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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 California based Director operating in the Advertising space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Giovanni Gardelli
Senior Director, Ad Targeting Products of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Mozan Totani
Director, Head of Data Center Development and Delivery of Verizon Media
Mozan Totani is the Regional Manager, Amazon Web Services Infrastructure Operations.
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About Amazon Web Services, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Niranjan Nagar
Sr. Director, Product Partnerships of Verizon Media
Niranjan is the Sr. Director of Product Management at Verizon Media focused on product partnerships. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and a business leader with over 20 years of experience in digital entertainment and software services. He has extensive experience in software engineering, strategic planning, partnership and digital marketing working for leading software companies like Facebook, Electronic Arts, Listen.com/RealNetworks. Prior to Samsung, he was at Facebook focused on the growth of the games business, developing marketing strategy for mobile and console game publishers, and driving the integration of the Facebook platform on Playstation and the Xbox game consoles. He also co-founded SingShot, a karaoke based social networking service and a founding team member and VP of Engineering at Listen.com that created the Rhapsody music service. Niranjan has a MS in Computer Science from Drexel University and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Karnatak University in India. He is also a graduate of the SEP at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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About Meta, Samsung NEXT, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Alison Bellach Sonderegger
Director of Engineering of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Christopher Vincelli
Director, Global Partnerships of Verizon Media
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About Millennial Media, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Faith Murphy
Sr. Director, SMB Partnerships of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Faith Murphy
Sr. Director, SMB Partnerships of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Ryan Bell
Marketing Director at Comcast SportsTech of Boomtown Accelerators
Ryan A Bell is recipient of the Presidential Award for his volunteer work with Special Olympics and the youth in Oakland. He is a writer for The Good Men Project and a branding/marketing specialist for companies of all sizes. He also happens to be the most connected man on Periscope.
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About Boomtown Accelerators: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Jasper Lenz Radeke
Sr. Director, Marketing, North America of AppsFlyer
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Robin Pam
Director of Product Marketing of Optimizely
Robin Pam is the director of product marketing at Optimizely.
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About Optimizely: Optimizely is a platform that provides digital experience solutions.
Vlad Kachur
Co-Founder, Director of Promolta
Vlad Kachur create strong marketing directions to help musicians be seen and establish new fans. Promolta’s co-founder believes every musician deserves to be recognized for his or her talent and hardwork.
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About Promolta: A self service advertising platform to promote videos in targeted blogs, websites, mobile apps, games and social networks.
Dawn Lepore
Member of the Board of Directors of AOL
Dawn Lepore is an advisor to GoodRx.Dawn most recently was CEO and Chairman of the Board of drugstore.com, inc., a leading online retailer of health, beauty, and wellness products, which she led from 2004 until its sale to Walgreens in 2011. Dawn also served as the former Interim Chief Executive Officer at Prosper Marketplace, Inc., a peer-to-peer lending marketplace from March 2012 to January 2013. Prior to joining drugstore.com, Dawn held leadership positions at The Charles Schwab Company, an investment services firm that provides brokerage, banking and investment related services to consumers and businesses. In Dawn’s 21 years with Schwab, Dawn held a variety of roles. Dawn served as Vice Chairman of technology, operations, administration, strategy and active trader, was Chief Information Officer, a member of Schwab’s executive committee and a trustee of SchwabFunds. Dawn serves on the boards of directors of Real Networks, Inc., Coupons.com and TJX Companies, Inc., AOL Inc. and Decide.com.Dawn previously served on the board of directors of eBay Inc. from 1999 to January 2013, The New York Times Company from 2008 to 2011 and drugstore.com, inc. from 2004 to 2011 and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. Dawn brings to the Board extensive experience, expertise and background in internet commerce and information technology gained from her roles at Schwab and background in building and operating online businesses gained from her service as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of drugstore.com, inc. She also brings public company board experience gained from her service as a board member of Real Networks, Inc., Coupons.com Incorporated and TJX Companies, Inc., eBay Inc., The New York Times Company and drugstore.com, inc.Dawn holds a B.A. Degree from Smith College.
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About : AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Evan Fribourg
Director of Engineering of AOL
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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.
Evan Fribourg
Director of Engineering of AOL
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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.
Lenny Shteynberg
Director of Sales of Open Influence
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About Open Influence: Open Influence is a marketing company that helps brands and advertisers engage and grow their desired audiences through social media.
Mayank Kohaley
Director of Engineering of Zeta Global
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Mohitosh Negandhi
Director – Programmatic Business of FreakOut Holdings
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About FreakOut Holdings: FreakOut is marketing technology company that develops and sells marketing platforms.
Moe Braun
Marketing Director of WaiveCar
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About WaiveCar: Waive’s goal is to bring the cost of mobility to zero by utilizing cutting edge ad tech.
Jacob Lange
Director of Operations of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Bryan Ngo
Director of Sales Operations of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Jennifer Aden
Director of Sales of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Zack Boone
Senior Director, Accounts and Integrated Marketing of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Jordan Gilbert
Director, Digital Programming of Lionsgate
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Chris Hughes
President of Enhance, Director of MobileFuse
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About Enhance, FGL.com, MobileFuse: MobileFuse is a mobile-first ad network offering advanced targeting and ad serving solutions to marketers.
Shane Small
Executive Creative Director of eko
As Executive Creative Director at Interlude, Shane wrote and created award-winning projects for artists and brands such as CeeLo Green and CocaCola, and is currently working on Interlude’s first VR project, set to launch in 2016. Shane’s background highlights his passion for different and immersive content; Exploding Kittens, which he created and produced, is the game with the highest number of Kickstarter backers to date. At Xbox Entertainment Studios, he worked on original interactive Movies and TV shows for the Xbox gaming console. Prior to that, amongst other things, he co-founded Edoc Laundry, the first interactive clothing brand, where hidden messages and codes in the clothing unlocked murder mystery video content online, and Funtini, where he developed top mobile hits for Marvel & Disney.
