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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 VP’ operating in the Advertising space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
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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Tenni Theurer
VP and Head of Product for News of Verizon Media
As an innovator & operational executive across consumer and technology domains at Yahoo, Visa and IBM, Tenni’s experience spans 17 years leading product and engineering teams delivering new strategies, features and services. She is currently Sr Director of Product Management where she oversees Yahoo.com and Yahoo News’ product portfolio at Oath. Prior to Yahoo, she was Sr Business Leader for Visa’s consumer digital wallet and mobile services. At IBM, Tenni worked in the Pervasive Computing group developing enterprise mobile solutions for B2B customers in US and Europe. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.
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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.
Robert Slifka
VP of Engineering of Sharethrough USA
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About Sharethrough USA: Sharethrough is one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges
Robert Joseph
VP, Engineering in Production of Foursquare
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About Foursquare: Foursquare is a location technology platform offering business solutions and consumer products through a deep understanding of location.
Aswin Shibu
VP of Sales of MixRank
VP of Sales, MixRank & Mattermark. Ex. Director of Sales, FullContact | Head of Sales, Profoundis | Founder&CEO at Sous Chef.
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About Mattermark, MixRank: MixRank combines robust Mobile App & Web Intelligence with a LiveScan Contacts Engine to Automate Lead Generation
Khudor Annous
SVP, Influencer Client Development of Branded Entertainment Network
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About Branded Entertainment Network, Entrepreneur.com, Twitch: Branded Entertainment Network is a marketing and advertising company providing entertainment content creating services.
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.
Mike Blacker
VP, Enterprise Business Development of The Trade Desk
Mike Blacker is the VP of Strategic Business Development at The Trade Desk, a global demand-side-platform in the $5B real-time bidding industry. In his role, Mike prospects for new strategic clients across various industries and works extensively with existing clients to further embed The Trade Desk platform into their business. Mike is an adtech veteran with a string of start-up including Infoseek, CBS SportsLine, Epylon/Accenture, ExpertCity/Citrix, AudienceScience, Feeva, Quova and Neustar. Mike was one of the first to sell online ads back in 1996 and has spent his entire career working in various roles around digital advertising, adtech and ad platforms. Mike graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives with his family in Ojai, CA.
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
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.
Michael Blum
SVP, Business and Legal Affairs of Quantcast
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Christina Cubeta
VP Marketing of Quantcast
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Brian Hanley
VP, Mobile Advertising of LionShare Media
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About LionShare Media: LionShare Media develops a media distribution platform-as-a-service to harness the power of converging and emerging technologies.
Karim De Martino
VP Business Development 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.
Erin Miller
VP of Account Management 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.
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.
Assaf Baciu
SVP of Products & co-founder of Persado
Assaf Baciu is the SVP of Products and co-founder of Persado. He was the Vice President of Product Management at Upstream before that. Assaf is responsible for driving the development of Upstream’s next-generation mobile marketing solutions and identifying new markets for expansion. Prior to joining Upstream, Assaf worked for speech and imaging solutions supplier Nuance Communications as a senior director of product strategy where he was responsible for developing on-demand and mobile solutions. Assaf joined Nuance from BeVocal, following its acquisition in 2007, where he led product management and developed innovative multi-channel mobile strategies and solutions. Assaf holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco and he has a Masters in Social Psychology from the Sorbonne in Paris.
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About Persado: Persado Marketing Language Cloud delivers AI-generated language that resonates the most with any audience, segment or individual.
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.
Jason Finkelstein
SVP Global Marketing of NextRoll
Jason is SVP Global Marketing at AdRoll, a division of NextRoll. He advises Traitify, Disconnect and Swellbox. He was formerly Chief Revenue Officer at Traitify and before that Chief Marketing Officer at AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG), who was acquired by Avast Software in 2016 for $1.3B. Before AVG, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Location Labs which AVG acquired in 2014 for $220M. Prior to Location Labs, Jason served in various product management, investment professional, and entrepreneurial roles at Funambol, Vindigo and Millennium Technology Ventures. Jason holds an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School. He also holds a Bachelors in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
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About NextRoll: NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
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.
