Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Scott Havens
Director, Engineering of Jet
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About Jet: Jet operates an e-commerce platform that allows its member to shop online from various retailers.
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Kade Speiser
Director of Content of TeamDom
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About TeamDom: TeamDom is a media conglomerate that builds brands, stories, celebrities, and businesses around teen entertainment and media.
Justin Appler
Director of Engineering, Applications of Crunchbase
Justin develops software mostly in JavaScript, often for the web, and sometimes in other languages. The challenges of building products that stand the test of time and effective software teams (from recruiting through to day-to-day engineering process) fascinate him.
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Danielle Ben-Gera
Director of Data Engineering of Crunchbase
Danielle Ben-Gera has been serving as Director of Data Engineering at Crunchbase since September 2018.
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Christa Garcia
Director of Agile Leadership of Three Five Two
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About Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Christa Garcia
Director of Agile Leadership of Three Five Two
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About Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Adam Heimlich
SVP Programmatic, Managing Director of HX of Horizon media
Adam Heimlich works at Horizon Media leading HX, the agency’s programmatic buying department. Previously, Adam spent seven years at Razorfish and its predecessor, Avenue A. Adam joined Avenue A as a search marketer and headed the department for three years. Designed to make the programmatic opportunity accessible to any advertiser, HX is 100% cost-transparent and tech-agnostic, pursuing no interests other than client success.
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Michael Tripodi
VP, Digital Director of Horizon media
Michael Tripoldi has over 17 years of industry experience across both digital and traditional media types. Most recently, Michael was at Zenith Media where he oversaw all digital efforts for Verizon FiOS. His FiOS digital portfolio included a significant digital activation budget as well as overseeing ad technologies that allowed the media to be effectively measured, managed and delivered. Michael’s team deployed an assortment of digital tactics that sought out customers at the near household level to align with FiOS availability. Prior to leading the FiOS Digital efforts, Michael spent time at MediaVest running Comcast’s integrated communications for the Central United States across all media channels.
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Amy Tenderich
Editorial Director, Diabetes & Patient Advocacy at Healthline.com of Healthline Media
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About DiabetesMine.com, DiabetesMine.com, Healthline Media: Healthline Media is the 2nd largest and fastest growing consumer health publisher in the world, reaching 85 million people a month.
Benjamin Feeney
Senior Director – Global Innovation & New Initiatives of Molson Coors
Ben Feeney is a senior director at Molson Coors. He has 16 years of experience delivering new revenue and new ventures across corporate marketing, communication agency, and startup environments that have increased stock price, driven profitable growth, and created culture change.
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About Molson Coors: Molson Coors is a beer company and distributor that brews the world’s favorite beer brands.
Javed Hussain
Director of Global Technology Planning, Delivery and Governance of PepsiCo
Senior technology executive with 20 years of global SAP business transformation, delivery and operations experience. Responsible for collaborating across PepsiCo functions to identify and evaluate key business/IT demands and metrics versus current process and technology capabilities. Then develop transformation strategies and plans to meet future demands, and finally to own the delivery of those global transformations through new processes and/or technology solutions, including SAP HANA.
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About PepsiCo, PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Henry Mori
Engineering Director, B2B & D2C eCommerce of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Jenny Tran
Title Director of Brand Strategy and Design, Global Innovation of PepsiCo
Jenny Tran is a Creative Lead in Experience Design across various new brands across the PepsicCo Portfolio including Lemon Lemon , IZZE, and is Global Design Lead for LIFEWTR. She is part of the PepsiCo Design and Innovation team based in Manhattan, New York.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Christine Johnson
Senior Director Global Business Solutions Supply Chain Planning of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Cory Notric
Senior Director of Global Brand Protection of PepsiCo
Cory Notrica is a senior director of global brand protection at PepsiCo.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Anne Wyrick
Senior Director of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Michael Gambacorta
Director, Product Management & Marketing Analytics of Central Park Digital
Over 15 years of experience in product management, digital marketing, programmatic advertising, data analytics, and strategic business planning. Bachelors Degree: Columbia University. Masters Programs in Computer Information Systems and Data Science. Areas of Expertise: Big Data Analysis, Product Management, Marketing Automation, Data Mining, Software Development Management, Statistical Analysis, Real-Time Reporting, Web & App User Tracking, Data Visualization, Database Management, Mobile Advertising, Google & Amazon Cloud Services.
