Christopher Young

About Christopher Young

Accomplished digital marketing executive and media sales leader with success driving revenue, exceeding targets, and building high-performing teams. Achieved a 40% revenue increase through advanced digital measurement solutions and fostered partnerships that drove an 85% sales lift. Recognized for strategic leadership and business development in the retail media and advertising sectors at Time Inc, Meredith, Bonnier, WPP, Triad Retail Media, Walmart, and Condé Nast. Transformed Walmart’s Wireless advertising business, achieving 14x growth. Inspires and leads by example, empowering teams with the skills needed to excel. Mentored and promoted many associates.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Commerce & Curation

   PubMatic

   Dec 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   As Sr. Director, Commerce & Curation, North America at PubMatic, I lead the commercial growth, go-to-market strategy, and market development of our commerce media business across agencies, brands, DSPs, commerce data partners, and publishers. My role sits at the intersection of revenue, partnerships, product, and execution, helping clients activate data-driven media solutions that improve efficiency, performance, and transparency across the programmatic ecosystem.I am responsible for building and scaling commerce revenue through strategic partnerships, new business development, customer engagement, and solution packaging. This includes working closely with key partners such as Attain, PayPal, Instacart, Dollar General Media Network, Rippl, Uber, Fetch, and others to bring commerce audiences, curated supply, retail media, and supply-side targeting solutions to market. I help translate complex capabilities into clear commercial value for agencies, brands, and platform partners.A core part of my role is acting as both a seller and a builder, driving revenue while helping define the internal processes, cross-functional alignment, and operating rigor needed to scale a newer business line. I partner across sales, product, marketing, operations, account management, and leadership to improve GTM execution, solution positioning, commercial packaging, launch readiness, and customer adoption.Since joining PubMatic, I have helped transform the commerce business into a fast-growing revenue engine, delivering significant year-over-year growth in DSP spend, revenue, and deal volume. I have expanded strategic partnerships, opened new revenue streams, increased adoption of commerce-led solutions, and strengthened PubMatic’s position as a trusted partner across commerce media, retail media, and programmatic advertising.

Education

• West Islip High School

  Regents

• Siena University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, General