Xaxis makes advertising more valuable for brands and their customers

Over the last 20+ years, Deepika has gained experience across the Asia-Pacific region in the marketing & communications domain, working across multiple categories and over 100 brands. She is seen as a maven and veteran in the media industry in the APAC region. She has garnered deep knowledge of the Asia Pacific markets, consumer culture and its diverse market environments.
Today, Deepika has established herself in the Ad Technology and Marketing Technology domain as an expert navigating brands in their data-driven marketing agenda. She also steers the A.I and Machine learning goals for Xaxis in APAC.
A deeply empathetic leader who’s devoted to championing causes for underserved communities, Deepika has won a plethora of industry awards including most recently – Campaign Asia’s Business Leader of the Year and Technology Chief of the Year.

Gila Wilensky is President of Xaxis North America, where she is focused on driving growth and transforming digital media into real business outcomes for brands.

Overseeing a deep pool of expert talent and product innovation across platforms and channels, Gila is a steward of the global company’s overall vision within the U.S. Since her arrival in June 2020, Gila’s proven experience inspiring positivity and holding teams accountable has helped to solidify Xaxis’ position as the leader in advanced programmatic media.

Juan Moronvelez is CEO of Xaxis Latin America. Before joining Xaxis, Juan co-founded an array of diverse software development companies. He worked in different agencies in London before joining Xaxis and was responsible for opening the Colombia Xaxis Office in 2014. He then moved to a regional role in which he forged the different areas that support the company across the region, including trading, client development and partnerships. Juan is an enthusiast of MarTech, data management, and passionate about the outdoors. He has a Bachelors’ Degree in Business and Master’s in marketing. Juan is obsessed with helping brands achieve their goals, leveraging the best available technology and talent.

Mike is responsible for leading the product solution and marketing teams and driving innovation globally. Mike brings over 17 years of industry experience across the consumer Internet and digital marketing solutions to Xaxis, including deep experience in programmatic platforms.

Prior to Xaxis, Mike led International Product Marketing and B2B Marketing teams at Yahoo focused on delivering solutions in the areas of Audience Targeting, Personalization, Creative Optimization and Insights and Analytics. Mike, who received his MBA from San Francisco State University, is based and lives in London with his family.

Sara Robertson is Global VP, Disruption at Xaxis. She is responsible for challenging the status quo, staying ahead of industry trends and helping to future-proof our business through careful stewardship of long-shot investments and experimental R&D. Sara also manages the development and success of Copilot, Xaxis’ proprietary artificial intelligence engine. Copilot has employed machine learning techniques to optimize 50k+ digital advertising campaigns across 47 countries, driving double-digit performance improvements for Xaxis clients. Prior to joining Xaxis, Sara managed the streaming and commerce platforms behind thousands of artists at Warner Bros Records, giving her the opportunity to party with rock stars like Metallica, Tom Petty, and My Chemical Romance.

Claire Kjaer-Nielsen is VP,  global people lead at Xaxis and heads up our global strategy for employee recruiting, retention and development.

She is responsible for conceiving and developing talent management strategies for the group, which includes culture management, leadership development, and a diversity and inclusion program. Prior to Xaxis, she was human resources director at The Walt Disney Company, leading HR for the UK and was part of the EMEA marketing leadership team and the EMEA HR leadership teams, which worked across all Disney brands. 

Before joining plista, Gagnon worked for PwC both in Canada and Germany. In his last role he served as Manager Strategy Consulting in Berlin advising tech companies on their international expansion. He also acted as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Canada China Business Council and brings many years of experience in various strategy and international business development roles at Bombardier Inc.