Chris Guenther

Chris Guenther is Chief Operating Officer, ArcSpan Technologies, a next-gen audience monetization company. Throughout his career, Chris has focused on collaboratively driving positive change in the media ecosystem, ranging from global media companies to board roles at the IAB US and TechLab industry organizations. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Global Head of Programmatic for News Corp and GM of NewsIQ, focused on driving programmatic and ad tech innovation across the company’s global properties. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Business Operations for Hearst Magazines International, working on sales operations and programmatic advertising across the global Hearst footprint. Mr. Guenther also served as VP, Digital Operations & Monetization at Conde Nast. Earlier roles were at Dow Jones as well as the Jordan Edmiston Group.

In addition to his professional experiences, Chris is a board member at the Partnership for After School Education (PASE), as well as a mentor to the nonprofit New York Fashion Tech Lab (supporting female entrepreneurs) and American Corporate Partners (helping veterans transition into the private sector).