Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Director operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kade Speiser
Director of Content of TeamDom
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About TeamDom: TeamDom is a media conglomerate that builds brands, stories, celebrities, and businesses around teen entertainment and media.
Justin Appler
Director of Engineering, Applications of Crunchbase
Justin develops software mostly in JavaScript, often for the web, and sometimes in other languages. The challenges of building products that stand the test of time and effective software teams (from recruiting through to day-to-day engineering process) fascinate him.
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Danielle Ben-Gera
Director of Data Engineering of Crunchbase
Danielle Ben-Gera has been serving as Director of Data Engineering at Crunchbase since September 2018.
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Amy Tenderich
Editorial Director, Diabetes & Patient Advocacy at Healthline.com of Healthline Media
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About DiabetesMine.com, DiabetesMine.com, Healthline Media: Healthline Media is the 2nd largest and fastest growing consumer health publisher in the world, reaching 85 million people a month.
Alex Grigoryan
Director of Engineering of Walmart Labs
Alex Grigoryan is the director of engineering of WalmartLabs. Alex builds application platform at WalmartLabs. He focuses on customer experience, fan of python, Node.js, and react.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
James Zhang
Sr. Director of Marketing of Walmart Labs
James Zhang is Sr. Director of Marketing at Walmart Media Group. He was previously Head of Rakuten Interactive, a Rakuten USA executive, and a member of Rakuten’s CEO Office. He was China CEO and Global Head of R&D at London-based Powa Technologies, once Europe’s largest startup by capitalization. James’s career spans 9 countries as a country manager and consultant for Samsung Electronics and KPMG. James is a mentor for Techstars, Plug & Play Tech Accelerator, and a Judge for the MIT 100K.
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About Blue Tornado, Red Jasper Worldwide, Splunk, Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Or Zelig
Director of Product Management of Walmart Labs
Or is an experienced product manager and a serial entrepreneur. Or’s greatest passion is technology, and his mind is constantly brimming with new ideas. After his graduation from the IDF, where he lead the development of the next-generation of military data security devices, Or worked as a consultant and later as an entrepreneur; SlickLogin was his second venture in the field of cyber security that was acquired by Google. Today he a lead at Google Accelerators program.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Gerald Bothello
Director Of Cloud of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Brendan Wright
Director – International mobile products of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Jasper Lenz Radeke
Sr. Director, Marketing, North America of AppsFlyer
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Lenny Shteynberg
Director of Sales of Open Influence
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About Open Influence: Open Influence is a marketing company that helps brands and advertisers engage and grow their desired audiences through social media.
Trina Cooley
Director of Talent and Growth, HR of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Julia Konstantinovsky
Director, Client Strategy of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Maggie Philbin
Associate Director of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Gwyn Stahlhut
Director of Operations and Finance of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Gwyn Stahlhut
Director of Operations and Finance of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Mayank Kohaley
Director of Engineering of Zeta Global
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
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.
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.
Robert Murphy
Member of the Board of Directors of Mindbody
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About Be Yoga: Mindbody is a wellness experience platform that allows users to find and engage with fitness, beauty, and integrative health services.
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.
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.
Alan Wexler
Executive Vice President – Managing Director North America & Europe of SapientNitro
Alan Wexler heads strategy, delivery and business development for all of Sapient North America. Since joining Sapient in 1998, Wexler has held a number of key management positions, including Vice President and Managing Director of Sapient’s Technology and Communications Group. He launched Sapient’s Global Wireless Group, and led our Media, Entertainment, and Communication Group in New York. Prior to joining Sapient, he founded and operated a management and technology-consulting firm. Wexler is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been interviewed and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal. He earned a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Rider University in New Jersey.
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About SapientNitro: SapientNitro is an interactive marketing, design and technology services agency that offers its storyscaping solutions for companies.
Jesse Feister
Director, Client Technology Solutions of Kobalt
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About Kobalt: Kobalt is a music services company that offers alternative to traditional music business models.
Nick Venezia
Managing Director of Social Outlier
Nick has worked with clients from a multitude of industries–including finance, government, technology, entertainment, non-profit, luxury, Fortune 500, Global 100, and many more–building digital assets that convert directly into increased profit margins. He has generated over 130% engagement on ads with over 20,000 engagement on Twitter. He spent under $49 to garner $21,000 in tickets sales for a local event in 3 days. @socialoutlier
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About Social Outlier: Social Outlier is unique we have a refined acumen, a scientific numerical approach.