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
John Zietzke
Senior Director, Media & Operations of TargetClose
Transitioning from cable & data network sales in 2002, John Zietzke has more than 11 years of digital marketing, demand generation, and online customer acquisition experience across search, email, affiliate, display, and social media. Prior to joining TargetClose, John served as director of online media for Experian’s direct-to-consumer credit and identity protection division where he managed over $75 million in annual marketing budget and led brand response strategy with key partners including Google/YouTube, Yahoo, AOL, and MSN. Before Experian, John played in integral role in growing Fonality, an early stage B2B VoIP technology company, from zero revenue to over $50 million in annual sales, where he oversaw strategic partnerships and digital marketing. Having a taste for entrepreneurship and business strategy John has also operated his own B2B lead generation business and consulted for a variety of companies in the real estate, finance, technology, and health sectors to help them design, launch, and optimize their direct response and search marketing strategies. John holds a bachelors degree from Loyola Marymount University and an MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School.
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About TargetClose: Our business focuses on efficiently delivering customers for direct to consumer brands.
Vinoth Gopinathan
Senior Director Of Data Operations of Hearst Digital Media
Senior Director Of Engineering at Hearst Magazines.
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About Hearst Digital Media: Hearst Magazines Digital Media oversees the 20+ digital magazine properties including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.
Yan Li
Director Of Engineering of Conviva
Yan is an Engineering Manager at Conviva, where she has been working on various projects in the area of Internet video streaming, and has built several products used by content publishers and ecosystem partners to monitor and optimize the experience of millions of end viewers. Yan holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
James Barrese
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Barrese is a technologist with more than 25 years of experience spanning the military, the academic world, business consulting, and enterprise platforms and infrastructure. He currently serves as CTO of PayPal, and previously spent nearly 10 years in executive technology roles at eBay, where he was most recently VP of Technology. Earlier in his career, he was VP of engineering at Charitableway, a manager at Andersen Consulting, and programmer in the Materials Science Department at Stanford University. He got his start in technology with the Signal Corps in the U.S. Army. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Donald Hutchison
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Since 2002, Don’s principal employment has been as an angel investor in start-up technology companies. From June 2006 to July 2008, Don was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Recurrent Energy, a solar energy provider. Prior to that, Don served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of work.com, a joint venture established by Dow Jones and Excite@Home. Don previously served in senior positions at Excite@Home and Netcom Communications. Don has previously served as a member of the board of directors of many privately-held companies, including, W&W Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, which was acquired by Cavium, Inc. Don holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.B.A. in Finance and Organizational Development from Loyola Marymount University. Don brings to our board of directors significant experience analyzing and investing in other technology companies, as well as management and leadership experience as a former founder and executive of technology companies.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Adam Abramson
Director of Digital – Late Late Show w/ James Corden of CBS Interactive
In addition to being the only person to contribute to, and probably ever see, my profile, I was on the amazing team that won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Internet Program – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Anastacia Flores
Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition of CBS Interactive
Anastacia Flores is the Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition at CBS Interactive.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Joel Downs
Sr. Director of Product Development of CBS Interactive
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Sergey Pronin
Director of Trust and Security of Postclick
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About Instapage, Postclick: The world’s leading solution for improving digital ad conversions-creating digital experiences that optimize and increase return on ad spend
Ryan Gushue
Marketing Director of Enplug
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About Enplug: Enplug is a software company that built the first open platform for digital displays everywhere.
Malia Supe
Senior Partner, Global Managing Director, WPP Team Lead of Ogilvy
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About Ogilvy, Ogilvy, WPP: Global brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships.
Francisco Almendares
Director of Customer Success of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
Steve Mazza
Director of US Sales of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
Dana OMalley
Senior Director of Sales, West of LoopMe
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About LoopMe, Ranker: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Josh Henry-Hicks
Digital Marketing Director of MuteSix
Josh is the VP of Facebook Marketing at MuteSix, in Los Angeles, California. He manages 9 figures of ad spend while leading and developing the creative strategy for dozens of D2C brands. Since joining Mutesix, Josh has scaled brands at a growth rate of over 500% and has become one of the most successful direct response advertisers in the digital space. He achieved this success by delivering the perfect combination of creative and paid media expertise to maximize brand results. Prior to MuteSix, Josh was the head of marketing at City Beach—Australia’s premier youth lifestyle brand. There, he lead a predominately brick and mortar retail business into digital dominance by launching their eCommerce presence in 2007 and growing it to over a 100 million dollar channel in 2015. City Beach is now recognized as one of the most dynamic multichannel retailers in the country.
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About MuteSix: MuteSix is a performance marketing agency specializing in Facebook advertising and Google Adwords.
Dan Kost
Managing Director of Sports & Entertainment of Sportrons
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About Sportrons: Sportrons is a sports marketing consulting agency that associate a brand to a Sports Team, Event, or Venue.
Oscar Garza
Global Director of Programmatic of Essence
Oscar is the Global Head of Media Activation for Essence, a global digital agency that is part of GroupM. In this role, he is responsible for the overseeing all buying and optimization of the agency’s media, which includes biddable, programmatic and reservation. He was formerly the agency’s Global Director of Programmatic. Prior to joining Essence, Oscar spent his career developing in-house media capabilities on the client side. Most recently, he was Director of Acquisition for Electronic Arts. There, he was charged with the design and development of EA’s performance advertising tracking, data housing and analysis. At Essence, Oscar has taken this custom, specialized approach and is applying it to clients desiring cutting-edge media capabilities.
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About Essence: Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven agency whose mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world.
Marjorie Sennett
Member of the Board of Directors of QuinStreet
Marjorie Sennett has served as a member of the board of directors since August 2014. Previously, she was a managing director from 2004 to 2009, senior research analyst from 2002 to 2003, and consultant in 2001 at Farallon Capital Management, LLC. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2000, Marjorie Sennett served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of eGROUPS, Inc., where she co-led the sale of the company to Yahoo! Inc.. From 1989 to 1998, she served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where she led the company’s initial public offering in 1992, as well as multiple follow-on public offerings. From 1982 to 1986, Marjorie Sennett was an associate and assistant treasurer at Bankers Trust Company in the corporate finance and commercial lending departments. She holds a B.A. in Biology and English from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About : QuinStreet is an online performance marketing company providing technologies for businesses to identify their targeted audiences.
Katie O’Connor
Director of Content Strategy and Development of QuinStreet
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About QuinStreet: QuinStreet is an online performance marketing company providing technologies for businesses to identify their targeted audiences.
Tatiana Birgisson
Director, Marketing Growth of Ampush
Tatiana Birgisson is the Director of Marketing at Ampush
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About Ampush: Ampush fuels growth for some of the world’s most disruptive companies.
Sam Jackson
Director of Product Management, Fraud Detection & Prevention of Neustar
Sam Jackson is the director of product management for fraud detection and prevention at Neustar.
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About Neustar: Neustar is a tech company that offers a range of cloud-based services for marketing and IT professionals.
Sam Jackson
Director of Product Management, Fraud Detection & Prevention of Neustar
Sam Jackson is the director of product management for fraud detection and prevention at Neustar.
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About Neustar: Neustar is a tech company that offers a range of cloud-based services for marketing and IT professionals.
Anise Rawji
Director of content strategy of Sabio
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Clint Walden
Executive Creative Director of Mindgruve
Clint is Cofounder and Executive Creative Director of Mindgruve where he leads the creative vision for the agency’s brand and plays a strategic role in defining how clients can best position their brand and customer experience for success. Over the past decade, he has led creative projects for some of the top consumer and B2B brands in America such as Procter & Gamble, Live Nation, Oracle and Qualcomm. Prior to Mindgruve, Clint spent more than a decade as founder of a leading design and brand consultancy shop. He also serves on several boards in the consumer, technology and B2B space. Clint is considered one of the top creative executives in the industry, with numerous industry awards spanning two decades of work.
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About Mindgruve: A Modern Marketing Agency. Ideas connecting brands to people.
Michael Garten
Managing Director of Mindgruve
Michael is the Managing Director of Mindgruve Los Angeles and San Francisco. He is the lead for the agency’s client engagements as well as the Managing Director of Mindgruve’s client services capability on the west coast. Prior to Mindgruve, Michael was Director, Special Events at the NBA where he oversaw all global brand events namely the NBA All-Star Weekend and McDonald’s All American Championship games. Most recently he spent 10 years as Executive Director at the PGA Tour managing the west coast World Golf Championships. With over 20 years of marketing experience across advertising, media, marketing, and technology, Mike has successfully led teams where he drove strategy and value proposition development for several global brands. Specialties: Business Modeling Digital Marketing Event Management Event Marketing Ecommerce Social Media Marketing Mix Strategy Search Engine Optimization Sponsorships Sports Marketing Website Strategy, Design & Development
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About Mindgruve: A Modern Marketing Agency. Ideas connecting brands to people.
Hall Davidson
Director, Discovery Educator Network of Discovery
Hall Davidson has become a master and advocate for technology integration in education. He has worked with ministries, school districts, and industries across the world. Davidson was an integral force in creating and providing Internet-based video-on-demand for classrooms. He has become a leading guru of virtual environments, learning with mobile devices, social media, and digital textbooks. He has seen thousands of student projects through guidance of the nation’s oldest student media festival. He is currently the Discovery Education Global Learning Initiative Senior Director. He serves on the board of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
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About Discovery, Discovery Education: Discovery is a multinational mass media factual television company covering science, history, geography, survival, and more.
Anthony Watson
Independent Non Executive Director of Digital Globe Services
Anthony is Managing Director & Chief Information Officer of Europe Retail & Business Banking & Global Operations for Barclays Bank PLC. Anthony has over 16 years of experience in managing complex technology ecosystems in major global firms with high data processing requirements. Immediately prior to Barclays Anthony was Senior Vice President & Global Head of Technology Services for Wells Fargo Bank leading technology operations across 44 countries. Previously Anthony has worked at CitiGroup, Microsoft and First-e Bancorp, Europe’s first internet bank. Anthony is a British Citizen and lives in London, England. In addition, Anthony is a Founding Trustee and Member of the Board of The Inclusion Foundation (An independent grant giving charity that provides financial support, advice and assistance to charitable and voluntary organisations working in equality, diversity and inclusion from across the United Kingdom), An ambassador for Stonewall (Europe’s largest LGB rights charity) and an Ambassador for Diversity Role Models (A UK based LGBT education and anti bulling charity). Anthony also chairs the European Diversity Awards, Europe’s largest awards ceremony, which recognises and celebrates individuals, organisations and companies from across Europe, which make a difference in the field of diversity. Anthony is an Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Renumeration Committee of DGS.
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About Digital Globe Services: Digital Globe Services is a provider of internet-based advertising services.
Shannon Ong
Executive Director, Client Development of IZEA
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About IZEA, IZEA: IZEA creates marketplaces that connect brands with influential content creators and publishers at-scale.
