John Fundingsland
John Fundingsland brings extensive experience converting brand and agency challenges into opportunities across multiple industries. With a strong track record of orchestrating innovative initiatives, spearheading digital transformations, and creating stakeholder alignment, John joined Google in 2010. Since then, he has driven adoption of digital technologies within the C-Suite in both the U.S. and globally.
Currently, he’s a member of the company’s Global Brand Business Unit. As such, John is tasked with making YouTube attractive to marketing and agency partners, enabling them to efficiently and profitably deliver expert services to their clients and, in doing so, increasing their partnership and investment in Google.
Prior to joining Google, John spent 10 years at Omnicom, working across multiple creative agencies, building lucrative client relationships and industry leading teams, and generating solid results. And as the business director at Tribal DDB, John led multiple account teams across four U.S. offices (Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago), working on everything from skincare (Neutrogena) to QSR (McDonald’s).
Before that, John spent two years at Davie Brown Entertainment in Los Angeles, where he led the product integration and branded entertainment efforts on behalf of various clients, including PepsiCo, Staples, and Yahoo!. He started his career in account management at DDB Chicago, working with such brands as Home Depot and McDonald’s.
John has a B.A. degree in journalism from Arizona State University, where he also minored in the school’s Business Barrett Honors. He resides in Manhattan Beach, California with his wife and three children.