Brad Bender

Advisor, Investor, and Board member @Various

AIAngel🧨 Consulting💰 Investor & VC🔥 Startup FounderBusiness OwnerAdvisorMedia & Telecommunications

Accomplished technology leader with over 25 years of product and general management experience in both the US and Internationally. Known as a passionate, smart, people-oriented leader who develops teams and supports careers, while delivering against key objectives and supporting business growth. Expertise includes leading product, engineering, design, R&D, and operations functions; delivering successful commercialization / go-to-market strategies; and owning a P&L. Have a strong background managing products across all life stages, from building new and emerging concepts and shepherding them to growth, to revitalizing mature product lines or gracefully sunsetting them as needed. As Vice President of Product Management at Google, founded the Google Display Network and drove 100x growth to become a multi-billion dollar business. Recently led News and Search Ecosystems to serve billions of people around the world, including redesigning the Google News experience and launching Google News Showcase. Led multiple efforts from small-team R&D to company-spanning efforts and invented several patents. Possess superb communication skills and am an accomplished public speaker. Well-recognized in the industry, and have been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. Known for integrity, intelligence, enthusiasm, and business savvy as well as being a people-centric and inclusive leader with a global perspective. Currently an advisor, investor, and board member to various start-ups, businesses, and non-profits in the tech, media & entertainment, and services industries. In 2012, was named a “40 under 40” leader by Crain’s New York Business.

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VariousAdvisor, Investor, and Board member

Apr. 2009Advisor, investor, and board member to various start-ups, businesses, and nonprofits in the tech, media & entertainment, and services industries.

GoogleVP Product, News & Search Ecosystems

Nov. 2019 - Nov. 2022Oversee global product, design, and strategy for Google’s News and Search Ecosystem efforts. This includes News on Search, Discover, and the Google News App; Subscribe with Google; Google Trends, and tools for journalists. In addition, I lead efforts to create a sustainable and thriving content ecosystem for Search. Built AI/ML-powered products to serve billions of people around the world, enabling them to have access to quality journalism and a robust and diverse content ecosystem.

GoogleVP Product, Display & Video Ads

Apr. 2015 - Nov. 2019VP responsible for global product management of Google’s Display and Video advertising business. This includes the company’s ad offerings on Google Display Ads, Google Video partners, Gmail, AdSense, the family of programmatic ad platform products including Google Ad Manager, Google Marketing Platform, and Display & Video 360, as well as other emerging display and video advertising businesses. Serve a customer base of millions of advertisers, agencies, and publishers around the world.

GoogleDirector of Product Management

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2015Responsible for global product management for the Google Display Network, Gmail monetization, and other emerging display advertising businesses. Founded and rapidly grew the display business on the network by >500% in under three years through a focus on product strategy, innovation, and roadmap execution. The Google Display Network has been named the top network brand by Advertiser Perceptions four years running.

DoubleClick Inc.Vice President, Product Management

May. 2004 - Mar. 2008As VP of Product Management, responsible for global strategy, business planning, P&L, team building, product roadmap, and execution for Optimization Solutions, an emerging area for the business. Worked with clients globally and drove revenue growth of >100% annually for several years.

DoubleClick Inc.Director of European Operations

Dec. 2001 - May. 2004Director of business and technical operations for Abacus Europe.

DoubleClick Inc.Director of Product Development

Nov. 1997 - Nov. 2001Managed Product Development, Product Support, and Statistics R&D functions.

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