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.
Quentin Archibeck
VP of Media Sales, Western Region of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Dennis Mink
VP Marketing of Liftoff
Out-of-the-box marketing professional with a passion for building cloud-based products and services. Deep experience with SaaS, mobile and marketing technology. Highly motivated self-starter.
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About Liftoff: Liftoff is a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform which uses post-install data to run true CPA-optimized campaigns.
Shana Radparvar
VP of Finance and Operations of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Dylan Conroy
SVP Integrated Media Sales of Channel Factory
Media seller focused on you tube, influencer marketing and branded content. Love golf, food, live music, surfing, tennis, racquetball, being a dad, mountain biking, connecting to my higher power, staying sober, running, etc.
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
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.
Paul Imhoff
VP, Sales & Marketing of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Ken Mallon
SVP & Head of Data Products of Samba TV
Digital advertising product leader making insights, targeting and measurement products at scale for both the hand-sold and programmatic world. Held leadership roles in this space since 2000 at top publishers (Microsoft, Yahoo!) and research companies (Dynamic Logic/Millward Brown, Ipsos ASI). Highly trained at top universities (Stanford, Johns Hopkins) in mathematical sciences, extensive experience working with and managing engineers, product/program managers, marketers and various sales roles. Career has been characterized by high-impact innovations in behavioral targeting, closed looped targeting/measurement systems and deep consumer insights products. Rapid prototyping, customer input and iteration development style. Leveraging 15+ year experience in targeting, measurement and insights innovation, combined with 4INFO’s unique secret sauce, to bring industry-leading, closed-loop targeting and sales lift measurement to mobile and cross-screen advertisers. As CPO, I manage both the Data Science and Product Teams at 4INFO. In addition to our science and data driven targeting and measurement solutions for advertisers, we are also building out Platform-as-a-Service solutions for DMPs, data partners, publishers and major advertisers. Our unique ability to make nearly all US smart devices addressable, means our match key can power the future of Martech in amazing ways.
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About Samba TV: Samba TV enables the next-generation TV experience powered by its first-party data and helps viewers engage with relevant media.
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.
Thai Randolph
SVP, Marketing & Monetization – Laugh Out Loud Network of Lionsgate
Thai Randolph is an award-winning marketing and business development leader who has spent her career at the intersection of content, consumers and commerce. She has a proven track-record of building brands, audiences and driving revenue for some of the world’s biggest brands across consumer products, tech and entertainment. Randolph currently serves as SVP of Marketing & Monetization for Laugh Out Loud (LOL) network, a comedy brand and multi-platform network in partnership from Lionsgate and Kevin Hart. Here Randolph leads brand strategy, audience development, ad sales, brand partnerships, new digital monetization strategies and revenue streams. She is responsible for spearheading LOL’s content distribution initiatives, including its streaming service and multi-platform network. She also oversees the vision, strategy and management of LOL’s digital marketing platforms and leads a multidisciplinary team covering CRM, social media, digital advertising and creative. Prior to joining Laugh Out Loud, Randolph was a member of Facebook’s Global Marketing Solution’s team. In this role, she managed strategic partnerships and digital transformation initiatives with some of the most innovative marketing and technology agencies in the US. Randolph served as CMO & SVP, Marketing for Sony DADC New Media Solution’s GENERATOR business unit. Randolph was named Black Enterprise’s Leading Women in Advertising and Marketing in 2016 for her work transforming Sony Music’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital group from an internal cost center to an independent digital marketing and ecommerce service provider. Her efforts attracted 3rd party media and entertainment clients such as AMC Networks, A+E Networks and Universal Music Group. A seasoned agency executive, Randolph’s experience includes digital leadership roles with WPP (VML) and Publicis (Moxie Interactive) agencies, where she’s provided new media strategy and consultation to world-class brands including Verizon Wireless, Dell, Saks Fifth Avenue, Colgate-Palmolive and Revlon. She holds B.A. in Communications with a minor in Performing Arts in American University and is co-founder of I2AM, a nonprofit she founded with her brother dedicated to increasing educational and cultural access at-risk youth.
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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 Rooke
SVP Strategy and Operations of Nativo
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About Nativo: Nativo is an advertising technology platform for brand advertisers and publishers to scale, automate, and measure native ads.
Rujul Patel
VP New Business, Marketing & PMM of ironSource
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About ironSource: IronSource is a business platform enabling mobile content creators to prosper in the app economy.
Raj Mukherjee
SVP of Product of Indeed
Raj Mukherjee is the SVP of Product of Indeed.
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About Indeed: Indeed is an employment-related metasearch engine for job listings.
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.
Shun Chen
Vice President, Products of Conviva
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
Wesley MacLaggan
SVP, Marketing of Marin Software
Wesley MacLaggan has been working with Marin Software since 2008. He is currently Head of Marketing at Marin Software. Previously he lead the Product team where he was responsible for driving Marin’s roadmap and working closely with engineering to deliver innovative advertising solutions to the market. He has over a decade’s experience developing and delivering analytical enterprise SaaS applications, including four years with Applied Predictive Technologies working on their platform to help retailers maximize the return on their promotional spending. Mr. MacLaggan began his career providing strategic guidance to companies in a range of industries with Mercer Management Consulting. He holds an Economics degree from Dartmouth College.
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About Marin Software: Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
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.
Brian Wrightson
VP, Technology of Clariture
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About Clariture: Clariture is a consumer-focused healthcare marketing platform that drives targeted patient acquisitions and patient engagement.
Vijay Kumar
VP of Engineering of WideOrbit
Vijay joined WideOrbit in 2011 and is leading the San Francisco-based engineering teams focused on business analytics and yield optimization. Vijay comes to WideOrbit with more than 25 years of diverse software development and senior management experience, with a strong background in developing solutions that automate complex business processes and high value business analytics. Prior to joining WideOrbit, Vijay served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Vendavo Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Prior to Vendavo, Vijay was the Director of Enterprise Integration Products division at Borland International in Scotts Valley, California where he managed development, maintenance and QA.
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About WideOrbit: WideOrbit provides advertising management software for major media companies.
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.
Joel Jewitt
VP of Strategic Partnerships of LiveRamp
Joel runs strategic partnerships for LiveRamp. He was previously co-founder and VP Business Development of Motorola/Good Technology Inc, and prior to that was EVP of Encompass. Joel was also co-founder of Adaptive Media and was the fourth member in the founding team of Palm Computing. Joel holds a B.A. in Physics from Amherst College and a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Scott Ronay
VP – Publisher Business Development of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Noel McMichael
SVP Strategic Initiatives and Government Affairs of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Kent Hall
VP of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Kaitie Coghlan
VP, Data Partnerships of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Kaitie Coghlan
VP, Data Partnerships of LiveRamp
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About LiveRamp: LiveRamp is the leading data connectivity platform for the safe and effective use of data.
Maria Sipka
Co-Founder, VP Brand Strategy and Chief Evangelist of Linqia
Maria is the Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Linqia, the first performance-based influencer marketing platform whose turnkey programs are guaranteed to deliver concrete business results. Prior to Linqia, Maria was part of the founding team and COO at XING, Europe’s leading business network, where she led XING’s communities and premium group offerings, exiting shortly after its IPO. Maria also founded the content marketing agency Cherry Communications at age 18 and grew the agency to be one of the most respected consultancies in Australia. Additionally, Maria has been recognized as one of the leading women in technology by Forbes.
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About Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
Mohammed Pedhiwala
VP of Engineering of Linqia
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About Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
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.
Tawn Albright
EVP, Corporate Development of Leaf Group
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About Leaf Group: Leaf Group is a diversified Internet company that builds platforms across its media and marketplace properties.
Stacey Olliff
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs of Prodege
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About Prodege: Prodege is a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform that leverages its global audience to power its business solutions.
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.
