Leading the transformation of advertising

Bill Wise is the founding CEO of Mediaocean and has spent over a decade unleashing the potential of revolutionary advertising technologies, overseeing $5 billion in mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings, including the $720 million sale of Mediaocean to Vista Equity Partners in August 2015. He came to Mediaocean from his role as CEO of MediaBank, one of Mediaocean’s two founding companies along with Donovan Data Systems. Bill previously served as an executive at Yahoo, overseeing global advertising platforms, and as President of Right Media, which he helped guide to an $850 million acquisition in 2007. Other executive positions include roles at DoubleClick, MaxOnline, and Ask.

Bill is on the board of directors of the Ad Council and the Centre for Social Innovation, and is chairman of MediaWallah. Bill is an avid angel investor through Click Ventures. He was ranked a four-time top digital professional by Business Insider, and named one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs as well as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a BS in Accounting and Business from the University at Albany and is a CPA. He is the proud father of Connor, Kate, Charlotte, Olivia, and Jordan.

Dr. Alok Choudhary is Chief Scientist at Mediaocean, previously serving as Founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist at 4C. Dr. Choudhary is the Henry and Isabel Dever Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University and a teacher at Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Choudhary numerous prestigious awards include the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Young Investigator Award, the IEEE Engineering Foundation award, an IBM Faculty Development award, and an Intel Research Council award. Dr. Choudhary holds a United States patent on methods and systems for analyzing data of an online social network. In 2017, Prof. Choudhary was listed by AdWeek as a “trailblazer and pioneer” in marketing technology.

Dr. Choudhary holds a PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the field of Supercomputing. He has published more than 500 papers and graduated more than 40 PhDs. His research over the last two decades focuses on big data science, supercomputing, scalable data mining, and machine learning algorithms and their applications for science, medicine and business.

Lance Neuhauser is President of Mediaocean, previously serving as CEO of 4C. He is currently the Membership Chair for the New York Metro chapter of Young Presidents’ Organization and the host of The Squeeze, a podcast that brings together and examines media, marketing, and pop culture. Lance is also the founder of the Sweet Home Chicago Golf Invitational, an annual charity golf tournament benefitting Little Kids Rock, where he also serves as a member of the board of advisors. Through the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, Lance is pursuing his second MBA. Prior to 4C, Lance founded The Echo System, served as EVP, U.S. Director of Digital at PHD Media, and was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Resolution Media, which sold to Omnicom.

When he’s not leading the team at Mediaocean, Lance can be found at home with his wife in Chicago, wrapped around their daughter’s little finger.

Nick Galassi is the CFO and COO at Mediaocean. He oversees all accounting and finance, legal, and recruiting for Mediaocean's global operations. Prior to his current role, Nick was President, Agency Systems, where he oversaw all engineering and development, infrastructure, product management, and professional services across Mediaocean's global Agency Systems business. He comes to Mediaocean from his role of President of Agency Systems at MediaBank, one of Mediaocean’s two founding companies along with Donovan Data Systems. Prior to MediaBank, Nick was CFO of InnerWorkings, Inc., a leading global provider of managed print and promotional solutions, where he was instrumental in the company’s successful 2006 IPO.  Nick graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, and is a CPA.

Stephanie Dorman is Chief People Officer at Mediaocean. She oversees learning and development, employee relations, talent acquisition, and diversity, equity, and inclusion across Mediaocean’s global community. Previous roles at the company include EVP/GM, Lumina and Customer Experience and SVP, Client Services, where she oversaw product management, engineering, account management, customer support, training, and project services organizations.

Stephanie’s deep experience in business transformation and operational excellence, garnered through her tenure at both Right Media, a Yahoo! company, and Bloomberg LP, encompasses every aspect of business management and client services. Stephanie holds MA degrees in Corporate Communications and in Education, and is certified in change management. She resides in New Jersey, and is a proud mom of one, step-mom of four, and beagle mom of two.

Karan Khanna is Chief Technology Officer at Mediaocean, serving previously as Chief Technology Officer and co-founder at 4C. Prior to that, Karan was Vice-president at Salesforce.com where he led the Force.com teams and before that, Director at Amazon where he was responsible for the strategy, product management, technology development, and operations of Amazon Kindle content platform and services. Karan has previously worked at Microsoft in roles including a Product Unit Manager developing Small Business software, and as Director of Marketing in the Windows and Office divisions. Prior to Microsoft, Karan founded and led a software startup that focused on handwriting software solutions and worked as a Software Development Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. Karan has an MBA from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a B.E. from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He lives in Seattle.

Anupam Gupta is Chief Product Officer at Mediaocean, previously serving as Chief Product Officer at 4C. For almost two decades, Anupam has led product strategy and growth planning initiatives for technology companies. As EVP, Product Management at Vubiquity, he delivered turnkey content-as-a-service solutions to leading entertainment studios, TV networks, and video distributors. Previously, Anupam was the President and CEO of Mixpo, which provides software to execute multi-screen video campaigns. Anupam started his career at Microsoft where he held key product management leadership roles during his eight-year tenure with the company.

Jessica Breault Ramirez is the Chief of Staff at Mediaocean heading up corporate communication, operations, global facilities, and culture and events. Previously Jessica was Director of Global Facilities, managing multiple office buildouts including Mediaocean’s 89,000-square-foot headquarters in NYC, coordinating events and communication between vendors, as well as supporting executives. Prior to Jessica’s role at Mediaocean, she managed the daily operations of Mediabank’s NYC office controlling travel and expenses for the client services team, and leading team-building events and activities across offices.

Jessica has a BS in Business administration, management, and marketing with a concentration in Art from the University of Delaware. She is a proud “Fightin’ Blue Hen” alumni of the Division 1 women’s field hockey team, leading the team as captain her senior year. She loves spending time outdoors and being a mother to her three children, Mason, Peyton, and Charlie (and her Vizsla, Zealand).