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About Central Park Digital: Central Park Digital is New York City’s premier digital marketing, online advertising, & big data analytics firm.
Alex Grigoryan
Director of Engineering of Walmart Labs
Alex Grigoryan is the director of engineering of WalmartLabs. Alex builds application platform at WalmartLabs. He focuses on customer experience, fan of python, Node.js, and react.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
James Zhang
Sr. Director of Marketing of Walmart Labs
James Zhang is Sr. Director of Marketing at Walmart Media Group. He was previously Head of Rakuten Interactive, a Rakuten USA executive, and a member of Rakuten’s CEO Office. He was China CEO and Global Head of R&D at London-based Powa Technologies, once Europe’s largest startup by capitalization. James’s career spans 9 countries as a country manager and consultant for Samsung Electronics and KPMG. James is a mentor for Techstars, Plug & Play Tech Accelerator, and a Judge for the MIT 100K.
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About Blue Tornado, Red Jasper Worldwide, Splunk, Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Or Zelig
Director of Product Management of Walmart Labs
Or is an experienced product manager and a serial entrepreneur. Or’s greatest passion is technology, and his mind is constantly brimming with new ideas. After his graduation from the IDF, where he lead the development of the next-generation of military data security devices, Or worked as a consultant and later as an entrepreneur; SlickLogin was his second venture in the field of cyber security that was acquired by Google. Today he a lead at Google Accelerators program.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Gerald Bothello
Director Of Cloud of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Brendan Wright
Director – International mobile products of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Keeton Storts
Founder & Director of 516 Marketing Inc
Keeton Storts is a creative marketing professional in Fort Worth, TX. Company: He is Founder and Director at 516 Marketing Inc.
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About 516 Marketing Inc: 516 Marketing Inc is a digital marketing agency that delivers effective brand strategy, web design and digital marketing.
Katie Kimball
Director of Growth and Strategy of Innovation Department
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About DojoMojo, Innovation Department: Innovation Department is a brand studio dedicated to building great companies that will have a long-lasting impact on the way we live.
Alan Batkin
Board Of Director of Omnicom Group
Mr. Batkin is the Chaiman and Chief Executive Officer of Converse Associates, Inc., a strategic advisory firm. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Vice Chairman of Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., a multi-disciplinary investment firm. From 1990 to 2007, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a geopolitical consulting firm that advises multi-national companies. Additionally, Mr. Batkin is a director and member of the Audit and Finance Committees of Hasbro, Inc. (listed on Nasdaq), a toy and game company, a director, member of the Audit and Compensation Committees and Presiding Director of Cantel Medical Corp. (listed on NYSE), a provider of infection prevention and control products in the healthcare market and a director, Chairman of the Board and member of the Audit, Conflicts, Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committees of Pattern Energy Group, Inc. (listed on Nasdaq), an independent power company. Mr. Batkin also served as a director of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. during the last five years.
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About : Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Susan Denison
Board Of Director of Omnicom Group
Ms. Denison is a former partner of Cook Associates, a retained executive search firm, a position she has held since June 2001. In addition, Ms. Denison has served as a director of InterCure, Inc. and LifeonKey Inc. during the last five years. Ms. Denison has more than twenty years of senior executive experience within the Media, Entertainment and Consumer Products Industries. She formerly served as a Partner at TASA Worldwide/Johnson, Smith & Knisely and the Cheyenne Group. She has also served as Executive Vice President, Entertainment and Marketing for Madison Square Garden, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Showtime Networks’ Direct-To-Home Division, Vice President, Marketing for Showtime Networks and Senior Vice President, Revlon. In addition, Ms. Denison previously held marketing positions at Charles of the Ritz, Clairol and Richardson-Vicks.
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About : Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Debbie Kissire
Board Of Director of Omnicom Group
Ms. Kissire held multiple senior leadership positions at Ernst & Young during her career from 1979 to 2015, serving most recently as Vice Chair and Regional Managing Partner, member of the Americas Executive Board and member of the Global Practice Group. Other positions held include the U.S. Vice Chair of Sales and Business Development and National Director of Retail and Consumer Products Tax Services. Throughout her career at Ernst & Young, Ms. Kissire’s leadership skills and vision were leveraged for strategic firm initiatives and programs such as their Partner Advisory Council, Strategy Task Force, Gender Equity Task Force, Vision 2000 Sales Task Force, and global Vision 2020. Ms. Kissire also serves as a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Cable One, Inc. (listed on NYSE), a company that provides customers with cable television, high-speed Internet and telephone services.
