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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 Marketing 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.
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
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Stephen Heisserer
VP Product of MicroAcquire
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About MicroAcquire: MicroAcquire is a startup acquisition marketplace that helps startups find buyers and get acquired.
Michael Perone
EVP, Co-Founder of Opensense
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About 345 Partners, Opensense, Switch9, Inc.: Everyday email, evolved.
Bobby Narang
EVP, Co-Founder of Opensense
Bobby co-founded SenderGen in 2013, where he led sales and marketing for the company’s industry-leading enterprise email signature marketing platform. In 2018, SenderGen became Opensense, where he serves as co-founder and VP, Sales. Prior to SenderGen, Bobby was sales lead at Intralinks (NYSE: IL), where he was responsible for sales to the largest firms in the financial services industry, as well as selling directly into the C-Suite at firms within the Fortune 1000. As a highlight, In 2013, Bobby secured Intralinks first full enterprise agreement at a major investment bank in New York, marking a significant win for the organization. Prior to Intralinks, was in sales at Yext, where he was responsible for generating new business within a dozen different SMB verticals. Additionally, he served in a Business Development role where he successfully spearheaded the launch of six new vertical-focused product lines. Bobby has a passion for evangelizing cutting-edge technology solutions that disrupt “the old way of doing things.” Bobby holds a BSBA with a concentration in Finance from Boston University.
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About Opensense: Everyday email, evolved.
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
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.
Tim Kimmet
VP Cloud Platform of Walmart Labs
Tim leads the Cloud Computing Platform at Walmart, code-named Strati. This includes common layers such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Platform frameworks and services that support rapid application development at Walmart. The scope of this Platform is to dramatically increase the digital to physical integration of Walmart’s assets including @WalmartLabs Global E-commerce, Stores, Clubs, Distribution Centers and Fulfillment Centers. Tim is responsible for driving many of Walmart’s open source initiatives, including OneOps— a tool that manages continuous lifecycle management for business critical applications for all of Walmart’s properties (digital and physical). Prior to Walmart, Tim built similar platforms at scale for internet companies in Silicon Valley, including Ebay, PayPal and other startups prior.
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About Conscience VC, Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Dave Garr
Co-Founder, SVP of Customer Experience of UserTesting
Specialties:A/B testing, conversion rate optimization, interactive marketing, market research, multivariate testing, product marketing, social networking, usability
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About UserTesting: UserTesting is an on-demand human insight platform designed to improve customer insights.
Gautham Viswanathan
VP of Product & Co‑Founder of Workato
Gautham created the first integrated middleware platform, BusinessWorks, that became the template for the more cloud integration platforms of today. Gautham was an early employee of TIBCO, where he held several leadership positions – engineering, product marketing & management, and corporate development. BusinessWorks powered TIBCO’s growth from a startup to one of the top names in enterprise software. After TIBCO, Gautham founded and was the CEO of two SaaS startups.
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About Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Rishi Mallik
VP, Growth of Workato
Rishi Mallik started his career in the consumer internet space at companies like Mozilla and Cooliris (acquired by Yahoo). Rishi transitioned into the mobile space in 2007 and joined the founding team of Qik at the age of 21. At Qik, Rishi led Business Development closing deals with 6 of the 7 top mobile handset manufactures and 3 of the 4 top US mobile carriers. He later became the Head of Product for Qik and led the development and launch of the first mobile video chat application in the US (16M users). Qik was acquired by Skype for $150M and Rishi became the Principal Program Manager of Mobile for Skype. At Skype, he led video initiatives across all platforms including the launch of Skype Video Messaging (>250M users). Skype was acquired by Microsoft for $8.5B. Rishi graduated from Stanford University where he was the VP of the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students. He has three patents in the mobile space, is on the Board of Advisors for two companies, and is an avid Bhangra dancer.
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About HiFi Ventures, Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Harish Shetty
VP of Engineering & Co‑Founder of Workato
Harish has extensive experience leading engineering teams and building highly scalable products. Prior to Workato, he led engineering at two SaaS companies and before that was Director of Engineering and Lead Architect at TIBCO and for products like BusinessWorks, ActiveMatrix and Tibbr.
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About iProfile, Thinkspeed, Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Amlan Debnath
VP Solutions and Customer Success of Workato
Amlan is currently working at Workato, a DIY integration service that allows anyone to connect their apps and track their business. He is working with partners and customers to make them successful users of Workato. Prior to Workato, Amlan worked at startups and large enterprises building cloud and integration products.
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About Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Jayesh Shah
VP Customer Success of Workato
Jayesh Shah is the VP of customer success at Workato.
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About Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Jenny Sohn
VP Finance of Workato
Jenny Sohn is the VP of finance at Workato.
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About Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
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.
