John Hodge

Product professional and adtech nerd.

Full stack advertising expert. From media buying to adtech architecture.

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Clients

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Xumo

4X increase in impressions sold.

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Verizon

7X increase in direct media sales.

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Altice

2X increase in media sales on O&O and TVE.

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Effectv

Launched STB VOD programmatic.

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Fox

3X programmatic CTV media growth.

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Premion

2X faster supply onboarding.

Employers

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FreeWheel


Product Manager/Senior Product Manager

Mentored APMs and established processes.

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Madhive


Product Manager

Led cross-functional agile product team.

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FreeWheel


Solutions Engineer

Technical lead for premium distributor publishers.

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Primitive


Media Strategist

Directed media strategy and retainer scoping.

Testimonials

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Luc Dumont

SVP Business Development — Madhive


I had the pleasure of working with John during my early days at Madhive, and I greatly appreciated his extensive technical expertise in the video adtech industry.

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Matt Rohrs

Strategic Relationship Manager — FreeWheel


Our clients trusted in John. His extensive knowledge and sophisticated touch was all he needed to develop the strong and lasting relationships he nurtured while pushing them to ever greater heights.

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Jim Theberge

Head of Digital Video Advertising — Verizon


I was impressed with John's methods for understanding our issues thoroughly and his ability to explain complex solutions in simple terms. And, of course, his live diagramming skills!

Philosophy

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Recurring issues


I focus on issues or bottlenecks users experience multiple times a day.

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Expensive problems


I solve problems that are costing users a lot of money.

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High priority needs


I create products that users are desperate for.

Tech

See what I use

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Jira

For better or worse, I always have at least one tab open to Jira.

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Grafana

I've used Grafana at an enterprise level, and at home to track my ConEd smart meter.

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Looker Studio

Easy data visualization for BigQuery and dozens of external data sources.

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GitHub

The cause of, and solution to, a quarter of my "oh crap" moments.

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Python

Rapid scripting and fast processing times with libraries written in C (like NumPy).

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BigQuery

BigQuery's my favorite SQL client. If you use BQ and want to work together HMU.

Skills

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Data analysis

More than just “data-driven”, we need to be "data-justified". I pick apart what specific metrics tell us and what they don't.

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User research

From user interviews to full design sprints, nothing propels a team like informed strategy.

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Agile and scrum

Mastering scrum ceremonies allows me to predictably deliver value and safely drop unnecessary processes.

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Strategic planning

I dream big and implement fast. Being a part of big bets is exciting, let’s turn that excitement into quick value.

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Org-wide collaboration

I get the team excited about collabing with me — High-level stakeholders and low-level experts alike.

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Product Management

I balance exciting product strategy with objective data by using tools like RICE and design sprints.

Consultation

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