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About : Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Jasper Lenz Radeke
Sr. Director, Marketing, North America of AppsFlyer
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Lenny Shteynberg
Director of Sales of Open Influence
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About Open Influence: Open Influence is a marketing company that helps brands and advertisers engage and grow their desired audiences through social media.
Trina Cooley
Director of Talent and Growth, HR of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Julia Konstantinovsky
Director, Client Strategy of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Maggie Philbin
Associate Director of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Gwyn Stahlhut
Director of Operations and Finance of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Gwyn Stahlhut
Director of Operations and Finance of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Mayank Kohaley
Director of Engineering of Zeta Global
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Winnie Shen
Senior Director of the Data Cloud of Zeta Global
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Jason Duff
Associate Marketing Director, Health Care Ventures of Procter & Gamble Company
Jason Duff leads Oral Care Ventures at Procter & Gamble, an organization charged with creating start-ups, partnering with start-ups, and helping the entire business operate more like a start-up. He received degrees in Political Science, Marketing, and Economics from The Ohio State University, and then moved to Hollywood to become a sitcom writer. There, he discovered he was not funny enough to be a sitcom writer, but just funny enough to work at Procter & Gamble. Over the last 17 years, Jason has served as a marketing leader on brands such as Old Spice, Pantene, Secret, and Olay. While working on Crest and Oral-B, Jason created the first in-house agency team at Procter & Gamble, charged with performance marketing and building direct-to-consumer businesses. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and two daughters.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Chris Boeckerman
Director, Innovation Capability of Procter & Gamble Company
Chris Boeckerman is a “Change Agent” (a.k.a. Innovation Capability Leader) at Procter & Gamble (P&G) and founder of P&G’s Lean Innovation movement (GrowthWorks). She is a chemical engineer with a degree from the University of Cincinnati and has 27-years of experience at P&G leading global and regional innovation programs. Chris specializes in developing dynamic teams worldwide to take on challenging innovation breakthroughs. Before this role, Chris spent 23 years in Global Fabric Care working on breakthrough innovation both upstream and downstream on such iconic brands as Tide, Ariel, Downy, Gain, and Bounce.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Frauke Neuser
Senior Director Scientific Communications of Procter & Gamble Company
Dr Frauke Neuser is the Senior Director Scientific Communications at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Mark Lewindowski
Director – Robotics Innovation of Procter & Gamble Company
Mark Lewindowski is Machine Controls Technology Leader at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company, Procter & Gamble Company, Robotic Industries Association: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Robert Bollinger
Technical Director – Applied Robotics Innovation of Procter & Gamble Company
Robert Bollinger is the Technical Director – Applied Robotics Innovation at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Robert Bollinger
Technical Director – Applied Robotics Innovation of Procter & Gamble Company
Robert Bollinger is the Technical Director – Applied Robotics Innovation at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Mohitosh Negandhi
Director – Programmatic Business of FreakOut Holdings
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About FreakOut Holdings: FreakOut is marketing technology company that develops and sells marketing platforms.
Elizabeth Conway
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications of Clique
Elizabeth Conway is the Director of Communications and Events for Greycroft Partners and is a member of the New York office. Her responsibilities include coordinating all aspects of firm events from networking to business development events to summits and investor conferences. She also handles the firm’s public and media relations, social media implementation and strategy, marketing materials, as well as assisting with portfolio company promotion and PR.
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About Clique, Clique, MERIT Beauty, Versed: Clique is a media and commerce company
Jeremiah Weise
Director, Product Management of Integrate
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About Integrate: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Jeremiah Weise
Director, Product Management of Integrate
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About Integrate: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Dan Leitzell
Director, Media Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Jacob Lange
Director of Operations of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Emma Chiu
Creative Innovation Director of J Walter Thompson
Emma Chiu leads creative innovation at J. Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group, the agency’s in-house futures and innovation think-tank (JWTIntelligence.com). She curates all visual content, leads creative consultancy, presents across all Innovation Group verticals and she heads up creative execution of Innovation Lab projects. Emma provides strategic insight and trend consultancy for brands including Campari, Finnair, Northwell, Shiseido and Unilever. Emma is on the board of advisers for Digital Hollywood’s Influencer Awards 2018. She was also part of the Color Awards 2017 judging panel and often speaks at international conferences, including Luxe Pack, Pause Fest, The Media Summit, SXSW and Zee Melt. Emma is the former art director of Monocle, leading the art direction and design for the international Monocle brand. She also led project collaborations with brands including, ANA, InterContinental, Mandarin Oriental, Turkish Airlines and UBS.
