Dave Osborn

Dave Osborn is responsible for the commercial strategy supporting Microsoft Advertising’s agentic portfolio. Previous roles at Microsoft Advertising include leading strategic growth initiatives across global media sales, as well as leading the worldwide teams responsible for display, video, and technology sales.

With more than 25 years of technology and digital media experience across general management, product management, global sales and account leadership roles, Dave was CRO for North America for Xandr (previously known as AppNexus), which was acquired by Microsoft in 2022. He held a variety of global and regional leadership roles at AppNexus, which was acquired by AT&T in 2018, including launching and scaling the AppNexus business in Australia and New Zealand from 2013-2016. Before joining AppNexus, Dave was head of global product for Nielsen’s online division, overseeing the online measurement product portfolio including the launch of Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings (DAR).