Kathryn Burns

Kathryn Burns has over 19 years of experience in the media and advertising industry. Kathryn began their career in 2002 as an Assistant Media Planner at OMD. In 2004, they moved to Carat as a Senior Media Planner/Planner. In 2007, they joined Zenith (Moxie Interactive) as an Associate Media Director/Media Supervisor. In 2010, they moved to Universal McCann as an Associate Media Director, where they managed the digital strategy, planning and buying for Verizon, and directly managed a team of 10 people and over $80MM in annual billings. In 2011, they joined Microsoft Advertising as a Senior Account Manager/Account Manager, where they managed all aspects of the client relationship, partnered with sales and product teams to drive revenue through comprehensive solutions, optimized campaigns to increase ROI and identified new revenue opportunities. In 2014, they joined OpenSlate - part of DoubleVerify as Head of Product, Content Standards & Data, where they developed industry-leading metrics that fostered a healthy online video ecosystem and supported high-quality content. OpenSlate was acquired by DoubleVerify in November 2021. In 2022, they were appointed VP, Product at ArcSpan.

Kathryn Burns attended Syracuse University from 1998 to 2002, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Consumer Studies.