Stefan Maris è Chief Partnership Officer di Nielsen e si occupa della creazione di alleanze strategiche che favoriscono la crescita collaborativa con i partner dell'ecosistema dei media di Nielsen.

With over 20 years of experience in product and business development in the ad tech space, Stefan brings with him a wealth of technology expertise and a deep understanding of the media ecosystem. He began his career at Philips Electronics, leading the creation and development of value-added services based on content identification technologies (ACR) and later served as the EVP, Product Strategy & Partnerships at the former Sorenson Media, a leading addressable TV technology provider, acquired by Nielsen. During his time at Nielsen, Stefan served as SVP, Advanced Advertising for the Advanced Video Advertising (AVA) division, managing business development (TV programmers, agencies, ad tech partnerships), and go-to-market planning and product strategy. The AVA division was later acquired by Roku.

Prima di entrare in Nielsen, come responsabile delle partnership globali di FreeWheel di Comcast, Stefan si è concentrato sulla costruzione di relazioni forti e collaborative con l'ecosistema che favoriscono l'interoperabilità e la scalabilità della TV premium, lavorando con le principali aziende del settore media, tecnologia, dati e misurazione, tra cui Nielsen, Discovery, NBC, Paramount, Sky, RTL, Google/YT, Amazon, Comcast, Roku, Vizio, Omnicom, GroupM, Liveramp, Snowflake, iSpot, VideoAmp, MediaOcean, Transunion ed Experian.

Stefan viveva nei Paesi Bassi e ora vive a New York con la moglie e i tre figli.