Jacqueline Corbelli

Jacqueline Corbelli is an entrepreneur, technology innovator, and author whose career spans financial services, advertising technology, and global development. As one of the first female founders in advertising technology, Corbelli is recognized for identifying industry inflection points and building companies that drive change.

Before founding BrightLine, Corbelli served as president of Aston Associates, an advisory firm for financial institutions and their investors. In this role, she restructured underperforming companies, directing organizational, business, and financial redesigns for 10 major financial corporations worldwide and generating significant shareholder value. Corbelli holds a master's degree in international banking, business, and finance from Columbia University.

As CEO, founder, and chairman of BrightLine, Corbelli leads a technology software company that has transformed television advertising from traditional 30-second commercials to immersive, interactive units. BrightLine offers InCAST, an advanced TV technology suite that provides Fortune 100 companies with scalable interactive TV solutions for the streaming era. The company creates, delivers, and measures dynamic ads across the advanced TV landscape. Leading OTT providers rely on BrightLine's technology to engage audiences with next-generation content and advertising experiences across broadcast and cable networks, including A&E Networks, AMC Networks, NBC Universal, CBS Interactive, Discovery Networks, Fox Corp, Hulu, and major OTT platforms such as Roku, Samsung, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation.

BrightLine's work has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, earning three Emmy nominations and one award. The company was named Admaker by The Wall Street Journal. Corbelli was named to the Madison Avenue 'It' List by AlwaysOn Media for her ability to translate new media into effective advertising vehicles for marketers.

As the first female founder of an advertising technology company and creator of an AI-powered sustainability platform, Corbelli has been recognized for her leadership by New York Business Journal and Fast Company. She is the founder of the US Coalition on Sustainability, a nonprofit established in collaboration with the United Nations to accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. To support this mission, Corbelli created SustainChain, a digital and machine learning platform that unites innovators, impact investors, purpose-driven brands, NGOs, and alliances focused on rebuilding global supply chains for sustainability.

Corbelli serves in leadership roles within forums of both the United Nations and the Vatican. She is a member of the board of the Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa, a member of the leadership council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and a governor at the New York Academy of Sciences. Corbelli is also a founding member of Pope Francis' Ethics in Action Forum under the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences, where she advises on the role of technology, media, education, and data in promoting justice in society.

Corbelli is the author of "Changemaker: A Modern Playbook for Creating Personal Impact and Transformational Change" and "REVEALED: Thoughts on the Connected Television Ad Revolution." She has spoken at numerous television, advertising, and technology conferences, establishing her as a leading voice on the future of media, technology, and transformational leadership.