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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 VP’ operating in the Digital Media space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Robert Slifka
VP of Engineering of Sharethrough USA
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About Sharethrough USA: Sharethrough is one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges
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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.
Mary Shirley
SVP, Digital Media of Horizon media
Mary Shirley’s focus at Horizon has been evolving capabilities and vision within digital marketing for clients like GEICO, Capital One, A&E, and HISTORY. She’s guided client growth combining her background in traditional advertising and ad tech. As SVP Digital Media at Horizon Media, Mary lead the expansion of a new digital division within Horizon Media’s Eden Road Trading. She oversees media investment and strategic planning in conjunction with corporate trade, and is excited to continue to build first-to-market and strategic financial ventures. Prior to her work with Horizon, Mary helped develop one of the first digital private marketplaces at Quigo Technologies and managed program profitability for top web publishers. Mary began her career in account management at Bates Worldwide and JWT overseeing strategy development and production.
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Nick Stoumpas
SVP, Investor Relations & Treasurer of IAC
Nick Stoumpas is the SVP, Investor Relations & Treasurer at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Julie-Anne Selvey
Vice President – Brand Communications / Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for IAC Applications of IAC
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Michael Schwerdtman
SVP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer of IAC
Michael Schwerdtman is the SVP , Controller & Chief Accounting Officer at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Joanne Hawkins
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC
Joanne Hawkins is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC. In this capacity, her responsibilities include securities laws and related regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate finance matters and assisting in the general administration of the legal department. Ms. Hawkins was promoted to this position in February 2006 from Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, a position she held since September 2005. She previously served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, a role she held since December 2000. Prior to IAC, she worked for Cahill Gordon & Reindel, a New York law firm, serving first as an Associate and then as a Senior Attorney. At Cahill Gordon & Reindel, her practice focused on general corporate law, securities laws, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Hawkins graduated with a B.S. in accounting from St. John’s University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Mark Schneider
Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis of IAC
Mark Schneider is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Trish Lounsbury
Senior Vice President & Internal Audit of IAC
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About IAC, IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Jay Moore
Vice President of Digital Marketing of Triller
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About Triller: Triller is an AI-powered music video app that enables anyone to make professional videos, effortlessly.
Gerry de Bruijn
Vice President, Global Services and Customer Success of RES Software
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About RES Software: RES Software is the digital workspace technology company bringing agility and enablement to the workforce while improving IT security.
Eoghan Geoghegan
Vice President of Business Development of MomentFeed
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About MomentFeed: MomentFeed is a platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search in order to connect customers with brands.
Steve Karpowicz
SVP Music of Songtradr
Steve is a highly experienced music executive who has worked for various music publishers and music production houses in Los Angeles over the last 15 years. Prior to his engagement with Songtradr, Steve was the Senior VP of Musicbox, the production music division for ole Rights Management, one of the largest independent music publishers. Steve has also served as the General Manager for Vanacore Music for 5 years and the Operations and Distribution Manager for Megatrax Production Music for 6 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in global business management from the University of Phoenix and was certified as an audio engineer from the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood.
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About Songtradr: Songradr is an online marketplace that facilitates music licensing for films, TV shows, ads, apps, and other media.
Jennifer Perri
Vice President, Univision Creator Network of Univision Communications
Jennifer Perri is Vice President of the Univision Creator Network. For the last two years, Jen has lead the charge in cross platform integration of influencers and brands within Univision. She’s been with UCN since 2015 and helped build an in-house multi-channel network that is now the No. 1 Hispanic focused MCN on YouTube in less than two years. Under Jen’s leadership, UCN has attracted and signed over 200 young and diverse digital talent and has fostered a real sense of community. UCN creators have been integrated across digital, linear and live events, and have expanded Univision’s content offering and have helped us to connect with Hispanic millennials. Prior to her role at Univision, Jen held strategy and development positions at Seventeen (Hearst and Awesomeness TV), Collective Digital Studios (now Studio 71) and co-founded BigFrame. Jen also was a producer and production manager on Current TV, which won the first Emmy award for Best Interactive Television Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards. She is a graduate of the University of San Francisco in Communication studies.
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Peter Lori
EVP Finance of Univision Communications
Peter H. Lori is executive vice president, Finance, chief accounting officer and deputy chief financial officer for Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Based in Teaneck, he leads Univision’s corporate finance team. Prior to joining Univision, Lori served as an audit partner at KPMG, LLP, where he was responsible for supervising the delivery of financial statement audit and advisory services to large corporate clients in a wide variety of industries. Prior to that, he served as an audit manager and partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he worked for 15 years. Lori is a certified public accountant in New York and New Jersey. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Montclair State University.
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Simone Knight
VP, Marketing Strategy and Media Intelligence of Univision Communications
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Dan Bratone
VP, Head of North American Business Development of The Trade Desk
Dan Bratone is the VP, Head of North American Business Development overseeing the development and management of The Trade Desk’s domestic new business teams, go to market strategies and sales operations. Dan’s career has spanned from entertainment to enterprise software with operational and leadership experience across Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, Product Development and Project Management with the last decade focused on building high performance revenue generation organizations for media focused SAAS platforms. Dan’s a recognized industry expert on digital marketing best practices in channels such as Programmatic media, SEM/SEO, and Social Media. Prior to the Trade Desk, Dan held sales leadership positions as the SVP, Americas at TBG Digital and as the VP of Sales for Efficient Frontier. At EF Dan built and led the sales teams focused on the Eastern Region and LATAM until its acquisition by Adobe Systems in 2011. Dan is a graduate of Syracuse University with an MBA from Fordham University.
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Mike Blacker
VP, Enterprise Business Development of The Trade Desk
Mike Blacker is the VP of Strategic Business Development at The Trade Desk, a global demand-side-platform in the $5B real-time bidding industry. In his role, Mike prospects for new strategic clients across various industries and works extensively with existing clients to further embed The Trade Desk platform into their business. Mike is an adtech veteran with a string of start-up including Infoseek, CBS SportsLine, Epylon/Accenture, ExpertCity/Citrix, AudienceScience, Feeva, Quova and Neustar. Mike was one of the first to sell online ads back in 1996 and has spent his entire career working in various roles around digital advertising, adtech and ad platforms. Mike graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives with his family in Ojai, CA.
