Having built her 24 year career in sales, business development, and strategy, Melissa is the Vice President of the Tech & Lifestyle Services sector within Google’s US ad sales organization. Previously, she was Managing Director over the Food, Beverage and Restaurant vertical. Before holding these US sales leadership roles, Melissa led strategy, operations and product go-to-market for Google’s global sales team. And preceding that, she was responsible for Google’s relationship with several of the the global “Big 6” advertising holding companies. Before her 15+ year tenure at Google, she received her MBA from INSEAD after having worked on Wall Street for several years as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, running sales and marketing for one of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s multi-billion dollar trading desks, and originally began her career as an investment banker. Melissa graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Art & Archeology. She is an advisor to tech & retail start ups as well as a passionate mentor to young professionals.