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About J Walter Thompson: J. Walter Thompson is a New York-based global marketing communications provider with over 200 offices in over 90 countries.
Alexis Sanders
SEO Director of Merkle
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About Merkle: Merkle is a customer relationship management agency that designs, executes and evaluates integrated marketing programs.
Sean Lane
Director of Operations of Drift
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About Drift: Drift is a Revenue Acceleration platform that uses Conversational Marketing and Conversational Sales to help companies grow revenue.
Jack Taylor
Member of the Board of Directors of Murphy USA
Jack Taylor has been a director since February 2013. He was the chief operating officer-Americas and Executive Vice Chair of U.S. Operations for KPMG LLP from 2005 to 2010. From 2001 to 2005 he served as the Vice Chairman of U.S. Audit and Risk Advisory Services for KPMG. Mr. Taylor is a director of Genesis Energy, L.P. and Murphy USA Inc.
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About : Murphy USA is the place hard-working people count on for big savings on quality gas, so they can go farther down the road.
Billy D. Aldea-Martinez
Regional Director of Piano
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About Piano: Piano helps organizations understand and influence customer behavior through one complete platform.
Todd Esenwein
Senior Director, Business Services of Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing
Todd Esenwein is the senior director of business services for CTAM (the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing). He provides leadership and direction to the CTAM Business Services Council, which addresses B2B growth initiatives and opportunities for the cable industry. He has over 20 years of sales and management experience in the cable and telecommunications industry, successfully managing programs that help business services stakeholders drive growth in this critical sector. Previous to CTAM, he served as the national channel manager at AB&T Telecommunications, responsible for the management and growth of their national partners. He spent 13 years at Comcast Corporation in marketing and sales. Todd holds a B.S. in business administration from Colorado State University and a M.B.A. in management from Strayer University.
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About Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing: CTAM is all about strengthening cable’s business by driving results through a mix of cooperative marketing, strategic collaboration
Mike Bowles
Senior Director, Operations of Augeo Marketing
Mike has more than fifteen years of experience within the operations team at Incentive Logic and has become an expert in providing end-to- end incentive rewards fulfillment solutions. His extensive background with incentive solutions has provided him with experience filling roles in customer support, order fulfillment, and merchandising. Mike is responsible for a vast network of vendors and suppliers both domestically and internationally. Mike is a graduate of Christian Brothers University and an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Suresh Nair
Global Strategic Planning Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Jane Reiss
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Cathie Black
Member of the Board of Directors of PubMatic
Cathie Black is a Member of the Board of Directors at PubMatic, Inc. since May 2014. Previously, Cathie served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President at Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation, from 1996 to 2010. During her tenure at Hearst Magazines, overseeing both the print and digital operations, Cathie steered the global expansion of over 200 publications, among them Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping, as well as launched some of the publishing company’s most successful new titles, including O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, and Food Network Magazine and was a strong advocate for digital innovation. Prior to joining Hearst, Black served as President and Chief Executive Officer at the Newspaper Association of America. Cathie also served as President and Publisher of USA Today, joining the newspaper when it was just a year old and was widely credited for helping turn it into the number one newspaper in the U.S. Before her time in the newspaper business, Cathie was the Publisher of New York Magazine, the first woman publisher of a consumer weekly in the country. Cathie began her career in advertising sales. Cathie is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Yieldbot, Bark & Co (Bark Box), and Pinks and Greens, among others. Cathie served as a Member of the Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, Gannett Co. Inc., Hearst Corporation and IBM. Cathie is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of the best-selling book Basic Black and has appeared on Forbes and Fortune’s lists of the most powerful women in business on numerous occasions. Cathie is a Graduate (B.S. in English Literature) of Trinity College, Washington, D.C. and holds ten honorary degrees.
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About : PubMatic is an automation solutions company for an open digital media industry.
