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Jerry Buhlmann joins digital agency Dept as non exec chair

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Jerry Buhlmann, the former CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network, has joined international digital agency Dept as a non-executive chairman, where he has been brought in to advise on growth and global expansion. Dept was founded in Amsterdam in 2015 and now employs 2,500 people in 30 offices.

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George Parker: my review of 2015 and US agency pick

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Christmas seems to have come (and almost gone) in November this year so we’re kicking off our reviews of the year and choice of agencies and others early too. Who better than George Parker, founder and editor of the famed Adscam, to get the ball rolling? Among other highlights (or maybe lowlights) George picks his.

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21. Mark Zagorski – eXelate, Telaria & DoubleVerify

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Mark Zagorski is a tenured ad tech CEO, having led eXelate (acquired by Nielsen), Telaria (later Magnite ) and currently DoubleVerify. But more than that, he’s a true ad tech O.G., joining pioneering agency Modem Media/Poppe Tyson as an A.E. in the mid-’90s right as digital ads were getting started.

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International deals drive 2015 marcoms takeover trends

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New Research by specialist marcoms M&A firm Results International shows that the number of global marcoms deals completed in Q3 2015 rose by seven per cent from Q2 (264 deals in Jul-Sep compared to 246 in Apr-Jun). This has been driven largely by a jump in the number of cross-border deals. More than a third.

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36. Ben Barokas – real-timing the supply side at AdMeld and Google

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He launched the company in 2015 after three years as GM of the Global Marketplace Development team at Google, which acquired his previous company, the pioneering supply-side platform (SSP) AdMeld, for a reported $400 million in 2011. He continues to lead the company.

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34. Andrew Casale – from Casale Media to Index Exchange

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Index itself was born in 2015 out of Casale Media, an ad network that Casale founded as a teenager around the turn of the millennium with some help from his father, an electrical engineer. Thus did he sort of “fall into” ad tech. Andrew was VP of Strategy at Casale Media from 2001-15.

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31. Steve Latham – taking an Encore at Flashtalking

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Steve was the Global Head of Analytics at Flashtalking , which acquired his advanced ad measurement company Encore Media Metrics in 2016. Then last July 2021, Mediaocean acquired Flashtalking for a reported $500 million, and Steve decided to “pull the pin” on his army-of-one and leave ad tech after a 20-year tour of duty.