Two careers that finally became one offer. I spent 20+ years building software and 10+ years buying media. I started out selling media buying and funnels; server-side tracking was a differentiator I'd mention in passing. Every client kept buying me for the tracking instead. Eventually the tracking was the product. ROAS Architects is the result.
Meanwhile the ground shifted under everyone. Client-side pixels, the standard for years, quietly broke under iOS and browser privacy changes. Most advertisers never noticed, because their dashboards still showed something. That gap between showing something and showing the truth is where budgets go to underperform.
"I'd rather tell you 'we can't explain 5 from our data' than invent a plausible story."
I run conversion tracking the way pilots run pre-flight checklists: not because something's wrong, but because at $100K/month a single overlooked detail compounds.