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John W.

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Assistant Football Coach at Gilbert Public Schools
📍 United States

John is a Senior Paid Media Leader with over 15 years of experience managing $350M+ in ad spend for brands like GM and Prudential. He specializes in building AI tools and open-source scripts to automate PPC at scale. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, data-driven, energetic, and people-first.

Outside of marketing, John is a dedicated high school football coach, drawing on his experience as a former Washington State University football player. He applies a preparation-first, film-study-driven approach to developing young athletes, which reflects his leadership philosophy focused on authentic relationships and creative problem-solving.

He developed and open-sourced "Buddy, " an AI-powered PPC assistant designed to save marketing teams over 40 hours per month.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Assistant Football Coach
Job Level
Junior
Location
United States
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AI in PPC
He builds AI-powered tools and automation systems, including a Gemini CLI Google Ads Agent, to manage and optimize paid media campaigns at scale.
Open-Source Tooling
He actively develops and shares open-source Google Ads scripts with the PPC community to solve common challenges like budget management and campaign analysis.
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Career

Work history

2026
Assistant Football Coach
Gilbert Public Schools
11-2025
Lead, Paid Media
Seer Interactive
7-2025 - 4-2026
Assistant Football Coach (WR/DB/ST) — Casteel High School
Chandler Unified School District
2024 - 2024
OuterBox
Employment History
2023 - 2025
Norton LifeLock
Employment History
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Education
2003 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Washington State University
2015 - 2017
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Grand Canyon University
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