2025 IAB Video Leadership Summit

Dave Bernath is General Manager, Americas at Wurl, a leader in the streaming TV industry. With over 20 years of experience growing audiences for top content brands across traditional and emerging platforms, Dave brings a wealth of programming and digital media expertise to Wurl. Prior to joining Wurl, he was an accomplished television programmer and digital media entrepreneur, including General Manager of Comedy Central, where he oversaw the network’s transformation from a linear cable channel to a truly multiplatform content brand.

Before joining IAB, Jason had been working as the North American Media Manager for Ferrero, purveyor of some of the sweetest brands on the planet. He specializes in innovative media strategies coupled with complex buying approaches.

Jason grew up in Massachusetts and now resides in Middletown, New Jersey. He has a B.A. in Political Science from UMass Lowell and a B.A. in English from Framingham State. In his free time, you can find him enjoying time with his family, exercising, or teaching tennis.

Angelica L. Aguirre is a highly accomplished Director with a specialization in Customer Experience Planning and Optimization, particularly in the realm of digital strategies. She is known for her visionary approach, strategic planning abilities, and exceptional team leadership.

Throughout her career, Angelica has consistently demonstrated her expertise in implementing innovative digital campaigns and leveraging emerging technologies to drive exceptional brand results. Her track record includes successful digital initiatives that have enhanced brand visibility, engaged target audiences effectively, and delivered tangible business outcomes.

With a deep understanding of the importance of digital experience in shaping customer perceptions, Angelica has effectively utilized various digital channels such as social media, point of care, audio, video, mobile first applications, etc to create immersive and interactive brand experiences. She stays at the forefront of the latest digital trends and emerging technologies in order to ensure her brands remain innovative and ahead of the curve.

In addition to her digital prowess, Angelica excels in cross-agency team leadership, collaborating with stakeholders, agencies, and technology partners to develop cohesive and impactful digital strategies. She understands the importance of integration across various disciplines to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Angelica’s strategic and innovative mindset, coupled with her strong analytical skills, allows her to create data-driven strategies that effectively reach and engage target audiences in global and domestic markets. Her ability to drive short and long-term brand results through optimized digital channels sets her apart as a leader in the industry.

Steve Bagdasarian is Comscore’s Chief Commercial Officer and a seasoned digital technology executive.
Focused on delivering growth above target in high-velocity, high-growth environments, Steve joined Comscore in 2022. Over 15+ years his roles have spanned operations, strategy, business development, product and marketing analytics.
Steve previously led Media Operations, Product and Revenue Strategy at Publishers Clearing House as Chief Operation Officer and led business development and strategy for Fiksu, Inc. He lives in Maine with his wife and three sons.

Ronny Benatar is a digital media expert at WPP, where he leads the media activation team and is driving a shift toward outcome-based video investment. With experience across tech, travel, B2B, finance, and government sectors, he brings a holistic and strategic approach to media execution. His expertise spans digital, programmatic, video, social, and branded content, enabling results-driven partnerships. Passionate about digital transformation and innovation—particularly for tech and new economy brands—Ronny brings a global perspective shaped by his upbringing in Zimbabwe and Australia, where he began his media career.

Chris Bruderle brings over 25 years of experience in Data/Web Analytics and Media Market Research at premium Digital and Muti-Platform web publishers including The Daily Beast, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Conde Nast Publications and This Old House Ventures.

Before working at IAB where he leads research-based thought leadership initiatives, Chris was most recently VP, Analytics & Research at The Daily Beast where he spent nearly 7 years and was responsible for the tracking, analysis and reporting of The Daily Beast’s O&O site and off-platform data/analytics for Senior/Corporate Management, Editorial, Advertising Sales, Product/Engineering, Audience/Business Development, Social Media and PR. He established the company-wide Editorial Analytics and Advertising Sales data and research stacks which included, among others, Google Analytics, Parse.ly, Krux DMP, Optimizely, comScore, Kantar, Samba, Newswhip, Crowd Tangle, Buzzsumo, and CrazyEgg.

Prior to The Daily Beast, Chris spent 5 years as Associate and Acting Director at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia where he directed the correspondence and development of all research-based strategies supporting the Advertising Sales and Marketing staffs of each of the MSLO media brands and platforms across digital, mobile/tablet, TV, print and radio. Chris has also held marketing and market research positions at Conde Nast and Time Inc.

