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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 President operating in the Publishing space. If you think a President 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.
Trynka Shineman
EVP & President, Vistaprint BU of Cimpress
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About Cimpress: Cimpress is a developer of software and manufacturing capabilities that transform traditional markets in order to make customized products.
Victoria Alonso
Executive Vice President of Production of Marvel Studios
A native of Buenos Aires, Victoria Alonso began her industry career in visual effects, including a four-year stint at Digital Domain. She served as VFX producer on a handful of films, notably including Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven,” Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,” Andrew Adamson’s “Shrek,” and Marvel’s own “Iron Man.” She won the Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for outstanding supporting visual effects/motion picture for “Kingdom of Heaven,” with two additional shared nominations (best single visual effects, outstanding visual effects/effects driven motion picture) for “Iron Man.”
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About Marvel Studios: Marvel Studios is a media production studio focusing on creating content based on Marvel Comics.
Adi Kunalic
President & Co-Founder of Opendorse
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About Opendorse: Opendorse operates the leading SaaS-enabled Marketplace in the athlete endorsement industry.
William Nutting
Vice President of Ogden Newspapers
William O. Nutting is Vice President at Ogden Newspapers. He is Member of the Board of Directors at Associated Press.
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About Ogden Newspapers: Ogden Newspapers, Inc., is a diversified media corporation that publishes 40 daily newspapers, several magazines, weekly newspapers.
David Fisch
Co-Founder & President of Turgo
A successful business leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of online, mobile and traditional experience. Expertise in digital media specializing in brand advertising, mobile, business development, marketing and operations. Extensive experiencing in building world-class sales and partnership teams. Strong track record of achievement within both corporate and start-up organizations.
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About Gallo Sales Company, GreenSpring, Mandalay Media, Miller Brewing Company, Miniclip, Shopkick, Turgo: Turgo is a key player in the video advertising and distribution industry.
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.
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.
Steven Swartz
President & CEO of Hearst Communications
Steven R. Swartz became president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation on June 1, 2013. Before his promotion to CEO, Swartz, a member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation and a trustee of The Hearst Family Trust, was president and chief operating officer of the Corporation. He was president of Hearst Newspapers, the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories, from 2009 to 2011, and executive vice president of the Group from 2001 to 2008. Hearst Newspapers, with more than 4,700 employees across the nation, publishes 15 dailies and 36 weeklies in cities including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand. Before joining Hearst in 2001, Swartz was president and chief executive of SmartMoney, the magazine, website and custom publishing business launched by Hearst and News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit. Prior to becoming CEO in 1995, he had been the magazine’s founding editor since 1991. Under his leadership, SmartMoney magazine won two National Magazine Awards and was Advertising Age’s Magazine of the Year. Swartz began his journalism career as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in 1984 after graduating from Harvard. He served as an editor on the Journal’s Page One staff from 1989 to 1991. Swartz is a member of the ESPN board of directors and is a director of the Associated Press. He is also a member of the board of visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and chairman of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
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
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
Michele Anthony
Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group
Michele Anthony is Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group. Among her responsibilities, Anthony oversees the U.S. Commercial Services Division that includes sales, live events, label merchandising, college marketing and fan and consumer engagement. In that role, she works with the company’s U.S. labels to maximize commercial and strategic opportunities to establish new revenue streams, form alliances with third parties, and create a variety of special projects. Additionally, Anthony is responsible for UMG’s global brand partnerships, the company’s Canadian operations and Universal Music Enterprises, the U.S. catalog division. She also oversees development of UMG’s film, television and theatrical projects alongside Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson. Anthony has an unparalleled depth of experience on both the label and artist sides of the industry. She most recently founded 7H Entertainment, a consulting and management firm whose clients included Pearl Jam, Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Björk and Soundgarden. Prior to forming 7H in 2006, Anthony was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Sony Music Label Group U.S. where she oversaw the day-to-day management and operations of the company’s labels. Before Sony Music, Anthony was a partner in the entertainment law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips, where her clients included Guns N’ Roses, Alice In Chains, Ozzy Osbourne, Soundgarden, Rick Rubin, Sub Pop Records, The Sugarcubes and The Pixies. Anthony also chairs the Global Poverty Project (GPP) – Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, a campaign whereby major artists donate concert tickets that are earned when users take specified actions to end global poverty. She also is an advisor for GPP’s Annual Central Park Global Citizen Festival.
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Boyd Muir
EVP , Chief Financial Officer & President of Operations of Universal Music Group
Boyd Muir is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & President of Operations at Universal Music Group.
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About Universal Music Group, VNYL: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Tina Bright
Vice President, Talent Acquisition of Universal Music Group
Tina Bright is the recruiting operations program manager for Universal Music Group (UMG), where she leads and supports program initiatives and improvement efforts within talent management, including but not limited to: global ATS implementation and system refinement, recruitment process improvement (recruiters and hiring managers), recruitment policies, behavioral-based training, IT assessment, and branding implementation, onboarding improvement, etc. These efforts support the company’s goals and objectives to ensure UMG recruits and retains top talent across business entities.
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Jason Feinberg
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Universal Music Group
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Cora Creed
Vice President – Business Transformation of Universal Music Group
Cora is a driven senior digital media executive with almost 20 years of experience and expertise in business transformation in the digital space with an emphasis on operations and digital distribution, having worked with some of the worlds leading music brands including Napster, Sony and EMI during her career. She is currently Vice President – Process Innovation and Advanced Operations – with Universal Music Group.
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Steven Bertoni
Vice President & Senior Editor of Forbes
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About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Moira Forbes
President & Publisher, ForbesWoman of Forbes
Moira Forbes is the Executive Vice President of Forbes Media where she is responsible for programming and branding Forbes events worldwide and driving new business initiatives across the company’s diverse media platforms. She is also the President and Publisher of ForbesWoman, a multi-media platform dedicated to successful women in business and leadership. She is currently the host of Success with Moira Forbes, a video series on the Forbes Video Network featuring candid, one-on-one interviews with today’s top leaders. Moira also regularly contributes to Forbes’ diverse global media platforms around the day’s most relevant leadership trends. Launched by Forbes Media in 2008, ForbesWoman includes a robust website, known as “Women@Forbes,” a global digital community and a variety of content-rich live forums and events. Across these diverse media, content examines the unique experiences of professionally successful women, affirms their ambitions and achievements, and sets the agenda for purposeful discourse on the topics that matter most to them. Moira joined Forbes Media in 2001 in its London office, overseeing research and marketing for the Forbes’ European edition, in addition to developing business opportunities on behalf of all the company divisions. She came to the New York office and was named Associate Publisher of Forbes’ dedicated lifestyle magazine, ForbesLife, in February of 2004, and President and Publisher, ForbesWoman, in 2008. In 2010, Moira founded the Forbes Executive Women’s Board, an organization dedicated to harnessing the collective power of women in business to drive sustainable change. In 2013, Moira hosted the first Forbes Women’s Summit in New York City. This annual gathering brings together 250 of the world’s female leaders to discuss and solve the world’s most intractable issues. Moira also is a contributor to Forbes’ list of the 100 World’s Most Powerful Women. Moira graduated cum laude with a BA in Art History from Princeton University, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School program for Leadership Development. She is a mother of two young sons and lives in New York City.
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About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Andrew Weinstein
Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy of Scribd
Andrew Weinstein is the Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy at Scribd.
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About Scribd: Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.
Deborah Brewster
Senior Vice President (Strategy); and Head of Initiatives of News Corp
Deborah Brewster is Senior Vice President (Strategy), and Head of Initiatives at News Corp, which includes developing News Corp’s businesses as well as building and acquiring new digital businesses. Before this, she was Deputy Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal.
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About News Corp: News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Edwin A. Finn Jr.
