Stuart has over a decade working in ad operations and programmatic trading. He has launched programmatic advertising on eBay and the Premier League in the UK.  After leading the programmatic operation with Media Drive, Stuart consulted for several companies in rich media, mobile gaming, Consent Management and affiliate marketing. Stuart joined the Guardian as Programmatic operations manager for a Maternity year, bringing new tech opportunities. He then moved to Live Nation to run their Data Team and onboard Permutive as their Data management platform.