Charles Manning is the Founder and CEO of Kochava, the real-time data solutions company for omni-channel attribution and measurement trusted by top brands worldwide. A veteran of the digital advertising industry, Charles is a member-contributor to the Forbes Technology Council. For over 20 years, Charles has been creating real-time data solutions for systems optimization, ranging from business service management (BSM) to information technology (IT) to attribution analytics, and blockchain solutions. Charles began his career at Oracle.

Prior to Kochava, Charles founded PLAYXPERT, which began as a video game technology platform. After licensing the technology to Razer, the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers, Charles built a team focused on creating engagement platforms for brands and agencies. After realizing there was no single platform providing cross-channel attribution or post-install analytics for connected devices, Charles and his team built one, and Kochava was born. The Kochava technology is integrated with more than 4,500 networks and publishers worldwide and is trusted by hundreds of brands including the biggest names in media, gaming, quick-service restaurants, and consumer goods with a privacy-first approach for data-driven marketers.