Editor & President – Barron’s of Dow Jones
Ed Finn is the editor and president of Barron’s, the Dow Jones business and financial weekly. He joined Dow Jones as a national copyreader for The Wall Street Journal in 1980, then moved to the foreign desk as editor, then to the Dallas bureau as a banking and finance reporter. Finn left to join Forbes as a senior editor, covering international business and finance, and later became an assistant managing editor. From 1990 to 1992, he was the editor of American Banker, a daily trade newspaper. Finn re-joined Dow Jones in 1993 as the managing editor of Barron’s and was named editor of the magazine in 1995. He assumed additional responsibilities as the president of Barron’s in 1998. Finn earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and political science from Tufts University and a Master’s degree in international banking and finance from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
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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.
Amy Bernstein
Editor, HBR; Vice President and Executive Editorial Director, of Harvard Business Review
Amy Bernstein is the editor of Harvard Business Review, where she oversees the magazine and its team of editors. Before joining HBR in 2011, she was Vice President, Global Thought Leadership, at ManpowerGroup, the global employment-services company. There she led the organization’s thought leadership program, focusing on emerging trends in the world of work. She also launched MyPath, the industry’s first career-management website for professionals.
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About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is a magazine that helps enterprises improve the practice of management.
Jim Packer
President Worldwide TV and Digital Distribution of Lionsgate
Jim Packer is the President for worldwide TV and digital distribution of Lionsgate for five years. Prior to this role, Jim worked at MGM Studios for almost a decade holding executive roles. Jim started his career at The Walt Disney Studios. He spent 10 years working in the company holding various positions from account executive to VP general sales manager. Jim Packer obtained a BS in Business at University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Leon Pilosof
Senior Vice President, Head of Procurement of Lionsgate
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Daniel Engelhardt
Vice President of Interactive Ventures & Games of Lionsgate
As vp, interactive ventures & games, daniel engelhardt handles strategic planning, business development, production, marketing and creative oversight for lionsgate’s games slate. He also supports lionsgate’s strategic investments within the games space including telltale, next games and professional esports franchise immortals which owns the los angeles valiant, one of twelve teams competing in the inaugural season of the overwatch league. Mr. Engelhardt reports to peter levin, president, interactive ventures, games & digital strategy, and has worked hand-in-hand to help launch the company’s games and interactive division.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Tom Turner
Senior Vice President of Rogers Communications
Tom is the Senior Vice President, Medium Business and has been with the Rogers Group of Companies for over 20 years, holding various executive positions in Rogers Communications Inc., Rogers Cable and Rogers Wireless. In his time with Rogers, he has had the privilege of supporting Finance, and Marketing in addition to Sales. Prior to assuming his current role, Tom served as VP of Sales for Rogers Business Solutions, a division of Rogers Communications, that provided premium Internet, data networking, voice, data centre and cloud services to a wide range of enterprise, government and wholesale customers. Tom has held positions as VP Sales Planning & Operations, VP/GM High Speed Internet and VP Convergence, reporting directly to Ted Rogers. Tom’s significant contributions have been leading Rogers High Speed Internet business, launching Canada’s first Digital PCS and prepaid services and managing Rogers’ largest distribution channels and regions. Tom has a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law.
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About Rogers Communications: Rogers Communications is a communications and media company that specializes in telecommunications and internet.
Jason Gray
Vice President of Portfolio Operations of LaunchCapital
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About LaunchCapital: LaunchCapital was founded in January 2008 with a mission to help entrepreneurs gain quick access to seed capital and mentorship.
Brian Roemmele
President of Multiplex Magazine
Brian Roemmele is the consummate Renaissance man. He is a scientist, researcher, analyst, connector, thinker and doer. More than anything, I’ve found Brian to be an observer of the world, asking questions and following his seemingly infinite curiosity to the root of an astounding variety of issues. Over the long, winding arc of his career, Brian has built and run payments and tech businesses, worked in media, including the promotion of top musicians, and explored a variety of other subjects along the way. One company was on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Brian actively shares his findings and observations across fora like Forbes, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Slate, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Inc, Gizmodo, Medium, Quora, Twitter and his own podcast, Around the Coin. Brian is one of the most prolific producers of top quality analytical content I’ve ever encountered. And now he created Multiplex (http://ReadMultiplex.com), a way to stay on top of everything important in technology, payments and just about anything else.
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About Multiplex Magazine: A weekly Technology Digital Magazine that focuses on High Tech issues and topics.
Jon Roberts
President, Dotdash Finance of Dotdash
Dr. Jon Roberts has a PhD in theoretical high-energy physics with ten years of research experience in high-energy particle physics and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. At Dotdash, Dr. Roberts leads a team of researchers deriving insights from more than 20 years of Internet data across thousands of topics. As a Marie Curie research fellow at Warsaw University, Dr. Roberts studied how dark matter might appear at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. After Poland, Dr. Roberts spent five years as a researcher at New York University, where he made predictions for solar system cosmic rays, currently being tested by NASA’s AMS detector on the International Space Station. He also worked on the Pierre Auger telescope in Argentina, tracking the detected ultrahigh energy cosmic rays back to their origins outside our galaxy.
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About Dotdash, Dotdash, Investopedia: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
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.
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.
Mark Thompson
President & CEO of The New York Times
Mark Thompson became President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times Company on November 12, 2012. He is responsible for leading the company’s strategy, operations and business units. Thompson has been instrumental in accelerating the pace of The Times’s digital transformation. Under his leadership, The Times became the first news organization in the world to pass the one million digital-only subscription mark. The company has also introduced a new era of international growth, launched an industry-leading branded content studio and invested in virtual reality, producing some of the most celebrated work in this emerging medium. Before joining the Times Company, Thompson served as Director-General of the BBC from 2004, where he reshaped the organization to meet the challenge of the digital age, ensuring that it remained a leading innovator with the launch of services such as the BBC iPlayer. He also oversaw a transformation of the BBC itself, driving productivity and efficiency through the introduction of new technologies and bold organizational redesign. Thompson joined the BBC in 1979 as a production trainee. He helped launch “Watchdog” and “Breakfast Time,” was an Output Editor on “Newsnight,” and was appointed Editor of the “Nine O’Clock News” in 1988 and of “Panorama” in 1990. He became Controller (programming and scheduling chief) for the TV network BBC2 and Director of Television for the BBC before leaving the BBC in 2002 to become C.E.O. of Channel 4 Television Corporation in the United Kingdom. In the autumn of 2012, he was a visiting professor of rhetoric and the art of public persuasion at the University of Oxford. His book “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?,” which is based on the lectures he gave at Oxford, was published in the U.K. and U.S. in September 2016. Thompson was educated at Stonyhurst College and Merton College, Oxford.
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About The New York Times: The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Paul Crockett
Vice President, Product and Innovation of Elsevier
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About Authess, Elsevier: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Alan Karpovsky
Vice President of Omni-channel Solutions of Innovid
Alan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Herolens, a MarTech platform that enables big brands and agencies to take their marketing and online communication strategies to the next level by the use of technology, engineering and algorithms. Herolens is nowadays working with some of the largest advertisers in LATAM and US. Herolens has been acquired by Innovid in late 2019. Alan is currently a Board Member at EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization), a global non-profit organization with +12.000 active members, whose stated mission is to “Engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow”. He has been named one of the “30 Forbes Most Promising Entrepreneurs” in 2019 by Forbes Magazine for his significant impact on the industry of his ideas, innovations and disruptive way of doing business. Alan has been an active speaker in events like IAB Now, WebCongress and A4 Latam sharing his experience on how to grow a technology company in the advertising industry. In late 2017 he has been selected by the US Department of State as one of the most impactful entrepreneurs among more than 4000 young professionals from LATAM under the YLAI program (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative). During his university days he launched “Club Trama”, a student-run business club dedicated to in-campus education for students on a variety of career paths (entrepreneurship, consulting and finance). The objective of the Club is to enhance knowledge on the specific areas as well as improving networking both between students and with professionals. Today, 6 years later, it’s still alive and growing. Alan has a Master Degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering by the Buenos Aires’ Institute of Technology (ITBA).
