Edmund Muller

In The Voice of Edmund Muller, Ed Muller, Head of Global Media at Duracell, shares thoughtful insights on leadership, innovation, and the rapidly evolving world of commerce media. Drawing from a career that spans both agency and brand leadership, he offers a distinctive perspective shaped by work with global powerhouses including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and L’Oréal.

From growing up between Germany, Oregon, Switzerland, and upstate New York to taking bold career leaps across the industry, Ed reflects on the unconventional journey that informed his leadership philosophy. This episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming consumer behavior, media buying, and platform ecosystems and what that shift could mean for companies like Amazon and the broader digital economy. At its core, the show centers on Ed’s belief in staying curious, leading with positivity, embracing smart risks, and investing deeply in people. In a world defined by constant change, The Voice of Edmund Muller delivers grounded perspective, strategic clarity, and the energy to keep moving forward.

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About our Hosts

Elizabeth Donovan

Elizabeth Donovan

Elizabeth Donovan is a dynamic and visionary media executive with deep expertise in sales leadership, omnichannel strategy, marketing innovation, and data-driven advertising solutions. As SVP, Global Head of Retail & Commerce Media Networks at Acxiom/IPG, she spearheads global strategy, revenue acceleration, technology innovation, and activation for a growing portfolio of media networks. Strategic consulting expert for monetization for brands across retail, hospitality, finance, and beyond.

Elizabeth is widely recognized for launching and scaling transformative media network businesses. Most notably, she architected and led the successful launch of the Marriott Media Network—the industry’s first hospitality media network, where she built a multi-functional organization from the ground up, overseeing ad revenue, operations, go-to-market execution, and technology infrastructure. Her impact reshaped how hospitality brands engage travelers through meaningful, data-enriched advertising experiences.

Prior to Marriott, Elizabeth spent nearly a decade at AccuWeather, where she drove top-line growth through strategic enterprise partnerships, advanced first-party data solutions, and multi-platform monetization across digital, mobile, OOH and emerging channels. Her ability to integrate business strategy with technology and talent development has consistently delivered results at scale.

A sought-after speaker, panelist, and thought leader, Elizabeth is passionate about unlocking potential—whether in emerging technologies or in people. She actively mentors rising talent, serves on advisory boards, and co-hosts the podcast Unlocked with Austin & Elizabeth, which explores leadership, innovation, and the evolving future of media networks.

Austin Leonard

Austin Leonard

Austin is a marketing leader with over two decades of experience in retail media and programmatic advertising, bringing unparalleled expertise and a track record of success. His journey in the industry has taken him from leading teams at Dollar General, Sam’s Club, Walmart, and eBay to building retail media network businesses that achieved exponential growth.

As co-host of Unlocked with Austin & Elizabeth, he loves to dig into the history of retail media with Elizabeth Donovan to help share the untold stories behind “the 3rd wave of digital advertising” and explore the trends that are shaping the growth, acceleration, and future of commerce media.