Craig Hughes
Corporate Development Director of Unruly
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About Unruly, Unruly: Unruly is an advertising technology company that gets videos watched, tracked, and shared across the Open Web.
Lon Otremba
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Bidtellect – Native Intelligence
Lon Otremba joined Bidtellect as its Chief Executive Officer and Director in January, 2014. Mr. Otremba leads all aspects of the Company’s efforts, working closely with the management team and the Company’s board of directors. With over 20 years’ experience in media, Mr. Otremba is a veteran operating executive and adviser in the Internet publishing, mobile, and broadcast music industries and a well-known pioneer in interactive media. From April 2013 to December 2013, Mr. Otremba was CEO, North America of Beintoo SpA, a mobile engagement technology company based in Milan, Italy which he joined after selling them a portfolio of mobile ad technology products he helped develop and patent while he was CEO of Tylted, a social gaming community on the mobile web, from 2011 to early 2013. Tylted attracted more than 10 million unique monthly visitors, and generated more than half a billion mobile page views each month according to Comscore at the time the company was sold in early 2013. Before joining Tylted, Mr. Otremba served as Chairman and CEO of Access 360 Media from 2007 until 2011, expanding its digital TV network to stadiums and entertainment venues worldwide. Prior to Access 360, he served as CEO of Muzak, guiding the company’s transformation into the world’s largest provider of commercial music services with 80% market share in 2005. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President of AOL’s Interactive Marketing Group, shaping the media giant’s online advertising strategies and directing a comprehensive, aggressive evaluation and re-build that helped to re-establish AOL as a leader in interactive media, create alignment in their sales and operations teams, and re-start revenue growth. Mr. Otremba was also the founding Chief Operating Officer and President of Mail.com, and before that the founding Executive Vice President of CNET Networks. Over the course of his career he has served on a number of corporate and industry boards, including the Executive Committee of the IAB. He is a frequent commentator on interactive marketing and operating strategies. Mr. Otremba is a graduate of the Broad School of Business from Michigan State University, with a BA, majoring in Marketing and Economics.
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About Bidtellect – Native Intelligence: Bidtellect is the leading buy side Native platform built for marketers.
Ian Ker-Seymer
Director Of Engineering of Broadlume (formerly AdHawk)
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About Broadlume (formerly AdHawk), Techstars: Broadlume is the world’s largest provider of digital technology to the flooring industry.
Doug Campbell
Co-Founder Managing Director of BrandStar
Doug Campbell, a founding partner of O2 Media is currently the Chief Growth Officer for the hit morning talk shows The Balancing Act® hosted by Julie Moran and Designing Spaces®, our signature home improvement television series. In 1994, Campbell and Alfieri co-founded the company that began as O2 Media, a pioneer in branded entertainment and now as BrandStar, continues to be a Leader in Branded Content Marketing. Over the past 20 years, Doug has become an innovator within the Branded Marketing space. He has created, developed and produced hundreds of award-winning, educational television programs that have entertained, engaged and uplifted millions of viewer’s nationwide. A native Michigander, Campbell moved to South Florida in 1987. He attended Florida International University and Nova Southeastern University with studies in media, management and law.
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About BrandStar, BrandStar: BrandStar is a content marketing and customer experience agency.
Robert Murphy
Member of the Board of Directors of Mindbody
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About Be Yoga: Mindbody is a wellness experience platform that allows users to find and engage with fitness, beauty, and integrative health services.
Colin Burns
Global Senior Director, Customer Success (Operations and Center of Excellence) of Sprinklr
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About Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Shane Small
Executive Creative Director of eko
As Executive Creative Director at Interlude, Shane wrote and created award-winning projects for artists and brands such as CeeLo Green and CocaCola, and is currently working on Interlude’s first VR project, set to launch in 2016. Shane’s background highlights his passion for different and immersive content; Exploding Kittens, which he created and produced, is the game with the highest number of Kickstarter backers to date. At Xbox Entertainment Studios, he worked on original interactive Movies and TV shows for the Xbox gaming console. Prior to that, amongst other things, he co-founded Edoc Laundry, the first interactive clothing brand, where hidden messages and codes in the clothing unlocked murder mystery video content online, and Funtini, where he developed top mobile hits for Marvel & Disney.
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Dave Goldstein
Director of Business Development of Braze
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About Braze: Braze is a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-product, and more.
