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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 President operating in the Advertising space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sumeet Singh
Vice President Big Data & AI and Location Platforms of Verizon Media
Sumeet Singh is the Vice President of Big Data, AI, and Location Platforms at Yahoo (now Verizon Media). Sumeet is considered an early leader of the big data movement, responsible for launching and scaling most services for Yahoo’s Hadoop platform since 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech, media, and telecommunications industries. Connect with Sumeet on Twitter @sumeetksingh.
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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.
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Dan Greenberg
Founder & President of Sharethrough USA
Dan Greenberg is the founder and CEO of Sharethrough, a 150+ person SF-based software company that powers in-feed, native ads for premium publishers like Time Inc, Hearst, People and brand marketers like Pepsi and P&G. Dan also acts as the co-chair of the IAB Native Advertising Committee. Dan comes from a research background at Stanford in persuasive technology, and regularly teaches classes in brand content, modern monetization, and viral engineering. Dan was recently named to the Inc “35 Under 35” list, the Forbes “30 Under 30″ list and has been honored as an Ad Age Media Maven. He organizes and hosts the Sharethrough Native Ad Summits, is a regular speaker at advertising and technology conferences, and contributes to industry publications including Forbes, AdAge, and TechCrunch.
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About Sharethrough USA: Sharethrough is one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges
Eoghan Geoghegan
Vice President of Business Development of MomentFeed
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About MomentFeed: MomentFeed is a platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search in order to connect customers with brands.
David Fisch
Co-Founder & President of Turgo
A successful business leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of online, mobile and traditional experience. Expertise in digital media specializing in brand advertising, mobile, business development, marketing and operations. Extensive experiencing in building world-class sales and partnership teams. Strong track record of achievement within both corporate and start-up organizations.
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About Gallo Sales Company, GreenSpring, Mandalay Media, Miller Brewing Company, Miniclip, Shopkick, Turgo: Turgo is a key player in the video advertising and distribution industry.
Vishwanath Ramarao
Vice President of Engineering of AOL
Vish is CTO and Co-Founder of Impermium. Before joining Impermium, Vish led engineering for Yahoo! Mail anti-spam, security, and data mining, and was involved in protecting every major component of the Yahoo! network from spam, fraud, misuse.
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About AOL: AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Frannie Danzinger
Vice President of Strategic Business Development of Integrate
Frannie Danzinger is currently VP, Strategic Business Development for Integrate, a pioneer in demand orchestration software. Frannie works with hundreds of B2B marketing organizations to develop and scale their revenue-generating machines. Her passion is to fully understand a marketer’s business and help to build a high-impact strategy, with efficient process, data and technology, to bring the strategy to life. Having worked with smart marketers, savvy business pros and sharp technology professionals during her roles at 6sense, eXelate, a Nielsen Company and Bizo over the last five years, Frannie fell in love with MarTech. She’s experienced first-hand the power of MarTech and its ability to catapult – and hold back – marketing teams and business results. Coupled with 20+ years of agency media experience, it’s easy to get excited about the road ahead in marketing and technology. When not working with marketers, Frannie channels her personal passion to fitness. She is a Group Fitness Instructor, Boxing Trainer, Spinning Instructor and Personal Trainer. If you cannot find her at her desk, be sure to check the gym!
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About Integrate: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Roli Saxena
President, AdRoll Business of NextRoll
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About Cowboy Ventures, NextRoll, Neythri Futures Fund, OVO Fund: NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
Executive Vice President, Product of NextRoll
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About NextRoll: NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
Bill Burkart
President & Chief Operating Officer of KBM Group
As president and chief operating officer, Bill Burkart oversees KBM Group’s operations, including data and consumer engagement services, analytics and customer insights, business development, and organizational alignment across all business units, including data services, health services, and client solution delivery services. Bill Burkart is responsible for the delivery of KBM Group’s integrated marketing strategies and solutions, including orchestration of data-driven platforms and technology partnerships, product and service innovation, IT operations and data security. In addition to being responsible for day-to-day operations, Bill Burkart sets the company’s direction and growth strategy, participating in planning, acquisitions and other leadership activities as part of the company’s Executive Management Board. Bill Burkart has deep experience in data, analytics, technology and customer engagement, the pillars of KBM Group’s service offerings. Coupled with CRM, digital, agency, and consulting services, his background has prepared him to address the many challenges our clients face to stay competitive in today’s marketing landscape. Bill Burkart understands clients’ business challenges, having delivered marketing solutions to industries that include telecommunications, technology, health insurance, automotive, financial services and retail. A strong and inspirational leader, Bill Burkart has helped world-class brands deploy data, technology and insight-driven marketing to achieve a competitive advantage. Prior to joining KBM Group, Bill Burkart was Vice President of Acxiom’s Global Agency, where Bill Burkart was responsible for the firm’s digital agency and email/SMS platforms and led the global servicing teams. Previously, Bill Burkart was group vice president at MarketBridge, where Bill Burkart launched a marketing services practice to complement the firm’s consulting services. Earlier, Bill Burkart was a managing partner at the San Francisco office of Grey, where Bill Burkart launched an integrated advertising, digital and media business unit. Originally from St. Louis, Bill Burkart has a B.S. in Commerce (Marketing) and M.B.A. with a specialty in integrated marketing from Saint Louis University.
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About KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Garrett McGrath
Vice President, Product Management of Magnite
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About Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Christopher Wendel
President and Co-Founder of Volta Charging
Chris is a global finance executive with 20 years of experience running large sales teams and raising capital in equity markets. The bulk of this time was with Goldman Sachs in the United States, Germany, and Japan. While on sabbatical in Hawaii, Chris stumbled upon Volta stations at the Kailua Whole Foods. He soon after became an investor and joined Volta as partner and CFO in 2012. Chris lives in Napa with his wife and three children, loves flying, and will challenge you to a tennis match any day of the week. He and his wife each drive a Tesla Model S in fire engine red and metallic blue.
