manny puentes
Manny is a technical and business leader in AI, data, and adtech. With more than 25 years of experience leading technology and product at multimillion dollar companies, he consistently pairs strategic vision with precise execution.
Manny is currently the GM of Advertising at Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI), former CTO of MediaMath, former CEO/Co-founder of Rebel AI (Acquired by Nasdaq: LOGC), former CTO of Lijit (Acquired by Federated Media, now Sovrn), board member at the IAB, former senior engineer at MatchLogic (Acquired by Excite).
Ed messman
Ed is an executive leader with 25 years experience working with VC / PE sponsored technology companies. He has led four startups in the data, adtech and fintech sectors through startup to exit. He has 13 years experience in VC finance working with hundreds of technology companies.
Ed is currently the CEO of Rook Capital, former Global GM Digital at Wunderman (a WPP company), former CEO/Co-founder of SpotRight (Acquired by Wiland), former VP Corporate Development at HiveLive (Acquired by Nasdaq: RNOW then by Oracle), former Managing Director Hercules Capital (Nasdaq: HTGC).
