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SHAILESH KUMAR

Bangalore

Summary

Digital Advertising Leader with 17 years of experience in client facing, with proven success in strategic leadership, cross function collaboration, revenue growth, and partner management. Currently excelling as Account Director and Managing USD 200MN annual platform spend. In depth knowledge of entire MarTech suite- Cross Device Targeting across- web, mobile, & CTV, Video, Native Ads, and Mobile Attribution. Built Teams across JAPAC and North America.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager- Ad Cloud- North America

Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
2021.04 - Current
  • Leading a team of 12 AMs. Define OKRs, primary & stretched goals, Defining Processes and Governance for the with 100% delivery and 95% CSAT score.
  • Strategic Partnership with Tier-1 clients including, GTM Strategy, Media Planning, Campaign optimization, troubleshooting, and delivery worth USD 200 MN (15% increase YoY) Platform Spend with successful delivery of KPIs
  • Growth and Retention of 50+ Advertiser accounts with above 90% retention rate with a revenue growth of 15% in FY‘23
  • Transitioned the Account Management function ~60 Clients from the United States to India
  • Cross functional collaboration- Product, Eng, and Sales. Product Innovation from Business Lens including Connected/Streaming TV growth, cookie-less and usability. 24 PFRs in FY’22, resulting in a 2.6x increase in video spends QoQ.

Project Manager (Consultant) – Ad-Tech (Global)

Uber Technologies
Bengaluru
2019.05 - 2021.04
  • Responsible for managing all MarTech activities related to queries handling, issue resolution, performance measurement and optimization across global campaigns worth USD 90 MN per month
  • Managed 12 resources across Data Analytics, Mobile App, Tag Management, Data Quality delivering 100% Quality and 90% SLA adherence
  • Measure Campaign Performance and target achieving ROAS > 1, proficient usage of Tableau dashboard

Entrepreneurship

Self Employed
New Delhi
2017.11 - 2019.04

Running campaigns worth USD 60k on platforms like FB and Google for branding and lead generation and Managing P/L

Technical Account Manager (India & AU) - Zipline DMP

KBM Group- A Wunderman Company
Mumbai
2016.05 - 2017.10
  • Responsible for launching Zipline DMP in India Market and Drove first USD 1 MN Spend via Zipline in India
  • Started Managing ANZ Market as well eventually with an ASV of USD 5MN
  • Onboarded 10 Data Partners, DMP Solution pitch, Conducted 5 POCs with 100% delivery of KPIs

Group Manager- Publisher Operations (JAPAC)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
2014.06 - 2016.01

06/2014 - 01/2016

  • Created the JAPAC Operations from ground up collaborating with Regional VP, onboarded 12 AMs, defined processes for meeting 95% SLA
  • Managed programmatic campaigns worth USD 30M (200% growth) meeting all KPIs

Manager- Demand Operations (Global)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
2013.02 - 2014.06
  • Responsible for managing and delivery of USD 135M campaigns as well as 100% delivery of KPIs
  • Created Demand Team from ground up and managed a 13- member team
  • Worked closely with Product Team to create and launch Automated Buy Side Platform resulting in saving 20+ work hours per week alongwith streamlined process

Lead- Publisher Operations (Americas)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
2009.03 - 2012.10
  • Managed clients directly with annual platform spend of USD 30MM with overall accountability for clients worth 65 MN platform spend
  • Managed serious escalations: preventing key client's loss and hence resulting in annual platform spend gain of USD 15MN
  • Implemented Ad Quality processes for creative classifications, domain categorizations resulting in platformwide Ad violation reduction by more than 50%
  • Managed 17 AMs to ensure products and services are in line with business and budgetary requirement

Education

PGDBA- Marketing and Finance -

Maharishi Institute of Management, Noida
01.2006

B.Sc. - Statistics (H) -

Hindu College, Delhi University
01.2002

Skills

  • Ad Operations and Account Management
  • Programmatic and Real Time Bidding Tech
  • Collaborative Leadership
  • Team building and Leadership
  • DMP Technology
  • Problem Solving
  • Data Analysis, Analytics
  • Resource Planning
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce, JIRA, Confluence
  • Process Improvements
  • Cross Function supervision
  • Mobile App Attribution
  • Debugging and troubleshooting issues
  • Product Planning Support

Timeline

Manager- Ad Cloud- North America

Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
2021.04 - Current

Project Manager (Consultant) – Ad-Tech (Global)

Uber Technologies
2019.05 - 2021.04

Entrepreneurship

Self Employed
2017.11 - 2019.04

Technical Account Manager (India & AU) - Zipline DMP

KBM Group- A Wunderman Company
2016.05 - 2017.10

Group Manager- Publisher Operations (JAPAC)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
2014.06 - 2016.01

Manager- Demand Operations (Global)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
2013.02 - 2014.06

Lead- Publisher Operations (Americas)

PubMatic India Pvt. Ltd.
2009.03 - 2012.10

PGDBA- Marketing and Finance -

Maharishi Institute of Management, Noida

B.Sc. - Statistics (H) -

Hindu College, Delhi University
SHAILESH KUMAR