Sean Downey
President, Americas and Global Partners
YouTube
As President of Americas & Global Partners at Google and YouTube, Sean leads the company’s advertising business in North and South America. Before this role he served as the Vice President of the Google Marketing Platform for the Americas, helping Marketers, Agencies and Partners leverage data and technology to advance their Digital Marketing Maturity and buy and measure media more efficiently.
Prior to joining Google in 2008, Sean was the Vice President of Buy Side Sales at DoubleClick, where he led their agency and advertiser business. Sean has also worked in various ad technology and software startups, and over the course of his career has brought various evolving advertising technologies to market such as rich media and programmatic buying and analytics.
Sean earned his BS in Business Administration from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. He lives in the Greater Boston area where he is raising three children.
Prior to joining Google in 2008, Sean was the Vice President of Buy Side Sales at DoubleClick, where he led their agency and advertiser business. Sean has also worked in various ad technology and software startups, and over the course of his career has brought various evolving advertising technologies to market such as rich media and programmatic buying and analytics.
Sean earned his BS in Business Administration from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. He lives in the Greater Boston area where he is raising three children.
