THE TEAM

Operators who built the industry — now building yours.

Cadalyst is run by the people who designed, scaled, and sold the platforms the ad industry runs on — threaded with innovation from Aperiam Ventures' portfolio companies and partners.

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Laurel Rossi

Managing Partner

CRO/CMO, Infillion; CMO and BD @ Omnicom, Publicis; MD @ Havas; founder, Strat Farm and Creative Spirit.

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Ashwini Karandikar

Managing Partner

Global President, Amnet (Dentsu); EVP Media, Technology & Data, 4A's; McKinsey, MediaMath, MiQ advisor.

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Joe Zawadzki

Founder

Founder & CEO, MediaMath and [x+1]; General Partner, Aperiam; industry board roles @ ANA/DMA, IAB, MMA.

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Paul Knegten

Marketing & Positioning

Ex-MediaMath, CMO @ Beeswax and Outbrain — category design and GTM for defining adtech platforms.

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Alex “Netty” Netelkos

Operations & Talent

Operations, governance, and talent across Cadalyst and the Aperiam network.

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Matylda Szyrle

Program Management

Program management lead; ex-McKinsey; vertical farm founder.

Product, Tech, AI Council
  • Mano Pillai — Co-founder & CEO, HyperMindZ; former product and engineering leadership @ LiveIntent (Zeta), Neustar (TransUnion), AddThis (Oracle), AOL.
  • Dan Jaye — Founder & CEO, Aqfer; co-founder, Engage and Tacoda — adtech data infrastructure pioneer since the DoubleClick era.
  • Adam Soroca — Chief Product Officer, Magnite; co-founder, nToggle (acquired by Rubicon Project); product leader, Jumptap / Millennial Media.

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