Atlanta, Georgia · Media Partnerships · Board Governance · Keynote Speaker · 10× American Record Holder
I build partnerships, serve on boards, and broke ten American swimming records.
Ad-tech and media partnerships by trade, nonprofit board governance by conviction, and a swimming career that changed who gets to compete. Currently Lead, Brand Partnerships at Magnite, guiding upwards of $1B in annual media spend. Board Director, Audit Committee at USA Swimming. 22 international medals, 25× Stanford All-American, and co-founder of a learn-to-swim program still running today. I also speak to organizations about managing high-performing teams and building connections that actually last.
Sabir Muhammad
Technology Partnerships
I lead brand partnerships at Magnite, where my team facilitates upwards of $1B in annual media spend across 600+ publishing partners. Before that: Senior Client Partner on Oracle Data Cloud's largest CPG accounts, Enterprise Sales Director at Amobee, and Senior Director roles at SpotX. I've spent a career translating advertising technology into results that brands, publishers, and agencies can actually use.
- CPG and retail brands scaling programmatic spend
- Publishers building supply-side strategy
- Agencies navigating a fragmented ad-tech stack
- Brand and publisher partnerships
- Programmatic media buying and display
- Data strategy and commercialization
- Go-to-market and growth strategy
- $1B+ in annual media spend facilitated
- $8M+ book managed across Bayer, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Merck, L'Oréal
- Partnerships built across 600+ publishers
Board Governance
I've been part of USA Swimming, the sport's national governing body, since 1995 — first as an athlete, now as a Board Director sitting on the Audit Committee. It's given me a seat inside how a major Olympic-sport federation actually governs itself: financial oversight, risk, and accountability to thousands of athletes and member clubs.
- Board Director, USA Swimming
- Audit Committee member
- Active supporter, WAWOS (adaptive sport & disability inclusion)
- Financial oversight and risk fluency
- A former-athlete's read on member and stakeholder trust
- Consensus-building across executive and volunteer leadership
- Governance for an organization that answers to thousands of families
- Accountability built from the inside, not observed from the outside
American Swimming Icon
Before the boardroom, there was the pool. A 25-time All-American at Stanford, two-time world championship medalist, and the first African American swimmer to medal at a major international competition — I spent a career redefining what was possible in American swimming, then spent the years since making sure more kids get the chance to learn.
In 2003, I helped launch a learn-to-swim program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. It became the pilot for USA Swimming's Make a Splash initiative — now a national program working to close the drowning-prevention and water-safety gap for kids who need it most.
Connect About Swimming & Advocacy →Speaking
I speak to organizations about the two things that have driven every stage of my career: how to manage a high-performing team, and how to build connections that are actually worth something. Elite relay teams and executive teams run on the same fundamentals — and the partnerships that move billions in media are built the same way relationships in any room are: deliberately, and for the long run.
- Managing high-performing teams
- Building valuable connections
- Keynotes
- Fireside chats and panels
- Team and leadership workshops
- Corporate leadership offsites
- Sales kickoffs and company all-hands
- Nonprofit boards and athletic organizations
“Sabir is a total pro. The first thing that will strike anyone who works with him is his infectious optimism and drive. He won't stop until the job is done, until the outcome is perfect. Sabir would be an asset to any organization, and I would work with him again in a heartbeat.”Joe Schab · CEO, FinQuery
About
Sabir Muhammad has spent two careers building things that last. By day, he leads brand partnerships at Magnite, translating advertising technology into results for the world's biggest brands and publishers — a path that's taken him through Oracle Data Cloud, Amobee, and SpotX. Off the clock, he sits on the Board of Directors of USA Swimming, the sport that first made him famous.
A 25-time Stanford All-American and 10-time American record holder, Sabir became the first African American swimmer to medal at a major international competition. In 2003 he helped launch a learn-to-swim program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta that became the pilot for USA Swimming's national Make a Splash initiative.
His approach to both worlds is the same: show up, do the work, and leave things better than he found them. He now speaks to organizations on managing high-performing teams and building valuable connections — the same two skills that built his career, on deck and off.
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