Yan Li
Director Of Engineering of Conviva
Yan is an Engineering Manager at Conviva, where she has been working on various projects in the area of Internet video streaming, and has built several products used by content publishers and ecosystem partners to monitor and optimize the experience of millions of end viewers. Yan holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
John Townsend
Board Of Director of International Paper
John L. Townsend, III, 60, served as senior advisor to Tiger Management LLC, an investment management business from 2012-2015. From 2010 to 2012, Townsend served as managing partner and chief operating officer of Tiger Management LLC. Townsend is a member of the Riverstone Group, a private investment fund. He was previously employed by Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1987 to 2002 and was a general partner from 1992 to 1999 and a managing director from 1999 to 2002. Townsend is a director of The Heritage Group, an industrial conglomerate. Additionally, during the past five years, he served on the board of directors of Belk, Inc., a department store retailer. Director since March 13, 2006.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
David J. Bronczek
Board Of Director of International Paper
David J. Bronczek, 61, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, since February 2000. Bronczek started with FedEx in 1976 and, prior to being named president, served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of FedEx Express. He also serves on the Strategic Management Committee of FedEx Corporation. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bronczek graduated from Kent State University. Bronczek was appointed by former President George W. Bush to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA); a board member for Airlines for America; a member of the Board of Governors for National Safe Kids Campaign; and a board member for the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. He is also a member of Memphis Tomorrow. Director since October 9, 2006.
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About : International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Brian Kay
Senior Director of Sales of Numerator
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About Numerator: Numerator brings together omnichannel marketing, merchandising and sales data to make pursuing new possibilities simple.
James Barrese
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Barrese is a technologist with more than 25 years of experience spanning the military, the academic world, business consulting, and enterprise platforms and infrastructure. He currently serves as CTO of PayPal, and previously spent nearly 10 years in executive technology roles at eBay, where he was most recently VP of Technology. Earlier in his career, he was VP of engineering at Charitableway, a manager at Andersen Consulting, and programmer in the Materials Science Department at Stanford University. He got his start in technology with the Signal Corps in the U.S. Army. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Daina Middleton
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Daina Middleton is a Chief Executive Officer at Britelite Immersive. Middleton has served on our board of directors since October 2014. Middleton is an organization effectiveness coach with the Larcen Consulting Group. Prior to this role, Middleton was the Head of Business Marketing at Twitter, Inc., a social media and communications platform, from May 2014 until January 2016. Before joining Twitter, she was Chief Executive Officer of Performics, Inc., a performance marketing agency, from January 2010 to May 2014. Prior to that, Middleton served as Senior Vice President at Moxie Interactive, an interactive marketing agency, from 2008 to 2010, and earlier in her career, she worked at Hewlett-Packard for 16 years in advertising and marketing roles of increasing responsibility. Middleton received a B.S. in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University. Middleton brings to the board of directors her expertise in the digital marketing space built over more than 20 years in the industry as well as her experience in general management and executive leadership
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About Ansira, Ansira, BIGtoken, Britelite Immersive, Madison Logic, PrismWork: Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Donald Hutchison
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Since 2002, Don’s principal employment has been as an angel investor in start-up technology companies. From June 2006 to July 2008, Don was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Recurrent Energy, a solar energy provider. Prior to that, Don served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of work.com, a joint venture established by Dow Jones and Excite@Home. Don previously served in senior positions at Excite@Home and Netcom Communications. Don has previously served as a member of the board of directors of many privately-held companies, including, W&W Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, which was acquired by Cavium, Inc. Don holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.B.A. in Finance and Organizational Development from Loyola Marymount University. Don brings to our board of directors significant experience analyzing and investing in other technology companies, as well as management and leadership experience as a former founder and executive of technology companies.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Kevin Berg
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Legacy Marketing Partners
Kevin Berg is a Chairman of the Board of Directors at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About : Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Bruce Turner
Director, Information Technology of Legacy Marketing Partners
Bruce Turner is a Director, Information Technology at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Tony Nestorovski
Director, Accounting of Legacy Marketing Partners
Tony Nestorovski is a Director, Accounting at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Craig Ducker
Account Director of Legacy Marketing Partners
Craig Ducker is a Account Director at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners, TEAM enterprises: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Michaela Lehr
Sr. Director, Strategic Finance & Analytics of Movable Ink
Michaela Lehr is Sr. Director of Strategic Finance & Analytics at Movable Ink, a marketing personalization startup based in NYC. She is responsible for the business forecasting, metrics-driven insights and comp design for the company. Prior to Movable, Michaela worked in FP&A at Oscar Health and Knewton.
