LUMA gathers the leading CEOs and Executive Decision Leaders at our Digital Marketing Summit, the ultimate networking event. With pre-eminent main stage content and interactive breakouts, DMS is where leaders converge for the very best access and the very best insights on the future of digital.Keep Reading
Brian Andersen sits down for a fireside chat with Rob Tarkoff, EVP & GM, Fusion Cloud CX, Oracle to discuss the macro trends that are affecting spending and how brands are evaluating their marketing stacks.Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja sits down with Matt Spiegel, EVP, Media & Entertainment Vertical, TransUnion to discuss his career path from agency to a credit union, views on the changing regulations, and demands on privacy at LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit.Keep Reading
On LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit main stage, CEOs of Sendbird, Treasure Data, and Bluecore discuss their experiences and views on the industry as ‘MarTech unicorns‘ who’ve demonstrated tremendous growth in the MarTech private sector.Keep Reading
Amit Ahuja, SVP, Experience Cloud of Adobe sits down with Brian Andersen to discuss his journey at Adobe and how the company is addressing the core issues of its customers at LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit.Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja sits down with Lauren Nemeth, CEO of Twilio at LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit for a fireside chat on how Twilio is using acquisitions to accelerate its CPaaS business growth and the best practices marketers should use when addressing their consumers.Keep Reading
Marty Kihn, SVP, Experience Cloud, Salesforce presents his take on the past, present, and future of Marketing and Ads in 12 mins . . . and even has a moment for a quick-fire chat with Brian Andersen at LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit.Keep Reading
The Marketer Panel at LUMA’s Digital Marketing Summit brings the top marketing executives at Intuit, Coursera, and The New York Times to talk about how they are adjusting to the changes in the market and what trends & issues are at the forefront of their marketing plans.Keep Reading
Summer 2024 is coming – and with it, the notorious cookie apocalypse, AKA the end of third-party cookies. Is this reason for concern? Cookieless audience targeting has yet to become the norm. Significant personalization is a real struggle. Browsi brings Hometalk’s Ezra Menaged, LUMA’s Conor McKenna, and Browsi Co-Founder Lior Fisher together to discuss the inevitable future optimally and how already start planning for tomorrow. Click the link to watch the webinar.Keep Reading
LUMA ‘Welcomes Back’ the leading CEOs and Executive Decision Leaders at our Digital Media Summit, the ultimate networking event. With pre-eminent main stage content and interactive breakouts, DMS is where leaders converge for the very best access and the very best insights on the future of digital.Keep Reading
In this fireside with Megan Clarken, CEO of Criteo, we explored what’s changed at Criteo’s during its recent journey, its strategy for the future, and the growing commerce media opportunity.Keep Reading
Yahoo is one of the most storied brands in the internet since the earliest pioneer days. Its many transactions and ownership changes over the years reflected changing perspectives on the opportunity with this group of assets. In 2021 Apollo Management acquired the business from Verizon and installed media and technology veteran, Jim Lanzone, as CEO. In this fireside, we will explore what Jim sees in the opportunity and garner his insights into the game plan for value creation.Keep Reading
Microsoft has had a long and checkered history in advertising with a variety of acquisitions, launches and subsequent reversals. And yet many overlook the fact that they operate one of the largest advertising businesses in the industry. Now that advertising is more data and technology-driven, Microsoft is back with its boldest take yet with announced acquisitions of Xandr and Activision. In this fireside, we explore the rationale and direction of this initiative with Microsoft’s new Corporate VP of Advertising, Rob Wilk.Keep Reading
Sean Downey, VP of Google Marketing Platforms talks to Terence Kawaja and Brian Andersen about some of the changes that brands are facing today when it comes to digital marketing. At LUMA’s Digital Media Summit, Sean dives into the value of the modern-day consumer by connecting data, innovating with new technology and embracing a culture of experimentation.Keep Reading