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Beth-Ann Eason
President of Innovid
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Nicole Dingley
Vice President Customer Success of John Wiley & Sons
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About John Wiley & Sons: John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
Christos P. Badavas
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Sesac
Christos P. Badavas is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for SESAC. Christos focuses on cutting edge copyright issues affecting SESAC, its subsidiaries and its clients, including digital licensing, global rights administration, legislative and regulatory issues, and other complex legal matters. He was formerly Deputy General Counsel for The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), the nation’s leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry. While HFA was a subsidiary of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), Christos provided counsel to the NMPA regarding legislative matters, industry negotiations, litigation and settlements, such as Copyright Royalty Board Proceedings and statutory rate negotiations, and Section 115 reform. Badavas is a highly sought after lecturer, having recently participated in panel discussions at the Association of Independent Music Publishers and the U.S. Copyright Office-WIPO joint international training on “Contemporary Issues in Collective Management for Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition” and the Music Biz Entertainment & Technology Law Conference Series. Badavas reports to SESAC’s Chairman & CEO, John Josephson.
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About Sesac: ESAC Celebrates Songwriters & Publishers at 2014
Scott Jungmichel
CIO & Senior Vice President of Royalty Distribution & Royalty Research Services of Sesac
Scott Jungmichel is SESAC’s Senior Vice President, Royalty Distribution and Royalty Research Services. Jungmichel is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the operations of the Royalty Distribution and Research Services department. Jungmichel also oversees the performance of all department functions including Content Registration and Optimization, Royalty Administration, A/V Client Services and Research & Analysis. Jungmichel is based at SESAC’s Nashville headquarters.
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About Sesac: ESAC Celebrates Songwriters & Publishers at 2014
Sam Kling
Senior Vice President of Creative Operations of Sesac
Sam Kling is SESAC’s Senior Vice President, Creative Operations. Kling is responsible for helping create and execute growth strategies for SESAC’s creative departments, working closely with SESAC’s senior management team. He also manages the creative operations’ day-to-day department objectives. Kling is based in SESAC’s Los Angeles offices. Before his position at SESAC, Kling served as Vice President at peermusic and was in charge of overseeing the independent music company’s Pop A&R as well as Film & TV creative operations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the New School University in New York and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Kling is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) as well as a board member of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) and the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program WmE2 Tennis Classic.
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About Sesac: ESAC Celebrates Songwriters & Publishers at 2014
Cathy Grizzell
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Administration of Sesac
Cathy Grizzell is Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for SESAC, the nation’s only Music Rights Organization. Grizzell’s responsibilities extend across SESAC’s combined portfolio of businesses, SESAC Performing Rights, the Harry Fox Agency and Rumblefish, and include guiding the overall administration, coordination, evaluation and operation of Human Resources, Benefits Administration and Facilities Management/Operations. Grizzell, a 30+ year SESAC veteran, has played a key role in the strategic initiative to expand SESAC’s operations into the new state-of-the-art facility on Music Row, where she continues to to manage the facilities operations. Grizzell joined SESAC in 1981 in the General Licensing department in New York. She moved into Licensing Administration, Broadcast Licensing and Collections and was instrumental in the computerization of the Licensing and Collection systems which improved licensee retention and income. In 1987 she played a key role in moving General Licensing and Licensing Administration to Nashville and focused on building those departments and continued to computerize and streamline processes. In mid 1990s she transferred to the corporate side of the company, where she focused on employee relations and benefits, ultimately resulting in the development of the Human Resources department. Grizzell was promoted to Vice President, Human Resources in 2006. Grizzell is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Middle Tennessee Society of Human Resource Management (MT-SHRM), HR Leadership, the Recording Academy and the Country Music Association (CMA).
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About Sesac: ESAC Celebrates Songwriters & Publishers at 2014
Anthony G. Ambrosio
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer of CBS Corporation
Anthony Ambrosio serves as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for CBS Corporation. In this role, he manages all Human Resources functions for the company; directs administrative areas, including real estate, facilities management, security and other corporate services; and oversees labor relations functions. Ambrosio joined CBS in March 1985 in Recruitment and Placement, and held increasingly senior Human Resources positions in Compensation, Policy, HRIS and Benefits functions. Prior to the merger of CBS Corporation with Viacom in May 2000, he served as Vice President, Human Resources, CBS Corporation. After the merger, Ambrosio was named Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for CBS, Infinity Broadcasting and Viacom Outdoor.
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Donna Osiri
Vice President of Strategic Sourcing of CBS Corporation
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Jo Ann Ross
President, Sales of CBS Corporation
Jo Ann Ross was named President, Sales, CBS Television Network in October 2002. As the Network’s chief sales executive, she is responsible for all sales for CBS Entertainment, Sports, Daytime, News and Late Night. Ross was previously Executive Vice President of Sales for CBS since September 1998. As the unit’s second-highest-ranking executive, she had oversight of all sales for CBS’s primetime schedule. Ross played a major role in creating new ways to sell network programming, including reality, scripted, news and late night genres. Perhaps most notably, the creativity behind the sales execution of SURVIVOR has become the industry model for selling reality television. Ross joined CBS in 1992 as Vice President of Olympic Sales, in charge of network sales for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994 and the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998. During this time, Ross also had a hand in sports marketing and special events, as well as primetime and late night sales. Prior to joining CBS, Ross was with the ABC Network for three years, where she sold daytime before being named a Prime Account Executive. Before that, Ross worked at the media buying firm Bozell, starting as an assistant buyer and working her way up to Senior Vice President, where she ran the network buying department. Ross was inducted into the DTC Hall of Fame in 2015 as well as Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2003, she was named as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment” and has remained on the annual list since. Additionally Ross was named the Women in Sports and Entertainment Woman of the Year in 2005, and in September 2002 was named one of Advertising Age’s “Media Mavens,” an annual compilation of the industry’s top media stars. A cancer survivor, Ross has been a longtime supporter of MSKCC’s annual Cycle for Survival and The American Cancer Society’s City of Hope charitable event.
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Leslie Moonves
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation
Leslie Moonves is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation, one of the world’s leading media enterprises. In this role, he oversees all operations of the Company, including the CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group (CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution), CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Films, CBS Interactive, Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, Pop (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lionsgate), Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio and CBS EcoMedia. Moonves came to CBS in 1995 as President of Entertainment, after serving as president of Warner Bros. Television, where his team developed hit shows like Friends and ER. Once at CBS, Moonves and his team took the Network from last to first place in the ratings, launching hit shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Survivor, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Moonves was promoted to President and CEO of CBS Television in 1998 and became Chairman in 2003. He was later named Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Viacom and Chairman of CBS in 2004, overseeing domestic and international broadcast television operations as well as its radio division and outdoor advertising operations. In 2006, when Viacom split its businesses into two publicly traded companies, Moonves was named President and CEO of the newly formed CBS Corporation, which has since been one of the best-performing companies in media. Under Moonves’ direction, the CBS Television Network has been #1 in viewers for 12 of the last 13 years, and currently has television’s #1 drama, NCIS; television’s #1 comedy, The Big Bang Theory; television’s #1 news program, 60 Minutes; as well as time period-leading shows on virtually every night of the week. At the same time, the Company’s premium cable service, Showtime Networks, has generated millions of new subscribers on the heels of its successful owned series, such as Ray Donovan, House of Lies, Dexter and The Affair, as well as the critically acclaimed, Emmy- and Golden-Globe-Award-winning series Homeland. The Company’s push to sell its shows around the world has made international distribution sales a significant revenue source, with CBS content licensed to more than 200 markets in more than 30 languages across multiple media platforms. That emphasis on exploiting content has also enabled CBS to strike lucrative, multiyear deals with the industry’s biggest online distributors, including Netflix and Amazon. CBS’s other divisions have also been robust under Moonves’ leadership, including interactive media. The Company’s acquisition of CNET, Inc. in 2008 helped make CBS Interactive the premier online content network for information and entertainment, with more than 280 million people from around the world visiting its websites each month. In publishing, Simon & Schuster routinely releases hundreds of New York Times bestsellers every year, including dozens that make it to #1, and is the publishing home of some of the world’s most recognized and prize-winning authors. Simon & Schuster is also a leader in digital publishing, with titles available across all major platforms and formats. In local broadcasting, CBS-owned TV stations are among the most-watched in the country, and CBS Radio is home to the most-listened-to radio stations in the U.S. By distinguishing CBS as a producer and seller of world-class content across all mediums, Moonves has helped CBS Corporation grow in value, revenue and market share while identifying and developing key new revenue streams for future growth.
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About CBS Corporation, CBS Records: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Mika Moser
Senior Vice President of Bank Director
Mika Moser is the Senior Vice President and Director for Bank Director. With a dual background in marketing and technology, she develops and oversees the execution of Bank Director’s integrated marketing strategy across multiple channels including email, web, social, search and mobile. Mika is a member of both Bank Director’s board and management committees. Prior to joining the company, Mika worked as an online marketing strategist for the Nashville-based technology firm, Bytes of Knowledge, establishing client relationships and managing the execution on a variety of website development projects. Her 14 years of professional experience includes data marketing, brand development and project management for companies such as Board Member Inc. and Private Business Inc. Mika is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
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About Bank Director: An information resource for senior executives and directors of financial institutions.
Al Dominick
President of Bank Director
Al Dominick is the President of Bank Director. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the strategy, operations and financial performance of the company. Al joined the company in 2010 and regularly speaks on board-related issues at conferences and writes for BankDirector.com. In addition, he frequently meets with CEOs, chairmen and members of the board, the men and women that run companies that provide services and support to these officers and directors, bank analysts, private equity executives and institutional investors. Al is a graduate of Washington & Lee University, where he was a four-year letterman on the varsity baseball team, and earned an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. His financial and technology background includes positions with Board Member, Inc., Bank Director’s previous company which is now part of the New York Stock Exchange, and Computech, a Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology firm now part of NCI (NASDAQ: NCIT).
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About Bank Director: An information resource for senior executives and directors of financial institutions.
Lyle Hall
President & CEO of Heavy Iron Studios
A 24-year industry veteran, Lyle Hall oversees Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. Before joining Heavy Iron in early 2002, Lyle created and produced original and licensed properties while working at DreamWorks SKG, Crystal Dynamics and Virgin Games. Highlights include the first 32-bit character action game, GEX; Westwood Studio’s original RTS, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty; RoboCop vs. The Terminator, Cool Spot and Global Gladiators, SEGA’s1992 Game of the Year. During his time at Heavy Iron, Lyle has also served as Executive Producer on Disney*Pixar titles, The Incredibles, its video game sequel Rise of the Underminer, Ratatouille, WALL-E and UP and as well Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob’s Truth or Square, directing production and development of these franchises across multiple studios and directly managing the relationships with these illustrious media companies. In mid-2009, Lyle single handedly took Heavy Iron independent and since then has shepherded the release of UFC Personal Trainer on the Xbox360, PS3 and Wii, Harley Pasternak’s Hollywood Workout for the Xbox360/Kinect and Wii and was most recently Executive Producer on Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two on the Wii U and Disney Infinity for the Wii U and Wii and Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes on PC and iOS.
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About Heavy Iron Studios: Heavy Iron Studios is an independent video game design company that makes products for Disney.
Darin Buxbaum
Co-Founder, President & COO of WiderCircle
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About WiderCircle: WiderCircle is a provider of an in-personal social platform designed to connect older adults.
Kyu Lee
President of GAMEVIL
Kyu Lee is the President of GAMEVIL Inc. and Head of GAMEVIL USA, Inc.
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About GAMEVIL: Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.
Tom Shoop
Executive Vice President & Editor in Chief, Government Executive Media Group of Atlantic Media
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
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About Atlantic Media, Nextgov: Atlantic Media is dedicated to equipping opinion leaders with breakthrough ideas and original insights.
Alex Skatell
Founder and President of Independent Journal Review
While in college at Clemson, Alex developed iPhone applications including a top 25 application featured by Gizmodo and in the “What’s Hot” section of the iTunes app store. 4 years after graduating, Alex founded IJReview in a small apartment in Charleston, South Carolina, investing all his savings and weekly paycheck into one goal: reaching a part of America that next generation media companies miss. Today, IJReview is a top 50 website in the country, reaching over 35 million monthly readers and employing more than 50 reporters and writers covering politics and current events across the country. Adding to the business, Alex co-founded IMGE a full service digital agency in 2013. IMGE is based in Alexandria, VA with a team of over 35 working with some of the world’s largest brands and associations. In early 2014, Alex launched Liftbump.com a lifestyle vertical that today reaches over 10 million monthly readers and followed that in 2015 with the launch of Shuffle News — the winner of Mediaposts 2015’s best news application and reached the #1 most downloaded news app on the iTunes app store. Alex has been dubbed a “wunderkind” by the New York Times but his interest in journalism came from a simple lesson learned from watching his father: no one in the Skatell family was allowed to disturb Dad during the evening news. “Click here to view Alex’s post of 2016 Presidential Candidates Reacting to the ABC News / IJReview Debate Partnership.
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About Independent Journal Review, Independent Journal Review: The Independent Journal Review, an American news platform, provides its users with informative content such as political and cultural news.
Michelle Jaconi
Vice President and Executive Editor of Independent Journal Review
Prior to joining the world of #Yolo, Vines and GIFs, Michelle spent six years at CNN, where she founded CNN’s Cross Platform Programming unit, leading political coverage across CNN’s television networks, digital properties and mobile apps. In that role, Jaconi led editorial partnerships with companies such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter. Also in her six years at CNN, Michelle launched and led programs in every television day-part, including State of the Union and Inside Politics. She also worked extensively with CNN.com, launching next generation programming, video franchises and co-writing a daily newsletter during the 2012 presidential campaign. Prior to joining CNN, Michelle spent 12 years at NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert, the longest-running television program in the world. She still considers herself a Russert girl and smiles at every opportunity to reminisce about the beloved newsman from Buffalo. Throughout her career, Michelle has earned multiple awards, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Media for producing the Meet the Press senate debate series, a Peabody for her help in producing CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring, and back-to-back Emmy Awards for presidential election nights, at two different networks, CNN and NBC. Michelle has been described in the press as being “ecstatic” about campaign season and that somehow is an understatement. If you ever are in a room with Michelle, there is a good chance she’ll ask you to weigh in on the political debate of the day, which is why she finds herself at home at IJ. Michelle loves learning from everyday Americans and finds great joy in driving her pick up truck, simply because people tend to smile at a girl in a truck. Click here to view my Vine list on Why I Joined IJReview.
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About Independent Journal Review: The Independent Journal Review, an American news platform, provides its users with informative content such as political and cultural news.
Michelle Jaconi
Vice President and Executive Editor of Independent Journal Review
Prior to joining the world of #Yolo, Vines and GIFs, Michelle spent six years at CNN, where she founded CNN’s Cross Platform Programming unit, leading political coverage across CNN’s television networks, digital properties and mobile apps. In that role, Jaconi led editorial partnerships with companies such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter. Also in her six years at CNN, Michelle launched and led programs in every television day-part, including State of the Union and Inside Politics. She also worked extensively with CNN.com, launching next generation programming, video franchises and co-writing a daily newsletter during the 2012 presidential campaign. Prior to joining CNN, Michelle spent 12 years at NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert, the longest-running television program in the world. She still considers herself a Russert girl and smiles at every opportunity to reminisce about the beloved newsman from Buffalo. Throughout her career, Michelle has earned multiple awards, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Media for producing the Meet the Press senate debate series, a Peabody for her help in producing CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring, and back-to-back Emmy Awards for presidential election nights, at two different networks, CNN and NBC. Michelle has been described in the press as being “ecstatic” about campaign season and that somehow is an understatement. If you ever are in a room with Michelle, there is a good chance she’ll ask you to weigh in on the political debate of the day, which is why she finds herself at home at IJ. Michelle loves learning from everyday Americans and finds great joy in driving her pick up truck, simply because people tend to smile at a girl in a truck. Click here to view my Vine list on Why I Joined IJReview.
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About Independent Journal Review: The Independent Journal Review, an American news platform, provides its users with informative content such as political and cultural news.
Mark Ellis
Senior Vice President Corporate Sales of Time Inc.
Mark Ellis serves as Senior Vice President Corporate Sales for Time Inc. His responsibilities include leading integrated, digital and agency sales teams, with the mission of growing revenue by providing multi-brand, cross platform, data driven, holistic and agnostic Time Inc solutions to the largest marketers and advertising agencies in North America. He rejoined Time Inc in September 2014 after a 15-year hiatus, during which time he held a variety of senior level positions. Most recently he was Vice President North American Sales and Global Partnerships at Yahoo, a position Ellis held since March 2011. In that role he led the North American field sales team and focused on building solutions for the top marketers and advertising agencies across North America. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President North American Sales at AOL from February 2004–March 2011, where he managed field sales, mid market sales, account management and the agency development teams. Other prior roles include Senior Vice President Corporate Sales at IMG from 2001-2004 and Senior Vice President Sales at digital sports startup Quokka Sports from 1999-2001. Earlier in his career he held various management positions at Time Inc, including Publisher of Time IncNew Media, Sports Illustrated Custom Publishing Director and Detroit Manager for Sports Illustrated. Ellis earned an undergraduate degree in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Detroit. He is a Detroit native, based in New York City. He is married, the father of 3 children and serves on a variety of advisory boards and industry organizations.
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About Time Inc.: Time Inc. is a media company publishing over 90 magazines, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and many more.
Tamara Gruzbarg
Senior Vice President, Data, Analytics and Business Information of Time Inc.
Tamara Gruzbarg is a senior analytics and insights executive with 20 years of experience spanning such diverse industries as Finance, Consulting, Ecommerce, Fashion Retail and Media. She is currently leading Data, Analytics and Consumer Insights area within Time Inc, where her team is focused on harvesting a deep understanding of the consumer from both – subscriber and advertising – stand points. Prior to Time Inc Tamara held leadership positions in consumer analytics for Stuart Weitzman and Gilt Groupe. Tamara is passionate about application of analytics across a wide range of business problems, and excited about the opportunities, presented by the Big Data.
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About ActionIQ, Time Inc.: Time Inc. is a media company publishing over 90 magazines, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and many more.
Tom MacIsaac
President and CEO of RBmedia
Tom is an experienced entrepreneur, executive and investor and currently CEO of RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world and a leading distributor of digital media to consumers. Prior to RBmedia he was CEO of Verve, a leading mobile data platform. Prior to joining Verve, Tom was CEO of ExtendMedia, the IP video software company serving customers including AT&T, Verizon, Disney and Paramount. Extend was acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) in 2010. Previously, Tom served as CEO of Lightningcast, a pioneer in online video advertising where he led the development of the first advertising technology platform specifically designed for monetizing broadband video and launched the first online video ad network. After AOL (NYSE: AOL) acquired Lightningcast in 2006, Tom served as SVP Strategy overseeing strategy, strategic planning and corporate and business development for AOL’s market-leading advertising businesses. Prior to Lightningcast, Tom founded and served as CEO of Backwire, an online and mobile messaging company that was acquired by Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) in 2001. Prior to his career in digital media, Tom was a corporate lawyer with the global law firm Dechert.
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About Ardent Venture Partners, Cove Street Partners, RBmedia: RBmedia online media firm that offers digital magazine and audiobook production and distribution services.
Andres Moran
Vice President of Sales // General Manager of Ad Marketplace of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Andres Moran is a co-founder the head of business development at Fundera. Prior to joining the Fundera team, Andres was senior director of publisher sales at Outbrain where he was top revenue producer for nearly two years and greatly expanded the company’s network. Andres also has experience as an entrepreneur, founding Earndit, a company that incentivizes people to exercise through rewards and digital trophies, in 2009. Earndit was recently acquired by Higi, a company that measures and attaches a score to your personal health. He also started Miami’s first medical spa that was eventually sold in 2011. Andres graduated from Columbia Business School and loves to travel.
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Bernard Gershon
President of GershonMedia
Bernard Gershon is the president of [GershonMedia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gershonmedia#/entity). He also serves as an advisor to Accenture, Vemba, and SpotX. Previously, he has served as the senior vice president and general manager of The Walt Disney Company for over 16 years. Gershon has studied at New York University. He is based in New York, United States.
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About GershonMedia: GershonMedia, a leading digital media consultancy, announced the launch of its programmatic practice its major production.
Harmony Faust
Vice President, Marketing and Communications – North America of GALE CENGAGE Learning
Harmony Faust is Vice President, Marketing and Communications – North America at GALE CENGAGE Learning.
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About GALE CENGAGE Learning: Cengage Learning delivers highly customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, professors, students, libraries, government
Josh Jacobs
President of The Arena Group
Josh Jacobs is global CEO of Accuen Media, Omnicom’s Programmatic Media Buying Platform. At Accuen Josh is responsible for planning and executing the strategy for Omnicom’s programmatic media buying business. Prior to Accuen, Josh was SVP of Advertising Products and Global Marketing at Glam Media. Josh joined Glam Media from Yahoo! where he was VP and General Manager of Marketing Technology and was responsible for driving Yahoo!’s advertising technology and publisher network display partnership strategy as well as General Manager of the RightMedia Exchange. Prior to Yahoo! Josh was President of privately held software company X1, and was a senior executive at several early internet media startups including Bigstep.com, which he co-founded. Josh began his career as a software engineer, leading the development teams for several award winning consumer products including NetObjects Fusion.
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About Impact Museums, The Arena Group: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Paul Edmondson
President of The Arena Group
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About The Arena Group, YieldBuild: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Matthew Lombardi
Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports of The Arena Group
Matthew Lombardi is the Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports at Maven.
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About The Arena Group: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Frank Speiser
Co-Founder & President of SocialFlow
Frank Speiser serves as the Chairman of the Board and President of SocialFlow, Inc. Frank Speiser served as an Advisor of NabeWise Media, Inc. Frank Speiser co-founded SocialFlow, Inc. in 2009 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of Takkle, Inc. since April 2007. He served as Chief Technology Officer of Heavy.com and Takkle.com. He served as the Managing Director of Spectrum Data Technologies. He provided technical and product guidance, competitive analysis, and helps with fund raising and team-building for several early-stage companies in New York and San Francisco. He has extensive experience in e-commerce, scalability, insurance, and both traditional and social media IT environments. Frank Speiser has worked for companies such as Bertelsmann, Virgin USA, and many others. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Pictela, Inc. Frank Speiser serves as a Director of ReignCloud Advisors, Sparcq and WaterBasic.