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
David Danziger
Vice President, Data Partnerships of The Trade Desk
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Todd Parnell
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Richmond Flying Squirrels of MLB Advanced Media
“Parney” serves as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Double-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants. In that role he oversees all aspects of the Flying Squirrels’ day-to-day operations in Richmond, including the recent $1.5 million renovation of The Diamond, the Squirrels’ stadium. During their inaugural season, the club quickly established itself as a leader in the community, while smashing corporate and ticket sales expectations as the Squirrels led the Eastern League in both overall and average attendance, welcoming 463,842 fans to The Diamond. Upon completion of the inaugural season, the franchise was recognized as the Richmond Business of the Year by the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce. “Parney” also serves on the Richmond Chapter of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Board of Trustees as well as the Richmond Police Athletic League Board of Directors. With his flamboyant personality and 22 years’ experience in minor league baseball, “Parney” has become one of the most popular speakers and guest lecturers in the region. Prior to joining the effort to return baseball to Richmond, Parnell served as the President of the Greenberg Sports Group (GSG), which provides management, consulting, and marketing services to the U.S. sports industry. GSG also manages the overall operations of Minor League Baseball’s Pennsylvania State College Spikes and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He held the title of President for both franchises. The 43-year old “Parney” graduated from Messiah College in 1988 with a degree in physical education and a minor in business.
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About MLB Advanced Media: MLB.TV is a website that offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics related to baseball.
Vishwanath Ramarao
Vice President of Engineering of AOL
Vish is CTO and Co-Founder of Impermium. Before joining Impermium, Vish led engineering for Yahoo! Mail anti-spam, security, and data mining, and was involved in protecting every major component of the Yahoo! network from spam, fraud, misuse.
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About AOL: AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Joe Ross
VP, Content of theScore
Joe is responsible for theScore’s content strategy and execution, and oversaw the creation of the company’s innovative ‘mobile first’ newsroom. He began his career with theScore Television Network in 2000, and worked in a variety roles including live television hosting, announcing highlights and writing for theScore.com before moving into content development.
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About theScore, theScore: TheScore creates mobile-first sports experiences through real-time news, scores, fantasy information, and alerts.
Nathan Richardson
EVP of Red Ventures
EVP at Red Ventures.
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About Red Ventures, Tech:NYC: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Michael Elkins
Vice President of Red Ventures
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About Red Ventures: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Barin Nahvi Rovzar
Senior Vice President & Head of M&A of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
David Hahn
VP & CISO of Hearst Communications
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About CDK Global, Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Michael E. Smith
SVP, Revenue Platforms and Operations of Hearst Communications
Mike Smith is Senior Vice President of Revenue Platforms and Operations, Hearst Magazines Digital Media and Senior Vice President, Advertising Platforms, Core Audience; Hearst Corporation. Smith joined Hearst in July 2013 and is responsible for all digital media revenue platforms, including the company’s programmatic sales engineering efforts through the Hearst Exchange as well as advertising operations, and digital ad product development. Prior to Hearst, Smith held a number of positions with Forbes, most recently as the President of Forbes.com and Chief Digital Officer of Forbes Media, where he oversaw the company’s technology departments, including IT systems, multi-platform development and digital strategy. He was also responsible for audience sales via auctions including trading desks, advertising operations, data and analytics, and yield management. Before joining Forbes.com as Chief Technology Officer, Smith was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at TheStreet.com, where he directed technology efforts, including application development, network engineering, website operations, global technology initiatives and business support systems and prior to that, was Director of Information Technology at HBO. Smith holds a network-technology related patent and is publishing his first book entitled “Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers” in November of 2014, which will detail the online display advertising market on ad exchanges and real time bidding auction technologies. “Targeted” can be pre-ordered here: http://amzn.to/1s0r6Yb Smith graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and has been a member of the Board of Visitors of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College for 15 years, as well as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Education Law Center and a member of the School Consultative Board of Union Catholic High School.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Bridget Williams
Chief Commercial Officer and SVP Digital Publishing of Hearst Communications
Bridget’s career has spanned from the first digital department of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to New York Times Digital, to tech startups, and most recently Business Insider where she ran business development, strategy, and international expansion. This year she was named Coolest 100 in Tech from Business Insider and Folio Magazine’s Visionary 100.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Melanie Colton
Vice President, Product & Technology of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Todd Haskell
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Hearst Magazines Digital Media of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Pauly Comtois
VP DevOps/Sr. Automation Engineer of Hearst Communications
Pauly is a former Chef employee and has spent the last 20 years building, developing and leading high performing Support, IT, Operations and Development teams in rapidly growing organizations. Pauly and Aaron Blythe will bring light and solutions to problems other organizations are sure to be facing.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Saaya Nath
Vice President of Jump Capital
Saaya Nath currently works as the Vice President for Jump Capital. She previously worked at Boston Consulting Group as an Associate.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Tarun Gupta
Vice President of Jump Capital
Tarun Gupta currently works as the Vice President for Jump Capital. He previously worked at Scientific Games as the Manager.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Vice President of Jump Capital
Shanav Mehta is the Vice President at Jump Capital.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Daniel Jewett
VP, Product Management of Tableau
Dan Jewett is Tableau Software’s Vice President of Product Management. Dan has more than 20 years of product management and development experience in a variety of technical and marketing positions particularly for business intelligence software companies. Prior to Tableau, Dan was an early employee at Brio Software where he served in numerous senior roles including VP, Business Intelligence and VP, System Architecture. Dan helped build Brio to hundreds of employees and thousands of customers and continued through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Hyperion Solution. At Hyperion, he played a key role in market positioning, strategy decisions, and the overall product strategy. Dan holds a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, Long Beach, and a Bachelor’s degree in business (management information systems) from California State University, Sacramento. Dan’s motivation for joining Tableau is clear. “I want to change the way people think about data. Data analysis doesn’t have to be hard, scary, and left to specialists. Everyone has a thirst to understand and a desire to explore. And add to that making it so easy to share and weave data-centric stories, and Tableau is really helping people to further their understanding and get the (data) stories out. Those stories can change the world.”
