With more than 25 years' experience, Sage Edson -- now Senior Vice President, Programmatic Sales -- oversees Nexxen’s North American programmatic sales team. Her responsibilities include leading Nexxen’s sales efforts at the client and agency level as well as managing a team of programmatic experts who drive Nexxen SSP’s supply path optimization (SPO) initiatives and private marketplace (PMP) deals.
Before joining Nexxen, Edson predominantly worked on the publisher side, leading integrated and digital sales efforts at DotDash Meredith, Say Media, Evolve Media and Hearst. She is currently based in New York, NY.
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