Bill Stone
Chief Executive Officer
Bill Stone is Digital Turbine’s chief visionary, tasked with guiding the company as it seeks to redefine media experiences for operators, OEMs, app developers and end customers. He joined Digital Turbine in September 2012, and was elevated to CEO and Board Member in Oct. 2014. Prior to joining Digital Turbine, Bill served as Senior Vice President of Qualcomm, Inc. and as President of its subsidiary, FLO TV and MediaFLO Technologies Inc., from 2009 to 2011. From 2007 to 2009, he served as CEO and President of Handango (acquired by Appia Inc.), a smartphone application storefront provider. Bill brings over 30 years of experience in telco, mobile applications, content, technology, marketing, and distribution to Digital Turbine. He has held executive positions at several mobile operators, including Verizon, Vodafone, and AirTouch. Bill is a Board Member at Sift Media, where Digital Turbine has an equity position. He received his BA and MBA from Rice University.
Michael Akkerman
Chief Business Officer
Michael leads Digital Turbine’s global go-to-market efforts, including sales, partnerships, marketing, product, and business operations. With nearly 20 years of experience in the advertising industry, Michael is experienced in building and scaling ad tech solutions that serve large, multinational enterprise clients through data-driven performance and brand advertising. Most recently, Michael served as GM, Mobility Advertising at Uber, where he led the vision and strategy for Uber's emerging advertising business across its global ride-hailing app. Before his tenure at Uber, Michael was Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Cardlytics, empowering leading financial institutions to drive growth through data-driven promotions, reaching 185 million monthly active users. Prior to Cardlytics, Michael was the Global Head of Partnerships at Pinterest, where his team managed and grew an ecosystem of 130+ strategic technology partners across commerce, data, measurement, and ads.
Ben John
Chief Technology Officer
Ben John is the Chief Technology Officer at Digital Turbine, leading the company’s global engineering, product architecture, data-first scaling, and AI-driven development. He brings over two decades of experience in building large-scale AI, data, and advertising technology platforms. Most recently, Ben served as Vice President of Engineering at Microsoft AI, where he led the Copilot AI data platform to deliver personalized experiences for global consumer and enterprise partners.
Prior to his tenure at Microsoft, Ben was the Chief Technology Officer of AppNexus, the world’s largest independent adtech marketplace, where he led the global technology organization through its acquisition by AT&T in 2018. He subsequently co-founded Xandr, serving as its CTO and architecting the integration of AT&T’s data assets before facilitating the company’s acquisition by Microsoft in 2022. A pragmatic engineer and a sought-after thought leader in AI transformation, Ben holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in machine learning and big data mining. He is a firm believer that empowered human talent is the ultimate competitive advantage and currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and two daughters.
Josh Kinsell
Interim Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer
Josh Kinsell serves as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Digital Turbine, where he leads the company's global finance organization. In his role, he is responsible for the company's financial strategy, accounting and controllership, capital allocation, liquidity management, and corporate governance.
Josh brings more than 17 years of financial leadership experience across public companies and private equity-backed technology organizations. Before joining Digital Turbine, he served as Head of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at HighRadius. Previously, he was Chief Accounting Officer at Boomi, where he helped lead the company's separation from Dell Technologies. Earlier in his career, Josh held finance leadership roles at SailPoint Technologies and spent more than a decade with Deloitte LLP. Josh is a Certified Public Accountant and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from Baylor University.
Angeline Tucker
Chief People Officer
Angeline Tucker, Digital Turbine’s Chief People Officer, leads the global People team, which is inclusive of all HR functions, Workplace Operations and Facilities. She is passionate about fostering a culture and environment where people can do their best work. Prior to joining Digital Turbine, Angeline was Sr Vice President, People & Culture at SoundHound, and held a variety of people leadership roles at Dell for 15 years, including building their HR M&A practice and an international assignment in Shanghai as the regional leader. Angeline graduated with a BS Computer Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana.