Kirk McDonald

Kirk P.
McDonald is the founder of Venture Industries, Inc. Current positions include Chief Executive Officer at Sundial Media Group LLC since 2024, Vice Chairman at The Advertising Council, Inc. since 2018, Co-Chairman at Mouse, Inc. (New York), Chairman at Camp Interactive, Chairman at Code, Independent Director at Ziff Davis, Inc. since 2023, Director at Interactive Advertising Bureau, Inc. since 2022, Director at IRTS Foundation, Inc., Independent Director at Elanco Animal Health, Inc. since 2019, Director at I.D.E.A. Initiative LLC, and Member-Governors Board at The Paley Center for Media.
Former positions include Chief Executive Officer-North America Region at WPP Media from 2020 to 2023, Chairman at VGTel, Inc., Director at Format Dynamics, Inc., Senior Vice President at CBS Interactive, Inc., Manager-District Sales at Ziff Davis, Inc., Chief Business Officer at Xandros, Inc. from 2019 to 2020, President-Digital at TI Gotham, Inc. from 2009 to 2011, Senior Vice President-Network Sales at Atlas Group, Inc., Senior Vice President-Network Sales at CNET, Inc. (Texas), SVP-Sales, Marketing & Client Services at DRIVE Performance Media from 2006 to 2008, SVP-Sales, Marketing & Client Services at Atlas Solutions, Inc. (Washington) from 2006 to 2008, President at PubMatic, Inc. from 2011 to 2017, Advisor at LUMA Partners LLC, Chief Marketing Officer at AT&T from 2017 to 2018, Chief Advertising Officer at Money Group LLC, and Chief Advertising Officer at Fortune Group.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from City University of New York.