Hart Gliedman is a seasoned business development executive based in @Los Angeles, CA with a career focused on ad tech and programmatic advertising. He last served as a Business Development lead at Freestar, a company specializing in digital monetization for publishers, where he previously held the role of Director of Publisher Development. Before returning to Freestar in 2023, Gliedman was the Senior Director of Business Development at Venatus and served as Director of U.S. Sales at AAX. He began his career at RTK.io, eventually becoming a Business Development Executive. RTK.io was later acquired by Rubicon Project (now Magnite). Gliedman holds a degree from Trinity College-Hartford, where he captained the men’s basketball team. He remains active in the digital advertising space, advocating for thoughtful, transparent use of programmatic strategies. I met Hart through @Noam Cadouri when he was working in business development for @OpenWeb. He was integral to the emergence of a grand collaboration between OpenWeb and @MythOS AI that ultimately failed to materialize. Later, after he'd left OpenWeb and moved to LA, he reached out to connect and we became fast friends. He was immensely supportive and encouraging of me and as I re-built and pivoted @MythOS while moving through @My First Divorce in parallel. Hart was a potent energy at a potent time and, while I'm not really sure what got between us, I choose to hold his energy with reverence.

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