Private Equity continues to be among the most active and successful buyer groups in the sector. In this discussion with LUMA’s Mark Greenbaum, we discuss perspectives, lessons and opportunities with some of the most informed and active investors in the space from CVC, GTCR, and Providence Equity Partners.Keep Reading
There’s seemingly no limit to the buzz and hype around all things Metaverse / NFT / crypto / web3 in tech these days. We ask Rich Greenfield of LightShed Ventures, one of the most opinionated and referenced analysts / investors in the sector, for his rapid-fire takes on the reality of the opportunity.Keep Reading
In this fireside with Kirk McDonald, CEO, North America of GroupM, we explored what it’s like from the inside of the largest media buyer in the world, including Kirk’s take on privacy, technology, business models and ‘shiny new things’.Keep Reading
ID5’s first US event, Identity 2022 New York brought together a first-class line-up of industry leaders sharing their knowledge and experience to offer the latest learnings, developments, and success stories in the ever-changing identity space. Terence Kawaja joins the conversation with Eric Franchi and Allison Schiff to discuss “The Investors Point of View”.Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja keynotes IAB France and Mobile Marketing Association’s Ad and Tech Forum on the transformative moments in AdTech for 2021.Keep Reading
At the Future Proof OOH Media Conference LUMA’s Terry Kawaja applies his trademarked brand of deep insights married with good humor to unpack the current and future state of OOH in the media marketplace. He’ll share thoughts about where there is potential for material growth and an unflinching assessment on what it will take to get there.Keep Reading
LUMA’s State of Digital LIVE event features fireside chats with CTV industry leaders and our State of Digital 2021 presentation highlighting our latest views on the market and industry trends all wrapped up with LUMA’s signature comedy. It’s not a webinar. It’s not a conference. IT’S A SHOW!Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja and Conor McKenna take an SNL style approach to the Weekend, er . . . LUMA Update featured in LUMA’s State of Digital LIVE. Check out the full production of State of Digital LIVE and State of Digital 2021 presentation featured in the event.Keep Reading
Explore the emerging MarTech plot lines for 2021 Terence Kawaja shares his vision of 2021 and the massive opportunities he foresees in Data, D2C, Holistic Measurement, Addressable TV and MarTech Mergers & Acquisitions. Check out for LUMA’s 2020 Full Year Market Report an in-depth analysis of the digital ecosystem and the trends activating M&A activity into 2021.Keep Reading
Customer data platforms (CDPs) are broadly understood as a marketer’s tool, but their true value extends well beyond the rationale of incremental marketing effectiveness. This on-demand webinar, moderated by LUMA Partners Co-Founder Brian Andersen, dives into how Alaska Airlines and DICK’S Sporting Goods are using their customer data to drive internal engagement, prove value, and create next-level experiences for their customers.Keep Reading
This week on the Big Story, we look at trust in the market as cataloged by LUMA Partners, and the antitrust case against Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon, as cataloged by a House Judiciary subcommittee. LUMA VP Conor McKenna swings by to lead us through Q3 M&A activity in a wide-ranging conversation that looks at why investor confidence is returning and where specifically the investment is happening. Click the link to listen to the discussion.Keep Reading
Terence “Terry” Kawaja is not where you think he’s from. Beyond being a thought leader in media / marketing / tech, Terry’s the Founder & CEO of LUMA Partners (a leading investment ban), a seasoned pro with 25+ years’ experience advising $300+ billion – including outcomes with companies like Snapchat, Salesforce, AT&T, Foursquare, and many other pivotal deals in the space. In the boardroom or on the big stage, Terry brings a distinct blend of humor and data – with a straightforward style that is NEVER afraid to tell it like it is.Keep Reading
Industry leaders Penry Price, Vice President of Marketing Solutions for LinkedIn, Gabe Rogol, CEO of Demandbase, and Jon Miller, CEO & Co-Founder of Engagio join LUMA’s Brian Andersen in a discussion spanning account-based marketing, identity, measurement, the sales/marketing ecosystem, and current market dynamics in the time of COVID-19.Keep Reading