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Abdellah Cherkaoui
Senior Vice President – Government, Automotive & Utilities of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Anne Lukanc
Vice President Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Ross Hatamiya
Vice President of Media Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Mike Schott
Senior Vice President, Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Jonathan Rogin
Vice President 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.
Teju Owoye
Founder & President of Sulte Group
Teju Owoye is the CEO and Founder of the Sulte Group, a growth marketing agency that focuses on helping brands achieve omnipresence among their core group of customers. She is an expert at driving engagement, consumer adoption, and brand loyalty by leveraging behavioral economic principles and consumer psychology.
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About Clean Rebellion, Sulte Group: Sulte Group fueling the next generation of marketing with innovative strategies to drive incredible growth for companies.
Jim Packer
President Worldwide TV and Digital Distribution of Lionsgate
Jim Packer is the President for worldwide TV and digital distribution of Lionsgate for five years. Prior to this role, Jim worked at MGM Studios for almost a decade holding executive roles. Jim started his career at The Walt Disney Studios. He spent 10 years working in the company holding various positions from account executive to VP general sales manager. Jim Packer obtained a BS in Business at University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Leon Pilosof
Senior Vice President, Head of Procurement of Lionsgate
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Daniel Engelhardt
Vice President of Interactive Ventures & Games of Lionsgate
As vp, interactive ventures & games, daniel engelhardt handles strategic planning, business development, production, marketing and creative oversight for lionsgate’s games slate. He also supports lionsgate’s strategic investments within the games space including telltale, next games and professional esports franchise immortals which owns the los angeles valiant, one of twelve teams competing in the inaugural season of the overwatch league. Mr. Engelhardt reports to peter levin, president, interactive ventures, games & digital strategy, and has worked hand-in-hand to help launch the company’s games and interactive division.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Kevin Park
Head of CampaignDivision2 / Vice President of Cheil Worldwide
Kevin Park has served as the President of company operations in Germany in 2006 after being in charge of Global Brand Communications in 2003 and working for the Campaign team since joining Cheil Worldwide in 1993. He also served as the Head of European operations after being appointed to Executive in 2010. He is currently responsible for Campaign Division2 (Global Campaign Division).
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About Cheil Worldwide: Cheil Worldwide is a global marketing and communications company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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.
Diaz Nesamoney
Founder, President & CEO of Jivox
Diaz Nesamoney founder of Jivox has had two prior successful ventures. He was previously co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly Diaz Nesamoney is an accomplished technology entrepreneur who founded three successful technology companies, all harnessing the power of data to power enterprise and consumer applications. Currently Diaz is Founder, President, and CEO of Jivox, a company that provides a technology platform for data-driven personalized advertising and marketing. He was previously Co-founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly traded company in 1999. Informatica pioneered data integration software as a category and is now the market leader with more than $1 billion in revenue and a $5 billion market capitalization. Before founding Jivox, he founded Celequest and served as its CEO until early 2007, when the company was acquired by Cognos/IBM. Celequest introduced the market’s first business intelligence and analytics appliance, a disruptive innovation that led to its acquisition. Diaz holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India and is the holder of seven technology patents. Diaz is also the author of the first book on using data and technology to personalize digital advertising.
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About Jivox: Jivox offers a cloud-based, data-driven omnichannel platform that personalizes digital advertising and marketing experiences at scale.
Anna Luo
Vice President, Customer Innovation & Marketing of Jivox
Anna Luo is passionate about introducing cutting-edge technologies to enterprise customers – putting them on the path of increased competitiveness and accelerated growth. She has two decades of marketing experience, most of which she has spent driving cross-functional collaboration to scale startups and contributing to successful exits via IPO and acquisition. Anna’s marketing leadership role in infrastructure and business intelligence included Sentilla (now Ericsson), provider of predictive and financial analysis for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures; Coral8, a startup developing complex event processing platform that leveraged Project STREAM from Stanford University; TIBCO, a leader in event-driven platform and then 200-employee startup that went public in 1999. Her full-time and consulting role in other companies included Vidder (software defined security), Counterpane Internet Security (managed network security, now BT), and CTB/McGraw Hill, where she spearheaded an online ideation and networking program to improve customer experience and retention for a $35-million online assessment product. Anna is an endurance athlete and has competed at the Long Course Triathlon and Aquabike National Championships and various regional races. Between her career and racing, she finds time to mentor young professionals and volunteers at the MIT Club of Northern California and MIT Global Entrepreneurship Network. Anna holds a Master of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Jivox, Vidder: Jivox offers a cloud-based, data-driven omnichannel platform that personalizes digital advertising and marketing experiences at scale.
Brian Harris Frank
President of eko
Brian has spent the past 20 years innovating in the music industry, both at startups and major labels. As President of Interlude Music, he is helping to move the music industry forward by forging strategic relationships with like-minded top players in the space, from labels and artists to media organizations and festivals. Before joining Interlude, Brian was employee #1 at Beats Music and co-created the streaming service alongside Trent Reznor. His prior experience includes roles at Warner Bros. Records, Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, Ticketmaster and others. Brian holds a BA and and MBA from Columbia University.
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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.
Shun Chen
Vice President, Products of Conviva
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
Andrew Higgins
Vice President, Marketing & GM of EMEA at Pixlee
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About Pixlee: Pixlee is a user-generated content marketing platform that helps brands to market and sell by using real customer photos and videos.
Andy Barnet
Vice President, Western Regional Advertising Sales of Xandr
Andy Barnet serves as vice president of West Coast sales at Xandr.
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Warren Jenson
President, CFO & Executive MD of International of LiveRamp
Warren brings a wealth of experience guiding companies through complex financial growth, global expansion and value creation. He has been recognized for his visionary leadership by Institutional Investor magazine having been named as one of the Best CFOs in America. Warren has served as CFO of Electronic Arts, Amazon.com and Delta Air Lines. Prior to that, he worked in several positions as part of the General Electric Company. Most notably, he served as CFO and Senior Vice President for the National Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of General Electric.