Alec Emmons
Creative Director of Hone
For at least 15 years, Alec has creatively fused traditional, digital and arcane concepts together. Sometimes, even on purpose. Possessing a lifelong passion of the esoteric and aesthetic, his work has appeared on TV, Film, Billboards, online, in-store displays & packaging, posters, CDs, Vinyl LPs, and virtually anywhere else that could benefit from having a designed element. Previous work: Kleiner Perkins-backed BlueOak Resources, Peter Thiel-backed Modern Meadow; IAC/Electus-backed dumbdumb, Capitol Records, Atlantic Records, Rhino Entertainment, WMG, UMG, Sony Music, Wal*Mart, VIACOM properties, JWT, RocNation, ABC, FOX, Time, Inc. and Conde Nast.
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About Driftr, Hone: Content marketing and native advertising technology company.
Julie Thompson
Director of Client Service & Operations of The TEAM Companies
The story of Julie Thompson’s career begins in a book store in the land of Calabasas where, once upon a time, she was a well-respected manager and trainer for Walden Books and then Barnes & Noble. One day, out of the blue, a friend from a land not so far away (L.A.) told Julie of a world called commercials where people got paid to pretend to be someone else in order to sell products. However, there were special rules for paying these pretenders (known as “Talent”) and those rules were encased in the complex pages of what are called the SAG & AFTRA commercial agreements. It took wizards to decipher these agreements and this Intrigued Julie. Always up for an adventure, she joined her friend in the Talent division of Media Services to learn the craft. While at Media Services she heard of Shannon Kerns, a grand wizard of the SAG & AFTRA contracts. In hopes that Shannon was looking for an apprentice, Julie reached out to her at Cast & Crew. She struck a chord with the oracle of these union contracts and was invited to join Shannon and her crew of merry people. Julie quickly absorbed the wisdom and strategic thinking of this knowledgeable mentor & when the opportunity came for Shannon to move the entire group to TEAM, Julie followed without hesitation. The knowledge that she has gleaned by deeply immersing herself in the SAG/AFTRA agreements and applying them in many unique circumstances has provided Julie with deep insight and catapulted her through the ranks at The TEAM Companies, first to the role of Manager of their Talent division on the west coast and now as Director, Client Service and Operations. Julie continues to work closely with clients to understand the nuances of their projects and then matches the most appropriate person on her staff to help find the best solution so that they live happily ever after.
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Julie Thompson
Director of Client Service & Operations of The TEAM Companies
The story of Julie Thompson’s career begins in a book store in the land of Calabasas where, once upon a time, she was a well-respected manager and trainer for Walden Books and then Barnes & Noble. One day, out of the blue, a friend from a land not so far away (L.A.) told Julie of a world called commercials where people got paid to pretend to be someone else in order to sell products. However, there were special rules for paying these pretenders (known as “Talent”) and those rules were encased in the complex pages of what are called the SAG & AFTRA commercial agreements. It took wizards to decipher these agreements and this Intrigued Julie. Always up for an adventure, she joined her friend in the Talent division of Media Services to learn the craft. While at Media Services she heard of Shannon Kerns, a grand wizard of the SAG & AFTRA contracts. In hopes that Shannon was looking for an apprentice, Julie reached out to her at Cast & Crew. She struck a chord with the oracle of these union contracts and was invited to join Shannon and her crew of merry people. Julie quickly absorbed the wisdom and strategic thinking of this knowledgeable mentor & when the opportunity came for Shannon to move the entire group to TEAM, Julie followed without hesitation. The knowledge that she has gleaned by deeply immersing herself in the SAG/AFTRA agreements and applying them in many unique circumstances has provided Julie with deep insight and catapulted her through the ranks at The TEAM Companies, first to the role of Manager of their Talent division on the west coast and now as Director, Client Service and Operations. Julie continues to work closely with clients to understand the nuances of their projects and then matches the most appropriate person on her staff to help find the best solution so that they live happily ever after.
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Jim Prosser
Managing Director, Corporate Affairs & Advisory Services – U.S. Western Region of Edelman Digital
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About Edelman Digital: Edelman Digital, a public relations firm, offers analysis, advertising, marketing, branding, and content and strategy management services.
Shana Ireland
Director West Coast Sales of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Felix Gomez
Director – Global Entertainment of YuMe
Felix Gomez is the West Coast Director at Yume, overseeing YuMe’s Los Angeles office. Felix joined the YuMe team in May 2013 to focus on creating multi-screen video strategies and experiences for the Connected Consumer. Additionally, Felix oversees YuMe’s Global Entertainment division, implementing international strategies for Entertainment partners in Los Angeles. Prior to joining YuMe, Felix spent seven years in Los Angeles working for PointRoll and Sizmek focusing on Ad Technology solutions for advertisers and a gencies throughout the country. Felix attended Long Beach State University (B.A. English) where he was a member of the university’s Division One Baseball program and currently resides in Santa Monica, CA.
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About Spotify, YuMe: YuMe is a provider of digital video brand advertising solutions that drives inventory monetization and more.
Jennifer Aguilar
Director of Community of Communities for Cause
Jennifer Aguilar has an accomplished background in local community engagement and technology development. For the past 9 years she has been dedicated to her family while leading volunteerism and fundraising activities for the Special Olympics Tennis and The Pegasus School in Huntington Beach. Previously, Jennifer was a management consultant with Ernst & Young for 8 years where she focused on systems implementation for online businesses. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from UCLA.
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About Communities for Cause: Communities for Cause is a mobile and online marketplace connecting charitable organizations with merchants to raise funds for their cause.
