Ashish Kumar

Experience

A decade-plus of product landings, not just feature shipping.

From SSP to DSP to end-to-end programmatic platforms.

  1. Senior Director of Product Management

    @ PubMatic

    Apr 2026 – Present

    Leading the next chapter of PubMatic's monetization platform.

  2. Director of Product Management, Monetization

    @ PubMatic

    Apr 2024 – Apr 2026

    Driving core SSP monetization with focus on CTV, video, inbound traffic shaping, DSP QPS management, PMP optimization, and supply quality.

  3. Senior Technical Product Manager, Amazon DSP

    @ Amazon

    Apr 2022 – Apr 2024

    Owned campaign management on the Amazon DSP product team. Built troubleshooting and optimization tooling for traders, and shaped goal-oriented workflows that simplified how advertisers run programmatic campaigns at scale.

  4. Associate Director, Product Management

    @ PubMatic

    Mar 2022 – Apr 2022

    Owned ML and the core Real-Time Bidding exchange from the product side.

  5. Senior Product Manager

    @ PubMatic

    Apr 2019 – Mar 2022

    Owned the OpenRTB API ad-server roadmap, publisher/DSP integrations and auction rules. Partnered with ML & data science to optimize publisher performance.

  6. Solutions Engineer

    @ PubMatic

    Apr 2018 – Apr 2019

    Pre-sales technical lead: custom solutions, ORTB / Header Wrapper / Audience Match integrations, yield optimization with SQL & Qubole.

  7. Customer Success Operations Manager

    @ PubMatic

    Aug 2016 – Mar 2018

    Customer success ops across the NYC and Bay Area teams.

  8. Publisher Delivery Manager

    @ Exponential (VDX.tv)

    Aug 2015 – Jun 2016

    Led publisher delivery for the programmatic account team. Built out the Canadian publisher network from the ground up, managed key accounts, and optimized campaign delivery across desktop, mobile, and video pre-roll inventory.

  9. Operations & Account Management, Supply

    @ PubMatic

    Aug 2013 – Aug 2015

    Where it started: onboarding publishers, RTB & PMP ops, mentoring new hires.

Selected wins

Case studies across exchange, monetization, and buy-side platforms.

PubMatic: $100M → $2B+

Problem
Scaled monetization across a complex global programmatic platform.
Role
Built and led product initiatives across exchange, monetization, traffic quality, and partner integrations.
Impact
Helped scale annual platform ad spend from $100M to over $2B.

Google Open Bidding: $0 → $250M+

Problem
Needed to scale a major supply integration with trust, operational discipline, and exchange reliability.
Role
Led product and integration work across ad server, exchange, and partner workflows.
Impact
Scaled Open Bidding from zero to $250M+ in annual spend.

Amazon TAM: $100M

Problem
Needed to scale the Amazon Publisher Services monetization path through high-quality programmatic infrastructure.
Role
Supported product and integration work across Amazon Publisher Services and PubMatic monetization systems.
Impact
Scaled Amazon TAM to $100M in annual spend.

Mobile app monetization: $30M → $200M

Problem
Mobile app supply needed stronger monetization, better partner integrations, and scalable auction infrastructure.
Role
Worked across exchange, publisher, and demand-side workflows to grow mobile app monetization.
Impact
Grew annual mobile app monetization from $30M to $200M.

Goal-based workflows on Amazon DSP

Problem
Advertisers and traders needed simpler outcome-oriented campaign workflows.
Role
Built campaign management and optimization tooling on the Amazon DSP product team.
Impact
Helped take goal-based workflows / Performance+ from alpha to GA.