LUMA Partner Dick Filippini and Freemium Economics author & Mobile Dev Memo Media Strategist Eric Seufert deliver high-level insights into the current state of the mobile apps economy. Together, they discuss the advertising opportunity in gaming, TikTok’s explosive growth, the state of play for in-app bidding, a review of leading creative formats, and what to expect as the market continues to mature.Keep Reading
With disruption comes new opportunities and new ways to connect like never before. LUMA’s new webinar series addresses trends and topics that would be discussed at Cannes Lions 2020. Verizon Media’s Chief Business Officer joins Terence Kawaja in the first installation of Virtual Cannes Conversations hosted by LUMA. WEBINAR FOCUS Content consumption is on the rise, new hobbies and forms of entertainment are taking flight and, globally, people are looking for new outlets to explore their passions.Keep Reading
Terry Kawaja, CEO & Founder of LUMA Partners, creator of the LUMAscape, and inspiration behind the industry’s most entertaining B2B videos, joins Jack Myers for a Zoom Leadership Conversation. Terry has been instrumental in the explosion of M&A activity in the media industry’s tech sector for more than two decades and he has strong opinions about the industry’s future, many of which he’ll share for the first time in his wide-ranging conversation with MediaVillage founder Jack Myers. Click the button to watch the interview.Keep Reading
Groupthink, corporate think, and pay-to-play prevent objective discussions and it often seems the marketing industry, in particular, suffers from status-quo thinking despite rapid changes that warrant candid dialogue. Famously unfiltered LUMA CEO Terry Kawaja joins in dialogue with Rishad Tobaccowala on the topic of Radical Candor.Keep Reading
The global pandemic effectively disrupted the economic structure of multiple industries resulting in thousands of furloughed and laid-off professionals. Overnight, many employment positions and opportunities vanished, and even more are threatened. Acclaimed author J. Kelly Hoey joins Terence Kawaja for an in-depth discussion on approaches to career strategies in times of crisis.Keep Reading
LUMA walks through their thesis on how strategic corporate development should be done to optimize outcomes. It’s the secret sauce behind their over-market transaction valuations. Watch and learn the right way to address the single most important decision in your company’s success. QUICK LOOK 03:53 – Not All Exits Are Equal 13:03 – Strategic Deals, What Are They?Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja and Brad Berens take a closer look at the tech business and how companies are faring in a Covid-19 environment. Click the link to view the conversation.Keep Reading
It’s been said that we are in the “Golden Age of Podcasts” as creation, consumption and monetization of podcasts have exploded over the last few years. Spotify’s Sheila Spence & LUMA’s Terence Kawaja and Conor McKenna discuss the future of podcasting and what lies ahead for this growing sector.Keep Reading
Creative is a key component to advertising, marketing and customer experience. Yet the industry has often approached the subject without sufficient mind to the consumer who now requires a different experience. You & Mr Jones’ David Jones and Terry Kawaja discuss where the industry went wrong and how it can now leverage technology to drive innovation and change to suit the consumer.Keep Reading
Like much of the world, COVID-19 is also transforming ad tech and the everyday lives of marketers and brands. LUMA CEO Terence Kawaja join an engaging fireside chat with Kochava CEO Charles Manning. Click the link to view the conversation.Keep Reading
Bill Wise (Mediaocean) and Chris Cunningham (C2 Ventures) talk with the hilarious Terence Kawaja, Founder and CEO of the investment bank LUMA Partners. Terence brightened the video conference with his engaging storytelling and unique views on the intersection between digital media and marketing.Keep Reading
Simulmedia CMO Matt Collins and LUMA CEO Terence Kawaja discuss the distribution of linear TV, SVOD vs. AVOD, the current state of Convergent TV, and how OTT is stacking up for providers. Watch Simulmedia Live: Future of TV webinar here.Keep Reading
Mack Weldon Founder & CEO Brian Berger and LUMA CEO Terry Kawaja discuss the Future of D2C Brands. This promising category of marketers got off to an incredible start with double-digit market share gains and more than $10 billion in acquisitions, but it now faces headwinds from rising acquisition costs to increased competition from the incumbents as well as COVID-19.Keep Reading
