Co-Founder and Managing Director

Stage18, Inc.

Bruce Haymes is a strategy and transaction expert who led M&A and ventures at Nielsen for more than 10 years. He is now the co-founder and managing director of Stage18, Inc., a strategic consultancy and industry advisor to private equity/VC, their portfolio companies and other businesses focused on adtech, martech and related research, insights and data. He is also the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Toluna Corporation (a portfolio company of Verlinvest). He is also an executive-in-residence at Progress Partners, an investment advisory firm focused on media and technology based in Boston, Massachusetts.