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About Movable Ink: Movable Ink activates any data into personalized content in any customer engagement.
Michele Tivnan
Senior Director – Enterprise Applications of Constant Contact
Michele Tivnan is the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at Constant Contact.
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About Constant Contact: Constant Contact provides email, social media and event marketing tools to help small businesses grow their customer base.
Alan Wexler
Executive Vice President – Managing Director North America & Europe of SapientNitro
Alan Wexler heads strategy, delivery and business development for all of Sapient North America. Since joining Sapient in 1998, Wexler has held a number of key management positions, including Vice President and Managing Director of Sapient’s Technology and Communications Group. He launched Sapient’s Global Wireless Group, and led our Media, Entertainment, and Communication Group in New York. Prior to joining Sapient, he founded and operated a management and technology-consulting firm. Wexler is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been interviewed and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal. He earned a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Rider University in New Jersey.
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About SapientNitro: SapientNitro is an interactive marketing, design and technology services agency that offers its storyscaping solutions for companies.
Christopher Alvares
Director of Product & Engineering of PMG
Chris Alvares loves building products, and collaborating with brands and engineers to create a mix of data and art. As the senior product and innovation lead at PMG, Chris has been instrumental in PMG’s growth into the digital industry’s leader in data- and technology-driven breakthroughs. His work has been leveraged by brands like Apple, J.Crew, and Sephora to drive team and workflow efficiencies, deeper data insights, and material business results. Chris is also a rarity among the engineering world he resides in, in that he holds a degree in business administration, with a focus on marketing.
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About PMG: PMG is a digital agency that uses strategy, creative, media, and insights to deliver against its mantra of Digital Made for Humans™.
Tom Arrix
Director of Flashstock Technology
Mr. Arrix is the former Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions, US. At Facebook he was one of the first 20 employees and helped develop marketing relationships with brands like Walmart, American Express, JPMorgan Chase, & Coca-Cola to name a few.
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About Get Joy Food: Not an agency, not a stock house, not UGC: FlashStock provides custom imagery & videos at scale for leading brands.
Jesse Feister
Director, Client Technology Solutions of Kobalt
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About Kobalt: Kobalt is a music services company that offers alternative to traditional music business models.
Sabeena Lalwani
Senior Director of Xandr
Sabeena Lalwani is the director of ITGRC and audit assurance at [AppNexus](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/appnexus#/entity), a cloud-based software platform that supports and optimizes programmatic online advertising. Prior to that, he was the director of system operations and ITGRC, as well as the director of IT GRC and information security at the same company. Lalwani obtained a certificate in information systems from The University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Hofstra University.
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Nick Venezia
Managing Director of Social Outlier
Nick has worked with clients from a multitude of industries–including finance, government, technology, entertainment, non-profit, luxury, Fortune 500, Global 100, and many more–building digital assets that convert directly into increased profit margins. He has generated over 130% engagement on ads with over 20,000 engagement on Twitter. He spent under $49 to garner $21,000 in tickets sales for a local event in 3 days. @socialoutlier
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About Social Outlier: Social Outlier is unique we have a refined acumen, a scientific numerical approach.
Peter Rip
Board of Director of GAIN Credit
Focus: Peter joined Crosslink in 2006 to focus on Digital Media & Internet Services and Software & Business Services. Experience: Peter brings over 25 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, venture investor, and institutional investor. He has focused exclusively on early stage technology companies. Before becoming a venture investor, Peter co-founded Silicon Compiler Systems, a major IC design automation software company acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1991. He began venture investing in 1992. He has specialized in investing in early stage companies, several of which have been acquired by AOL, CA, HP, Microsoft and others. Prior to joining Crosslink, Peter was a Managing Director at Leapfrog Ventures and the Managing Director of Knight Ridder Ventures. Education: BA, Brandeis University Ph.D. (Marketing) Stanford Graduate School of Business Peter’s blog can be accessed at EarlyStageVC.typepad.com
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About : GAIN Credit is a fintech company dedicated to providing credit for people who are underserved by mainstream financial service companies.