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About Tableau: Tableau helps global organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.
Greg Haislip
AVP, US Financial Services of Tableau
Greg Haislip is the AVP, US Financial Services at Tableau Software.
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About Tableau: Tableau helps global organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.
Chris Bates
Global Vice President of Customer Success of Tableau
Chris Bates leads the global Customer Success organization at Tableau Software.Chris’ team is responsible for ensuring that Tableau’s 80,000+ customers are successfully onboarding, adopting, and renewing with Tableau.Chris has over 20 years of experience leading customer-facing organizations in high-growth technology companies.Prior to joining Tableau, Chris led Sales organizations at Dell, including living in London for 2 ½ years.For the last 8 years, Chris has led global Customer Success teams at both Salesforce.com and Clarizen.Chris started his career at Procter & Gamble, where he first developed his passion around customers.He received his undergraduate degree in Finance and Marketing at the University ofVirginia, and his MBA from Harvard Business School
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About Tableau: Tableau helps global organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.
Andrew Bolton
SVP, Global Partnerships of Knotch
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About Knotch: Knotch is the content intelligence platform for brands. We pair performance data with consumer sentiment in real time.
Jason Bergsman
Executive Vice President of The Chernin Group
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About The Chernin Group: The Chernin Group is a multi-stage investment firm that seeks to invest in and build these best-in-class companies.
Andrei Lapets
VP, Engineering & Applied Cryptography of Magnite
Currently Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder at Nth Party, Ltd., Andrei is involved in a number of early-stage technology companies working in the areas of cybersecurity, data science, and formal methods.
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About Magnite, Nth Party, Reity LLC: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Garrett McGrath
Vice President, Product Management of Magnite
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About Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Michael Riksen
VP, Policy & Representation of NPR
Mike Riksen is the Vice President for Policy and Representation for NPR and the public radio system and, responsible for policy development, advocacy, station and community engagement plans for NPR and the public radio system. He reports to the NPR CEO and is a key member of the NPR President’s Office. Since joining NPR in 2003, Riksen has served in this role overseeing the primary government relations position in the public radio system. With a focus on development of public policy, advocacy, and communications, Riksen increases the effectiveness of public radio’s service to communities and its outreach to community leaders, supporters, and federal policy officials. With a cross-disciplinary team of advocacy and policy specialists, Riksen identifies and addresses priority areas of concern including broadcasting, communications, and telecommunications policy initiatives; technology policy with implications for public radio’s digital radio and digital distribution objectives; federal appropriations to member stations; and, digital rights and related copyright legislation for public media entities. Prior to NPR, Riksen led activities in the Washington office for a Fortune 500 company with primary emphasis on commercial wireless and international trade arenas. He successfully developed and implemented regulatory and legislative positions in diverse policy areas including tax, trade, appropriations, broadcast, and telecommunications. He was the principle adviser to and manager of corporate political action committees. Riksen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Hope College, in Holland, Michigan.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Keith Woods
Vice President, Newsroom Training & Diversity of NPR
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Michael F. Beach
Vice President, Distribution of NPR
Michael F. Beach is the Vice President of Distribution at NPR. In this role, Beach oversees the Public Radio Satellite System® (PRSS), the backbone of all public radio distribution. Each year, the PRSS distributes more than 450,000 hours annually of news, music, and specialized audience programming to more than 1,600 public radio stations throughout the United States. He is responsible for all activities associated with the planning, operation and management of this system-critical division. Prior to coming to NPR, Beach worked for Intelsat, S.A., a major commercial satellite operator, which he joined in 2006. He also served as assistant general manager and chief technology officer for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), the state-wide PBS and NPR broadcast network, from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that, he served in multiple technical and security roles for NSN Network Services of Avon, Colo., which is now a service of Clear Channel Communications. As a lieutenant in the Navy, he served as a communications officer on the USS Duluth. Beach, who is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications/Media Studies from the University of Utah and is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Project Management at George Washington University.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Michael F. Beach
Vice President, Distribution of NPR
Michael F. Beach is the Vice President of Distribution at NPR. In this role, Beach oversees the Public Radio Satellite System® (PRSS), the backbone of all public radio distribution. Each year, the PRSS distributes more than 450,000 hours annually of news, music, and specialized audience programming to more than 1,600 public radio stations throughout the United States. He is responsible for all activities associated with the planning, operation and management of this system-critical division. Prior to coming to NPR, Beach worked for Intelsat, S.A., a major commercial satellite operator, which he joined in 2006. He also served as assistant general manager and chief technology officer for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), the state-wide PBS and NPR broadcast network, from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that, he served in multiple technical and security roles for NSN Network Services of Avon, Colo., which is now a service of Clear Channel Communications. As a lieutenant in the Navy, he served as a communications officer on the USS Duluth. Beach, who is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications/Media Studies from the University of Utah and is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Project Management at George Washington University.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Neal Lipschutz
Managing Editor & SVP – Dow Jones Newswires of Dow Jones
Neal Lipschutz is senior vice president and managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires, a unit of Dow Jones & Company. He assumed this role in January 2007 after serving as vice president where he directly supervised the news staffs in the Americas and served as chief arbiter of and spokesman for news policies, coverage and standards on a global basis. In his current role, Neal has global responsibility for Dow Jones Newswires editorial. Prior to assuming his role as vice president, Lipschutz served as senior editor, Americas, for Dow Jones Newswires from 1999 to 2005. In this position, he was responsible for Newswires’ editorial operations throughout the Americas. Neal continues to write “Point of View” columns on a regular basis for Newswires. Lipschutz also served as managing editor of the Dow Jones News Service, the newswire covering the U.S. equities markets, public companies and the events that affect them, from 1997 to 1999. In 1982, Neal joined Dow Jones as a copyreader for the Capital Markets Report. Neal was later promoted to copy editor, and in 1988, became a news editor. Neal moved to the Dow Jones News Service as assistant managing editor in February 1989 and was named deputy managing editor in March 1990. Neal’s work was included in group entries from Dow Jones Newswires that received awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers three times. His articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and many other publications. Neal began his journalism career in 1978 at the Paper Trade Journal in New York where he was an associate editor. In 1980, Neal became a reporter for Commodity News Services in New York City and Washington, D.C.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Paul A. Gigot
Editorial Page Editor & VP – The Wall Street Journal of Dow Jones
Paul A. Gigot is the Editorial Page Editor and Vice President of The Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2001. Paul is responsible for the newspaper’s editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism, and he directs the editorial pages of the Journal’s Asian and European editions and OpinionJournal.com. Paul is also the host of The Journal Editorial Report weekly news program on the Fox News Channel. Gigot joined the Journal in 1980 as a reporter in Chicago. In 1982, he became the Journal’s Asia correspondent based in Hong Kong. He won an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting on the Philippines. In 1984, he was named the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal. In 1987, he was assigned to Washington, D.C., where he contributed editorials and the weekly Potomac Watch column, which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Gigot is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Brad Sonnenberg
SVP-Business Development and Operations of Comixology
Brad Sonnenberg is Senior Vice President-Business Development and Operations at comiXology. An experienced senior executive in the media and communications sector, Brad has led organizations responsible for business development, legal affairs, finance, and operations. He was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Adelphia Communications, where he was on the four-person executive committee that revitalized the cable TV and broadband provider and sold it for $17 billion. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Covad Communications, an early pioneer in commercial broadband. Brad’s government experience includes service as General Counsel to the public economic development corporation financing rebuilding at the World Trade Center and surrounding sites, and also in the U.S. Justice Department as an Assistant United States Attorney. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the law school at the University of Chicago. Brad is currently reading Avengers Vs. X-Men from Marvel Entertainment.
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About Comixology: Comixology delivers a cloud-based digital comics platform that enables users to discover, buy, and read comics.
Lior Netzer
VP and CTO IoT of Akamai Technologies
Lior Netzer is the Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Mobile Business at Akamai where he leads the formulation of Akamai’s edge strategy as it relates to cellular networks. Previously, Lior was AVP Corporate Development at Comverse Network Systems focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the mobile application space. Lior has also held various senior operational positions in early stage companies such as Voltaire, and advisory board positions with Metacafe. Lior holds an MBA, magna cum laude, from the Technion Israel.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Bill Wheaton
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Akamai Technologies
Bill Wheaton is Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Media Division at Akamai. Mr. Wheaton leads the Akamai team responsible for products and solutions that make video and software applications accessible, and complex media content easy to use. Mr. Wheaton’s service at Akamai includes roles as Vice President of Digital Media Solutions, supporting key digital media customers and driving innovation at Akamai to help customers take advantage of emerging opportunities. Mr. Wheaton has also served as the Director of Streaming Sales at Akamai, overseeing streaming sales efforts including partnership programs. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Wheaton worked at Intervu, where he managed the Business Communications Sales Group supporting customers like CCBN, MCI, AT&T, Sprint and others. He has started and sold several businesses including VCS Technologies, which he sold to Intervu in 1999. Mr. Wheaton started his career at Procter & Gamble and moved to Pfizer before starting his entrepreneurial ventures. He has a B.S. degree from WPI and a MBA from NYU.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Craig Adams
SVP & GM, Security and Performance of Akamai Technologies
General Manager of Akamai’s Security and Performance Business Units, leading the teams responsible for the technology and solutions that enable Akamai customers to deliver exceptional, reliable, and secure experiences for their web and mobile applications, across all devices and networks, everywhere. Accomplished, transformational business and organizational leader with more than 20 years of experience in driving high performance, change and the development/delivery of elite solutions and services to organizations ranging from multinational Fortune 500s to startups and public sector agencies. In two decades with Akamai (and in leadership roles in sales, services and support, technical services delivery and country management), he has championed new programs and offerings that enable customers to meet their business objectives successfully. Under his leadership, Akamai adopted the use of the NetPromoter Score to monitor and increase customer satisfaction. He launched Akamai University for Customers, which has certified thousands of customers on Akamai solutions, and launched Akamai’s Customer Experience program. As a country manager, he established and expanded Akamai’s presence in Australia and Costa Rica. He has also been instrumental in leading internal integrations of several Akamai acquisitions. A native of the American Southwest, he graduated from Utah State University, lives in greater Boston with his wife, and is based at Akamai’s global headquarters in Cambridge.
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About Akamai Technologies, Recorded Future: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
John Watson
VP Sales & Business Development Mobile Networking & Security of Akamai Technologies
John Watson is the VP Sales & Business Development Mobile Networking & Security at Akamai Technologies.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Deepna Devkar
Vice President, Data Science & Engineering of CNN
Deepna Devkar is the Vice President, Data Science & Engineering at CNN, WarnerMedia.
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About CNN, WarnerMedia: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Sam Feist
Senior Vice President, Washington Bureau Chief of CNN
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About CNN: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Mike Toppo
Vice President/Senior Editorial Director of CNN
Michael Toppo is the vice president and senior editorial director for CNN Digital, managing the video programming strategy for all of CNN’s digital platforms. Toppo has been directly involved in audience growth strategies and the integration of analytics into the daily programming process. From 2011-2013, video starts grew 40% and CNN continues to be an industry leader for video traffic. Toppo launched CNN’s first video team focused on digital-native content for enterprise storytelling and sponsorship integration. Under his leadership, the team has created franchises for multiple verticals including music, comedy, politics, innovation, health and culture. He was also instrumental in creating the network’s first digital war room which brings together teams from edit, research, business intelligence and social to use real time data to optimize site performance and leverage trending content. In 2012, his enterprise video team won multiple honors including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for “Slavery’s Last Stronghold”an investigation that exposed the issues of slavery in Mauritania, the last country in the world to outlaw the practice. He has also led CNN’s cross-platform TV Integration group focused on digital strategies for CNN’s premier programs including The Lead with Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett OutFront, New Day, Morgan Spurlock/Inside Man and Anthony Bourdain/Parts Unknown. Prior to managing video strategy, Toppo led CNN Digital’s home page, feature sections, news production, photos and interactive teams. In 2011, his teams launched the CNN Photos blog dedicated to telling powerful and inspiring stories through photography. To date, CNN Photos has generated over 800 million page views. Prior to joining CNN Digital in 2006, Toppo was the Senior Executive Producer for CNN’s domestic television network and managed all of its weekday programs. He also developed the format for its flagship dayside program, Newsroom. Toppo came to CNN in 1996 to produce its daily news program, TalkBack Live. The program was the first of its kind on a national level to use interactive technologies including chat rooms, instant messaging and video conferencing. As the Executive Producer, he was responsible for guiding the overall direction and development of the program. He is also a member of CNN’s Diversity Council focusing on the network’s business strategy. Toppo earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Buffalo State College.
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About CNN: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Steve Lewis
VP & Senior Executive Producer, Strategic Content & News Partnerships of CNBC
From the historic collapse of Enron to the 2008 global financial meltdown, Steve Lewis has covered some of the most important business news stories of the past 15 years. After serving as Coordinating Producer in CNBC’s Washington Bureau, he returned to the network’s Global Headquarters in 2005 and helped relaunch CNBC’s signature morning show “Squawk Box.” Today, Steve leads the Strategic Content and News Partnerships group. This innovative cross-platform editorial team is responsible for developing and scaling some of CNBC’s most influential franchises including “America’s Top States for Business” and “Disruptor 50.”
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About CNBC: CNBC is a news network that offers business and financial news from around the world.
Thanda Belker
Senior Vice President, Global Distribution of pocket.watch
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About pocket.watch: Pocket.watch is a new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha.
Chase Landau
SVP, Talent & Strategic Partnerships of pocket.watch
Chase Landau is the SVP, Talent & Strategic Partnerships at pocket.watch.
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About pocket.watch: Pocket.watch is a new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha.
David B. Williams
SVP & GM, Channels of pocket.watch
David B. Williams is the SVP & GM, Channels at pocket.watch.
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About pocket.watch: Pocket.watch is a new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha.
Matt Felser
VP of Technology of Grandex
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About Grandex: Commerce powered by original media
Ken Mallon
SVP & Head of Data Products of Samba TV
Digital advertising product leader making insights, targeting and measurement products at scale for both the hand-sold and programmatic world. Held leadership roles in this space since 2000 at top publishers (Microsoft, Yahoo!) and research companies (Dynamic Logic/Millward Brown, Ipsos ASI). Highly trained at top universities (Stanford, Johns Hopkins) in mathematical sciences, extensive experience working with and managing engineers, product/program managers, marketers and various sales roles. Career has been characterized by high-impact innovations in behavioral targeting, closed looped targeting/measurement systems and deep consumer insights products. Rapid prototyping, customer input and iteration development style. Leveraging 15+ year experience in targeting, measurement and insights innovation, combined with 4INFO’s unique secret sauce, to bring industry-leading, closed-loop targeting and sales lift measurement to mobile and cross-screen advertisers. As CPO, I manage both the Data Science and Product Teams at 4INFO. In addition to our science and data driven targeting and measurement solutions for advertisers, we are also building out Platform-as-a-Service solutions for DMPs, data partners, publishers and major advertisers. Our unique ability to make nearly all US smart devices addressable, means our match key can power the future of Martech in amazing ways.
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About Samba TV: Samba TV enables the next-generation TV experience powered by its first-party data and helps viewers engage with relevant media.
Kathy Lam
Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Prodea
Kathy Lam is responsible for Human Resources and brings 21 years of experience in all aspects of human resources to Prodea Systems. Prior to joining the company, Kathy served as the Director of Human Resources for Sonus Networks. She was responsible for a global organization in excess of 700 employees located in the US, EMEA and APAC. During her tenure at Sonus Networks, she managed the human resources activities for multiple acquisitions, including her prior organization, telecom technologies, inc. Prior to Sonus Networks/telecom technologies, Kathy was with the telecommunications division of Teradyne Inc. responsible for over 400 employees in an engineering and manufacturing environment. Kathy holds a master’s degree in human resources and industrial relations from Loyola University in Chicago, as well as a bachelors of science degree in education, minor in mathematics and computer science, from the University of Illinois, Champaign.
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About Prodea: Prodea provides multi-service, multi-screen platforms for the residential Internet of Things, delivering digital services globally.
Abhay Jain
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Paul Cabana
EVP, Head of Programming, HISTORY Channel of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks
David “Digger” Granville-Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks. Granville-Smith joined A+E Networks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2014. In December 2016, he was named to his current position. Granville-Smith leads all key financial functions across A+E Networks, including A&E®, History®, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI™, H2®, Crime & Investigation Network®, History en Español™, Military HISTORY®, LRW®, A+E Studios™, A&E Indie Films®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. In addition, Granville-Smith oversees the Production, Operations, Engineering and Information Technology departments and is responsible for the Corporate Development, Strategy, Investments and Ventures Group. He provides strategic and operational leadership across all of the divisions of the company, including the Brand Portfolio Group, Ad Sales, Distribution, Digital and International, in order to drive the company’s overall growth and value creation. Granville-Smith serves on the boards of A+E Networks Latin America and VICELAND. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Granville-Smith worked at J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns, which was acquired by J.P. Morgan, for 23 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith Barney in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. At J.P. Morgan, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the Investment Banking Division. Throughout his career in banking, Granville-Smith worked on a number of significant strategic and financing transactions for diversified media, cable network, cable distribution and telecommunications companies. Granville-Smith is a trustee of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. He also serves on the President’s Advisory Council for the College of Brown University. Granville-Smith received an A.B. degree from Brown University. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and two children.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Mark Garner
Executive Vice President, Content Licensing and Business Development of A+E Networks
Mark Garne serves as executive vice president of content sales, licensing, and business development at A+E Networks.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Ross Habif
Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Amy Baker
Executive Vice President of A+E Networks
Amy Baker and her team are responsible for harnessing the power, influence and audience of A+E Networks’ brands, platforms and talent to help marketers drive awareness, sales, brand loyalty, customer acquisition and retention. Prior to this position, Baker was EVP, Ad Sales for Lifetime, LMN and fyi. She first joined A+E Networks as SVP, Ad Sales for HISTORY in 2005. Prior to A+E Networks, Baker was SVP of Discovery Solutions and Branded Entertainment at Discovery Communications where she provided advertising clients with comprehensive solutions to reach their business objectives across Discovery’s family of assets. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and is based in New York City.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Kamilah Thomas
VP HR & Global Head of People Development of A+E Networks
Kamilah is a strategic human resources leader for the corporate functions at A+E Networks, where she ensures that a focus on culture and people is imparted on all teams and divisions globally. She has over 20 years of experience leading corporate transformations through global learning and development, diversity, people management and inclusion efforts. Previously, Kamilah served as an HR leader at the Madison Square Garden Company and Sony Music Entertainment.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Jason DeMarco
Vice President, Programmatic & Audience Solutions of A+E Networks
Jason DeMarco joined A+E Networks in July 2012 to establish a programmatic monetization strategy. During his tenure, A+E Networks has been a market leader in adopting new technology and creating partnerships that bring the best in content, data and systems to market. Jason continues to focus on automation across all platforms and data enabled monetization.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Matthew Caiola
Vice President, Corporate and Technology Practices of 5W Public Relations
As Executive Vice President at 5W Public Relations, Matthew Caiola oversees the corporate, technology, and digital divisions, which include financial services, legal services & litigation, real estate, corporate internal communications, public affairs & government relations, apps & online marketplaces, ad tech & big data, marketing technology, and financial technology. Under his leadership, the teams run award-winning campaigns for clients like Sinclair Broadcast Group, SAP NS2, CareerBuilder, Payoneer, The Trade Desk, Comcast, N26, as well as more than 100 companies globally. With over 15 years of public relations experience, Matthew is a seasoned practitioner in corporate publicity, leading his team in building the brand of high-growth tech companies, launching IPOs, disrupting industries, and building global brand resonance. B I O EXE C UT IVE VI C E P R ESIDENT COR PORAT E , T E C HNOLOGY & DIGI TAL P RA C T I C ES In the 10 years Matthew has worked at 5W Public Relations, he has become responsible for the overall growth and direction of the agency’s technology, corporate and digital practices. Matthew introduced new areas of focus to the agency, including the SaaS and data divisions. He has been instrumental in acquiring new clients for the agency, including three fintech unicorn clients as well as 13 cannabis clients, who are each making a name for themselves within their respective industries. Matthew has shaped 5WPR’s technology division to be recognized as a leader in the adtech, fintech, and martech pr space. Prior to joining 5W, Matthew was at a mid-sized New Jersey PR firm where he yielded brand building results for a diverse range of well-recognized companies in the clean-tech, aviation, and consumer areas. His media relations expertise played a key role in securing top tier features for his clients, ranging from CEO profiles, company case studies, and awards. Matthew holds a Communication and Political Science degree from Iona College.
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About 5W Public Relations: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
Tre Jones
Senior Vice President, Growth of Dotdash
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About Dotdash: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Gaurav Hardikar
Vice President of Product of Brilliant
Product Management Leader with experience at multiple stages of company growth – early stage (Brilliant), mid-size (Shopkick), large (Trulia, Zillow Group). Values full-stack product management – taking the product from strategic planning all the way to the actual Go-To-Market, through effective collaboration and emotional intelligence when working with teams. Having worked across a variety of different software and hardware products, he has significant experience in product analytics, UX design and research, and team management. Gaurav is always looking for a challenge and finding solutions to problems that have a tangible impact on people’s daily lives.
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About Brilliant: We make the Brilliant Control, a smart home control system that replaces an existing light switch.
David Blau
VP Strategy & Corporate Development of Cox Enterprises
David Blau is vice president of corporate strategy and investments for Cox Enterprises, a leading communications, media and automotive services company. Blau is responsible for growing and diversifying the Cox’s portfolio of companies. Blau spent 19 years with Cox Communications, the company’s broadband communications and entertainment division, and served in various leadership roles. He helped Cox develop, build and operate successful businesses operations in Las Vegas and Nebraska, as well as helped launch Cox Home Security and Cox Tech Solutions. Most recently, he led the company’s efforts to expand into adjacent areas in communications infrastructure and healthcare through several strategic acquisitions and investments, including Easy Tel, EdgeConnex, Trapollo and InSite Wireless Group. Prior to joining Cox, he served as a senior accountant for Deloitte & Touche, LLP in Atlanta. Blau holds a bachelor and master’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida. He serves on the board of directors for InSite Wireless Group and the Chastain Park Conservancy.
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About Cox Enterprises: Cox Enterprises is a communications, media and automotive services company.
Nicoletta Zongrone
VP of Kodak
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About Kodak: Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers.
Terry Taber
Kodak CTO, VP, Kodak & SVP, Advanced Materials & Chemicals of Kodak
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About Kodak: Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers.
Stacey Halota
VP, Information Security & Privacy of Washington Post
Stacey Halota joined The Washington Post Company in 2003. She leads the development and implementation of information security and privacy programs, including Sarbanes Oxley, privacy law, Payment Card Industry compliance and other data protection efforts. Halota has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology, security and privacy field. Before joining The Washington Post Company she served as the federal government and southeast region leader of Guardent (now part of Verisign), a security and privacy consulting and managed security services company. Prior to Guardent, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Technology Risk Services consulting practice. Halota was named Secure Computing Magazine’s 2009 Chief Security Officer of the Year, and was also named 2009 Mid-Atlantic Information Security Executive of the Year (Commercial Category) by the Executive Alliance. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Jason Tollestrup
Vice President, Programmatic Strategy and Yield of Washington Post
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About Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Anthony Lyddane
VP, Tax of Washington Post
Anthony Lyddane, vice president-tax, joined The Washington Post Company in 1989 and previously served as manager and director of tax. Lyddane began his career with Price Waterhouse in 1981 after receiving his MBA from the University of Michigan and BS in accounting from the University of Maryland. He is a certified public accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tax Executives Institute.
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Jocelyn E. Henderson
VP, Corporate Audit Services of Washington Post
Jocelyn Henderson VP, Corporate Audit Services at Graham Holdings Company.
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Andrew Higgins
Vice President, Marketing & GM of EMEA at Pixlee
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About Pixlee: Pixlee is a user-generated content marketing platform that helps brands to market and sell by using real customer photos and videos.
Sargi Mann
EVP & Head of Digital Strategy & Investments of Havas Media
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About Havas Media: Global communications and marketing
Lucy Markowitz
VP of Sales of Vistar Media
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About Vistar Media: Vistar Media turns movement data into actionable insights about consumer behavior.
Kelly Bousman
Senior Vice President, Marketing of AVI-SPL
Kelly Bousman is an entrepreneurial executive with over 16 years of experience in technology marketing and a proven record of developing a clearly defined marketing strategy that supports consistent business growth and enhances brand equity. Prior to joining LumaStream, Kelly Bousman served as senior vice president of marketing for AVI-SPL, the leading global video communications solutions provider. She led the overall marketing strategy including the company’s brand positioning, advertising, lead generation, e-commerce, public relations, and corporate communications. At AVI-SPL, Kelly Bousman led the development of ProjectorPeople.com, the first online reseller of video projectors to business, government and consumer markets. ProjectorPeople.com grew rapidly, becoming one of the company’s most profitable units, earning 10s of millions in revenue annually. With LumaStream, Kelly Bousman leads the planning, organizing, staffing, training, and managing of all marketing functions to achieve LumaStream objectives of sales, growth, profitability, and visibility. Kelly Bousman is active in the local entrepreneurial community as a board member for Tampa Bay WaVE, a non-profit organization for early stage tech startups. She also has a strong background in art, design and web technology. Kelly Bousman was the Assistant Curator at the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum for five years. She’s taught entrepreneurship, graphics, multimedia and web design at the University of Tampa, and worked with the Ringling School of Art and Design. Kelly Bousman holds a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Florida State University and an M.A. degree in Art History from the University of South Florida.
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About AVI-SPL: AVI-SPL is recognized as an innovative leader in the collaboration and AV industry, the result of a 2008 merger between Audio Visual
Steve Benjamin
Executive Vice President of AVI-SPL
Steve Benjamin joined legacy AVI in 1997. In his leadership role as executive vice president for AVI-SPL, Steve is responsible for the following: contract management and negotiation, departmental financial oversight, production-related issues, real estate and insurance transactions, and corporate special projects.
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About AVI-SPL: AVI-SPL is recognized as an innovative leader in the collaboration and AV industry, the result of a 2008 merger between Audio Visual
Peter Orlowsky
Vice President, Business Development of Getty Images
Peter currently works as Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Getty Images.
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About Getty Images, Getty Images, Getty Images: Getty Images is a creator and distributor of award-winning still imagery, video, music, and multimedia products.
Vince Bannon
Vice President Entertainment of Getty Images
Vince Bannon is responsible for the development and management of strategic partnerships integral to the growth of Getty Images‘ presence in digital media. He oversees the acquisitions of premium digital content, including Michael Ochs Archives and Pump Audio, and securing partnerships with content producers such as Gracenote, Rovi, Kobalt, and Sony/ATV. Bannon has more than 30 years of industry experience. Before joining Getty Images in 2004, Bannon was EVP, Music Worldwide for http://image.net, a leading distributor of digital publicity materials for clients including Universal Studios, Paramount and Disney. Other senior positions include Head of A+R for Redline Entertainment, SVP of Artist Development at 550/Epic Records and President of Concert Company Ritual Inc. where he worked with artists such as Nirvana, The Police, Prince, Oasis, Celine Dion among many others.
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About Getty Images: Getty Images is a creator and distributor of award-winning still imagery, video, music, and multimedia products.
Joy Jones
Vice President, Products of The Associated Press
Vice President, Products at Associated Press.
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About The Associated Press: The Associated Press is a source of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, and more.
Adam Goldband
SVP of Technology of Brit + Co
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About Brit + Co: Brit + Co is a media company that inspires, educates, and entertains real women with a creative spirit.
Brian Sellstrom
Executive Vice President & Treasurer of Active Interest Media
Brian Sellstrom joined Active Interest Media as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in August, 2005, bringing with him 35 years of experience in the publishing industry. Sellstrom is directly responsible for the company’s financial/accounting, treasury, banking/finance, human resources, and information technology functions. In addition, Sellstrom is also responsible for the coordination of the Company’s Strategic Planning and Budgeting processes. Prior to joining Active Interest Media, Sellstrom was CEO of DC Shoes, a $170 million skateboard shoe company. He guided the sale of the company to Quiksilver. Sellstrom has also served in several management capacities for the Times Mirror Company; as CEO of AchieveGlobal, a $200 million global training company, and as CEO of The Skiing Company and TransWorld Media, the leading media companies in the winter sports and action sports industries. Sellstrom joined the company when he and his partners sold TransWorld Media to Times Mirror Company.
