Operative is an American advertising company, founded and with headquarters in New York City in 2000 and offices in Denver, Atlanta, London, India, Brazil, Israel, Romania, Australia and the Netherlands.
Its current president is Michael Grossi, who replaced Lorne Brown in 2022.
[2] The company has three product lines: Managed Services- which includes campaign management and ad trafficking consultancy, Professional Services- facilitating software implementation and business process consulting, and the Operative Dashboard- an ASP-based web application that aims to allow media publishers to automate contract management, product packaging and pricing, inventory management, campaign reporting and revenue recognition.
In 2017, Operative Media was acquired by the Israel-based software company SintecMedia for just under $200 million.
SintecMedia has been able to acquire Operative Media with funding from the private equity firm Francisco Partners[3] In December 2007, then Operative CEO Mike Leo was named in the Silicon Alley 100, at number 85.