Chris started his career at BBDO as an Assistant Media Planner where he most notably completed the “Media Training Program”.

A seasoned executive with 24+ years of digital media, marketing and operations experience, Angelina Eng has focused her career on supporting agencies and brands to define, build and manage digital media and marketing efforts while enabling teams to operationally work efficiently and effectively with both internal and external partners and platforms. She’s been responsible for the development and management of internal systems and workflow, establishment of deliverable standards, designing ad trafficking and tracking guidelines, implementation of emerging platforms, as well as establishing best practices at companies such as Morgan Stanley, Merkle, Dentsu Aegis and Publicis Modem.

Over the years, She has been involved with multiple organizations and events to help define, establish and advocate some of the industry standards that we see in today’s digital media ecosystem (such as ad verification/brand safety, ad fraud, viewability and programmatic, social, etc)

Angelina has been awarded the AdMonsters 2018 Power List, IAB Data Rockstar 2016 and AdMonsters Digital Media Leadership Award 2016.

Jamie Finstein joins the IAB with 15+ years of experience focused on digital strategy and investment, most recently at GroupM/WPP. During her time in the media agency world, Jamie worked with brands across a variety of industries including Luxury, CPG, Retail, Beauty to accelerate their digital media approaches, incorporating innovative tactics to help their businesses grow. Jamie lives in Brooklyn and enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.

Before joining the IAB, Cintia Gabilan had experience working across global ad agencies (Wunderman Thompson and Dentsu), CPG (Unilever), and tech companies (Facebook and Amazon). She has global experience driving growth by overseeing marketing, communications, and sales strategy. With a Master’s in Business, she most recently built many strategic and significant marketing programs at Amazon Ads, such as their Customer Advisory Boards, Analysts Relations, Competitive Intelligence program, and more. You can find her exploring nature, playing sports, and baking with her husband and daughter in her free time.

Joshua John is the Sr. Director of DSP Strategy for the Yahoo DSP. Josh and his team are responsible for driving DSP Strategy across Yahoo’s core domains, including Identity, CTV, and Commerce Media. He provides holistic thought leadership on the ever evolving Ad Tech space – helping inform the big bets to drive the DSP forward and working with clients on connecting media campaigns to business outcomes.

Paul is a founder, entrepreneur, and investor. As a thought leader in consumer behavior, insights and measurement, Paul has developed software solutions that enable some of the top brands in the US to interact and engage with consumers in a personalized and relevant fashion. Prior to founding Epicenter Experience (acquired by Stagwell Global), Paul served as SVP, Strategy and Business Development at SessionM (acquired by Mastercard), Senior Vice President of Digital Media and Analytics at Arbitron (acquired by Nielsen) and COO at Ando Media (acquired by Triton Media Group). Paul has always been fascinated by people—the way they make decisions, how people can help one another and how people can connect to positively impact change in our world; a foundation for his social entrepreneurship efforts. Paul holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an A.B. Honors degree from Brown University in Organizational Behavior and Management. He lives in Greater Boston and has two sons.

Ryan McConville serves as EVP, Chief Product Officer, Advertising Platforms & Operations at NBCUniversal Advertising and Partnerships. In this role, Ryan leads a team of product managers and ad operations specialists who are dedicated to developing technology-driven solutions that drive growth and lead marketplace transformation. He is responsible for overall product delivery of NBCU’s One Platform ad tech stack, a unified advertising solution that enables marketers to reach audiences across all screens and formats.

Ryan has over 20 years of experience in media and advertising technology, leading change and stewarding strategy and sales growth in this fast-growing space. Prior to joining NBCUniversal in 2019, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of KARGO, where he was responsible for building the company’s global mobile ad tech business and leading the product, technology, operations, sales and partnerships functions. Before KARGO, McConville served in various leadership and development roles at ad tech platform Vdopia, as well as Bauer Media, Wenner Media, Rolling Stone, and In Touch Weekly.

Ryan is the recipient of a fellowship from Wharton’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management for research on the use of consumer data in advertising. And he has been awarded three U.S. Patents. He holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University and an MBA in Management from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Elizabeth Donovan is a dynamic and visionary media executive with deep expertise in sales leadership, omnichannel strategy, marketing innovation, and data-driven advertising solutions. As SVP, Global Head of Retail & Commerce Media Networks at Acxiom/IPG, she spearheads global strategy, revenue acceleration, technology innovation, and activation for a growing portfolio of media networks. Strategic consulting expert for monetization for brands across retail, hospitality, finance, and beyond.