Peter Rip
Board of Director of GAIN Credit
Focus: Peter joined Crosslink in 2006 to focus on Digital Media & Internet Services and Software & Business Services. Experience: Peter brings over 25 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, venture investor, and institutional investor. He has focused exclusively on early stage technology companies. Before becoming a venture investor, Peter co-founded Silicon Compiler Systems, a major IC design automation software company acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1991. He began venture investing in 1992. He has specialized in investing in early stage companies, several of which have been acquired by AOL, CA, HP, Microsoft and others. Prior to joining Crosslink, Peter was a Managing Director at Leapfrog Ventures and the Managing Director of Knight Ridder Ventures. Education: BA, Brandeis University Ph.D. (Marketing) Stanford Graduate School of Business Peter’s blog can be accessed at EarlyStageVC.typepad.com
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About : GAIN Credit is a fintech company dedicated to providing credit for people who are underserved by mainstream financial service companies.
Christopher Kryzan
Founder & Managing Director of Brilliant Things
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About Brilliant Things: Marketing & Product Strategy for the Internet of Things
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Bess Fergusson
Global Director of Mirum
Bess has over a decade of global experience seeding and driving people-led change programs within organizations that recognize and embrace the need for evolution of the workplace and corporate culture. She applies her vast international experience and strong vision bringing the future workplace and work culture to life. She has worked with iconic brands including Yellow Pages Australia, Sensis (Telstra Australia), Coles Supermarkets, Penguin Books and J. Walter Thompson Company, leading distributed teams for technology, production, marketing and human resources operations programs. Bess speaks fluent Spanish and occasionally tries (and fails) to speak other languages. Originally from Australia, Bess has lived and worked.
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About Mirum: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Veerender Kaul
Director of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Farah Saeed
Research Director, Digital Grids of Frost & Sullivan
Farah Saeed is an industry expert with nearly 20 years of consulting, project management and fulfillment expertise focused on power and energy equipment and services. Saeed currently serves as Research Director Digital Grid. In her current role, Saeed works closely with OEMs to validate market opportunities and assess risks, providing a deep understanding of business issues facing mature as well as emerging energy markets and technologies. She also specializes in forecasting models and customer survey designs centered on regional and geographic trends, while keeping a pulse on disruptive trends and technologies that are influencing the competitive environment. Saeed’s industry expertise includes extensive experience in high-growth and emerging power and energy devices, such as transmission and distribution equipment. This includes IT/OT, power distribution equipment, demand side management, home automation, smart meters, related network infrastructure, and distributed generation.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Hakan Kostepen
Executive Director – Product Planning Strategy & Innovation of Panasonic
Hakan Kostepen is an “Executive” Director at Panasonic Silicon Valley Center in Cupertino, CA and responsible for Product Planning Strategy & Innovation for Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. Panasonic Automotive “Global” Product Planning Strategy & Innovation group leads Panasonic Connected LifeStyle Strategy & Innovation Concepts around Panasonic B2B2C touch points with emerging concepts such as Internet of Things – Connected Car. Kostepen has broad Systems & Software Engineering and Advanced Product Development experience with Panasonic, Ford Motor Company, Visteon, EDS, and US Air Force along with various Automotive “Real Time” Embedded Systems Applications and Advanced Automotive Infotainment Systems & Software Development for connected devices.
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mahesh Naik
Director Technology of Publicis Sapient
Senior Information Technology Leader with 25+ years of experience in designing, building, implementing and supporting technology solutions to support technical and analytical needs of the business. A natural and influencing leader, relationship builder who combines a vast technical knowledge with an understanding of the people and processes affected by new technology implementations. Establishes critical vendor and partner relations while overseeing excellence in performance and delivery. Keeps abreast of new technology, and approaches all implementation with innovative solutions for optimum results.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Jay Turcot
Director of Applied AI of Affectiva
Jay is VP of AI at Afeefctiva.
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About Affectiva, Affectiva: Affectiva is a developer of an emotion-recognition software designed to analyze subtle facial and vocal expressions.
Kate Pietrelli
Managing Director of Path Advisors, Inc.
Kate Pietrelli is a marketing strategy and public relations specialist within technology and gaming industries. Kate is currently the Managing Director of Path Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm providing a comprehensive suite of marketing and public relations strategy services. Clients have spanned a wide range of verticals including security, adtech, enterprise SaaS, and gaming. Previously, Kate led marketing initiatives for World Golf Tour, hi5.com and Shockwave.com (acquired by Viacom/MTV Networks), including programs for acquisition and retention, product marketing, merchandizing, email and media relations. While at the interactive agency TriplePoint, Kate advised clients such as LEGO, Gaia Online, Social Gold (acquired by Google) on marketing and public relations strategy.
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About Path Advisors, Inc.: Path Advisors is a consulting firm providing a comprehensive suite of marketing and public relations strategy.
Eve Alexander
Sr. Director, Product Marketing of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
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
Jennifer Piña
Director of Brand Partnerships of MagicLinks
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About MagicLinks: The leader in social commerce for video influencers and the world’s top brands
Josh Solovy
Board of Directors of Power Liens
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About GOLDEN WEST FOOD GROUP, Power Liens: Power Liens is the largest directory of physicians working on liens.
Erik Litmanovich
CEO, Board of Directors of Power Liens
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About Power Liens: Power Liens is the largest directory of physicians working on liens.
Luke D’Angelo
Chair Of The Board Of Directors/ Executive Director of AppTech Corp.
Mr. D’Angelo has more than 25 years of experience in investment banking, real estate, venture capital, and capital markets. In 2006, he founded a merchant services company, Transcendent One, Inc. which became an Inc. 500 fastest growing company, ranked at #105. The company was the first “Merchant Owned” company in the United States, offering ownership in the company for customers based on their monthly credit card processing volumes. In 2009, he founded TransTech One, a subsidiary to Transcendent One that had a focus on the bill payment and technology industries. With TransTech One, significant business relationships with utilities, including Sempra Energy were formed. In 2013, AppTech Corp. acquired Transcendent One and TransTech One. Where he currently resides as Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, and Chief Investment Officer.
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About AppTech Corp.: AppTech is a fintech company utilizing innovative payment processing and digital banking technologies to complement core merchant services.
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.
Javier Godinez
Director of Application Security of Teradata
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Mark Shainman
Director of Research and Development of Teradata
Matt is presently the Director of Research and Development for Think Big Analytics, A Teradata Company He directs software engineering for the best-in-class big data and analytics division of Teradata. . Notably leading product vision, implementation, release and ongoing development of the industry leading open-source Kylo data lake management platform (http://kylo.io) on Hadoop and Spark generating tens of millions of services and support revenue. He previously held the position of applications architect and manager of IT Application Development for the National Ignition Facility at Livermore National Labs. He led a large team that undertook diverse engineering around: petascale data science platforms, product data management, project controls, data warehousing, enterprise resource planning, laser operations, and laser shot setup and visualization.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Ashley Whitehurst
Managing Director of LAUNCH
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About LAUNCH: We Back Builders Founded by @Jason
Jason Demant
Managing Director of LAUNCH
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About LAUNCH, Unanchor: We Back Builders Founded by @Jason
Omar Rana
Co-Founder & Director of Strategy & Finance of Finalytix
Omar was instrumental in bringing the co-founding team and strategy of Finalytix to where it is today. He leads the overall effort of Finalytix as its solution gets adopted by clients in different markets. Omar has also been a global speaker on FinTech and has been invited to speak at various conferences (see News & Blogs). Prior to Finalytix Omar has been involved in Corporate Strategy work at Fortune 500 companies in various markets including the USA/Canada, GCC/MENA, Latin American and the Far East. He has worked as a Partner and Principal at various corporate strategy firms out of the USA and served clients in various sectors which include Financial Services, Oil & Gas and Telecom. Omar also remained as the Chief Investment officer for a large private family office in the GCC where he was responsible for the Private Equity strategy and the management of $500 M in investments in various international markets. Omar has also extensive experience with startups where he has been a serial investor and advises various startups.
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About Finalytix: Finalytix independent consultancy firm .
Jonathan Cronstedt
Board Director of Kajabi
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About Kajabi: Kajabi operates as an all-in-one knowledge commerce platform designed to help businesses achieve success online.
