Philip Smolin's Email & Phone

Philip is VP of Product and Marketing at Turn, where he leads product management and all marketing functions for the company. Previously, Philip served as the General Manager of Turn's Platform Solutions Group, which was created in 2009 to provide Turn's media optimization technologies to global agency holding companies, independent agencies and direct advertisers. Prior to Turn joining Turn in 2005, Philip held product director positions at MatchLogic, Excite@Home and PayChoice, where he developed many of the industry's first 3rd party ad serving platforms, rich media tools and CPM yield management systems for internet portals and top tier publishers. Having specialized in online advertising systems since 1997, Philip is a recognized industry expert on ad exchanges, behavioral targeting and performance optimization for display advertising. This background, combined with Turn's leadership in the emerging field of Demand Optimization, has made Philip a frequently requested speaker for industry events such as OMMA Global, OMMA Behavioral, OMMA AdNets, iMedia Breakthrough, eM9 and others, and a columnist-at-large for iMedia and other industry trade publications. Originally from New York City, Philip now resides with his wife in the San Francisco bay area. Philip holds a bachelor's degree from the University at Buffalo, and an MBA from Columbia University and the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.