Sambit Patnaik
Director, Product Management, Video of Magnite
Sambit Patnaik serves as director of product management at Rubicon Project.
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About Magnite: Magnite is an advertising automation platform enabling premium publishers to transact advertising brands.
Sterling Montes
Director of Growth of Snapwire
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About Snapwire: Snapwire is a platform where talented creators shoot custom visual content for brands and businesses around the world.
Ben Pham
Co-founder & Creative Director of Character
en Pham a self-starter would be a considerable understatement. Before finishing his graphic design degree, he maintained prestigious clients like San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Symphony and Stanford to pay his tuition, and was even offered a design position a year prior to graduation. A perpetual early riser (4:30am!) with infinite energy we wish we could bottle, Ben looks at every day as an opportunity to do great things. As a leader of the design and strategy teams, Ben likes to draw inspiration from unexpected places, relying on his personal motto of “look in the wrong place to find the right answer.” While at Character, Ben has worked with numerous brands including Adobe, Uber, Facebook, Google, Samsung, Nike, Fitbit and Amazon. When he’s not in the studio in search of the next big idea, he can be found advising young entrepreneurs, snowboarding in Tahoe, cooking for friends at his home in Oakland or relaxing with his wife Tish (Character co-founder) and their adorable Yorkie, Wally.
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About Character: Character is a San Francisco-based branding & design agency.
Matt Murphy
Partner & Group Creative Director of 72andSunny
Matt is partner and Group Creative Director at 72andSunny, where he helps lead the company’s commitment to experimentation with art, technology, and entertainment. During his five and half years at 72andSunny, he’s worked across many brands, including the iconic collaboration between K-Swiss and Kenny Powers of HBO’s “Eastbound and Down” to create “Kenny Powers, MFCEO” as well as creating the fully integrated launch campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. He currently leads the creative charge on all things Google, including the relaunch of the Google’s Search App which invited New Yorkers to rediscover their city through bespoke OOH placements all throughout the city; YouTube’s Proud to Play film, which celebrated equality in sports during the World Cup; and the recent Made With Code: Holiday Lights project, which gave Google’s initiative to get teenage girls into coding a national stage at the White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Prior to 72andSunny, Matt spent three years at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland working on Nike and EA.When Matt is not finding new and interesting ways to work with brands to solve creative problems, he can be found dreaming up his next art project.
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About 72andSunny, 72andSunny: 72andSunny drives transactions by making brands matter in culture. They have offices in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
Derek Ramsay
Senior Director of Project Management of Penske Media Corporation
As Senior Platform Manager, Derek Ramsay drives the operational aspects of PMC’s publishing platform with a focus on editorial training and content creation workflows. In addition, he manages the integration of related third-party platforms that extend the reach of PMC’s content. Derek has worked in user experience design and web development for over 18 years, and he has been with PMC since 2000. Prior to joining the PMC team, he held the position of Production Director at both Viewpoint, a 3D visualization company servicing the entertainment and business industries, and Springbox, a digital services and marketing company with a client roster that includes Honda, Scion and GE Aviation. Derek holds an honors degree in architecture from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Rohit Thawani
Creative Director of Media Arts Lab
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About Media Arts Lab: Apple’s official ad agency, TBWA/Media Arts Lab
Victoria Graham
Group Marketing Director, Google of R/GA
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About R/GA: R/GA offers advertising and marketing services.
Ross Greenberg
Director of Business Development of Status Labs
I help individuals and companies to develop an online strategy to better increase, promote, or repair their online presence. Contact me for a free consultation and/or if you are interested in becoming an affiliate partner: ross@statuslabs.com
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About Status Labs: The Premier Online Reputation Management Firm
Spencer Blye
Business Development Director of Status Labs
Spencer is a Business Development Director at Status Labs and heads up the company’s west coast operations from Los Angeles. Prior to joining Status Labs, he was a Digital Strategist at Weber Shandwick in New York where he guided the strategic development and planning of campaigns for brands such as Unilever, Fisher Price, Sonos and Bank of America. Spencer graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BS in Human and Organizational Development, and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership.
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Michael Brochu
Director & Chairman of Compensation Committee of Hipcricket
Michael A. Brochu, also known as Mike, serves as an Independent Director of HopTo Inc. since April 20, 2012. He has been an Independent Director of Hipcricket, Inc. since June 17, 2013. He has been a Director of OnHealth Network Co. since April 1997, Loudeye Corp. since December 2003, Zotec Partners, LLC, and Captura Software, Inc. since October 2000. He serves as a Director of Centro, Inc. He serves as a Director of GraphOn Corporation; Allrecipes.com, Inc.; and Washington Software Alliance. Brochu serves on the Boards of the WSA, The Vines of Mendoza, Centro Digital Media, and several public and private technology companies. He also sits on the Advisory Boards for two venture capital firms including Voyager Capital. He served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Global Market Insite, Inc. (GMI) since June 18, 2007. Brochu served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Loudeye Corp. since January 31, 2005. From November 1997 to November 2004, he served as the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. from 1999 to 2004. He transformed Primus Knowledge Solutions from a small private business with a single product into a publicly traded company with a market-leading software suite, a European presence, and a worldwide customer base. Brochu helped in facilitating the November 2004 acquisition of Primus by Art Technology Group (ATG). Prior thereto, from October 1995 to October 1997, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Sierra On-Line Inc. (alternate name Sierra Entertainment, Inc.) and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President from July 1994 to October 1997. He served as a Senior Vice President of CUC International, Inc. since July 1996. He served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of 2 Order, Inc. and Imparto Software, Corp. From November 1998 to November 2004, Brochu served as the Chairman of Primus. He served as Executive Chairman of OnHealth Network Company since 1997. He served as a Director of Integrated Systems, Inc. since April 1998. He served as a Director of Primus Knowledge Solutions Inc. since November 1997; Art Technology Group Inc. from November 2004 to January 5, 2011 and EmPhysisMed.com. He was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. Brochu received his B.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Texas at El Paso.
