Receipts

Proof,
not posture.

Builds, bylines, frameworks, credentials, and operator receipts. Every claim on this site traces back to something you can open, read, run, or verify.

RECEIPTS Builds — shipped code. One of four evidence streams behind the work. Builds shipped code Bylines — published writing. One of four evidence streams behind the work. Bylines published writing Frameworks — open-access models. One of four evidence streams behind the work. Frameworks open-access models Credentials — linked + verifiable. One of four evidence streams behind the work. Credentials linked + verifiable Convergence — the receipts validate the operator. Proof, not posture. The outcome — a validated operator: still operating today, with the receipts to back the advice. OUTCOME Validated operator Run the playbook before teaching it Builds + bylines + frameworks + credentials — proof, not posture.
Builds

Shipped systems, running in production.

  • Build

    Building — where advisory becomes infrastructure

    Two shipped systems, live in production and edge-native on Cloudflare: an open-source AdCP reference implementation and an AI sales-intelligence product.

    What it proves

    The thesis is backed by running code, not slideware. Building exposes the real trade-offs behind the strategy.

    • Market Entry Audit
    • GTM & BD Sprint
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  • Build

    AdCP Signals Adaptor

    A live, MIT-licensed reference seller implementation for agentic advertising — built so buyer agents can discover, query, activate, and reason over advertising signals through AdCP.

    What it proves

    Standards need working implementations. Protocols become real when buyer and seller agents can test them against running code.

    • Agentic Advertising
    • Performance & Native
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  • Build

    Signal-Stack — pre-call intelligence

    An edge-native AI product that synthesizes call, email, and enrichment data into a pre-call brief — landing inside the daily sales workflow.

    What it proves

    AI products need workflow gravity. They only matter when they land inside the user’s daily work.

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Writing

Published bylines and reading paths.

  • Writing

    Writing — the bylines hub

    Published bylines across outlets including AdExchanger, Forbes (Tech Council), DMEXCO (columnist), The Drum, ExchangeWire, and AdWeek — plus press features in MediaPost.

    What it proves

    The thinking is public and on the record — not invented for a sales page.

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  • Writing

    Agentic Advertising — protocols & agents

    A reading path on AdCP, UCP, MCP, A2A, and the shift from rules-based to reasoning-based advertising.

    What it proves

    A documented, multi-essay point of view on where agentic advertising is heading.

    • Agentic Advertising
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  • Writing

    AI, Attention & EARO

    Cognitive science applied to media — relevance realization, attention as a filter, and the EARO measurement model.

    What it proves

    The measurement thesis is grounded in published cognitive-science writing, not just claims.

    • Attention playbook
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  • Writing

    AdTech & Measurement

    Programmatic, MMM, attribution, embeddings, and the data plumbing beneath modern advertising — from DMPs to Transformer-based measurement.

    What it proves

    Depth across the measurement and data-infrastructure stack, written before it was advised.

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Frameworks

Named, open-access models behind the work.

  • Framework

    EARO — measurement in the agentic era

    Exposure → Attention → Relevance → Outcome. A four-component model with 22 measurable metrics, grounded in relevance-realization cognitive science.

    What it proves

    A named, open-access measurement framework — published, not improvised.

    • Attention playbook
    • Market Entry Audit
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  • Framework

    Agentic Audiences (UCP)

    A technical specification for embeddings-based agent-to-agent advertising — an IAB Tech Lab specification.

    What it proves

    Contribution to industry standards, at the spec level, for agentic advertising.

    • Agentic Advertising
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  • Framework

    Behavioral Prediction Framework

    21 psychographic dimensions for ad activation — cognitive, rational, attachment, personality, and temperament profiles.

    What it proves

    A structured, published model for psychographic activation and creative.

    • Mobile App Growth
    • Attention playbook
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  • Framework

    7-Step Market Entry Audit

    The operating methodology for international AdTech, MarTech, and data vendors entering the US market — shipped on every engagement.

    What it proves

    Advisory runs on a repeatable, documented method — not a bespoke deck each time.

    • Market Entry Audit
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  • Framework

    Agentic Operating System

    A six-layer model — signals, context, tools, decisions, governance, outcomes — for moving AI pilots to governed agentic workflows, published on the Frameworks page.

    What it proves

    The agentic thesis is a named, documented operating framework — not a buzzword.

    • Agentic Transformation
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Credentials

Linked and verifiable certifications.

  • Credential

    Credentials — every one linked + verifiable

    A 53+ certification list across cognitive science, neuroscience, AI, blockchain, privacy, and platform tooling (GMP) — each one linked and verifiable.

    What it proves

    The breadth claim is checkable. The credentials are public, not asserted.

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Operator

On-the-record operator history.

  • Operator

    Three exits — one founder, two core-team

    Co-founded eCoffeeCard (exited via acquisition by BeatTheQ), plus core-team roles through HotelClub.com (acquired by Expedia) and Lotame (acquired by Publicis).

    What it proves

    Operator-shaped help that has run the playbook before it teaches it — across the full liquidity-event cycle.

    • Advisory Retainer
    • Market Entry Audit
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  • Operator

    AdCP Founding Member

    Founding Member of AdCP (2025) — at the table for the agentic-advertising standard, not commenting from the sidelines.

    What it proves

    Direct standing in the standards work that the agentic thesis depends on.

    • Agentic Advertising
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  • Operator

    Former IAB leader

    IAB leadership across three chapters plus the Ad Tech Advisory Council (since 2015), including Board (NYC) and Co-Chair (Singapore).

    What it proves

    Industry-body leadership history backs the operating point of view.

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  • Operator

    DMEXCO columnist + Forbes Tech Council

    Official DMEXCO columnist (2024) and Forbes Tech Council contributor (2023–2024).

    What it proves

    The writing is editorially vetted by industry institutions, not self-published only.

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  • Operator

    Currently operating, not retired into advisory

    Global Head of Enterprise at Samba TV and Co-founder of No Fluff Advisory — advising from inside a live operating role.

    What it proves

    The advice is current. The playbook is being run today, not remembered from a decade ago.

    • Advisory Retainer
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Artifacts

Reference assets and the reading behind them.

  • Artifact

    Artifacts — the reference assets

    The downloadable and reference artifacts behind the work — the tangible outputs that travel with an engagement.

    What it proves

    There is a body of concrete, reusable work product behind the advisory — not just conversations.

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  • Artifact

    Library — 285 books

    The reading behind the thinking — 285 books across strategy, leadership, AI/data, philosophy, and GTM.

    What it proves

    The point of view is sourced. The inputs that shape the thinking are on the record.

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