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About Active Interest Media: Active Interest Media (AIM) was formed in October 2003 by Wind Point Partners and Efrem Skip Zimbalist III.
Patricia B Fox
Executive Vice President of Operations of Active Interest Media
With more than 20 years of publishing experience, Patricia Fox is responsible for all circulation marketing and magazine production for Active Interest Media. In 2007, she assumed an additional responsibility as General Manager of the Healthy Living Group, which includes Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Better Nutrition, and Healthy Living Custom Publishing. Before joining AIM, Fox was Vice President of Operations for Sabot Publications, where she oversaw all circulation and production. She joined AIM at the time of Sabot’s acquisition. Ms. Fox is the former President and CEO of Caribbean Travel and Life, Inc. As a founder of the company, she led Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine to its current position as an acknowledged leader in its special-market niche. Ms. Fox also launched Latitudes South, the award-winning in-flight magazine for American Eagle airlines, an affiliate of American Airlines, and TradeWinds, the in-flight magazine for the Dutch Antillean airline ALM, which was affiliated with KLM. Prior to joining Sabot in 1999, Ms. Fox was a Senior Consultant with Ladd Associates, a consulting firm specializing in circulation planning and direct marketing. Ms. Fox has an MBA from George Washington University, an MA from Georgetown, and a BA from Manhattanville College.
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About Active Interest Media: Active Interest Media (AIM) was formed in October 2003 by Wind Point Partners and Efrem Skip Zimbalist III.
Stacey Olliff
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs of Prodege
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About Prodege: Prodege is a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform that leverages its global audience to power its business solutions.
Vala Rad
Vice President, Sales of EIGHT25MEDIA
Vala Rad is the vice president of sales at EIGHT25MEDIA.
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About EIGHT25MEDIA: EIGHT25MEDIA is a full-service digital agency that offers strategic consulting, web design, and mobile app development.
Adam Reynolds
Vice President of Digital Media Management
As Vice President of Digital Media Management, Adam Reynolds’ orchestrates many of the agency’s marquee entertainment social media campaigns. Having motivated millions of fans towards record-breaking box office results, Reynolds is a veteran social and digital expert who has launched release efforts for “The Hunger Games” franchise, “The Hobbit,” “ARGO,” “The Conjuring,” “Magic Mike XXL,” “Obvious Child,” “The Expendables,” “The Hangover III” and “Godzilla.” Adam also created the first ever Facebook press junket, bringing talent, studio and a social platform together for a first of its kind, industry-changing promotional experience. With Lionsgate, Warner Brothers, Paramount, A24 and IFC as trusted clients, Reynolds’ team of experienced social media specialists regularly craft innovative digital marketing campaigns that engage consumers and drives brand recognition.
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About Digital Media Management: Digital Media Management helps Hollywood’s biggest brands navigate social media channels, activate fan bases and secure brand partnerships
Zach Rosen
Vice President, Global Partner Development of Index Exchange
As Index Exchange’s first employee in the United States, Zach has made significant contributions to Index’s brand development and growth strategy in new markets. In his current role, Zach oversees the expansion of publisher and mass media company partnerships. He is passionate about how technology and automation is impacting the advertising industry, and lives to connect people with opportunities that drive their business goals forward. Before joining the team at Index Exchange, Zach consulted for a number of Bay Area startups in the digital media and entertainment space. Prior to that, he for Cox Enterprises in San Francisco, following their $300m acquisition of Adify. At Cox, Zach spearheaded the development of a new entertainment vertical spanning programmatic and branded content opportunities. Zach lives in New York City, he is an active consultant to early stage start ups in the media and entertainment space, and he regularly speaks on the emergence of automation and technology and how it impacts the ability for brands and media companies to shape their creative and storytelling experience.
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About Index Exchange, Yieldmo: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
Jourdain-Alexander Casale
Vice President Product, Supply of Index Exchange
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About Index Exchange: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
John Beritzhoff
Senior Vice President, West Coast Sales of Diversified Systems
John joined Diversified as part of the acquisition of Snader and Associates in February, 2013. After graduating from San Francisco State University’s Broadcast and Communication Arts program, John led a (slightly) more glamorous, though short-term, life on the pro tennis circuit before trading his racquet for a rolodex — and joining founder Bob Snader as employee #2 in 1979. John became a full partner in 1988, and President in 1999. During his tenure, John helped to guide Snader and Associates to a staff-level of over 60, in 4 offices throughout California, and sales in excess of $40 million. As Diversified’s Senior Vice President, John continues to guide corporate growth and to oversee all aspects of west coast AV marketing operations, including new business development. John is based in our San Rafael, California office.
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About Diversified Systems, Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Duane Yoslov
Senior Vice President, West Coast Operations of Diversified Systems
Duane manages and oversees all project managers, engineers, and project administration for Diversified Western Operations, and is actively involved in the daily project operations for many of Diversified projects. Duane has worked in nearly every capacity of integration; as an installation technician, design engineer, project manager and technical sales representative, taking on progressively more responsibility through the years. Prior to joining Diversified, Duane worked for Sony Systems Integration for nearly fourteen years as both a contractor and full time employee. During this time, Duane has been a part of many groundbreaking projects and intricately coordinated systems.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Fabio Pansolini
Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations of Diversified Systems
Fabio has over 30 years’ experience in the electronics industry. Fabio joined Diversified from Sony where he was General Manager/Director of Business Development for the Sony System Integration Center. After successfully launching Diversified System’s West Coast operation, he currently manages and oversees all project managers, engineers, and project administration for Diversified Mid-Atlantic Operations in Washington DC. In addition, he manages strategic accounts such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, Fox News, and CNN. Fabio has been a key contributor to the growth of Diversified over the past 12 years and looks forward to continuing to contribute to the organic growth of the company.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Brian Lees
VP-GM, Digital Media Group of Diversified Systems
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