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About SocialFlow, Talla: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Stephanie Fossan
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy of SocialFlow
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Craig Pentland
Senior Vice President Client Services of SocialFlow
Senior Vice President – Client Services at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Andy Fromm
President & CEO of Service Management Group
Andy Fromm founded Service Management Group in 1991 with Bill Fromm and Dr. Len Schlesinger. SMG’s first client was a small retail chain, where Andy led a team conducting an employee survey. Throughout the company’s history, SMG’s associate and customer research has included an analysis of their relationship to financial performance. This concept was the primary focus of Dr. Schlesinger’s research at Harvard Business School and first articulated in 1998 in The Service Profit Chain with co-authors Heskett and Sasser. SMG’s research was subsequently published in 2003 in The Value Profit Chain—the follow-up work from the same research group at Harvard. Andy graduated with distinction from Boston University and has served as an expert contributor in the area of customer service and satisfaction measurement to media such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Fast Company.
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About Service Management Group: Service Management Group is a research firm focused on providing customer and employee insight.
Macy Fecto
Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Administration of Access Intelligence
Macy is Executive Vice President for all functions within Human Resources including benefits, compensation, training and development, recruitment, HR systems, employee relations and policy and procedures, with a specialty in the area of acquisition and integration. Macy also oversees corporate planning and facilities for all offices of Access intelligence.After working briefly for Commerce Clearinghouse as a Graphic Artist, Macy began her career with Miller Freeman in 1984 as a Personnel Assistant. She held various positions within Administration and Human Resources before being appointed Director of Human Resources in April 1995. In 1999, she was named Senior Vice President of Human Resources and joined the Miller Freeman USA board of directors.Macy joined Access Intelligence, LLC in January 2001. She is a former Chairperson of the ABM (American Business Media) HR Committee and in 2007 was named one of FOLIO’s 40 most influential people.
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About Access Intelligence, Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Jenn Heinold
Vice President, Events of Access Intelligence
Jenn oversees the tradeshow portfolios within AI’s aerospace, healthcare and energy groups, in addition to managing a centralized operations and logistics team that produces majority of AI’s tradeshows and events. Jenn joined Access Intelligence in 2006 to serve as the lead marketer for the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition and relies on her marketing background and connection to the tradeshow attendee to drive her business. She has continually produced double-digit revenue growth within her portfolio by identifying market trends and analyzing data to improve performance. Jenn is most passionate about the power of face-to-face marketing and continuously strives to create value for the markets she serves by launching new events in under-served verticals, expanding the scope and content of current events to be relevant to a broader audience base and creating high-quality attendee acquisition strategies. If you want to see Jenn’s eyes light up, talk to her about acquiring events. She’s successfully integrated the OR Manager Conference and Offshore Communications (now OilComm) into AI’s event portfolio and both have doubled in size under her leadership. Before joining AI, she served as Marketing and Communications Manager of GovSec, U.S. Law and Ready! trade shows, produced by National Trade Productions. She is a member of the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) and Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and has completed ABM’s Advanced B-to-B Leadership Program. Jenn regularly speaks at tradeshow industry events and has presented at ExpoExpo, SISO Executive Leadership Summit, Shepard Sandbox and ECEF. She earned a B.A. in Journalism from Penn State University and returns to Penn State every year to guest lecture in their Event Management Course.
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About Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Heather Farley
Divisional President, Business Information Group,Chief Operating Officer of Access Intelligence
Heather is a senior level operating executive responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and revenue growth objectives across AI’s media/marketing, energy/engineering, aerospace, and healthcare markets. She works closely with her division leaders to identify, acquire and integrate synergistic businesses as well as create strong organic growth through new product launches. Additionally, as a member of Access Intelligence’s Board of Directors, Heather plays an integral role in ensuring that the vision and mission of AI’s core strategic initiatives are successfully executed across all operating units. Heather is a recognized leader in the b2b community and is often tapped for speaking engagements. Most recently, Heather co-chaired the December 2011 Marketing Conference on behalf of the Specialized Industry Publishers Association (SIPA). In her tenure at AI, Heather has worked on more than a dozen acquisitions and countless product launches. Her expertise in both direct marketing and paid content have been instrumental in the company’s dynamic transition from a traditional b2b media provider to an integrated global media company comprised primarily of face-to-face events and online members-based communities. Prior to Access Intelligence, Heather was a senior vice president and group publisher with Phillips Publishing International, where she began her publishing career in 1988.
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About Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Dan Hanover
Vice President of Access Intelligence
Dan Hanover runs the largest network of event marketing content in the world, overseeing a print, web and face-to-face content portfolio that includes Event Marketer magazine, The Experiential Marketing Summit, EventTech and The Event Marketing Institute. He also leads the group’s corporate training practice, which produces executive training worldwide for marketing departments at such companies as Mercedes, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Coca-Cola Co. and Procter & Gamble. Before joining Access Intelligence in 2011, he built his b-to-b media career working and growing high-performance properties at companies such as Red 7 Media, Penton, Lebhar-Friedman and Nielsen.
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About Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Rob Paciorek
Senior Vice-President & Chief Information Officer of Access Intelligence
In addition to overseeing Web Development, Network Operations, and Technical Support, Rob co-chairs the company’s E-Media Core Team. Rob has been with Access Intelligence over 10 years. Rob has a Master’s Degree in Math Education from Ohio State University. He previously served on the Technology Planning Committee for the Town of Rockport, Massachusetts, while serving as the Network Administrator for the Rockport Public School District. Rob also spent 3 years teaching 8th grade mathematics.
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About Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Donald Pazour
President & Chief Executive Officer of Access Intelligence
Don has led the strategy and growth of Access Intelligence for over a decade, taking magazine-centric businesses and converting them to an integrated media, web-centric group of market focused product clusters serving the media/marketing, energy/engineering, aerospace, and healthcare markets. His focus has been on providing the best quality information and most effective marketing services to the company’s customers. Don and his team have built the business through countless launches and 18 acquisitions that have been bolted onto and integrated into the Phillips Business Information newsletter and magazine platform that Veronis Suhler Stevenson bought from Tom Phillips in late 2000. In 2010, the integrated, subscription revenue, chemical and energy information business was sold to IHS. Since that time, the company has leveraged its strong balance sheet and robust online market presence in its served markets to create high e-media and event revenue growth. In 2011, AI completed the acquisitions of OR Manager for it’s healthcare division, Red7 Media for the media portion of it’s Communications Group, and Cynopsis for the cable division of it’s Communications Group. Before joining Access Intelligence, Don was at Miller Freeman, a subsidiary of United Business Media, for 23 years and he was named CEO in 1997. His ascendance through the company included management of conferences, magazines, and high-value information businesses. Don launched and grew Miller Freeman’s presence in the high-tech publishing sector, culminating with the acquisition of CMP Media in 1999. Under his leadership, Blenheim USA’s trade shows were acquired by Miller Freeman, which then became the largest trade show producer in the United States. Don is a frequent speaker at events held in conjunction with Folio Magazine; American Business Media, where he is chairman of their government relations committee; Society of Independent Show Organizers, where he is a past chairman, and Specialized Information Publishers Association. He also serves as vice chairman of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, as well as on the Board of F + W Media, one of the largest independent special interest consumer book, web, and magazine publishers.
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About Access Intelligence, American Business Media, Folio Magazine: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Robert Dickey
President & CEO of Gannett
Robert Dickey is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Gannett Co. Inc. since 2015. Bob became President and Chief Executive Officer of Gannett following the company’s separation in 2015. Bob previously was President of the Gannett U.S. Community Publishing Division, formerly the Newspaper Division, from 2008 — 2015. As President of U.S. Community Publishing, Bob oversaw 92 daily newspapers and their associated digital assets along with approximately 400 non-daily products. Previously Bob served as Senior Group President of Pacific Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. from 2005 to 2008; President and Publisher of The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA, from 1993 to 2005 and Group Vice President of the Pacific Group, 1997 to 2005. Bob began his career with Gannett as the Retail Advertising Manager in Reno and became Ad Director in 1990. In July of 1993, Bob rose through the ranks to President and Publisher of The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs. In 1997, Bob became a Gannett Group Vice President for the Pacific Region and was named Senior Group President and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at The Arizona Republic in September 2005. Bob’s many accomplishments with Gannett include 2005 Manager of the Year, the only Gannett Publisher to win consecutive Publisher of the Year awards in 1998 and 1999, Publisher’s President’s Ring awards 1997 through 2002 and 2004 and President’s Ring and runner-up Ad Director of the Year in 1992. Bob serves on the board of the National Newspaper Association and serves on the Executive Committee as Treasurer. Bob also serves on the International Newspaper Marketing Association board of directors.
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About Gannett: Gannett is a media and marketing solutions company that publishes newspapers and operates news and advertising internet sites.
Channing Dungey
Executive Vice President of Disney–ABC Television Group
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About Disney–ABC Television Group: Disney–ABC Television Group manages all of Disney and ABC-branded television and internet properties.
Thomas Scherer
President Repertoire & Marketing New York and Los Angeles of BMG Music Publishing
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About BMG Music Publishing: BMG Rights Management is the youngest major international company in the music industry.
Justin Kramer
CEO & President of The TEAM Companies
In 2012, The TEAM Companies acquired a majority interest in Talent Payment Services because of the forward thinking and commitment to industry knowledge and customer service that Justin has made synonymous with TPS. For over twenty years Justin has honed a unique and impressive blend of experiences that include executive management, sales, operations, and finance in Canada, the United States and South Africa. In 2003 Justin, together with group of private equity investors, purchased TPS and he was appointed CEO. Since then Justin has led TPS’s growth and expanded its core business of performer payroll and associated broadcast business affairs offerings to Canadian, U.S. and international advertising agencies and brands producing commercials and other ad content in Canada and the U.S. He has spearheaded the introduction of multiple technology initiatives which has resulted in TPS becoming a state of the art payroll and business affairs provider to its customers. Justin graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Justin also serves as the President & CEO of Talent Payment Services.
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About Talent Payment Services, The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Lori Tedds
Vice President of Music of The TEAM Companies
Joining TEAM in 2007, Lori Tedds is the quintessential music insider. Born into a musical family, Lori’s passion for music was formed at an early age. Her musical ambitions quickly led her to the music industry beginning at ABC Records. From there, Lori joined a team of Unit Managers at ABC TV where she worked annually on The American Music Awards and The Academy Awards. She also worked on General Hospital during the now infamous “Luke & Laura Wedding” era. Then, when opportunity presented itself to enhance her music experience further, Lori seized it by returning to the record industry with a cherished tenure at Geffen Records. Lori’s career has also included live shows, Manager of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) for Windham Hill Records and A&R Administration for IGA (Interscope/Geffen/A&M). Lori joined the Buena Vista Music Group in 2000 where she became Director of A&R Administration. Throughout Lori’s career she has developed personal and professional ties with some of the most highly regarded professionals in the business. Her in-depth knowledge of the inner-workings of the music industry and her insight into client’s needs has made her an invaluable asset for The TEAM Companies.
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Rori Floyd
Vice President of Business Affairs Division of The TEAM Companies
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Kat Krone
Vice President of Labor Relations of The TEAM Companies
Kat is one of The TEAM Companies’ well-regarded and invaluable assets. A human search engine of talent contract knowledge, Kat has the cherished ability to not only break down contracts but to also communicate the nuances of those agreements to others so that they may work smarter in the future. As a magna cum laude graduate of Brandeis University with Honors in Theater Arts and an MBA from the UCLA Graduate School of Management in Arts Administration and Labor Relations, Kat brought a special passion for acting and business to her 15 years of work in contracts and business affairs in the regional and national offices of SAG and AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Actors). Kat’s extensive experience with talent labor agreements began at the national SAG office in Hollywood, where she initially worked as a business agent and contract representative. Kat eventually assumed the position of Executive Director of the SAG/AFTRA office in Dallas/Fort Worth. In 1995, she joined Media Services as Director of Labor Relations. She then worked at Cast & Crew in the same capacity before joining TEAM in 2004 where her expertise continues to be an invaluable resource in helping discover unique and innovative solutions for our clients.
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Melissa Lintinger
Senior Vice President, Production Finance of Comcast NBCUniversal
Melissa Lintinger is a dynamic, collaborative finance and operations leader with a history of successfully guiding organizations through periods of growth and transition. She has the ability to bring out the best in teams, combining exemplary interpersonal skills with a relentless drive for continuous improvement and change management based on sound strategic analysis. Melissa is currently the SVP of Production Finance for NBCUniversal’s TV Studios where she champions technology initiatives to align the production finance processes within NBCU with the rapidly transforming industry. Prior to joining NBCU, Melissa held various leadership positions in media including Vice President of Production Finance at Viacom/BET Networks, leading teams in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, CFO of Bombo Sports & Entertainment, a production company with offices in the US and UK, and head of Production Finance at Oxygen Media during its start up phase. Melissa earned a BS in Marketing and International Business with an Art History minor, and an MBA in Finance, from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Melissa lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, daughter and French bulldog. A recent emigrant from downtown Manhattan, she is acclimating to the clear and open skies of her hillside home. She is a member of Women in Cable Television (WICT), the New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) and Advancing Women Executives (AWE).
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Marcello Coltro
Senior Vice President Marketing, Digital & Creative of Comcast NBCUniversal
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Deborah Turness
President, NBC News International of Comcast NBCUniversal
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Patrick Kirby
Vice President of Accounts & Sales of GlassView
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Neeraj Bansal
President & Co-Founder of Siminars
Neeraj Bansal is the Co-Founder and President of Siminars.
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Neville Taraporewalla
President of Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd
Former Executive Leader@Microsoft@Yahoo@Publicitas@The Times of India Group.
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Jackie Mountain
President, RightSmith, Inc. of RightSmith Group
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Nicholas Dujnic
Vice President Marketing of LiveIntent
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Rich Routman
President and Chief Revenue Officer of Minute Media
Rich is the President of Minute Media, where he is responsible for all commercial activities and partnerships and for growing the North American operations of 12up. A seasoned digital and sports media executive, he most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Perform Media, the world’s largest digital sports content and media group and owner of Sporting News. Prior to that, Rich launched the distribution and monetization business for Silver Chalice Ventures and has previous experience at both early stage start-ups and large organizations such as the NFL. Rich is a board member of Special Spectators, a 501©(3) nonprofit organization that creates magical days for seriously ill children and their families at sporting events across the U.S. He received his bachelor of science at the University of Florida and lives in Westchester, NY with his family and three children. His favorite team is the Miami Dolphins.
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Russ Torres
Vice President of Digital Video Content and Strategy of USA Today
Russ Torres serves as VP of Digital Video Content and Strategy for USA TODAY NETWORK and is a NAACP award-winning broadcast news producer and journalist. Russ oversees the video production, programming and strategy for the USA TODAY NETWORK across multiple platforms and audiences. Previously, Russ was head of Yahoo! Studios, responsible for developing original video content for Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! News and a dynamic slate of lifestyle properties, overseeing the execution of 40+ digital video programs and LIVE productions across all of Yahoo!. Additionally, he has over two decades of experience in network broadcast television holding positions at BET, NBC and CBS.