Wes Wasson
Member of the Board of Directors of Marketo
Wes Wasson is the former senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Citrix, an industry leader in mobility, collaboration and cloud computing, and one of the top ten SaaS vendors in the world. During his tenure at Citrix, Wes was a key driver of the business, product and go-to-market strategy that helped Citrix grow from a single-product company, to a multi-billion dollar industry leader. A frequent keynote speaker who consistently ranked among the top CMOs in high tech, Wes has also been recognized by the Bay Area News Group as the top executive leader in Silicon Valley based on surveys of Silicon Valley companies and their employees. The former Sun Microsystems and Network Associates executive brings an extensive track record of success to the Marketo board, with nearly 20 years of experience building and growing enterprise software companies. At Sun, Wes served as vice president in the Java Enterprise System line of business, where he helped Sun achieve number one market share positions across several industry segments. Prior to Sun, he held several senior leadership positions at Network Associates, where he helped them grow from a $200M single product company into a $1B industry leader in networking and security in just under four years.
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About : Marketo develops marketing automation software that provides inbound marketing, social marketing, CRM, and other related services.
Steve Dawson
Director of Software Engineering of Alexa.com
Steve joined Alexa as a Data Mining Engineer in 2005. Prior to assuming his present role, he performed engineering duties for and was the technical lead on a variety of Alexa products. Steve received a B.S. in physics and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Irvine, and his M.A. and Ph.D in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. Steve currently resides in Oakland, CA, where he enjoys scuba diving, rock and roll, and the pursuit of various adventures.
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About Alexa.com: Alexa.com, a subsidiary of Amazon, provides brands, marketers, and agencies with a full suite of SEO and competitor analysis tools.
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.
Raul Predescu
Director of Development of Genesis Digital
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About Genesis Digital: Genesis Digital provides SaaS eCommerce solutions to an ever growing market of innovators.
Samuel Bretzfield
Managing Director/CEO of bGlobal
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About 6Beyond, AIM STEPs, bGlobal: bGlobal offers economical and tailored fit programming services.
TJ Stein
Director of Technical Support of Mailchimp
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About Mailchimp: Mailchimp provides marketing automation for e-commerce businesses.
Derek Bradley
Director of operations of Vuori
Derek Bradley has been serving as director of operations at Vuori since June 2018.
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About Vuori: Vuori offers a collection of apparel brands for men and women.
Luis Alvarez
Director of sales of Vuori
Luis Alvarez has been serving as director of sales at Vuori since Jan, 2017.
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About Vuori: Vuori offers a collection of apparel brands for men and women.
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.
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.
Seth Engstrom
Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts, IBM of ON24
Enterprise Sales – Sales Training & Enablement – Solution Engineering – Business Development – Custom Solutions – Project Management ★2015 President’s Club Sales award winner Platform and Solution Selling to enterprise clients in the Streaming Media, Webcasting and Virtual Events space.
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About ON24: ON24 is a cloud-based Platform that makes easy to create, scale, and personalize engaging experiences to take leads to revenue.
Seth Engstrom
Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts, IBM of ON24
Enterprise Sales – Sales Training & Enablement – Solution Engineering – Business Development – Custom Solutions – Project Management ★2015 President’s Club Sales award winner Platform and Solution Selling to enterprise clients in the Streaming Media, Webcasting and Virtual Events space.
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About ON24: ON24 is a cloud-based Platform that makes easy to create, scale, and personalize engaging experiences to take leads to revenue.
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.
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.
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.
Andrew Howard
Senior Director of Sales – North America of Tuya
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About Tuya: Tuya is an IOT solutions provider that helps manufacturers develop their app and bring their product to market and at competitive prices.
Norio Fujikawa
Executive Creative Director of Astro Studios
After working his way through design school as a fish monger, Norio put down his fileting knife and studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago. Directing numerous successful projects, Norio has earned his scars and stripes as a big picture thinker and solver. He’s a perpetual artist who can’t turn it off. Norio’s meeting notes have a tendency to end up on gallery walls and store shelves alike. Some say Norio is an art-robot from the future, others say he’s just Norio.
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About Astro Studios: They create multi-dimensional brand experiences that define popular culture.
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.
Allen Morgan
Managing Director, New Ventures Group of Idealab
After 12 years as a General Partner/Managing Director/Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund, I’m now fully-engaged in two pursuits: (1) as an active venture “Sherpa” and early-stage Angel investor and (2) as a Board Member and Managing Director, New Ventures Group, at Idealab in Pasadena, California (www.idealab.com). I’m also remaining as a Venture Advisor at Mayfield. Allen Morgan was a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund from 1999 until 2010, focusing on investments in Consumer Internet. Notable investments included Jotspot (acquired by Google), PlanetOut (acquired by HereMedia), Pluck (acquired by Demand Media), Slide (acquired by Google) and Varsity Group (acquired by Follett Corp). He currently represents Mayfield Fund on the boards of BlackArrow, DECA and Tagged. He is also on the board of Idealab.
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About Idealab: Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.
Tom McGovern
Managing Director of Idealab
STARTUPS| ENTREPRENEUR| LA Tom is a Managing Director of Idealab where he focuses on new company creation and early stage investments. Prior to this role, Tom founded Snap Technologies which was contextual advertising and content distribution (Snap Shots) Company. In 1999, Tom founded a successful e-commerce company with Idealab, which was acquired by PETsMART, Inc. a leading multi-channel marketer. Tom served as President and CEO of the division of PETsMART managing the Internet and traditional direct marketing businesses. Tom returned to Idealab in 2003 to explore new internet marketing and search opportunities. Prior to his Idealab group endeavors, Tom was a Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. and a management consultant. While at Warner Bros. he co-founded the Internet mall which was one of the earliest online marketplaces. Tom started his career at Price Waterhouse and is a CPA. Tom serves on a number of private company boards and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and earned his B.S. from the University of Colorado.
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About Crashworks, Idealab, Sellbrite, UCode: Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.
Srivats Sampath
Director of Act-On Software
Srivats Sampath is a serial entrepreneur who brings over twenty years of management, investment and technical experience. He previously served as Founder, President and CEO of McAfee.com (NASDAQ: MCAF). He built the company into one of the largest and most successful subscription-based SaaS security services for the consumer and SMB segment, and took it public in December 1999. He orchestrated a successful merger of McAfee.com with Network Associates (NYSE: NET), which has since become McAfee Inc. (NYSE: MFE). Prior to McAfee, Srivats was the Vice President of Product Marketing at Netscape Communications (NASDAQ:NSCP). Earlier in his career, he served in executive-level capacities for Central Point Software and was the Chief Architect of Intel’s LAN Enhancement Operations. He received his B.S. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Madras University in India. He holds multiple patents in delivering security-as-a-service and contextual internet advertising.
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About : Act-On Software is a cloud-based integrated marketing platform designed for midsize businesses.
Andrew Thomas
Product Marketing Director of SDL plc
Andrew Thomas is an expert in translation management and structured content. He considers himself a futurist and spends more time than he should thinking about the impending singularity and how he can welcome our new AI overlords. At SDL he has spent more than a decade focused on delivering solutions for global content management and delivery. He knows the only true constant is change and he strives to inspire others to embrace it.
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About SDL plc: They enable global businesses to engage with their customers – in the language, the media and at the moment they choose.
Sunil Karkera
VP and Global Managing Director of Designit
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About Designit: Designit makes product-service experiences, making business transformation happen.
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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Matt Dusig
Managing Director of InnovateMR
Entrepreneur and start-up enthusiast. Since 1999, has founded multiple internet companies including goZing (sold in 2005), File123 (sold in 2010), uSamp/Instantly (sold in 2016) and Innovate (started in 2014) Innovate was founded in 2014 by goZing and uSamp founders, Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, and George Llorens. Innovate provides access to hard-to-reach, online and mobile target audiences around the world, who are available to participate in market research surveys. Since 1999, their methods have been proven and trusted by thousands of corporations around the world. The best thing about being an entrepreneur is reinvention. Innovate is our third market research venture and we are taking innovation to the next level and pioneering solutions that our clients will value for years to come. We had the foresight to embrace unpopular methodologies like online surveying and sampling, automated sample delivery and mobile research long before they became general practice. Since 1999, we’ve continued to innovate and evolve sampling methodologies to new heights. We’re credited with co-creating the… – First Sample Publisher Network — the goZing Network in 2001 – First Sample Routing Solution for Publisher Traffic — 2003 – First Self-Serve Platform for Proprietary Panel Purchasing — 2010 – First APIs for Programmatic Sampling — 2011 – First Global Mobile Platform with Geo-Fencing — 2012 The foundation of Innovate is based on our hunger to be the best. We are nimble and agile. Innovate is a lab, a place for exploration and a space for contemplation and development. Work in progress is less about unfinished business and more about the promise of innovation and the reality of living it every day.
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About InnovateMR: InnovateMR is a research technology (ResTech) firm that delivers Faster Answers to corporations around the world.
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.
Ken Caraska
Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships of QuoteWizard
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About QuoteWizard: Quote Wizard helps consumers connect with insurance companies to save on auto, home, life, and health insurance.
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.
