Lindsay Rowntree
Chief Operating Officer
Lindsay Rowntree joined ExchangeWire in 2016 as Head of Content, and after growing the team to include three full-time editorial staff, became Director of Operations in 2021. Her role includes managing the day-to-day operations of ExchangeWire's business functions, as well as the content and marketing teams, across ExchangeWire's suite of products, including its global conference series, ATS. Lindsay also features on stage at ATS events, as well as in ExchangeWire's audiovisual products, including The MadTech Podcast and TraderTalkTV. She previously held the role of director of search, UK at Starcom MediaVest Group, where she spent six years, providing her with extensive experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, data, technology, client servicing and media planning/buying.Articles by Lindsay
Ambient Intelligence: The Need for Smarter Marketing in a World of Connectivity
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly interweaving itself into our lives, with almost 13 billion IoT consumer units predicted to be in use by 2020, and the average UK home already containing more than eight connected devices. Writing exclusively [...]
The Rise of the Ecommerce Shopping Holiday in China
Over the last 7 years, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba led a change to overall ecommerce consumer behaviour in China by turning a little-known Chinese holiday called Singles’ Day into a multibillion-dollar online shopping fanaticism, creating a huge annual sales opportunity [...]
Neal Richter Joins Rakuten Marketing as CTO; Verve Acquires German Push-Marketing Company matchinguu
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Neal Richter joins Rakuten Marketing as CTO; Verve acquires German push-marketing company matchinguu; BillFront announces financing facility for Fyber; Forward3D launches in Dubai; [...]
Can Programmatic Actually Be Transparent? Three Cornerstones of an Accountable Sell-Side Ad Tech Provider
The digital content industry has taken its head out of the sand when it comes to the transparency issues in programmatic. Upheavals in the industry have once again kicked up this perennial hot button issue. But, as the buzzwords are [...]
We Don’t Take 3rd-Party Fees from Publishers for Impressions We Buy: Q&A with Marc Grabowski, Criteo
Last month (23 May, 2016) Criteo announced the launch of its new header bidding platform for publishers, Criteo Direct Bidder. Marc Grabowski, executive vice president, global supply and business development, Criteo speaks exclusively with ExchangeWire about how the new platform [...]
Cyber Attacks: Not Just an IT Problem
Cyber attacks seem to be impossible to escape, with news left, right, and centre reminding us just how at risk consumers’ extremely valuable data is. As a result, many are worried about what companies are doing with their information and [...]
Shifting the Spotlight from Brand Revenue to Brand Safety
In October 2016, Nick Welch (pictured below), business development director, UK, ADmantX, argued in an ExchangeWire article, that brand safety shouldn't take a backseat to revenue safety, explaining the importance of making brand safety a focus before it hits the bottom [...]
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