03 - Challenge in Retail Media

17:42 - The Future of Retail Media

29:04 - Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Rachel Smith, Co-Founder & CEO at ExchangeWire.

Chapters below 👇

00:29 - Career Journey

06:33 - Growing ExchangeWire

10:01 - The Core Components of EW

12:13 - Simplifying AdTech

20:59 - Importance of Networking // ATS

31:03 - Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Tom Laband, Co-founder and CEO of Adsquare.

00:29 - Career Journey

02:51 - Growing Adsquare Internationally

05:56 - Entrepreneurial Operating Framework System

09:55 - Journey So Far and Growth Plans for Adsquare

16:32 - Tom's Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Ravi Patel, Founder & CEO at SWYM.ai

Chapters below 👇

00:29 - Career Journey

03:45 - What is SWYM.ai?

05:55 - Dynamic Curation

09:45 - Journey so Far and Growth Plans

11:38 - Achieving Product Market Fit in AdTech

16:11 - Where Does PMF Go Wrong

18:32 - Ravi's Career Advice

This week Sean is joined by Max von Weber, Founder & CEO at adnomaly

Chapters below 👇

00:39 - Career Journeys

02:35 - Adland in Germany

04:13 - Inspiration Behind Adnomaly

06:58 - What adnomaly Solves and Client Success Stories

11:27 - Growth Plans

13:30 - Leading From the Front

16:00 - The Feelings you Went Through When Starting adnomaly

21:01 - How to Succeed Working in a Startup

23:46 - AdTech vs Agency Startup

25:32 - Founder's Advice

27:22 - Handling Client Objections