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About Hipcricket: Hipcricket provides a unified mobile engagement platform that drives awareness, sales and loyalty for brands.
Diego Ponce De Leon
Senior Director of Publisher Partnerships of Holler
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About Holler: Holler is a Conversational Media company, focused on the creation and delivery of content that helps peer-to-peer messages be effective.
Demetrius Econopouly
WC Digital Practice Lead, Senior Partner, Senior Director of MEC
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About MEC: MEC is a global advertising and media campaign agency.
Karen Francis
Lead Independent Director of Telenav
Karen C. Francis joined AcademixDirect in 2009 and serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She brings a valuable combination of marketing, technology and educational experience to the education marketing company. She was most recently Chairman and CEO of Publicis & Hal Riney, an advertising agency based in San Francisco and owned by global holding company Publicis in Paris, France. Prior to that, she held senior executive positions with Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Internet Capital Group and Bain & Company management consulting. Karen serves on the Board of Directors of Mamapedia.com and has contributed as an advisor to technology companies for the last ten years, including comScore, XL Tech Group, Redloop Media and Scanscout. She also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Dartmouth College for nine years, honing her expertise in the trends and issues facing higher education today. The owner of a zinfandel vineyard in Healdsburg, California, Karen is an avid wine collector and is a member of the Napa Valley Vine Trails Coalition. She enjoys hiking and cycling. Karen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College. She studied at l’Université de Toulouse, France and speaks French.
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About Telenav: Accelerating towards a connected car future with smarter, easier, safer innovation.
Konrad Demkowicz
Art Director of Strike Social
Konrad Demkowicz is Art Director at Strike Social.
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About Strike Social: The global leader in AI for social advertising
Diane Morgan
Director of Finance of Strike Social
Diane Morgan is Director of Finance at Strike Social.
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About Strike Social: The global leader in AI for social advertising
Donovan Neale-May
Founder & Executive Director of CMO Council
Neale-May, 61, is the founder and executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council (www.cmocouncil.org), a global affinity network of more than 9,000+ senior marketing and branding executives, who collectively control more than $450 billion in annual marketing spend. Neale-May is also the founder and executive director of the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network (www.bpinetwork.org), a global management community dedicated to identifying, exploring and sharing emerging trends and transformational ideas and practices that are reshaping world markets and competitive landscapes. Neale-May serves as president and managing partner of GlobalFluency, Inc., the leader in Intelligent Market Engagement™, with 70 offices in over 40 countries. Collectively, GlobalFluency (www.globalfluency.com) member firms have annual billings of $50 million and employ 450 professionals servicing scores of clients across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. He has been managing and running his respected multi-channel marketing and perception management business since 1987, operating from Silicon Valley and New York offices. Previously, Neale-May held senior positions with marketing, promotions and PR agencies, including Ogilvy & Mather, in Silicon Valley, New York, London and Los Angeles. During his 35 years as an international marketing and brand strategist, Neale-May has consulted with over 300 leading multi-nationals, new venture starts and emerging growth companies. Neale-May is listed as one of the Top 100 Most Influential BtoB Marketers in North America by BtoB Magazine. He serves on the board of directors for Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) and is a member of the Rhodes University Board of Governors in South Africa. He is also an adjunct professor at Seoul National University in South Korea.
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About BPI Network, CMO Council, GlobalFluency Inc., The SABLE Accelerator: The CMO Council is a peer-powered network of marketing executives decision-makers from a wide range of global industries.
Kristina Serafim
Managing Director of Verizon Ventures
Kristina Serafim is a Director at Verizon Ventures. Kristina joined Verizon Ventures from Verizon’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence product team. Prior to Verizon, Kristina was a Director at Intellectual Ventures, where she led investments in machine learning, media, advertising, and gaming technologies. Kristina’s entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding and leading two software companies, from their inception to acquisition. Kristina also spent several years on the strategy and corporate development teams at IBM and at NAGRA Innovations. She received an electrical and mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard University.
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About Realtyps, Verizon Ventures: Verizon Ventures invests in entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications.
Jack Lazar
Board of Director of MeasureCast
Jack Lazar has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2014 and will serve until March 2016. From 2011 to 2013, Jack Lazar was employed by Qualcomm where he served as senior vice president corporate development and general manager of Qualcomm Atheros. From 2003 until the company’s $3.6 billion acquisition by Qualcomm in 2011, Jack Lazar served in a variety of positions and most recently as Atheros’ chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development. In 2004, Jack Lazar was CFO and part of the team that took Atheros public, raising $145 million in capital as part of the IPO. During his tenure at Atheros, the company grew to over $1 billion in revenue and acquired a variety of wired and wireless connectivity companies throughout North America and Asia. Prior to joining Atheros, Jack Lazar was the executive vice president of corporate development, chief financial officer and secretary of NetRatings, an Internet audience measurement and analysis company which he helped take public in 1999 and was subsequently acquired by the Nielsen Company in 2007. Prior to joining NetRatings, Jack Lazar was vice president and chief financial officer of Apptitude, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of network management solutions, which was acquired by hi/fn in 2000. Jack Lazar also held various executive positions at Electronics for Imaging and was previously employed by Price Waterhouse. Jack Lazar is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce with an emphasis in accounting from Santa Clara University and serves on the Board of Directors at TubeMogul (NASDAQ: TUBE) and Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB).