Jon Mantell
Senior VP, Digital Product and Video of CBS Interactive
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Renee Budig
EVP & CFO of CBS Interactive
Renee Budig joined our board of directors in November 2015 as Chair of the Audit Committee. Budig brings extensive financial operations experience as CBS Interactive’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her time at CBS, Budig served as Chief Financial Officer of Hightail (formerly branded YouSendIt) and was previously the Vice President of Finance at Netflix. In 2011, Budig was recognized by the San Jose Business Journal as CFO of the Year for Venture-Backed Companies and was also named to the esteemed list of Silicon Valley Women of Influence. Budig graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jason White
SVP & GM, Global Programmatic Revenue of CBS Interactive
Jason White is the SVP, Head of Publishers at LiveRamp.
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About CBS Interactive, IAB Technology Laboratory, LiveRamp: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Steve Comstock
SVP and CIO of CBS Interactive
Under Comstock’s leadership, CBS Interactive has advanced productivity and efficiency through the modernization of workforce technology, optimized infrastructure support through strategic vendor product decisions, reduced overall operating costs through improved process/structure, created and implemented incident response/remediation processes, creation of a vendor management organization and implemented a global single sign-on solution helping identify and securing over 130 applications.Prior to joining CBS Interactive in 2010, Steve’s 20-year career in technology developed with Sendmail Inc., Oracle Corporation and the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) in various roles within engineering and IT.Steve earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Regis University. Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his family, binge-watching television shows/movies and channeling his inner foodie.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Lindsey Turrentine
VP of content of CBS Interactive
Lindsey Turrentine is Editor-in-Chief of CNET Reviews, where she sets the direction for CNET.com, CNET TV, CNET How To, and all of CNET’s compelling consumer tech advice. She has worked for 15 years in Internet journalism.
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About CBS Interactive, CNET Networks: 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.
Rick Corteville
VP, Product Marketing- TECH of CBS Interactive
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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.
Zack Sugarman
SVP, Properties of Wasserman Media Group
Zack Sugarman currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Properties at Wasserman. Sugarman has ten years of Strategic Digital Marketing and Social Media experience creating award winning campaigns and initiatives for athletes, teams, leagues, properties, brands and technology companies alike while working at Wasserman. Sugarman runs lead on strategy, execution .
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About Wasserman Media Group, Wasserman Media Group: Wasserman media group provides marketing services to talent.
Tom Windish
EVP, Head of Business Development and A&R of Wasserman Media Group
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About Wasserman Media Group: Wasserman media group provides marketing services to talent.
Maggie Mesa
SVP, Global Supply and Partnerships of Chartboost
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About Chartboost: Chartboost is one of the largest mobile-games only marketplace to increase revenue and discover new players.
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.
Myha Trieu
SVP, People & Operations of ShareThis
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About ShareThis: ShareThis has unlocked the power of global digital behavior by synthesizing social share, interest, and intent data since 2007
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.
Kady Srinivasan
SVP Global Head of Marketing of Klaviyo
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About Klaviyo: Klaviyo is a marketing automation and email platform designed to help grow businesses.
David Anderson
SVP of MediaLink
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
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.
David Singh
VP of Sales of Intellimize
David has been in sales leadership for over 18 years. Before joining Intellimize, David was VP of Sales at People.ai leading the sales organization to 5x growth in his first year. At Lattice Engines, David helped develop that organization into the leading predictive marketing vendor and introduced predictive lead scoring to the mainstream. Prior to that, David was on the executive teams at Demandforce and Backbase, was a Technical Sales Leader at iRise and Rational Software, and was in enterprise sales at Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
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About Intellimize: Intellimize is a startup offering tools for marketers to drive conversions by personalizing websites.
