Focus on AI innovation as AdTech veteran Dave Fall joins consumer insights specialist Azira as Chief Product Officer

Azira, a consumer insights platform, has announced the appointment of Dave Fall as Chief Product Officer. Fall will oversee product and engineering, with responsibilities spanning AI innovation, scalable growth, and delivering greater value for customers.

With more than 30 years of experience in advertising technology, Fall has held leadership positions at companies including Google, Clickable, and Brand Networks.

Most recently, he grew Brand Networks’ revenue 12x in partnership with a top US retailer by leading the company to launch an app enabling social creators to capture and share in-store content. He has also advised a range of early-stage companies to help grow their product portfolios, scale platforms, and commercialise new technologies.

His leadership spans beyond executive roles, having served multiple terms on the NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) Board of Directors, and serving as Treasurer and Vice President of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organisation).

“In this AI era, Azira’s stronghold in quality data and consumer protections sets us apart as a leader,” he says. “We see tremendous opportunity to accelerate success by helping global brands and advertisers turn our insights into smarter and more confident decisions that fuel stronger business outcomes.”

“Azira’s technology is only as good as the people behind it,” says Gladys Kong, CEO at Azira. "We're thrilled to welcome Dave to our growing, best-in-class leadership bench. His experience will help us empower marketers with data they can trust and help us further integrate AI to provide even more value to our customers.”

RTIH AI in Retail Awards

RTIH, organiser of the industry leading RTIH Innovation Awards, proudly brings you the first edition of the RTIH AI in Retail Awards, which is now open for entries. 

Deadline for submissions is Friday, 5th December. It’s free to enter and you can do so across multiple categories.

As we witness a digital transformation revolution across all channels, AI tools are reshaping the omnichannel game, from personalising customer experiences to optimising inventory, uncovering insights into consumer behaviour, and enhancing the human element of retailers' businesses.

With 2025 set to be the year when AI and especially gen AI shake off the ‘heavily hyped’ tag and become embedded in retail business processes, our newly launched awards celebrate global technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world and the resulting benefits for retailers, shoppers and employees.

Our winners will be those companies who not only recognise the potential of AI, but also make it usable in everyday work - resulting in more efficiency and innovation in all areas.

Winners will be announced at an evening event at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January.