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About Atheros Communications: MeasureCast is the first company to provide Internet broadcasters, advertisers.
Mitch Tuchman
Director of Inuvo
Mitch Tuchman’s experience pioneering America’s first online investment advisory service helped him define and codify the retirement needs of working Americans. Rebalance IRA is grounded in this understanding. Mitch and business partner Scott Puritz founded Rebalance IRA with the single goal of helping people retire with more money. Rebalance IRA clients get the same sophisticated investment advice and personalized treatment offered by exclusive wealth management firms, but at a fraction of the cost. As founder and CEO of MarketRiders, Mitch conceived of and built a service for do-it-yourself investors to manage their own retirement portfolios. Modeled after strategies used by elite university endowments, pension funds, and foundations, MarketRiders today helps individual investors manage more than 12,000 portfolios valued at over $4 billion. Those investors have saved over $40 million in yearly fees and have enjoyed less risk in the process, a testament to Mitch’s desire to help working Americans retire with more. Mitch has 25 years of experience in venture capital, public finance, and technology. He was a subadvisor to Apex Capital, LLC, on its $200 million technology and special situations portfolio and managed its venture capital fund.
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About Inuvo, Rebalance: Inuvo delivers superior results for advertisers and publishers by connecting consumers with the right advertisers at the right time.
Yichen Liu
Partner, Executive Director Digital Strategy of Movetic
Yichen Liu is a marketing professional focused on digital advertising for SMBs, Enterprise, and Fortune 100 clients in all verticals. With over 7 years of digital marketing experience and a specialization in paid media, Yichen has had success managing local, national, and multinational campaigns. His clients include MasterCard, Belkin, Mountain Dew, David Yurman, National Pens, Aria Resort & Casino, and Competitor Group Inc. He is currently Partner and Director of Digital Strategy at Movetic, a San Diego based full service creative agency. He enjoys communicating with clients to build results driven marketing campaigns and was a finalist for the San Diego Ad Club Young Achievement Award. Yichen graduated cum laude from San Diego State University and received his BA with distinction in Marketing. He is currently pursuing his MBA at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. In his spare time he enjoys exercise, golf, and photography.
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About Bright Summit Ventures, LLC., Movetic, Movetic: Movetic is a full service creative agency. We unite brands through movement & aesthetics with branding, design, & strategic experiences.
Simon Bromwell
Managing Director, US & Canada of Robert Walters
Simon Bromwell moved from Tokyo to San Francisco in January of 2012 to open the United States’ west coast division of Robert Walters. In less than two years, he has built an incredibly successful team and extensive network from the ground. The team has grown so much that they relocated to a larger office space earlier this summer. Simon specializes in the recruitment of mid-senior level candidates for roles in the tech sector. Prior to starting the San Francisco office, Simon headed up the highly successful Commerce Division at Robert Walters Japan. Here he was instrumental in expanding the scope of the division to include sales & marketing, HR, legal & support, and supply chain recruitment. As the Commerce Division Director, Simon was responsible for the largest single standing practice within the Robert Walters global business (ten teams and 60+ people). Before he joined Robert Walters Japan, Simon worked for a Hong Kong-based boutique executive search firm that focused exclusively on senior management recruitment. He has also worked as a Coordinator of International Relations for a local government body in Southern Japan. Simon Bromwell hails from near Liverpool in the UK. He holds a Master of Arts in Japanese Studies from the University of Edinburgh. Before making the move to the US, Simon lived and worked in Japan for nearly 10 years and is fluent in Japanese. He is a keen sportsman and plays regularly for a local recreational football team.
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About Robert Walters: Robert Walters is a global, specialist professional recruitment consultancy.
Nicole Wilke
Creative Strategy Director of Code and Theory
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About Code and Theory: Code and Theory is a creatively-led agency that creates products, content and campaigns across physical and digital worlds.
David Liu
Director of Manage
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About : Manage has been focused on making mobile easy, efficient and effective for advertisers to get the most out of their mobile efforts.
Bart Story
Senior Director of Research Analysis of MarketCast
Bart has been involved in researching various segments of the entertainment business throughout his career and has developed a keen understanding of the driving forces behind the industry. He particularly enjoys unearthing the hidden nuggets of information that lie below the surface – looking past the more obvious or expected findings to discover practical and actionable results that often prove critical to a property’s success. Bart currently serves as a Senior Director within the Client Services department at MarketCast. Having worked on the advertising campaigns of hundreds of films over the past several years, he takes the lead role on a number of advertising materials testing projects for a variety of clients. Besides having a management role within the department, Bart also oversees MarketCast’s qualitative research work. Bart Story joined MarketCast in 2004 after serving as the Director of Research for the Screen Actors Guild, helping to inform the Board of Directors on entertainment industry economics that, in turn, shaped much of their contract negotiations. Previously, Bart spent nearly a dozen years researching the home entertainment business, winning awards for his work at a trade publication and developing the first point of sale video rental tracking system for the industry’s trade association.
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About MarketCast: MarketCast is a provider of marketing research services for the global entertainment industry.
Gregory Ferland
Managing Director of MarketCast
Greg helps clients by providing them the tools and results to make them look even smarter. Each client and project has different needs and goals, and determining how research can answer these questions in a timely and productive way is Greg’s main focus. While the movies or television shows constantly change, the client is constant, and Greg is here for their needs. As Managing Director, Greg oversees key client relationships, project creation, and presentation of results. Since joining MarketCast in 1991, he has worn many hats in the organization, developing various capabilities across the firm’s research scope – beginning with Positioning/Concept testing, advertising materials testing, screenings and exit polls, brand and franchise analyses, and other custom projects. Greg is a central point of contact for many of MarketCast’s long-standing clients, and is also instrumental in making new and potential clients feel right at home at MarketCast. Prior to MarketCast, Greg received his degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan, where he also completed courses on film theory and criticism. He enjoys working with clients across the varied entertainment research groups – theatrical, television, home entertainment, and digital.
