Festival Speakers

Ari Popper
President, North America
BrainJuicer

Ari is a highly experienced and respected marketing consultant who has worked closely with some of the world's greatest brands. Ari has been a trusted advisor for CEOs and CMOs worldwide, including Robert Redford and his Sundance brand. Armed with a graduate degree in Psychology, Ari began his career as a Marketing Analyst at The Limited, Inc. and then, in 1999, moved to the agency side, joining Millward Brown.

An expert on branding, marketing communications and new product innovation, Ari has been leading BrainJuicer North America since 2006. He has helped reinvent the market research industry by successfully bringing to the US market some of the most innovative and game-changing research solutions available.

A frequent speaker at conferences and industry events, Ari has been on industry panels at the American Marketing Association, Advertising Research Foundation, CASRO and the Institute for International Research, and was the Chairman of the 2008 ESOMAR Innovate conference in Copenhagen. He enjoys watching and playing soccer and spending time in the California sunshine with his wife, daughter and three pets.