Keynote
“Terror and Euphoria: 15 Years as a Technology Entrepreneur”
Brian O’Kelley ’99, CEO & Co-Founder of AppNexus
Brian O’Kelley is the CEO and co-founder of AppNexus, one of the biggest tech startups in New York and the largest independent ad technology company in the world with 550 employees and more than $1B of ad spend under management. Previously, Brian was the CTO of Right Media, which sold to Yahoo in 2007 for $850MM. Brian is the inventor of the online ad exchange and the author of more than 10 patents in the online advertising space. He graduated from Princeton University in 1999 with a BSE in Computer Science. Brian lives in New York City with his wife and daughter and often paints his toenails orange and black.