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About MarketCast: MarketCast is a provider of marketing research services for the global entertainment industry.
Shiva Arunachalam
Director, Product Management, Mobile of RadiumOne
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About RadiumOne: RadiumOne features a software platform that automates media buying, making big data actionable for digital marketers.
Brian Jones
Director of Public Affairs of Zeeto
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About Zeeto: Zeeto is the leader in traffic monetization technology.
Stu Pope
Principal, Creative Director of Ayzenberg Group
Stu Pope is one of the few advertising creative people who is as familiar with the inside of the Pentagon as he is with a creative brief. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he majored in Psychology, as well as Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he earned his MBA, Stu demonstrates daily that a well-furnished mind is integral to creating great advertising. Prior to joining Ayzenberg Group in 2000, he produced award-winning work at Grey and Lois/USA on accounts ranging from Disney, US West and Caesar’s Palace to Edison International and the California Lottery. Stu and his wife Noelle live with their two daughters in Sierra Madre.
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About Ayzenberg Group: Ayzenberg is a full-service advertising agency with a distinctly social and agile approach.
Chris Younger
Principal, Director of Strategy of Ayzenberg Group
Chris Younger offers more than 18 years of experience developing clients that require marketing and advertising support. As Director of Strategy at Ayzenberg Group, Chrisâ focus is on bringing to bear the agency’s advertising disciplines in developing comprehensive integrated campaigns. Prior to joining Ayzenberg, he was an account executive for Hamagami/Carroll, Inc. There, his responsibilities included corporate and product naming, annual reports, consumer packaging, marketing collateral and retail merchandising for clients in entertainment, consumer electronics, QSR, toys, healthcare and hardware. Prior to that he worked at Creative Solutions Group (CSG) as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, where he developed and managed retail merchandising campaigns for clients such as Coca-Cola, Havas Interactive, Lego Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios. Before CSG, Chris was with White Plus, working with the visual communications and publishing division as Director of Business Development on clients such as CN Biosciences, EarthLink Networks, Kenwood USA and Playmates Toys. Chris graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications.
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About Ayzenberg Group: Ayzenberg is a full-service advertising agency with a distinctly social and agile approach.
Vincent Juarez
Principal, Media Director of Ayzenberg Group
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About Ayzenberg Group: Ayzenberg is a full-service advertising agency with a distinctly social and agile approach.
Kandiss Schulz
Director of Finance of InVision Communications
Senior Financial Director responsible for all the accounting and financial functions including, budgeting, analysis, and managerial accounting.
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About InVision Communications: InVision Communications is an audience engagement agency that helps clients achieve business objectives .
Kris Eszlinger
Director of Strategic Partnerships of Titan Growth
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About Titan Growth: Online Digital Agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Paid Media Management & Social Media Marketing.
Erica Machin
Director of Operations of Titan Growth
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About Titan Growth: Online Digital Agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Paid Media Management & Social Media Marketing.
Jake Coronado
Director of Research & Development of Titan Growth
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About Titan Growth: Online Digital Agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Paid Media Management & Social Media Marketing.
Erica Machin
Director of Operations of Titan Growth
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About Titan Growth: Online Digital Agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Paid Media Management & Social Media Marketing.
Keshore Vummarao
Director of Engineering of Abakus
Keshore has more than 12 years experience in software development. Prior to Abakus, he was Architect at Exponential Interactive. He has held various lead positions at Exeros Inc. (acquired by IBM) and Softface Inc. (acquired by Ariba), where he has built highly scalable and high performance systems. Keshore holds an M.S. in Computer Science from IIT Bombay.
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About Abakus, Abakus: Abakus provides online and offline media marketing software solutions for advertisers and consumers.
Erika Ritzer
Principal & Director of Greenfield Belser
Erika is focused on branding service firms with fewer than 100 professionals. She brings over 25 years’ experience in marketing law, accounting and consulting firms. Erika knows how to get a job completed and guide her clients through every stage of the process. She also realizes that education is key. She teaches her clients the branding process so they can then educate their own professionals. She has always been an employee of Greenfield/Belser. She began her career as a designer but quickly advanced to managing the studio. From there, she took on the marketing of the firm and eventually settled in as the head of account services, helping her own clients while also mentoring young account executives. In 2000, she started the Greenfield/Belser client service program, through which we call each of our clients regularly to solicit feedback to improve our design and service delivery. In 2011, she started the small firms division, to bring the same high quality strategy and design we provide our large clients to smaller firms.
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About Greenfield Belser: Greenfield Belser is a brand strategy and creative services firm.
Caitlyn Cone
VP, Group Director & Talent of Digitas
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About Digitas, Digitas: DigitasLBi operates as a marketing and technology agency that transforms businesses for the digital age.
Preston Tollinger
Board Director of Cellfire
Preston Tollinger is member of the board of directors at Cellfire Inc. Preston was the co-founder and CTO of Cellfire. Cellfire came about from his desire to make the mobile phone more useful to people. Preston was previously at NASA Ames Research Center where he designed and developed software applications for Mars missions. His work was used by senior mission scientists on the Mars Exploration Rovers to analyze mission data collaboratively. Prior to that, Preston was at Trilogy Software developing a compensation management system. Preston has a BS from Carnegie Mellon in Computer Science.
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About : Cellfire was acquired by Catalina Marketing in Oct 2014.
