Aron Robert Schatz

VP / Head of Product | AdTech, AI & Programmatic

aronschatz@aselabs.com | LinkedIn | Bridgewater, NJ
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141% YoY Growth Driven
40% Velocity Increase
2 U.S. Patents Issued

Executive Summary

Award-winning product executive with deep expertise in product strategy, software architecture, and AI/ML across AdTech and programmatic advertising. Proven at taking products from 0 to 1, scaling complex systems, and leading high-performing product and engineering teams. Multiple patents in digital advertising innovation, with a track record of defining strategic roadmaps and shaping industry standards including VAST, OpenRTB, and SIMID.

Selected Professional Experience

A highlight of recent product leadership roles. For a full career history, please download the complete resume above.
Principal Product Manager March 2026 — Present
KERV.ai
  • Ad Serving Modernization: Leading the strategic platform migration from legacy VPAID to SIMID for secure, low-latency, crash-free interactive video ad execution across modern CTV players.
  • Creative Tech Architecture: Architecting next-gen interactive ad formats while optimizing player-side execution and ultra-low-latency creative rendering for dynamic video overlays.
  • Creative Data Marketplace: Incubating a programmatic marketplace that productizes real-time interactive video engagement signals into targetable data assets for buy-side DSP partners.
Fractional CPTO December 2024 — Present
LyncUp, ASE Publishing, LegalTech
  • Technical Strategy: Delivering product strategy, technical architecture, and MVP execution for early-stage B2B SaaS, AI networking, mobile gaming, and LegalTech ventures.
  • Strategic Advisory: Advising founders on product due diligence, cloud architecture alignment, and building lean, high-performing product teams.
VP of Product January 2024 — November 2024
RevContent
  • Business Unit Launch: Architected and launched a novel email monetization business unit, creating a proprietary revenue stream with minimal core engineering resources.
  • Operational Scaling: Streamlined technical integrations that cut client onboarding setup times by 30%.
Director of Publisher Products August 2021 — November 2023
DoubleVerify
  • Portfolio Alignment: Spearheaded a strategic reorganization of the entire publisher product portfolio to align with modern programmatic monetization demands.
  • Standards Leadership: Served as an IAB Tech Lab thought leader, shaping VAST and OpenRTB digital video and programmatic protocols.
Head of Product and Data October 2018 — August 2021
Jeeng (Acquired by OpenWeb)
  • Department Foundations: Built the product management organization from scratch and increased sprint delivery velocity by 40%.
  • Algorithmic Optimization: Directed AI/ML modeling initiatives that delivered sustained improvements in publisher CPM performance.

Core Expertise

Education

Master of Engineering, Network Information Systems 2006
Stevens Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering 2005
Stevens Institute of Technology

Patents & Awards

U.S. Patent 12,437,319 B2 (2025) – ML-Based Media Content Placement
U.S. Patent 11,270,337 (2022) – ML-Based Media Content Sequencing
IAB Tech Lab Service Excellence: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2012 — Digital Video, SIMID, and MRAID2 working groups