Speaker Profile

Peter Olsen
President, Advertising Sales / A+E NETWORKS

Peter Olsen is the president of ad sales for A+E Networks, where he oversees ad sales for the multiplatform media group, including digital ad sales, strategic audience advertising solutions, and content partnerships across the portfolio of linear and non-linear brands.

Previously, Mr. Olsen served as SVP and then EVP of ad sales for HISTORY/H2. He also held a similar role for A&E and Biography. Before joining A+E Networks, Mr. Olsen served as the EVP and director of national broadcast at Mediacom and held sales positions at WSBK-TV Boston and within the sports division of NBC.

Mr. Olsen graduated with a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Massachusetts.