Christopher Kryzan
Founder & Managing Director of Brilliant Things
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About Brilliant Things: Marketing & Product Strategy for the Internet of Things
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Brian Thornfeldt
Director – Channel Development of Thrasio
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About Smilo, Thrasio: Thrasio is a next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world’s most-loved products become accessible to everyone.
Veerender Kaul
Director of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Mike Blades
Research Director, North America of Frost & Sullivan
Mike graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1991. After graduation he attended pilot training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas.
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About Frost & Sullivan, Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Farah Saeed
Research Director, Digital Grids of Frost & Sullivan
Farah Saeed is an industry expert with nearly 20 years of consulting, project management and fulfillment expertise focused on power and energy equipment and services. Saeed currently serves as Research Director Digital Grid. In her current role, Saeed works closely with OEMs to validate market opportunities and assess risks, providing a deep understanding of business issues facing mature as well as emerging energy markets and technologies. She also specializes in forecasting models and customer survey designs centered on regional and geographic trends, while keeping a pulse on disruptive trends and technologies that are influencing the competitive environment. Saeed’s industry expertise includes extensive experience in high-growth and emerging power and energy devices, such as transmission and distribution equipment. This includes IT/OT, power distribution equipment, demand side management, home automation, smart meters, related network infrastructure, and distributed generation.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Michael Blades
Research Director, North America of Frost & Sullivan
Mike graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1991. After graduation he attended pilot training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. Following pilot training Mike flew the KC-135 Stratotanker and was an instructor in both the E-3 AWACS and C-21 learjet. He commanded sorties supporting Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Allied Force, and Noble Eagle. He also controlled all C-130 traffic in and out of Iraq during a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While assigned to staff positions, Mike served as a data reduction analyst for the Phillips Lab (now the Air Force Research Lab) at Kirtland Air Force Base where he split time between the Argus airborne test bed and the Satellite Assessment Center. He also served two tours in Air Education and Training Command as the Chief of the Tanker/Airlift training branch and Chief of the Flying Training Section responsible for financial planning and analysis for all mobility training aircraft in AETC. While in AETC, Mike was also heavily involved with training systems requirements analyses for both the Joint Cargo Aircraft and the KC-46.
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About Frost & Sullivan, Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Michael Blades
Research Director, North America of Frost & Sullivan
Mike graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1991. After graduation he attended pilot training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. Following pilot training Mike flew the KC-135 Stratotanker and was an instructor in both the E-3 AWACS and C-21 learjet. He commanded sorties supporting Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Allied Force, and Noble Eagle. He also controlled all C-130 traffic in and out of Iraq during a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While assigned to staff positions, Mike served as a data reduction analyst for the Phillips Lab (now the Air Force Research Lab) at Kirtland Air Force Base where he split time between the Argus airborne test bed and the Satellite Assessment Center. He also served two tours in Air Education and Training Command as the Chief of the Tanker/Airlift training branch and Chief of the Flying Training Section responsible for financial planning and analysis for all mobility training aircraft in AETC. While in AETC, Mike was also heavily involved with training systems requirements analyses for both the Joint Cargo Aircraft and the KC-46.
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About Frost & Sullivan, Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Christina Morgan
Director, Client Success of Curalate
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About Curalate: Curalate optimizes digital commerce for discovery.
John Joe Smith
Sr. Director, Solutions Partnerships of mParticle
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About mParticle: MParticle is a customer data platform for multi channel consumer brands.
Hakan Kostepen
Executive Director – Product Planning Strategy & Innovation of Panasonic
Hakan Kostepen is an “Executive” Director at Panasonic Silicon Valley Center in Cupertino, CA and responsible for Product Planning Strategy & Innovation for Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. Panasonic Automotive “Global” Product Planning Strategy & Innovation group leads Panasonic Connected LifeStyle Strategy & Innovation Concepts around Panasonic B2B2C touch points with emerging concepts such as Internet of Things – Connected Car. Kostepen has broad Systems & Software Engineering and Advanced Product Development experience with Panasonic, Ford Motor Company, Visteon, EDS, and US Air Force along with various Automotive “Real Time” Embedded Systems Applications and Advanced Automotive Infotainment Systems & Software Development for connected devices.
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Janet Lin
Director, Innovation & Solutions Division of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
