Part of our “Badass Women in Media” series brought to you by our amazing sponsor Equativ. Bronx-born powerhouse Gina Cavallo (CRO, Americas at xpln.ai) went from five years on the agency side at GroupM and Publicis to building and selling Audigent to Experian in 2024… and she’s not slowing down. She reveals her buyer-first mentality that changed everything: innovation isn’t about relationships, it’s about walking in with three undeniable reasons why your product is different, and why she refuses to sell anything she’s not genuinely passionate about because “if I don’t think it’s cool, no one’s going to buy it.” Now she’s bringing European AI innovation to the US and building a team of badasses who work hard, collaborate fiercely, and bring the kind of culture where people actually want to show up every day. About Gina Cavallo: Experienced sales leader with a demonstrated history of driving revenue across media and martech companies; setting and delivering on sales strategies across both Tier 1 & 2 media agencies as well as top direct brands. She has built and managed regional and national teams and worked across global teams and business in North America, EMEA and APAC. Beyond her foundation within digital media agencies; she has had the opportunity to work across several diverse products throughout her career honing knowledge and expertise across performance marketing, big data onboarding and applications, mobile marketing, advanced tv targeting and measurement, shopper marketing, advanced attention measurement, and business insights and analytics. Her strongest skill sets are within team building, driving new and incremental revenue, thinking creatively to look for new business development opportunities and partnerships and establishing and maintaining long standing relationships with top C level and executive brand and agency clients throughout several verticals and across all holding companies.
About xpln.ai: xpln.ai is a global attention intelligence platform that helps advertisers measure, understand, and optimize how attention drives outcomes across YouTube, Social, CTV, and the Open Web. Combining large-scale eye-tracking, contextual signals, predictive models, and deep creative analysis, xpln.ai provides transparent, research-grade measurement across markets and media environments. Founded in Paris and now headquartered in New York for U.S. operations, xpln.ai partners with leading brands, publishers, and agencies worldwide to elevate media effectiveness and drive smarter investment decisions.
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