Speaker Profile

Denis Budniewski
Former Verizon and Agency Executive

Denis Budniewski is the executive director of marketing investment and transformation at Verizon, where he’s responsible for overall marketing investment, transformation initiatives, agency investment, production investment, media budget investment, and diversity within the creative supply chain for all Verizon business units.

Previously, Mr. Budniewski was the chief client officer for Omnicom’s We Are Unlimited agency, responsible for the strategic, creative, and production output. He also held leadership roles at Saatchi & Saatchi NYC and Frankfurt, McKinney, Fallon and Mithun.

Mr. Budniewski holds a B.A. in mathematics and computer science and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the University of Rochester.