Jarvis Mak
VP of Customer Success of Intellimize
Jarvis is the Vice President of Customer Success at Intellimize. Before joining Rocket Fuel, Jarvis worked with Havas Digital as Senior Vice President and Global Director of Research and Insight, responsible for working with clients worldwide to help guide communication strategy through an insights-driven approach. Jarvis originally joined Havas Digital as head of research for Media Contacts in the U.S. Before joining Media Contacts, he was with DS-IQ, a marketing services firm in retail digital media, translating in-store campaign results into recommended targeting and optimization strategies. Prior to DS-IQ, Jarvis was at Yahoo!, where he provided insights and solutions to key retail and travel clients. Jarvis also served as Director of Analytics for Nielsen//NetRatings, where he spearheaded the MegaPanel research effort and managed the company’s custom research team. Jarvis received his bachelor’s degree in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley.
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About Intellimize: Intellimize is a startup offering tools for marketers to drive conversions by personalizing websites.
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.
Sean Dwyer
VP of Architecture of Rev
Full Stack Expert, UCI, 8x startups
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About Rev: Rev reinvents sales development for B2B sales and marketing teams, helping them fuel their funnel with the highest potential prospects.
Sean Dwyer
VP of Architecture of Rev
Full Stack Expert, UCI, 8x startups
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About Rev: Rev reinvents sales development for B2B sales and marketing teams, helping them fuel their funnel with the highest potential prospects.
Alicia Cervini
VP Strategic Partnerships of Meredith
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About Meredith: Meredith Corporation is a media and marketing company, engages in book publishing, television broadcasting and integrated marketing.
John Glennon
SVP of Sales and Strategic Partnerships of Vibes
Having spent over a decade working with the industry’s largest mobile companies, John is one of the industry’s top messaging connectivity experts. John heads up sales, business development and our aggregation division Connect for Vibes. Over the last 17 years, he has run thousands of campaigns across dozens of countries, with everything from Jay Z text to screen in concert, through Frito-Lay on pack sweepstakes and just about every ringtone, video and social networking integration known to man under his belt. Outside of the office, John’s passions include coaching his son’s baseball team (not easy for a British guy!), cheering for Everton, his hometown soccer team and a love of cars after being in the auto industry before mobile, working for Mercedes and Audi.
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About Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
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.
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.
Venkat Achanta
EVP, CTO & CDO of Neustar
Venkat Achanta is senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at Neustar, Inc. Venkat is responsible for expanding Neustar’s authoritative identity and attribution platform to find innovative ways to create connected customer experiences across people, places and things. Prior to Neustar, Venkat was chief data officer and head of the data and analytics group at Walmart, where he was responsible for all data and analytics delivery platforms across the company. Venkat has more than 20 years of experience in data science, analytics and enterprise information management. While at Walmart, Venkat globally spearheaded the data fabric, advanced analytics platforms and decision services groups. Prior to Walmart, Venkat was global head of analytics and big data at AIG. Venkat has held senior leadership positions with various companies that are noted in the industry for their data and analytics capabilities, including Capital One, where he was vice president of enterprise data services, and Experian, where he was vice president of global product development and delivery. Venkat holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Andhra University in India and a master’s of business administration from UCLA.
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About Neustar, Neustar: Neustar is a tech company that offers a range of cloud-based services for marketing and IT professionals.
Brian Foster
SVP Information Services of Neustar
World domination and vanilla ice cream are the two things I strive for. Related experience: – Seasoned product development executive – Extensive and successful product management background for both enterprise security and consumer product development – Drove innovation around large data sets coming from network providers (i.e. 8b events/day) and using machine learning to build predictive security models
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About MobileIron, Neustar: Neustar is a tech company that offers a range of cloud-based services for marketing and IT professionals.
Helen Lum
VP of Account Management of Sabio
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Robin Johnson
VP, Client Solutions of Sabio
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Sean Atkins
GM/SVP, Discovery Digital Media & Consumer Products of Discovery
Results-driven executive with 15-year career combining hands-on operational expertise, innovative product/venture development, deal making and financial acumen to deliver multimillion-dollar revenues for high-growth organizations. Proven success mobilizing cross-functional teams in the start-up and launch of new ventures, products and technologies. Expert ability to guide product design and development to capture emerging trends, and capitalize on revenue-building opportunities. Entrepreneurial leader and business strategist with the talent, motivation and passion to make an immediate and lasting impact in company growth
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About Discovery, Jellysmack, MEDNAX: Discovery is a multinational mass media factual television company covering science, history, geography, survival, and more.
