Ian Trider

Ian Trider

Building products that make complex technology useful.

Product leadership. Ad tech. AI.

About

I’m a product leader with experience across enterprise software, platform operations, ad tech and AI. My work has included bringing new offerings to market, translating customer workflows into product priorities, and evolving a self-service ad platform into an enterprise offering.

My recent work includes AI-driven content classification, ad viewability measurement, and launching an ad verification offering for advertisers and agencies. I’ve led work from early exploration and prototyping through to launch, balancing customer needs with quality, operating cost, and scale.

My leadership roles have spanned both Product and Operations, with responsibilities covering product vision, roadmap, and execution. That has included hiring and developing people, setting clear priorities, and coordinating work across technical and commercial teams. I’ve also helped shape strategy in response to changes in privacy and user tracking.

AI Projects

Exploring what AI can do—and building tools to make it more useful.

Benchmark aggregator

EveryBench

EveryBench brings AI model results from dozens of benchmark sources into one sortable leaderboard. Compare models side by side and explore performance, pricing, and speed.

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Coding tools

Pi extensions

Extensions I've written for Pi, an AI coding agent.

  • pi-cachewise-compact

    Cache-friendly compaction for Pi, for faster compaction with local models.

  • pi-sandbox-aware

    Makes pi aware it is running in a macOS Seatbelt sandbox; provides a persistent status bar notification and helps the model recognize it is in a sandbox and to ask for needed permission.

Ad Tech Standards & Contributions

I've helped develop industry standards that make advertising platforms work together and transactions more transparent. My contributions span API design, real-time transaction protocols, and visibility into the companies participating in the supply chain.

Ad Management API

Creator & Primary Author

Designed and authored this IAB Tech Lab specification for standardized campaign management across advertising platforms.

OpenRTB

Contributor

Contributed to the real-time bidding protocol used by virtually every programmatic transaction in digital advertising.

ads.txt / app-ads.txt

Contributor

Helped develop the standard that lets publishers declare authorized sellers, combating inventory fraud across web and app.

sellers.json & SupplyChain

Contributor

Contributed to the specifications that bring transparency to the programmatic supply chain, enabling buyers to see every intermediary in an ad transaction.

Recognition

Blog

Notes on product leadership, ad tech, AI, and building useful things.

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Contact

Have a question, opportunity, or just want to talk about ad tech or building with AI? I’d be glad to hear from you. Send me a message.