Episode One

Stephanie Layser, the Worldwide Head of Publisher Ad Tech Solutions at AWS, has earned the nickname 'Google Slayer' for her bold approach to AdTech. A veteran of the publishing industry’s digital business, she spent over five years at News Corp., where she led AdTech and operations.

Episode Two

Ben Wilde serves as the Head of Innovation at Georgian, a growth-stage investor in B2B software companies. Georgian is known for its unique approach of not only investing in these companies but also developing software to accelerate their growth.

Ben leads the firm's efforts in identifying and leveraging cutting-edge technologies and trends. This is underscored by Georgian's recent research, "The AI Landscape Series: Agentic Platforms & Applications Report," which surveyed over 600

Episode Three

Dr. Augustine Fou, Creator of FouAnalytics, is a veteran digital marketing expert with nearly 30 years of experience, specializing in the intersection of cybercrime and ad fraud. He advises government bodies and private clients on strengthening cybersecurity, reducing ad fraud, and improving digital marketing effectiveness. Formerly the Group Chief Digital Officer at Omnicom’s Healthcare Consultancy Group, Dr. Fou has also taught digital strategy at Rutgers and NYU. He earned his PhD in Materials Science from MIT at age 23 and began his career at McKinsey, later serving as SVP of digital strategy at McCann.

Episode Four

Shiv, Founder & CEO of U Digital, spent nearly two decades inside ad-tech powerhouses like AOL and Criteo, culminating in a VP-level sales role before launching U of Digital in 2018. Since U. of Digital was founded, Shiv and his team have trained thousands of marketing professionals at companies ranging from Google and TikTok to Comcast and Disney, helping them decode everything from clean rooms to AI-driven media buying. In short, we invited Shiv to Signal & Noise due to his unique vantage point at the intersection of education, technology, and talent, which makes him the perfect guide as we navigate the AI-automated future of advertising.

Episode Five

Lou Paskalis is the CEO and Founder of AJL Advisory and Chief Strategy Officer at Ad Fontes Media. Lou has held senior roles at several prominent organizations, including senior brand roles at American Express and Bank of America, where he led media investment, data strategy and stood up a brand-safety practice many marketers emulated. He also worked at MMA Global as president/COO and chaired MMA’s Media & Data Board, shaping standards around media effectiveness and data governance.

Episode Six

Jessica Hogue is an award-winning and results-driven executional leader with over 20 years of experience in media, journalism, data, advertising, research, analytics and technology. A versatile cross functional executive, she has a proven track record of building businesses from the ground up and transforming products and lines of business through go to market, product development and organizational change. As Chief Data Officer for Hearst’s consumer media divisions, Jessica is responsible for data strategy, new data product development and governance.