Terence Kawaja and Geoff Ramsey of eMarketer to parse the shiny new objects that fascinate the marketing world. Together, they take an objective assessment of the hype generated by the ubiquitous buzzwords and TLAs to determine which ones are real and which ones are B.S.Keep Reading
Terry Kawaja puts the Ad Tech and Martech sector’s current consolidation phase in perspective and prognosticates what we can expect going forward. With special guest Ana Milicevic from Sparrow Advisers, they discuss the long term case for optimism in the sector, describe the four main areas of deal activity and specifically address the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on deal-making.Keep Reading
Terry talks about one of his big passions: comedy. In particular, he will discuss using comedy in a business context: why he does it, the science behind it and comedy’s undeniable effectiveness, complete with personal anecdotes of comedic applications throughout his career. QUICK LOOK 06:00 – Why Use Comedy in Business?Keep Reading
The Identity and Consumer Privacy webinar takes a look at the media and marketing sector from the perspective of the need for, opportunity with, and constraints on consumer data. As more media becomes addressable, identity has become the keystone of data-driven marketing, let alone all consumer touchpoints. The webinar features a presentation and commentary by Terry Kawaja and Brian Andersen.Keep Reading
Stream Wars and the Future of TV draws observations about the current state of TV from the perspectives of the consumer, the media companies, and the digital challengers and examine strategies that legacy media and advertising players need to adopt to survive their existential battle with big tech. The webinar features a presentation and commentary by LUMA CEO Terry Kawaja and Rich Greenfield of research firm LightShed Partners.Keep Reading
The Paley Center for Media hosted a conversation highlighting the best of Cannes Lions 2019 as part of exciting Paley Next Big Thing series. The panel of media leaders included Richard Guest (Global Digital Officer, DDB Worldwide Communications Group), Michael Kassan (Chairman & CEO, MediaLink), and LUMA’s Terence Kawaja, moderated by Jonathan Miller (CEO, Integrated Media Company).Keep Reading
The Paley Center for Media focused on brandformance during Paley Next Big Thing series while exploring the best of Cannes Lions 2019. The panel of media leaders included Richard Guest (Global Digital Officer, DDB Worldwide Communications Group), Michael Kassan (Chairman & CEO, MediaLink); and Terence Kawaja (CEO & Founder, LUMA Partners), moderated by Jonathan Miller (CEO, Integrated Media Company).Keep Reading
The Paley Center for Media hosted a conversation highlighting the best of Cannes Lions 2019 as part of our exciting Paley Next Big Thing series. The panel of media leaders included Richard Guest (Global Digital Officer, DDB Worldwide Communications Group), Michael Kassan (Chairman & CEO, MediaLink), and LUMA’s Terence Kawaja, moderated by Jonathan Miller (CEO, Integrated Media Company). The conversation included a look at brand culture.Keep Reading
LUMA CEO Terry Kawaja highlights the top trends marketers need to be aware of to drive growth in their businesses.Keep Reading
LUMA Partner & Co-Founder Brian Andersen dives into the future of data with Signal’s Joe Doran and Jay Stocki. Get the full scoop in Signal’s ‘3 Data-First Trends for 2019’ webinar.Keep Reading
LUMA partner Brian Andersen presents “The Map For 2019” at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview conference in NYC on January 24, 2019.Keep Reading
LUMA’s Terry Kawaja presents Fire Your CMO: Marketing’s Future Will Not Resemble Its Past at DPAA Video Everywhere Summit 2018.Keep Reading
LUMA’s Terence Kawaja presents midflight on Lufthansa’s FlyingLab across the Atlantic to dmexco in Germany.Keep Reading
Orchestrating the Future by Brian Andersen at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview 2017Keep Reading
This video provides an overview of the 18 LUMAscapes that map over 4,000 companies in the digital media and marketing ecosystem.Keep Reading
LUMA Partners hosted its 7th annual Digital Media Summit on May 20, 2015 in New York City.Keep Reading
LUMA Partners hosts its 7th annual Digital Media Summit on May 20, 2015 during Internet Week NY.Keep Reading
Winners & Losers Episode 13 from L2 Inc on Vimeo.Keep Reading
Mention “the slide” to any industry vet and they’ll immediately know that you’re talking about Terry Kawaja’s infamous “LUMAscapes”.Keep Reading