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About Acxiom, Acxiom Impact, Jenson Company, LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Anneka Gupta
President & Head of Products and Platforms of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
James Arra
President and Chief Commercial Officer of LiveRamp
James Arra is the president and chief commercial officer at LiveRamp. James joined LiveRamp in 2013 and has held several key leadership roles, building high-performing teams and driving growth. He served as Chief Operating Officer before becoming Co-President. Before joining LiveRamp, James was Vice President of worldwide sales at TRUSTe, where he helped grow the company from less than 1,000 customers to more than 6,000 customers in just over three years. James holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Quantitative Economics and Decision Theory from the University of California at San Diego.
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Alex Beller
Co-Founder and President of Postscript
Alex Beller is the co-founder and president at Postscript. He was a director of business development at StackCommerce. He studied philosophy at University of Southern California.
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About Postscript: Postscript is an SMS platform that enables brands to communicate and engage with customers through text message marketing.
Keith Bendes
Vice President, Strategy & Growth of Linqia
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About Forbes Communications Council, Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
Jill Murphy
Vice President & Editor-in-Chief of Common Sense Media
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About Common Sense Media: Common Sense Media provides information and education to help kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology.
Robert Gelick
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Digital Platforms of CBS Interactive
Rob Gelick is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital. In this role, he oversees CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, the CBS apps, and CBS.com, as well as the CBS Television Distribution Digital businesses. This includes the product, technology and overall consumer experience across multiple platforms – the web, mobile, connected devices, social, video and gaming. In addition, Gelick’s team leads the development and production of original digital content to support the CBS Television Network’s slate of shows. This includes managing and producing original editorial and video for over 40 shows’ branded pages on CBS.com as well as social accounts. Gelick also leads the development of digital strategies to launch and grow the digital presence of CBS’s new shows as well as special events like the GRAMMYs and ACM Awards. Previously, Gelick was the SVP and GM of Digital Platforms for CBS Entertainment Digital and held the position of SVP and GM of CBS Mobile, where he led up all aspects of the CBS Mobile business across more than a dozen CBS Interactive properties including CBS.com, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, CNET, GameSpot, and TV.com; as well as mobile development for The CW and CBS Paramount Television. He also managed licensing of CBS brands on mobile platforms, and oversaw all mobile-related video, advertising, games, alerts and interactive TV initiatives. Gelick joined CBS Interactive in 2008 as Vice President of CBS Mobile, overseeing operations and new business development. Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of the founding executives at Helio where he envisioned, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry’s first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering. Before Helio, Gelick spent eight years at Motorola. There, he was instrumental in the company’s strategic alliance with Apple to bring iTunes to Motorola’s next generation mobile devices.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jarred Wilichinsky
Senior Vice President Video Monetization and Operations of CBS Interactive
Jarred Wilichinsky is a senior vice president at CBS Interactive where he focuses on Global Video Monetization and Operations. As an SVP, Jarred is responsible for maximizing the monetization of video advertising inventory across CBS Interactive and ensuring the best possible user experience. Jarred works closely with sales and distribution leadership to drive forward sales strategy and optimize inventory, pricing and campaign execution. Since 2006 Jarred has focused on video ad strategy and execution across CBS Interactive. Jarred Holds a degree i business administration from the University of Florida.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
John Beritzhoff
Senior Vice President, West Coast Sales of Diversified Systems
John joined Diversified as part of the acquisition of Snader and Associates in February, 2013. After graduating from San Francisco State University’s Broadcast and Communication Arts program, John led a (slightly) more glamorous, though short-term, life on the pro tennis circuit before trading his racquet for a rolodex — and joining founder Bob Snader as employee #2 in 1979. John became a full partner in 1988, and President in 1999. During his tenure, John helped to guide Snader and Associates to a staff-level of over 60, in 4 offices throughout California, and sales in excess of $40 million. As Diversified’s Senior Vice President, John continues to guide corporate growth and to oversee all aspects of west coast AV marketing operations, including new business development. John is based in our San Rafael, California office.
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About Diversified Systems, Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Duane Yoslov
Senior Vice President, West Coast Operations of Diversified Systems
Duane manages and oversees all project managers, engineers, and project administration for Diversified Western Operations, and is actively involved in the daily project operations for many of Diversified projects. Duane has worked in nearly every capacity of integration; as an installation technician, design engineer, project manager and technical sales representative, taking on progressively more responsibility through the years. Prior to joining Diversified, Duane worked for Sony Systems Integration for nearly fourteen years as both a contractor and full time employee. During this time, Duane has been a part of many groundbreaking projects and intricately coordinated systems.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Anthony Cuellar
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Diversified Systems
Anthony has a passion for people, technology and the innovation the two can create. As a business leader he has spent his entire career in sales, sales management and marketing. In his leadership roles he has been responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing business initiatives to drive revenue growth at every level. In his Marketing leadership role he is responsible for all global marketing necessary to develop comprehensive marketing and sales support strategies and executable plans to grow market awareness and customer satisfaction. He and his team also manage vendor relationships for joint marketing initiatives. Experience matters and with over two decades in the AV industry Anthony has consulted and implemented many changes in broadcast, AV and IT markets. The diversity of clients like Disney, DreamWorks, Kaiser Permanente, AT&T, Google and Cisco, both domestic and internationally, has prepared him for the unique challenges of navigating the market dynamics for integration, collaboration and managed services on a global scale.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Anthony Cuellar
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Diversified Systems
Anthony has a passion for people, technology and the innovation the two can create. As a business leader he has spent his entire career in sales, sales management and marketing. In his leadership roles he has been responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing business initiatives to drive revenue growth at every level. In his Marketing leadership role he is responsible for all global marketing necessary to develop comprehensive marketing and sales support strategies and executable plans to grow market awareness and customer satisfaction. He and his team also manage vendor relationships for joint marketing initiatives. Experience matters and with over two decades in the AV industry Anthony has consulted and implemented many changes in broadcast, AV and IT markets. The diversity of clients like Disney, DreamWorks, Kaiser Permanente, AT&T, Google and Cisco, both domestic and internationally, has prepared him for the unique challenges of navigating the market dynamics for integration, collaboration and managed services on a global scale.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Karen Brodkin
President of Business Affairs of WME
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About WME: William Morris Endeavor (WME) is primarily a talent agency representing artists across every entertainment sector.