Elizabeth is widely recognized for launching and scaling transformative media network businesses. Most notably, she architected and led the successful launch of the Marriott Media Network—the industry’s first hospitality media network, where she built a multi-functional organization from the ground up, overseeing ad revenue, operations, go-to-market execution, and technology infrastructure. Her impact reshaped how hospitality brands engage travelers through meaningful, data-enriched advertising experiences.

Amie has over 20+ years of experience within the retail media industry and has worked with many of the world’s biggest companies inclusive of CPGs, retailers and non-endemic brands. A results-driven, innovative leader with extensive experience in all facets of retail marketing and advertising, she is the industry’s go-to expert on Commerce media, a practice she pioneered at Universal McCann, a media agency within IPG, almost 12 years ago. Amie was recently honored with both the AdAge and P2Pi’s 40 under 40 awards.

Nicole Scaglione has been working in the ad tech space for more than a decade. She joined PubMatic in 2021 to manage the OTT/CTV business globally and has since expanded her role to take on all things online video.

Prior to PubMatic, Nicole ran the West Coast AdvancedTV programmatic sales team for Hulu and oversaw the West and Midwest sales teams at Telaria.

Nicole holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University.

Michele Stone is Senior Vice President of Advanced Advertising Product & Planning Solutions at Paramount. In this role, Stone leads the strategy and development of Paramount’s advanced advertising products, including the company’s advanced advertising solution Vantage. She is also responsible for managing the planning, operations and execution of all Vantage convergent campaigns.

Stone joined the company, formerly ViacomCBS, in February 2017 as an original member of the Vantage team. Before Paramount, Stone worked at GroupM, with a decade of experience in Media Buying, and later becoming a leader in the development and execution of GroupM’s data solutions division.

Stone was recognized by AdExchanger and AdMonsters as a 2023 Top Women in Media and Ad Tech for her notable contributions to the industry. She lives in Westchester, NY with her husband and three kids.

Tim Ware is a seasoned multimedia sales executive with over a decade of experience in Connected TV advertising, specializing in programmatic ad tech and SaaS solutions. He has played key roles in pioneering media initiatives across a diverse portfolio of premier news, sports, and entertainment brands, including Crackle/Sony Pictures, The Wall Street Journal, WWE, Yardbarker, ESPN, NFL, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, and InterZine Productions.

Tim currently serves as Vice President of the Future Today Marketplace, where he leads efforts to deliver targeted advertising campaigns using advanced TV signals across a portfolio of family-friendly, brand-safe, premium long-form CTV inventory.

Previously, Tim held VP roles in Advanced TV, CTV, and Agency & Brand Partnerships at Tremor Video/Telaria (Magnite), where he helped launch the company’s flagship video SSP and built strategic programmatic video partnerships with top agencies, brands, and broadcasters.

He began his career as a television media buyer at McCann-Erickson and Saatchi & Saatchi, gaining deep expertise in national, regional, and local TV, with a focus on sports sponsorships.

Alan Wolk is Co-Founder and Lead Analyst at the legendary media analyst firm TVREV. Wolk has established himself as one of the industry’s most influential thought leaders, especially noted for his deep understanding of the intersection of streaming and advertising.

What sets Wolk apart is his unique ability to demystify complex ideas in a manner that’s easily understandable yet never oversimplified. This talent makes him a sought-after writer, speaker, and consultant, striking a rare balance between depth and accessibility in his communications.

He regularly speaks about the future of television, both at conferences and to anyone who’ll listen.

Dr. Lindsey Woodland is Senior Vice President of Client Data Science at iSpot. She brings over 15 years of mathematics and analytics experience and extensive work on both theoretical and applied client-centric data science.

At iSpot, Lindsey spearheads the development and implementation of innovative methodologies and solutions that push the boundaries of streaming and TV measurement, empowering clients to drive further success with data-driven insights. She has played an instrumental role in the conception, execution and success of numerous large-scale data science solutions, and was the lead architect behind IMP4CT, iSpot’s groundbreaking always-on ad campaign attribution solution. Her expertise and vision continue to drive advancements in the field, positioning iSpot at the forefront of data-driven decision-making.

She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Missouri – Columbia and a B.A. in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Westminster College.