New to The Wires 2018, the Ad Tech Rising Star award celebrates the unsung heroes within the ad tech industry. We speak with this year’s winner, Jody Shilliday (pictured below), head of advertising solutions at Adform, on why digital advertising is such an exciting field and the key challenges that lie ahead for the industry. ExchangeWire: Your role at Adform sees you responsible for the global ad serving, programmatic, creative, and publisher products at Adform. What is so exciting about this [...]

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On Thursday, 22nd November, ExchangeWire held its second annual awards ceremony for The Wires, which saw 200 senior industry people come together to celebrate the best of ad tech and martech. Special guest, Kate Adie CBE, discussed her 40-year career and reminded everyone of the importance of funding great journalism. We would like to thank everyone for their support and for making the ceremony such a great success and to those who submitted their campaigns to be judged. Our panel of [...]

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ExchangeWire announces the return of ‘Ad Tech Personality of the Year 2018’ and launches its first ‘Ad Tech Rising Star’ award. Now in its fourth year, Ad Tech Personality of the Year recognises an individual who has made a significant impact on the ad tech industry. Previous winners are Joanna Burton, VP of European strategy at SpotX; Jay Stevens, former CRO of Adform; and Sarah Wood, co-founder of Unruly. They received the prestigious accolade after being nominated by industry peers for their notable contribution [...]

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Now in its third year, nominated and decided by industry peers, this award recognises an individual who has made a significant contribution to ad tech and has had a notable impact on the industry. Of the award, ExchangeWire CEO, Ciaran O’Kane said: “I’m proud to announce this shortlist of deserving industry professionals for ad tech personality of the year. The award is nominated and judged by his/her industry peers, which means this is a list of people who make tangible, important [...]

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