Jim Vaughan
Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing & 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.
Jim Vaughan
Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing & 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.
Chris Gadek
Vice President of Growth of AdQuick
Chris Gadek is the Vice President of Growth at AdQuick
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About AdQuick, Forbes Magazine: AdQuick is a marketplace to buy and sell outdoor advertising.
BJ Cook
President of 85SIXTY
BJ is the CEO and cofounder of Digital Operative. BJ drives the strategic vision of the organization while ensuring that all of the agency’s clients are receiving best-in-class digital solutions. BJ has been in “digital” since 1998 and has a hybrid skillset – design, marketing & technology – that has enabled him to translate solutions across consumer touch points. He’s been recognized on lists covering the Most Influential Marketers in 2009, Top 25 Marketers of the Decade in 2010, a member of The Purple List from PSFK, a writer for SearchEngineGuide.com, a mentor/advisor and most recently a judge for the Webby Awards. BJ is also very active locally, hosting Social Media Breakfast for 3 years, involved with SDSI, SDMBA, speaking for iMarketers/IDSD and at local universities on digital marketing best practices. One of BJ’s most proud moments is helping a nonprofit gain exposure by garnering an appearance on CNN’s “Weekend at War” simply by using LinkedIn. When he’s not waving the DO flag proudly, you’ll find him on the mountain bike trails of San Diego, rock climbing or competing in beach volleyball.
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About 85SIXTY, Digital Operative Inc: 85SIXTY is an e-consultancy & digital marketing agency & It all starts with good data, but getting good data is a massive challenge.
Laurence Hallier
President & CEO of Show Media
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About Funbox, Show Media: Show Media is an ever-expanding digital media company that helps brands entertain & influence.
Bala Menon
Sr. Vice President – Digital Media, Global Head of Operations & Client Success of ReachLocal
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About Gannett, ReachLocal: ReachLocal provides online marketing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Jalal Nasir
Founder, President and CEO of Pixalate
Jalal Nasir serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Pixalate.
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About Pixalate: Pixalate is an intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider to Advertisers and Fortune 500 companies.
Abhijit Shanbhag
Founder & President & CEO of Graymatics
Abhijit Shanbhag leads the day-to-day operations of Graymatics. Previous to founding Graymatics, he was the CTO of Scintera, which he co-founded in 2001, and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Under his leadership and vision, Scintera developed the industry’s first programmable RF signal processor, the lowest power multi-Gigabit signal processor in industry and is emerging to be a leading semiconductor player in the communications space. Previous to Scintera, Shanbhag held key technical and management roles at Qualcomm, Ericsson and Morphics. He holds a BS from IIT-Bombay and a PhD from University of Southern California, where he continues to be closely involved as an Advisory Board member.
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About Graymatics: Graymatics, a cloud platform, provides digital video and image recognition technology to products within images or video content.
Keith Wright
Senior Vice President | Sports and Entertainment Los Angeles 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.
Brad O’Brien
Vice President of Social of 3Q Digital
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About 3Q Digital: 3Q Digital is a digital marketing agency catering to online advertising and mobile marketing.
Arthur Iinuma
President and Co-Founder of ISBX
Arthur derives his business experience through the culmination of various disciplines acquired throughout years of professional experience both in the United States and Southeast Asia and leads in the development of new business, growth strategy and capital finance. Arthur’s financial experience includes managing investments at Morgan Stanley, as well UBS Private Bank where he served as Vice President of Investments – the youngest within the region. He has also worked overseas leading in the expansion of a Southeast Asian real estate development company as their Executive Director. During this time, Arthur had been involved in the internet marketing and consulting fields, alongside Kelly, on various projects as a Project and Account Manager. Arthur currently serves as a Principal of a private equity firm centered around the acquisition and development of real estate properties and maintains an agency managing the import of goods into the United States. He holds a Bachelor’s in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Riverside. Arthur’s experience as a promoter of business development will serve as the cornerstone for the allocation of resources and investment in regards to the future expansion of the company.
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About Iinuma.io, ISBX: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Eric Wise
President & Co-Founder of ISBX
Eric is the President and founder of ISBX, Inc. (ISBX). ISBX is one of the top mobile technology developers in the US. ISBX’s, customers include Apple, Sony, Honda, Anhueser Busch, Coca-Cola and many other corporations. ISBX has been listed on Inc’s 5000 fastest growing companies for the past three years. Eric is primarily responsible for leading the product development team across the Website, iOS/Android applications, and Backend.
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About ISBX, Picturizr: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Dhawal Mujumdar
Product + Co-Founder/President of Polymorph
Dhawal founded AdsNative. Dhawal’s day to day responsibilities at AdsNative include leading product team and providing overall strategy to organization. Dhawal graduated from UC Berkeley with masters degree and holds bachelors in Computer Science. Additionally, Dhawal has taught web programming at UC Berkeley.
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About Polymorph: Polymorph is a white-label SaaS monetization platform for publishers to maximize revenue, reduce costs and deliver better ad experiences.
Peter Kennedy
Founder & President of Tagger Media
Peter Kennedy is the Founder and President at Tagger.
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About Tagger Media: Tagger Media is an influencer marketing management platform helping brands through the planning, activation, and reporting phases.
Stephanie Fossan
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy of SocialFlow
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Eric Phillips
President of Domestic Distribution of Discovery
A 12-year veteran of Discovery Communications, Eric Phillips serves as President of Domestic Distribution. In this role Phillips leads the charge on carriage agreement negotiations with all of the top cable, satellite and telecom operators for Discovery’s domestic portfolio of 13 networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery and Science Channel as well as two wholly-owned networks in Canada. Leading day-to-day management and operations for Discovery’s award-winning Domestic Distribution team, Phillips also oversees the business unit’s budgetary, legal and finance compliance efforts. Over the past decade, Phillips has built strong relationships that reach deep into all areas of the cable industry. The combination of such solid relationships and Phillips’ unmatched knowledge of the U.S. distribution marketplace have made him one of the most skilled and respected negotiators in the cable business. Phillips’ success can be seen in increased distribution across the Discovery portfolio. Under his leadership, Investigation Discovery, which now reaches over 86M homes, was named the fastest growing cable network for three consecutive years. Further exemplifying his success, Phillips was named Affiliate Sales Person of the Year by Cablefax in 2014. Prior to his role as President, Phillips worked as executive vice president and COO of Discovery Education where he led sales, strategic business development, budget, and divisional operations for the global leader in standards-based digital content for K-12. In this role Phillips was instrumental in the development of deeper partnerships with schools across North America as well as the distribution of innovative products and services supporting teaching and learning. As a result of his leadership and his team’s efforts, Discovery Education is now available in over half of all U.S. schools, community colleges and in 50 countries around the world.
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About Discovery: Discovery is a multinational mass media factual television company covering science, history, geography, survival, and more.
Eddie Smith
Senior Vice President, Revenue of PlaceIQ
Eddie Smith, a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of expertise in data, sales and business development, is PlaceIQ’s VP of Data. Most recently, Eddie served as Head of Ads API at Twitter, where he was responsible for building a partner ecosystem that created significant value for advertisers. Previously, Eddie served as Chief Revenue Officer at Topsy Labs.
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About PlaceIQ: PlaceIQ provides location intelligence services that enable advertisers to reach mobile brand audiences for marketing activities.
Youssef Ali
President of Syft
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About FaZe Clan, Syft: Syft is a tech company created from an experimental digital marketing agency built to empower entrepreneurship.
Vanessa Rodriguez Lang
President & Chief Operating Officer of Uhuru Network LLC
Vanessa Rodriguez Lang is the President of Uhuru Network, LLC.
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About Stylishlyme, Uhuru Network LLC: Uhuru is a world-class agency growing businesses by building the full inbound funnel, web design, web development, and digital advertising.
Justin Kramer
CEO & President of The TEAM Companies
In 2012, The TEAM Companies acquired a majority interest in Talent Payment Services because of the forward thinking and commitment to industry knowledge and customer service that Justin has made synonymous with TPS. For over twenty years Justin has honed a unique and impressive blend of experiences that include executive management, sales, operations, and finance in Canada, the United States and South Africa. In 2003 Justin, together with group of private equity investors, purchased TPS and he was appointed CEO. Since then Justin has led TPS’s growth and expanded its core business of performer payroll and associated broadcast business affairs offerings to Canadian, U.S. and international advertising agencies and brands producing commercials and other ad content in Canada and the U.S. He has spearheaded the introduction of multiple technology initiatives which has resulted in TPS becoming a state of the art payroll and business affairs provider to its customers. Justin graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Justin also serves as the President & CEO of Talent Payment Services.
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About Talent Payment Services, The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Lori Tedds
Vice President of Music of The TEAM Companies
Joining TEAM in 2007, Lori Tedds is the quintessential music insider. Born into a musical family, Lori’s passion for music was formed at an early age. Her musical ambitions quickly led her to the music industry beginning at ABC Records. From there, Lori joined a team of Unit Managers at ABC TV where she worked annually on The American Music Awards and The Academy Awards. She also worked on General Hospital during the now infamous “Luke & Laura Wedding” era. Then, when opportunity presented itself to enhance her music experience further, Lori seized it by returning to the record industry with a cherished tenure at Geffen Records. Lori’s career has also included live shows, Manager of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) for Windham Hill Records and A&R Administration for IGA (Interscope/Geffen/A&M). Lori joined the Buena Vista Music Group in 2000 where she became Director of A&R Administration. Throughout Lori’s career she has developed personal and professional ties with some of the most highly regarded professionals in the business. Her in-depth knowledge of the inner-workings of the music industry and her insight into client’s needs has made her an invaluable asset for The TEAM Companies.
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Kat Krone
Vice President of Labor Relations of The TEAM Companies
Kat is one of The TEAM Companies’ well-regarded and invaluable assets. A human search engine of talent contract knowledge, Kat has the cherished ability to not only break down contracts but to also communicate the nuances of those agreements to others so that they may work smarter in the future. As a magna cum laude graduate of Brandeis University with Honors in Theater Arts and an MBA from the UCLA Graduate School of Management in Arts Administration and Labor Relations, Kat brought a special passion for acting and business to her 15 years of work in contracts and business affairs in the regional and national offices of SAG and AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Actors). Kat’s extensive experience with talent labor agreements began at the national SAG office in Hollywood, where she initially worked as a business agent and contract representative. Kat eventually assumed the position of Executive Director of the SAG/AFTRA office in Dallas/Fort Worth. In 1995, she joined Media Services as Director of Labor Relations. She then worked at Cast & Crew in the same capacity before joining TEAM in 2004 where her expertise continues to be an invaluable resource in helping discover unique and innovative solutions for our clients.
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Rob Jones
Vice President of Digital Strategy 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.
Rob Jones
Vice President of Digital Strategy 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.
Jay Bose
President / CSO of Ad Exchange Group
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About Ad Exchange Group: Ad Exchange Group is an adtech company dedicated to building the world’s first end-to-end direct response e-commerce solution.
Melissa Lintinger
Senior Vice President, Production Finance of Comcast NBCUniversal
Melissa Lintinger is a dynamic, collaborative finance and operations leader with a history of successfully guiding organizations through periods of growth and transition. She has the ability to bring out the best in teams, combining exemplary interpersonal skills with a relentless drive for continuous improvement and change management based on sound strategic analysis. Melissa is currently the SVP of Production Finance for NBCUniversal’s TV Studios where she champions technology initiatives to align the production finance processes within NBCU with the rapidly transforming industry. Prior to joining NBCU, Melissa held various leadership positions in media including Vice President of Production Finance at Viacom/BET Networks, leading teams in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, CFO of Bombo Sports & Entertainment, a production company with offices in the US and UK, and head of Production Finance at Oxygen Media during its start up phase. Melissa earned a BS in Marketing and International Business with an Art History minor, and an MBA in Finance, from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Melissa lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, daughter and French bulldog. A recent emigrant from downtown Manhattan, she is acclimating to the clear and open skies of her hillside home. She is a member of Women in Cable Television (WICT), the New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) and Advancing Women Executives (AWE).
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About Chief, Comcast NBCUniversal: A media and entertainment company.
Tara Fraser
Senior Vice President, Program Management of Connexity
Tara Fraser currently works as Senior Vice President of Program Management at Connexity.
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About Connexity: Connexity is a digital advertising company that works with merchants to determine which product offerings to put on publishers’ websites.
Brian Gilbert
Vice President, Programmatic Operations of Pandora
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About Pandora, Pandora: Pandora provides internet radio and recommendation services.
Jonathan Patton
Vice President of Sales of H Code Media
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About H Code Media: H Code is the largest Hispanic digital media company in the US, enabling brands to reach Hispanic audiences with unmatched authenticity.
Noah Jacobson
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience & Strategic Growth of TapClicks
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About Founders Network, TapClicks, TapClicks: TapClicks is a marketing technology company for agencies, media companies, brands, and enterprises.
Eugene Robinson
Assistant Vice President of WONGDOODY
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About WONGDOODY: WONGDOODY is a marketing and advertising company that offers marketing and advertising services.
Jackie Mountain
President, RightSmith, Inc. of RightSmith Group
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About Meaningly, RightSmith Group: RightSmith unlocks the value of media archives by refining and monetizing the assets.
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff
President of Lytics
An executive business leader with a creative flair, Jascha Kaykas-Wolff has built teams that transformed the customer and user experience at Mozilla, BitTorrent, Mindjet, Involver (acquired by Oracle), and Webtrends. A champion for supporting company values and mission; his coaching philosophy drives high‐performing teams with an emphasis toward valuing team success above individual achievement, developing inclusive work practices, building ‘T’ shaped professional skills and constantly reinforcing the importance of business acumen in addition to functional expertise. In his current role as President of Lytics, Jascha is responsible for Go-To-Market, Customer Success and operations. Previously, at Mozilla, BitTorrent, Webtrends, Microsoft and more, Jascha has a strong track record of building robust brands with hockey-stick growth trajectories for new products. Jascha is also producer and co-host of the podcast, This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. He published Growing Up Fast: How New Agile Practices Can Move Marketing And Innovation Past The Old Business Stalemates in 2014. He is a producer and board member at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and a board member of Whittier College, his alma mater.
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About Lytics, Mozilla: Lytics helps companies personalize engagement with customers through an advanced Customer Data Platform.
Oliver Jacob
President of Frequence
Oliver is responsible for sales, customer success, support, strategic alliances and business development.
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About Frequence: Frequence is the first and only end-to-end solution for media companies to automate and grow their local advertising sales.
Todd Greene
Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer of Penske Media Corporation
Todd Greene is Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer at Penske Media Corporation
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About Penske Media Corporation, Penske Media Corporation, Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Christina Yeoh
Vice President, Technical Operations of Penske Media Corporation
Christina Yeoh is PMC’s Vice President of Technical Operations, overseeing Project Management, Network and Infrastructure Management, IT, and Web Operations for all of PMC. She works closely with the PMC Executive Team to focus on large corporate projects, technical operations and planning processes for our rapidly scaling business. Previously, she’s served as PMC’s Director of Projects and also as PMC’s Senior Program Manager, driving the development of digital products and technology projects across all PMC media brands. Since joining PMC from Reed following the Variety acquisition in 2012, Christina has played a pivotal role in leading many complex integration and project management projects for the company. Christina was previously COO at UK-based Magic Milestones Ltd., a digital media project management consultancy working with corporate clients such as the BBC and Reed Business Information. Originally from London, Christina holds an honors degree in Computer Science from the University of Warwick as well as multiple professional project management certifications. She has been working in and around web development and online media for nearly 15 years, leading development teams, production teams and project management teams.
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Kelly Kalichman
Founder, CEO & President of Kukazi
The trailblazer of the bunch, Kalichman is an acclaimed digital producer and strategic guru with dare we say, 20 years of adding to the top and bottom lines, for a myriad of iconic entertainment entities. From Vivendi to Virgin, Motown to AT&T and Columbia to Comcast, this new media messenger and branding magician has been there and literally done that…usually before anyone else did. The true renaissance errr, recon man of the group…we send him in first. Ka is a father of two and spends quality time with his children perfecting real skills in Rock Band, Skyrim and Bio Shock Infinite.
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About Kukazi: Kukazi creates and executes conscience branding objectives for a myriad of entertainment and consumer goods entities.
Andrew Arnold
Executive Vice President, Ansira Channel of Ansira
Andy Arnold joined the company in August 2001 and currently heads the client partnership team and sits on Ansira’s executive committee. He was instrumental in developing Ansira’s experiential service offering and leads that group. Andy has launched several initiatives for automotive manufacturers, including trade promotion programs and marketing automation services. Additionally, he manages the Irvine, California office. Previously, Andy was associated with Coolfire Interactive (a WPP digital company) and Maritz in Detroit and St. Louis. Andy has a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Ohio and a master’s in business administration from Pepperdine University.
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About Ansira: Ansira, the first integrated customer engagement agency, leverages superior marketing intelligence to build deeper, more effective
David A. Stewart
Vice President of Sales of Camera IQ
David A. Stewart currently works as Vice President of Sales at Camera IQ.
