Team
At Central Control, our team is passionate about advertising and media. We comprise ad industry veterans with deep expertise in econometrics, data science, marketing analytics, and applied research. With over 150 years of combined experience at Google, DoubleClick, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Comcast, Central Control specializes in technology and services for developing, implementing, and measuring the performance of advertising through randomized controlled trials (RCT).
Rick Bruner
CEO
Before founding Central Control, Rick ran research and product organizations at Google, DoubleClick, Marketing Evolution and elsewhere. He is the Vice Chair (USA) for the global marketing science forum I-COM and is the founder of the influential Research Wonks community.
Campbell Foster
CCO
Prior to joining Central Control as co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Campbell led GTM and operations teams for Google, DoubleClick, Adobe, and Akamai. Campbell has served in various roles with the IAB, ARF, NAB, the Streaming Video Alliance, and others.
John Chandler
Head of Data Science
Formerly of Microsoft, Atlas and Ars Quanta, John is Professor of Marketing at University of Montana and runs Data Analytics LLC.
Talgat Mussin
Head of Consulting
Talgat led ad performance measurement groups at Google, Amazon and TikTok, with an emphasis on geo experiments. He is the founder and leader of Incrementality Insider, an influential digital media outlet covering a broad range of advertising ROI topics.
Ben Wood
Head of Engineering
Ben leads full-stack engineering for Central Control following a distinguished career with Microsoft, Redfin, and Smartsheet. With a strong background in both front-end and back-end technologies, Ben has a proven track record of building scalable solutions that drive advertising success for customers.
Board of Advisors
Randall Lewis, Chief Economist, Amazon Ads
Gabriel Hughes, Director of Advanced Analytics & Data Science, Croud
Lynn Tornabene, CMO, Anteriad. Previously, DoubleClick, Google, Apple
Ari Paparo, CEO, Marketecture Media, formerly co-founder of Beeswax. Previously DoubleClick, Google, Nielsen, AppNexus
Ben Tatta, CCO, Operative, formerly 605 Media and Cablevision
Elea McDonnell Feit, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Drexel University