Freddy Porges

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DISC Type : S

Lead Product Manager, PayPal Ads at PayPal

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Overview

Freddy Porges is an ad tech product leader with over 10 years of experience across buy-side, sell-side, and agency roles. He is currently building the ads business at PayPal, having previously developed programmatic strategies at Uber and CTV solutions at Roku. Colleagues praise his business acumen and technical knowledge.

Freddy is a graduate of Hamilton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Personality Overview

Diplomatic

Empathetic

Good Listener

They are courteous and respectful but practical.  They like following the process even if it takes time to reach any conclusion. They are willing to make long-term decisions.

Topics They Care About

Building Ad Businesses
He is focused on building PayPal's ad business from "0-1" and previously built out the programmatic advertising business for Uber.
Ad Tech Innovation
His career spans the ad tech ecosystem. He recently helped launch PayPal's "Storefront Ads, " which combines payments technology with advertising.
Programmatic Strategy
He possesses deep experience in programmatic advertising, having led product and commercial strategy at Uber and managed partnerships for a Demand Side Platform (DSP).

Media Appearances

Freddy has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2025
Lead Product Manager, PayPal Ads at PayPal
2-2023 - 1-2025
Programmatic Lead, Uber Advertising at Uber
1-2022 - 12-2022
Senior Product Manager, Supply Side at Roku Inc.
11-2019 - 1-2022
Manager, Publisher Ad Solutions at Roku Inc.
6-2018 - 11-2019
Manager, Marketplace (acquired by Roku) at dataxu

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Hamilton College
Education details unavailable from The Pingry School

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Exp : 9 Location : Boston, Massachusetts, United States Job Level : Middle Designation : Lead Product Manager, PayPal Ads at PayPal

Interested in

Sports

Men's Soccer

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Insights For Selling To Freddy

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be personal and polite and slightly formal
  • Share information about the process and how it would address all concerns
  • Be very observant about how they perceive the risk in the decision

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be overly social in the early interactions
  • Skip mentioning details that are confusing
  • Don’t brush off their concerns, their comfort with you will go down

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Freddy is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others and strong collaterals matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Freddy

  • They never refuse directly, they push out the decisions or just go quiet.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Freddy move?

  • They can be some of the slowest decision makers.
  • Can Freddy take some risk or not?

  • They have no risk-appetite and prefer to take safe decisions.

You And Freddy

Personality Compatibility


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