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About Camera IQ: Camera IQ is a camera experience manager platform that helps marketers create new worlds that customers love to explore.
HP Jin
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Telenav
HP co-founded Telenav in 1999 and has led the company to become a global leader in location-based services (LBS), automotive navigation and location-targeted mobile advertising. Telenav was the first company to launch GPS navigation services for mobile phones to the world, and today its product reaches more than 100 countries on mobile phones and within vehicles. Telenav was also the first LBS company in the USA to IPO when it began publicly trading on NASDAQ in May 2010. Telenav has subsidiaries in US, China, Europe and South America. Prior to starting Telenav, HP served as a Senior Strategy Consultant for the McKenna Group and a Business Strategy and Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company. HP has also served as a Technical Director at LINCSS/Loral Space Communication. HP holds a Ph.D. in Guidance, Navigation and Control (Aeronautics and Astronautics department), a Ph.D. minor in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
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About Telenav: Accelerating towards a connected car future with smarter, easier, safer innovation.
Blythe Holden
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer of Shopzilla
As Chief Legal Officer at Connexity, Blythe directs all the company’s legal affairs both domestically and abroad. Blythe joined Connexity in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel and was quickly promoted to General Counsel in 2006. In March 2010, Blythe was instrumental in lobbying for a new Internet tax ordinance creating a clear tax definition for Internet companies across the Los Angeles County and helping to secure the continued presence of internet businesses in Los Angeles, Connexity included. In addition to providing counsel on company policy day to day, Blythe continues to be the key protectorate of the company’s intellectual property and the advisor on all legal, policy, compliance, and new product initiatives. In 2010, Blythe won the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Corporate Counsel of the Year award. In 2011, she was honored by the Daily Journal as one of the 25 Leading General Counsel in California. Prior to Connexity, Blythe built over five years of experience in technology, and internet law. In 2002, Blythe served as a VP & Associate Counsel for Panavision, Inc. Prior to that, Blythe joined an idealab! start-up “The .tv Corporation,” informally known as “dotTV.” Blythe began her career at one of Los Angeles’ most renowned law firms Latham & Watkins, specializing in intellectual property and information technology. Blythe graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1997, and summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1994. Blythe was also a Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow. An outdoors woman at heart, Blythe enjoys skiing and cycling. Blythe lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and her son.
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About Connexity, Shopzilla: Shopzilla manages a portfolio of online shopping brands that helps shoppers discover, review, and buy goods online.
Eli (Eliezer) Lubitch
President of Beamr
Eliezer (Eli) Lubitch is President at Beamr .
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About Beamr: Beamr is an innovative private company comprised of the world’s leading imaging scientists and veterans of the Israeli technology industry.
Bryan DeRose
Vice President, Business Development of CMO Council
DeRose brings to GlobalFluency more than 12 years of direct and channel sales and business development experience in the Technology, Telecom, Professional Services and Manufacturing verticals. As the Senior Director of Business Development, DeRose leads global sponsorship and partnership activities for GlobalFluency’s affinity networks, including the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, and the Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE). In this role DeRose works to craft and execute Intelligent Marketing Engagement™ campaigns to drive authority leadership, demand generation and new business opportunities for global enterprises. Prior to joining GlobalFluency DeRose spent over 5 years at the American Electronics Association (AEA), the nations largest technology trade association, as the Director, Membership Development in the Silicon Valley office. DeRose was tasked with new member development and retention of the associations 500 members located in the Silicon Valley chapter. In this role DeRose worked with industry leaders Sun Microsystems, HP, Intel, Cisco, Varian Medical, Google, Intuit and others to activate grass-roots lobbying efforts at the state, federal and international levels to promote growth within the technology industry. DeRose spent the first four years of his career as the Strategic Accounts Manager at Questlink Technology, the world’s largest e-commerce supplier of electronic components and computer products. This position required DeRose to forge strong alliances among channel distribution partners and OEM clients such as Ingram Micro, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, CDW, Intel, Samsung, Hitachi, LG Electronics, Sanmina-SCI, Flextronics, Clestica, Tyco, Dell, HP and others to streamline their supply chain to drive out excess costs and shorten the production and new product introduction cycle.
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About CMO Council, CMO Council: The CMO Council is a peer-powered network of marketing executives decision-makers from a wide range of global industries.
Kirstie Brown
Executive Vice President of Global Finance & Operations of Digital Turbine
Kirstie Brown was appointed the Company’s principal accounting officer in September 2014. She is currently Executive Vice President of Global Finance & Operations for Digital Turbine Group. She is also the Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s subsidiary, Digital Turbine Asia Pacific Pty. Prior to being appointed to her current positions in 2012, Brown served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Mirror Image Access (Australia) Pty Ltd (“MIA”) and of the Mirror Image International Group, a group comprised of five of MIA’s subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore.
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About Digital Turbine: The leading independent mobile growth platform — leveling up the landscape for advertisers, publishers, carriers and OEMs.
Matt Howe
Vice President of Business Development of true[x]
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About Breakaway Labs, Clectaverse, Flow Laboratories, GYANT, Hive.co, JOBOX.ai, ScopeAR, Startup UCLA Accelerator, true[x]: True[x] is a digital ad-tech company offering engagement advertising solutions for brands.
Giselle Schubert
Vice President of Digital Marketing of Saut Media
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About Essaypop, Saut Media: Saut Media offers data driven targeting across mobile, application, display, and keyword platforms.
Alfonso Tiscareno
Vice President (San Francisco & Los Angeles) of Robert Walters
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About Robert Walters: Robert Walters is a global, specialist professional recruitment consultancy.
Dan Cudgma
President and Chief Executive Officer of MotiveMetrics
Dan is the CEO and Co-Founder of MotiveMetrics.
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About MotiveMetrics: MotiveMetrics develops account structure optimization and management platform.