Josh Moscot
Director, Corporate Operations of The Audible Group
Josh oversees the day-to-day operations of The Audible Group’sdiverse engagements and is responsible for scaling the team’s unique capabilities to new industries and clients. Prior to joining TAG, Josh spent 2 years as a consultant in the Strategy & Operations division of Deloitte Consulting LLP. While there, he worked on a wide variety of projects in various industries and built a deep skillset in project management. He also led several initiatives at the local and national level including the design and operation of a data analytics effort, a nationally recognized volunteer tutoring program, & a “franchise model” group of skills-based volunteers for Deloittepractitioners to help their local office communities. Though Josh graduated UCLA with a degree in Economics, he stays involved in other interests including tutoring, volunteering, entrepreneurship, and writing satire. His manifold background and experience brings special insight to The Audible Group. When he is not in the office, Josh can be found surfing and mountain biking, though rarely at the same time.
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About The Audible Group: The Audible Group (TAG) provides revenue generating consulting services to the professional sports, media, and entertainment sectors.
Jourdon Rahming
Creative Director of The Audible Group
Jourdon brings a creative perspective to The Audible Group. He provides a design standard that allows TAG to define and reinforce a brand. As Creative Director, Jourdon has to have his finger on the pulse of all of TAG’s engagements. Through design, Jourdon assists in telling brand stories helping to define a brand and ultimately grow it’s audience. Jourdon was responsible for creating the look and feel of the TAGbrand. For the brand relaunch from Audible RSM to The Audible Group, Jourdon landed on the acronym TAG and designed a new logo. The new logo provided a fresh and stylish more updated feel. Through his creativity, market intelligence, and design background Jourdon is helping to shape TAG’s brand identity and voice. Prior To TAG Jourdon worked as the Creative Director at Direct Sports Network. While working at DSN Jourdon was responsible for the overall design. He lead the design team through an advertising campaign across ESPN.com, SBnation, & Bleacherreport.com. He created a new logo for Direct Sports Network. Jourdon architected the design for all of DSN apps across their network including NFL, NASCAR, NHL, and MLS. One of Jourdon’s biggest accomplishments while at DSN, Jourdon designed a new app for Sony Smart TV’s uploaded nation-wide. His iPad version is expected to launch in the near future.
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About The Audible Group: The Audible Group (TAG) provides revenue generating consulting services to the professional sports, media, and entertainment sectors.
Jourdon Rahming
Creative Director of The Audible Group
Jourdon brings a creative perspective to The Audible Group. He provides a design standard that allows TAG to define and reinforce a brand. As Creative Director, Jourdon has to have his finger on the pulse of all of TAG’s engagements. Through design, Jourdon assists in telling brand stories helping to define a brand and ultimately grow it’s audience. Jourdon was responsible for creating the look and feel of the TAGbrand. For the brand relaunch from Audible RSM to The Audible Group, Jourdon landed on the acronym TAG and designed a new logo. The new logo provided a fresh and stylish more updated feel. Through his creativity, market intelligence, and design background Jourdon is helping to shape TAG’s brand identity and voice. Prior To TAG Jourdon worked as the Creative Director at Direct Sports Network. While working at DSN Jourdon was responsible for the overall design. He lead the design team through an advertising campaign across ESPN.com, SBnation, & Bleacherreport.com. He created a new logo for Direct Sports Network. Jourdon architected the design for all of DSN apps across their network including NFL, NASCAR, NHL, and MLS. One of Jourdon’s biggest accomplishments while at DSN, Jourdon designed a new app for Sony Smart TV’s uploaded nation-wide. His iPad version is expected to launch in the near future.
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About The Audible Group: The Audible Group (TAG) provides revenue generating consulting services to the professional sports, media, and entertainment sectors.
Ted Lesher
Managing Director & Vice President Sales, North America of BrandMaker
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About BrandMaker: BrandMaker is an enterprise SaaS provider of Marketing Resource Management (MRM) systems.
Jim Levy
Board of Directors of Brandle
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About : Brandle is a comprehensive online brand presence management solution delivering social media security and brand protection.
Jim Levy
Board of Directors of Brandle
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About : Brandle is a comprehensive online brand presence management solution delivering social media security and brand protection.
Paul Goeld
Founder and Managing Director of Keystone Advisors
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About Keystone Advisors: Keystone Advisors provides business development, training, marketing and insurance services.
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.
Brian Jones
Director of Public Affairs of Zeeto
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About Zeeto: Zeeto is the leader in traffic monetization technology.