Manik Khanna
VP Business Development & Monetization of PlaceIQ
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About PlaceIQ: PlaceIQ provides location intelligence services that enable advertisers to reach mobile brand audiences for marketing activities.
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.
Anthony Mazzarella
Executive VP and CFO of CFN Enterprises Inc
Mr. Mazzarella was the founding CEO of AOptix Technologies, and continues to serve as a director on the board. Mr. Mazzarella possesses over 30 years of experience in general management, technology and finance, and is currently CEO of Advanced Turbine Designs, Inc. Mr. Mazzarella was previously founding investor of MyLife.com, EVP and CFO of iMall, Inc, managing director of Geller & Friend Capital Partners and vice president of The Davis Companies. Mr. Mazzarella also held positions with Twentieth Century Fox, Deloitte & Touche, and The Boeing Company. Mr. Mazzarella serves or has served as a director of Mustang Software, SuperNation, eForce Media, GreatDomains, iMall, Inc, MyLife.com, Advanced Turbine Designs, and PatentVest, Inc.
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About CFN Enterprises Inc, Edgewater Ventures: CFN Enterprises Inc operates a scalable SaaS-based platform providing a complete online tracking solution for advertisers.
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.
Jeff Rogers
Sr. VP / Strategic Technology & Operational Management of The TEAM Companies
With over 30 years of IT and industry experience CTO, Jeff Rogers, is responsible for The TEAM Companies’ IT infrastructure, software development, and the introduction of new technologies. Jeff’s initial foray into IT was during the early 1980s developing video games for Atari computers, followed by an 18 month stint working with Tandex Electronics Test Lab. In 1985 Jeff branched out into the talent payments industry, joining Talent Payments Inc. (TPI) as an account coordinator, where he learned the basics as well as the nuances of the SAG, AFTRA, AFM, and Industrials contracts. In 1987 he departed TPI and moved to Special Artist Talent Agency, where he broadened his experience to include the agency side of talent management. In 1993 Jeff joined TEAM, where his talent payment and IT background made him an ideal candidate to manage the company’s technology infrastructure and software development. During his first two years he directed the redesign of TEAM’s internal and client facing applications. In 1995 Jeff was placed in charge of all billing operations and was later named Operations Manager. Jeff eventually rose to the position of Vice President of Information Technologies, during which time he spearheaded the implementation of TEAM’s web-based online client system that is known to users as TOCS. Jeff departed TEAM in 2007 to become Chief Operating Officer of Mola Inc., a Los Angeles based full-package clothing manufacturer for noted brands including Juicy Couture, BeBe, True Religion, and Guess. As a rapidly growing company that produced upwards of 350,000 garments per month, Jeff successfully implemented A2000, an ERP system specifically designed for the garment manufacturing industry, to manage all design, inventory, supply chain, order fulfilment and distribution. Jeff returned to, what then had become, The TEAM Companies in 2012 where he now serves as Chief Technology Officer. With his extensive talent payment and IT experience he brings a big-picture perspective to IT solutions for user needs as he leads The TEAM Companies in infrastructure and client-centric technology.
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Mark Egmon
VP, Marketing and Corporate Communications of The TEAM Companies
Mark’s professional roots are in production. Early in his career, Mark climbed the ranks from Location Manager to Assistant Director and then to producer, working for a number of well-respected production companies and advertising agencies. While Executive Producing in Chicago, Mark also served a six year term as president of AICP’s Midwest region during which time he co-founded the Illinois Production Alliance. He served as that organization’s first president and positioning the IPA to have an instrumental role in the creation and passing of Illinois film and commercial tax incentive. Mark was an early entrant in the field of Branded Entertainment and understands the business challenges that production and post-production companies face when taking on more comprehensive roles in the creation of advertising content for multiple media.
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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.
Sybil Grieb
SVP, U.S. Head of Influencer Strategy and Activation 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.