Jason Hobbs
President, Founder of found.ee
Jason Hobbs is a marketing veteran with over a decade of advertising agency and dotcom experience. He’s developed marketing strategies and managed execution for everything from brick and mortar retailers to pharmaceutical companies with $100 million to $1 billion annual revenues, to startups with growing revenues. In 2011, he formed the digital marketing agency, THE FOUND GROUP, focusing in on the music industry. The agency acquired clients ranging from Loma Vista Recordings to Sony Music, Coldplay to Mumford and Sons, and everything in between. Jason moved into the role of CEO at found.ee fulltime and within 2 years of this, successfully sold to Downtown, one of the largest music companies in the world.
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About found.ee, The Found Group: found.ee is a web platform that allows users to shorten URLs and generate retargeting pools consisting of interested consumers via clicks.
Gerald Acosta
Vice President of Design of Manage
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About Manage: Manage has been focused on making mobile easy, efficient and effective for advertisers to get the most out of their mobile efforts.
Pawan J. Mehra
Founder and President of Améredia
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About Améredia, Foreign Startups, Founder Institute, FWD.us, OneValley, The Refiners: Améredia enables multicultural marketing communications for global brands across U.S. and international markets.
Tobey Van Santvoord
Senior Vice President of Sales, North America of MightyHive
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About MightyHive: MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Josh Reed
Vice President – of Executive Digital
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About Executive Digital: Full Service Digital Marketing Agency: SEO, Social Media, SEM, Programmatic, Web Development, Mobile App Development
Nimrod Kimchi
President and Co-Founder of Unicell Advanced Cellular Solutions
Nimrod Kimchi is a General Partner at CMI. Nimrod has been involved in the Tel Aviv tech scene and a business partner of Yohai Rayfeld for more than ten years. As a Founder & President of Unicell, Director of Pango, and Founder & Director of Tweegee, Nimrod possesses an extensive networks of investment contacts on a global scale.
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About Curious Minds, E2C, Tweegee, Unicell Advanced Cellular Solutions: Unicell is a marketing and advertising company that provides digital and advertising solutions.
Ryan Ashburn
President & Chief Revenue Officer of BrightTALK
Ryan has 20+ years in sales and sales leadership with an unprecedented record of developing high performing teams and driving business growth while helping customers achieve their desired business objectives. Ryan has rich sales and marketing expertise with his experiences from ADP, Eloqua and Oracle.
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About BrightTALK: BrightTALK provides videos and webinars for professionals and their communities.
Dawn DuMont-Perdew
President & Founder of The DuMont Project
Dawn began her media career in the burgeoning DRTV world in the 1990s, working with some of the most successful traditional direct marketing companies like Bose, Nordic Track, Readers Digest and Time, Inc., among many others. She has helped launch the most successful branded direct response campaigns for CPG and healthcare Rx/OTC clients. She also served as the VP of Client Services for ID Media (the largest direct media service company in the US as part of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.) Currently Dawn serves on the executive board of the Emmys and focuses on the evolution of digital assets for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences archives. Additionally, she served on the Google Agency Council providing thought leadership and architecting many of Google’s new products.
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About Cart.com, The DuMont Project: The DuMont Project provides direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing consultancy services.
Kimberly Rose
President, Founder of ShapeTechnology
Kimberly has more than 20 years of experience in high-technology marketing and public relations. Prior to founding ShapeTechnology, she worked as a corporate insider for Hortonworks, Microsoft, Novell, and ShoreTel; and has represented numerous other technology clients while working at the public relations firms Hill & Knowlton and Miller Communications. Kimberly has a proven track record in developing and implementing a wide-range of strategic communications and marketing programs that have successfully launched more than 400 companies and products into the marketplace. Expertise includes: – Positioning of companies and their products (technologies) before they come to market. Repositioning product and service companies, while implementing integrated marketing campaigns to support new strategies. – Development of content marketing programs that raise or increase ‘share of voice’ with in a variety of market sectors. – Developing comprehensive content marketing, corporate branding, MarCom and public relations programs to support the sales of products and services using print, broadcast, online media and social media. – Building and organizing marketing teams to more effectively support sales initiatives. Supporting channel programs, including developing sales tools and lead-generation programs. – Building market awareness of companies and their products, which has lead to the development of new markets for many companies.
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About ShapeTechnology: Our team brings a diversity of varied marketing perspectives from working for or representing new ventures and Fortune 1000 companies.
Anna A. Uvarova
Vice President Marketing of iBuildApp
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About iBuildApp: iBuildApp is an automated mobile app platform that includes design templates and widgets marketplace.
Stuart Ogawa
Executive Vice President, Product and Technology of Marketwired
Stuart (Stu) Ogawa oversees Marketwired’s product and technology organization and is responsible for setting the direction of the company’s product roadmaps. He brings 25 years’ experience leading large development, product and engineering teams at both VC-backed start-up companies and multi-billion dollar public enterprises. Most recently he served as VP, Business Intelligence at Yahoo! Inc. in Santa Clara, California. where he led a team of 180-plus people overseeing Big Data platforms and the search and display ad monetization platforms. During his tenure he received The SuperStar Team Lead Award, one of the highest Yahoo! awards given to employees. Prior to that, Stu was recruited to Teradata prior to its IPO, where he led a 275 person organization as its General Manager, VP of Applications. This organization built and delivered Big Data and analytic applications for the Global 1000. He founded two SaaS start-ups, including a financial information exchange and an early social network. Stu received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara, an MBA from Santa Clara University, and completed the Executive Leadership Program at Stanford University, sponsored by Yahoo!.
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About Marketwired: Marketwired is a social communications company that provides solutions for global press release distribution and more.
Shannon Lynch
Vice President, Human Resources of SmartZip
Experienced Human Resources professional with 15+ years of hands on experience developing and managing human resource programs. Specialties: Expertise in the areas of employee relations, recruitment, performance management, compensation/benefits planning & administration, and training.
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About SmartZip: SmartZip offers innovative and effective predictive marketing solutions to help real estate agents get more listings and lenders more leads.
