Summary
Adriel Hampton is a strategic founder and Chief Strategy Officer with 12 years of experience building high-impact digital campaigns and data-driven organizations from Carlsbad, California. As the founder of The Adriel Hampton Group he has led advertising and audience-targeting projects that have reached hundreds of millions online and earned a 2025 Reed Award for Best Use of AI by a creative agency. He combines political organizing and enterprise growth experience—ranging from scaling NationBuilder’s early customer base and developer ecosystem to co-founding a predictive analytics startup—with hands-on campaign work that made a 2024 Senate race unusually competitive. A citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Adriel brings a values-driven approach to strategy and community impact, often emphasizing continuous testing and measurable outcomes. His background as a journalist and municipal investigator gives him an uncommon blend of storytelling, investigative rigor, and systems-level thinking. He excels at turning complex social and technical problems into actionable plans that drive both revenue and civic change.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA, Rhetoric, BA, Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley
AA, Communications, AA, Communications at San Joaquin Delta College