James Ross

Xapix is a fast, flexible, and user-friendly data integration platform designed to meet the highest demands of automotive, logistics and IoT industries. With our platform you solve challenges at the intersection of connecting endpoints, harmonizing data and sharing it with other stakeholders.

Responsible for dunnhumby media's sociomantic DSP platform, which includes... • Creating and maintaining the product roadmap • Managing every development project from ideation to deployment • Managing relationship and technical integration with AdExchanges • Finding timely solutions for platform bugs and incidents • Working with third parties to become certified for various industry wide initiatives • Presenting product updates and vision regularly to different stakeholders across the company

• Working with the largest RTB buyers and publishers in EMEA • Ensuring the prompt and proper resolution of technical challenges • Performing implementation reviews, evangelizing new product features • Improving product feature offerings by providing partner feedback to internal cross-functional teams including Product and Engineering • Analyzing and optimizing the revenue flow of existing partners • Developing and managing internal tools to consolidate and improve workflows

Account Strategist for the UK & Ireland Agency team.

Strategic management consulting internship. Oliver and Ohlbaum specialize in the media, sports and entertainment industries. Clients have included the BBC, Pro7Sat1, ARD/ZDF, English and German Football Associations, Manchester United and many national and EU regulatory bodies.

Consultancy project for Motain, a Berlin start-up, who are launching a free mobile information platform called Fussballticcs this autumn, with the aim of generating income through advertisements on the platform. The project consisted of market analysis of 5 countries, competitor analysis, potential customer analysis and recommendations on the market entry.

Team coordinator for university company project. “Project 2020” involved targeting 6 communities of future leaders to extract forecasts for major trends and scenarios that will affect the business world.

Internship focused on a strategic project aimed at reducing administrative workloads.

Tour Management, Merchandise, Transport and Logistic. Part-time member of a management team that is responsible for concert and touring logistics, transportation and various forms of merchandising. Skills developed: organisational skills, teamwork, entrepreneurial spirit

Internship at a leading translation services provider. Activities: coordination of the information flow for a worldwide project, market research to identify new clients, involvement in customer meetings and sales pitches.

Internship at a classical music concert promoter and artist management agency. Activities: box-office duties, providing support to artist management and concert promotion teams. Skills developed: advertising, customer interaction, interpersonal skills

Master’s in European Business, one-year two-country Postgraduate Business Program.

Economic and Social Studies