Redefining Media Types: A Shared Language for Digital Video

Jamie Finstein is Vice President of IAB’s Media Center, where she leads the organization’s Video and Audio Boards and initiatives. She spearheads IAB’s annual NewFronts and IAB Video Leadership Summit and is a regular moderator and panelist on video industry topics. Prior to IAB, Jamie spent her career on the agency side, helping brands across luxury, CPG, retail, and beauty accelerate their digital media approaches and drive growth.

Adam Gerber is Head of Strategy at Media.net, where he leads the company’s U.S. go-to-market strategy and works across sales, product marketing, and partnerships to drive sustainable growth. He helps shape Media.net’s positioning and market strategy as the company expands its supply solutions, which are performance-driven, transparent and differentiated for advertisers, agencies and publishers.

Gerber brings more than three decades of experience across the media and advertising ecosystem, with leadership roles at agencies, publishers and adtech platforms. His broad industry perspective spans the buy- and sell-side of both traditional and digital media.

Prior to joining Media.net in May 2026, he served as Senior Director, Global Ads Commercialization at Netflix, where he led a team responsible for developing advertising models and go-to-market solutions across live programming, content-led sponsorships and custom programs. He joined Netflix in 2022 as one of the first members of its Global Ads team.

Before Netflix, Gerber spent five years at GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, joining in 2017 as Global Chief Investment Officer at Essence before moving into the role of Executive Director, U.S. Investment Strategy, where he worked across major clients including Google, NBCUniversal, Target, Unilever, Ford, Mars and L’Oréal.

Earlier, he spent six years at The Walt Disney Company, departing as SVP, Client Development & Communications at ABC, where he helped the sales organization navigate the transition from linear television to streaming. Before that, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Quantcast, championing the company’s digitally focused audience measurement and targeting solutions.

Gerber’s early career included roles at agency and adtech companies including Mediavest Worldwide/Publicis, Ammirati Puris Lintas/IPG, J. Walter Thompson/WPP, America Online and Brightcove. He began his career in 1990 and has been recognized by Adweek and Mediaweek as one of the industry’s leading figures in media.

In addition to his role at Media.net, Gerber is a Scout at Archer Venture Capital, serves on the advisory board of BigHappy and the Dean’s Advisory Board of Boston University’s College of Communication. He also continues to contribute to IAB committees and task forces.

Gerber holds a B.S. in Journalism and a B.A. in International Relations from Boston University.

Megan is a leader in media measurement, audience insights, and video marketplace intelligence at Publicis Media. She advises agencies and brands on navigating the rapidly evolving video ecosystem and making smarter investment decisions. Throughout her career, she has led strategy and product development across paid social, streaming audio, programmatic DOOH, and connected TV, helping organizations adapt to changing consumer behaviors and media landscapes.

Molly Schultz is EVP of Investment Strategy at Omnicom Media, where she helps brands decide where and how to spend their advertising budgets across channels, including Connected TV and Video. She brings 20 years of experience, with leadership roles at UM Worldwide, Mediabrands Worldwide, CBS Interactive, and Legendary Entertainment.

Adweek, Digiday, and Variety have featured her expertise in the advertising market. Business Insider recognized her as a leading agency expert helping global brands build and run advertising campaigns on TikTok.

She lives in Los Angeles with her French Bulldog, Frannie.