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Todd Greene
Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer of Penske Media Corporation
Todd Greene is Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer at Penske Media Corporation
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Andrew Limpus
Associate Vice President, Talent & Recruiting of Penske Media Corporation
Andy Limpus is th eAssociate Vice President, Talent & Recruiting for PMC. For nearly 25 years, Andy has recruited and hired talent for media and many other industries. Andy has worked with a diverse client list including Conde Nast, Hearst, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony/BMG. For five years, with a business partner, Andy owned and ran a successful staffing firm in NYC. Although based in NY, Andy is often found in the PMC West LA headquarters. Andy has a degree in psychology from Michigan State University and is a proud Spartan.
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Christina Yeoh
Vice President, Technical Operations of Penske Media Corporation
Christina Yeoh is PMC’s Vice President of Technical Operations, overseeing Project Management, Network and Infrastructure Management, IT, and Web Operations for all of PMC. She works closely with the PMC Executive Team to focus on large corporate projects, technical operations and planning processes for our rapidly scaling business. Previously, she’s served as PMC’s Director of Projects and also as PMC’s Senior Program Manager, driving the development of digital products and technology projects across all PMC media brands. Since joining PMC from Reed following the Variety acquisition in 2012, Christina has played a pivotal role in leading many complex integration and project management projects for the company. Christina was previously COO at UK-based Magic Milestones Ltd., a digital media project management consultancy working with corporate clients such as the BBC and Reed Business Information. Originally from London, Christina holds an honors degree in Computer Science from the University of Warwick as well as multiple professional project management certifications. She has been working in and around web development and online media for nearly 15 years, leading development teams, production teams and project management teams.
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Stephen Blackwell
President, Alpha Data of Penske Media Corporation
Stephen Blackwell is an entrepreneur, executive and investor in media and technology. He has founded and operated multiple businesses to successful exits over the past decade. In 2009, he founded the popular music and lifestyle brand Death and Taxes where he served as Chief Executive Officer. The brand innovated in marrying digital media with live experiences in the music space. The company was acquired by SpinMedia in June of 2014. He became Chief Executive Officer of SpinMedia in 2014 where he ran a powerful portfolio of assets that included the legendary music brands SPIN and VIBE among others. There he oversaw sales, operations, technology, finance and content. The company was acquired by The Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group in 2016. At The Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, Stephen served as Chief Strategy Officer where he oversaw a $100M revenue business. He was responsible for consumer sales, consumer and entertainment marketing, account management, digital operations, business development and programmatic revenue. In 2017, Stephen became Chief Strategist of BandLab Technologies, where he oversaw Rolling Stone International’s operation and the company’s other media assets. As a growth operator, Stephen is a team leader who has sold through, directed and produced multi-million-dollar partnerships with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Ford, Toyota, American Airlines, P+G, Microsoft, Budweiser, Nike, Brown-Forman and more. Stephen joined PMC to found its Corporate Sales division and serve as Managing Director of BuzzAngle. By 2020, Stephen moved on to serve as President of the newly branded Alpha Data, overseeing its operations. LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2FAw0ch
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Judith Margolin
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of Penske Media Corporation
Judy serves as the Deputy General Counsel of PMC. She joined PMC in March 2016 and supports the General Counsel in all legal, compliance and risk management matters. She has spent the last twenty years as media, publishing and advertising in-house counsel with extensive expertise in intellectual property, media and First Amendment law, advertising and marketing, litigation and claims management, and compliance. Judy has worked with some of the largest and best-known digital and print media and advertising brands and companies in the world, including Penguin Putnam Inc. (now Penguin Random House), Time Inc. and Publicis Groupe. Before representing client organizations, Judy was a litigator at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she focused on international corporate transactions. Judy is a long-time member of the New York State Media Bar Committee and has served on the MPA-Association of Magazine Media Legal Affairs Committee and the Bar Association of the City of New York Committees on Copyright and Media Law. Judy lives in New York City with her family. She has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
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Tammy Wincup
President of Protocol Media
Tammy is the President of Protocol, a new media company focused on the people, power and politics of tech. Technology is no longer an industry. It’s a global power center with the sweep and impact of any nation’s capital. We plan to cover it like one. From the publisher of Politico, Protocol will equip executives, investors, innovators, and policymakers with the reporting and insights they need to understand a world in rapid change. In 2019, Tammy was a Senior Advisor to The RISE Fund. The RISE Fund is a $2 billion global impact fund led by private equity firm TPG in collaboration with a group of renowned stakeholders including U2 lead singer Bono.
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About Protocol Media, Rethink Education: Protocol Media is a global power center with the sweep and impact of any nation’s capital.
Tracy Merzi
Market President & Publisher, Dallas Business Journal of The Business Journals
Tracy Merzi has been with American City Business Journals for over 20 years in various sales andmarketing positions at the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Washington Business Journal. Tracycurrently serves as the Market President and Publisher for the Dallas Business Journal. She serves onvarious boards in the community including being Past Chairman of Junior Achievement, The DallasWomen’s Foundation Board, and several business industry association boards. She and her husbandAlan have two girls Sophia and Haley.
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Josh Schanker
President and Founder of BookBub
Josh is a serial entrepreneur who has launched, sold, advised, and invested in various startups. His previous companies include Sombasa Media, an email marketing firm he grew and sold to About.com, and Sconex, a social networking site for teens bought by Alloy Media. Josh holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
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Donna Dennis
Vice President of Nova Science Publishers
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Tim Stautberg
President and CEO of Journal Media Group
Tim was named President and CEO of Journal Media Group upon the company’s formation in 2015 as a merger between the publishing operations of the E. W. Scripps Company and Journal Communications, Inc. Previously, he was senior vice president of newspapers for Scripps, a role in which he led the company’s portfolio of newspapers and affiliated digital products in 13 markets. Tim joined Scripps in 1990 as part of the company’s executive development program. In 1992, he joined the Rocky Mountain News, where he held various management positions before being named assistant to the publisher. He was named general manager of the Redding, Calif., Record Searchlight in 1997. In 1999, he returned to Cincinnati to become vice president of corporate communications and investor relations. In 2008, he became the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer before taking over leadership of the newspaper division in 2011. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kenyon College and a master’s degree in business administration, with a specialization in finance, from the University of Chicago. While earning his MBA, he worked as a commercial banking officer for Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago. A trustee of the Scripps Howard Foundation and chairman of the board of Beech Acres Parenting Center, Tim is also a member of the Newspaper Association of America Board of Directors.
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Jason Graham
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Journal Media Group
Jason was named CFO of Journal Communications in 2014 and took on the same role with the newly formed Journal Media Group in 2015. In this role, he oversees the company’s corporate financial, audit, investor relations and information technologies activities. He joined Journal Communications in 2012 as vice president and corporate controller after serving in the same role at Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., the country’s largest senior living community owner/operator. Before that, he was a senior manager at KPMG LLP, assistant controller at GE Healthcare and corporate accounting manager at APW Ltd. Jason holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Marquette University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He serves on the board of Vital Voices for Mental Health and is a member of a Milwaukee-based angel investing group and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee.
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Trina Jashinsky
Vice President of Journal Media Group
Trina is responsible for leading Human Resources for Journal Media Group, including talent management, talent acquisition, employee engagement, compensation, benefits, human resources policies and procedures, compliance and employee and labor relations. She joined Journal from Fiserv, where she served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for the Credit Union Solutions and Open Solutions divisions. Previously, she was with Johnson Controls as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources Global, and Director, Global Human Resources Programs and Human Resources Information Management. For 12 years prior, she was the Vice President – Human Resources for Norlight Telecommunications, then a subsidiary of Journal Communications. Trina holds a BA in Public Administration/Personnel Management from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and a Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
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