Recognizing

stalwarts of the

online publishing

ecosystem

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AdPushup’s Global Publishing Leaders honors the leaders of the publishing ecosystem.

What makes a Global Publishing Leader?

Every individual on this list has uniquely contributed to the publishing fraternity. They took over the mantle and led their teams to deliver outstanding results.

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qualifying criteria

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qualifying criteria

The annual list of Global Publishing Leaders is finalized after a rigorous selection process. It consists of both publishers and ad operations leaders who have

Played a pivotal role in driving the change

Displayed an in-depth understanding of the publishing and ad operations ecosystem

Made an outstanding overall contribution to the media industry

Played a pivotal role in driving the change

Displayed an in-depth understanding of the publishing and ad operations ecosystem

Made an outstanding overall contribution to the media industry

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Winners 2021

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Winner 2021

Rob Beeler

Founder & CEO

Beeler.Tech

Rick Welch

VP, Programmatic

Flipboard.com

Michele Devine

Vice President

BuzzFeed

Travis Bernard

Senior Director

TechCrunch

Sara Badler

SVP, Advertising & Partnerships 

Dotdash

Brooke Edwards-Plant

Sr. Director of Ad Ops and Ad Tech

The Atlantic

Janelle Faulk

Global Head of Advertising

Bloomberg

Sophie Toth

Programmatic & Ad Tech Lead 

Euronews

Will Doherty

Chief of Marketplace Development

Index Exchange

Angelina Eng

VP, Measurement & Attribution

IAB

Scott Messer

Senior Vice President, Media 

Leaf Group

Doug Farrell

Group Head of Digital Strategy

dmg media Limited

Ian Hocking

Vice President

South China Morning Post Publishers

Joshua Campanella

Programmatic Lead

South China Morning Post Publishers

Kathy Murray

Director Ad Operations

Investor’s Business Daily

Shikhar Goel

Software Developer

Sanchhaya Edu. Pvt. Ltd.

John Larder

Head of Audience Data and Analytics

BBC

Justina Palinaviciute

Head of Ad-operations

Bored Panda

Courtney Conte

Chief Operating Officer

BBC

Apoorv Kalra

Founder

Red Hot Web Gems India Pvt Ltd

Macauley Lowe

Head of Programmatic

UNILAD

Lars Gantenberg

Managing Director

Transfermarkt.it

Tijmen Ruizendaal

CTO and Co-Founder

Chordify

Justin Ward

Director Of Advertising

Eezy (Vecteezy)

Aidan O’Dwyer

Commercial Director

TheJournal.ie

Seth Rosenberg

President

ReserveAmerica

Lokesh Gupta

CEO

howtodoinjava.com

Ehud Zamir

Founder & CEO

Greetings Island

Sushant Awasthi

Head of Ad Operations

Livescore

Jon Deane

CEO

GreatSchools

Fredrik Lindahl

CEO/Co-Owner

Flightradar24 

Mats Lidgren

Yield Manager

Flightradar24

Frank Alperstaedt

Founder – leadership founder executive

UpdateStar

Bernd Peter Zatyko

director sales & new media

oe24 GmbH

Thomas Thorsell-Arntsen

CEO

w3schools

Dan Sivan

Founder, Developer & Producer

Ayayu VR Games

Sandeep Kanoi

Owner

Taxguru 

Bouzid Mehdi Mounis

CEO and Co-Founder

Ouedkniss

Jason Lydiate

Commercial Director

Time and Date AS

Mathis Buechi

Co-Founder, Chairman

Smallpdf

Matthew Pferschy

Director Ad Operations

hemmings.com

David Pescovitz

CO-FOUNDER

Boing Boing

JOEL GASPARD

Owner

toytheater.com

PAOLA LOPEZ

Director

Sepeprestaciones

Josh Peters

Sr. Director – Data Strategy 

Buzzfeed

Will Fox

Senior Programmatic Manager

The Irish Times

Steven Cheah

Sr. Director of Ad Operations

Barstool Sports

Travis Brown

VP of Branded Partnerships & Ad Tech

WeTransfer

Michel Moulin

Founder

le10sport.com

Orlin Milinov

Owner and Editor in chief

GSMArena

Jason Kat

Director

Kat IP Pty Ltd

Rahul Suthar

Founder

Tellyexpress

Michael Racic

Global Head of Programmatic and Data

Fandom

Katherine Miller

Director Programmatic Partnerships

MMAFighting.com

Vincent So

Global Head of Programmatic & Ad Tech

hypebeast.com

Daniël Van Kolfschoten

Co-Owner

timestables.com

Gijs Bekenkamp

CMO and Founder

Chordify

Jeff Douglass

Director of Product

phillyvoice

Lech Mazur

CEO

City-Data.com

Adrian Tsung-Han

Ad Platform Manager

Dcard

Shasta Mir

Lead programmatic

Sky Sports

Bas de Haas

Founder and CEO

Chordify

Paul Nikkel

Co-Founder

Pepper.com

Chris Weatherly

General Manager

WRAL

Sebastiaan Kaland

Owner & founder

prospekte

Amanda Hesser

CEO

Food52

Jeremy Burge

Founder

Emojipedia

Efrain Ortiz

CEO

OSTOKONE SL

Yigal Ben Efraim

Founder & CEO

STANDS4

Tal Hen

Owner

Gogy

Florent Maitre

Président & co-founder

CLUBIC

Ruchit Patel

Co-founder & CTO

AllEvents

Scott Booker

Chief Marketing and Product Officer

copart.com

Adam Lynch

Senior Manager, operations and revenue

Formula 1

Aaron Peckham

Founder – leadership founder executive

Urban Dictionary

Lino Teuteberg

Co-Founder, Design & Product

Smallpdf

Howard Love

Founder & CEO

Lovetoknow.com

Chloe Ting

Owner

chloeting.com

Aleksandar Petković

Growth Director

Mondo

Lai Jingping

Owner

Wuxiaworld Limited

Maxime Linard

Advertising Sales Director

Agriaffaires

Luis Hernandez

CEO – Leadership Executive

Uptodown

Alexandra Avădanei

Head of Digital Revenue

Wizz Air

Rafael López

Director of Operations

Cotilleo

Thomas Lintz

Managing Director

Transfermarkt.it

Michael Tanret

Founder and Owner

soccernews.nl

Roman Romanuk

CEO

WorldLifestyle

Ed Arrandale

Head of Programmatic

WeatherBug

Michal Avny

Co-founder & CEO

symbolab.com

Kapil Jindal

CEO & Co-founder

Beebom

Steve Evans

Head of Ad Operations

Daily Express

Ashish Kumar

Senior Manager – Ad Operations and Programmatic

India Today Group 

Mike Feerick

CEO & Founder

Alison – Free Online Learning

Job Richard

Head of Programmatic and Digital Marketing Specialist

Okezone

Jason McConnell

Director of Product, Innovation and Monetization

sportsengine.com

Tomasz Musial

Programmatic expert – monetization, optimization, analytics

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