Melissa Walston

Melissa Walston is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in technical customer operations and sales solutions engineering within the digital advertising industry. Currently serving as VP of Technical Customer Operations at Integral Ad Science since April 2022, Melissa has previously held key roles such as VP of Sales Solutions Engineering at both Yahoo and Verizon Media, where responsibilities included technical consultation, client support, and managing integrations with demand-side platforms. Earlier experience includes various leadership positions at AOL, Adap.tv, AudienceScience, and CJ Affiliate, focusing on demand partner management, ad operations, and performance optimization. Melissa holds a BS in Aquatic Biology from UC Santa Barbara and furthered education at the University of California, Davis.