Can Ozdoruk
VP Marketing of Netomi
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About Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Anant Verma
VP Engineering of Netomi
Engineering leader with expertise in software development and engineering management. I have personally managed and built many successful products that the customers love and built many happy teams on the way. I value principles such as simplicity, agility, building it right the first time and built in quality. Above all, I value individuals and how to draw on individuals’ strengths to build highly motivated, well-performing and results driven teams. I am a technology enthusiast and derive great pleasure in learning new technologies and skills. Expertise: People and technology management, Software delivery, Distributed Systems, Full-stack cloud based multi-tenant software, Data Analytics, Salesforce.com CRM and force.com platform.
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About Hired, Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Assaf Barnir
VP Customer Success of Netomi
Startups: eMeter, Zendesk, PubNub; Earlier: Amdocs, IAF, IBM
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About Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Archana Chattha
Partner and VP of Network of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Arjun Pillai
SVP, Products and Growth of ZoomInfo
Arjun Pillai is the SVP, Products and Growth at ZoomInfo.
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About Datachain Inc, ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo provides accurate and actionable B2B contact and company information to accelerate the growth of sales and marketing teams.
Santosh Sharan
VP of Growth & Strategy of ZoomInfo
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About ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo provides accurate and actionable B2B contact and company information to accelerate the growth of sales and marketing teams.
Brian Sax
Senior Vice President of ACN
Brian Sax is a successful professional in the world of network marketing that, as an IBO, has achieved SVP status at ACN. He has goals to do a whole lot more in the future, including: making a difference in thousands of people’s lives, helping to open many more countries for ACN, assisting more people to achieve the Regional Vice President (RVP) and SVP levels within the Company, and helping ACN to become the largest network marketing company in the world by the year 2021.
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About ACN: ACN is the world’s largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and other essential services people use every day.
Diarmuid Russell
SVP of Finance & Business Operations of Tubular Labs
Diarmuid Russell is the SVP, Finance & Business Operations at Tubular Labs. He is a former head of international at Glassdoor, a career marketplace that helps people search for jobs and companies recruit suitable individuals. Prior to that, he was the senior vice president and general manager for partner services at the same company. Russell is a skilled digital media executive with more than 10 years of experience in consumer internet businesses in Europe, Australia, and the U.S. Before joining Glassdoor, he served as the vice president and general manager for consumer business at GlobalEnglish. Previously, he was employed at BBC Worldwide, where he advised on the acquisition of[Lonely Planet and subsequently became the commercial director for its digital division. He has also worked at Expedia and Marakon Associates Russell holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of St. Andrews and a master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD. He resides in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Tubular Labs: Tubular Labs is the global leader in video intelligence for the cross-platform world.
Chris Luo
SVP of Marketing of Fivestars
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About Fivestars: Fivestars provides a platform that offers loyalty, marketing, payments, and other services to small merchants and businesses.
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.
Eric Johnson
EVP and CIO of Momentive
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Jon Cohen
Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of Momentive
Jon joined SurveyMonkey in January 2014. He brings years of research and data expertise to the company’s portfolio of products and solutions, as well as strategic direction for future innovations. Previously, he was Vice President of Research at the Pew Research Center. As Director of Polling and Polling Editor, he also led The Washington Post’s polling operation through two presidential campaigns and four congressional cycles, as well as numerous gubernatorial and mayoral elections. Prior to the Post, he was a polling expert at ABC News and the Public Policy Institute of California. He is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council, as well as the president of its Pacific Chapter, PAPOR. Jon earned an MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in History from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Luke Swanek
Co-Founder & VP Sales of PartnerStack
Luke Swanek is CoFounder & VP of Sales at GrowSumo.
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About PartnerStack: PartnerStack enables companies to accelerate growth with partnerships
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.
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.
Josh Rhode
SVP, Brand and Design of Piano
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About Piano, Piano: Piano helps organizations understand and influence customer behavior through one complete platform.
Amardeep Jenkins
Vice President of Operations of ChargeNet Stations
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About ChargeNet Stations: ChargeNet Stations specializes in the fields of SaaS, cleantech, electric vehicle supply equipment, and distributed energy resources.
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.
Peter Wilkniss
SVP of Engineering of CleverTap
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About CleverTap: CleverTap helps digital brands increase user retention and lifetime value with the help of data, personalization, deep-tech and automation
Ian Epstein
VP of Sales of Lyris
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About Lyris: Lyris provides data-driven, interactive digital marketing solutions that enable companies to engage customers and increase conversions.
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.
Alan Wexler
Executive Vice President – Managing Director North America & Europe of SapientNitro
Alan Wexler heads strategy, delivery and business development for all of Sapient North America. Since joining Sapient in 1998, Wexler has held a number of key management positions, including Vice President and Managing Director of Sapient’s Technology and Communications Group. He launched Sapient’s Global Wireless Group, and led our Media, Entertainment, and Communication Group in New York. Prior to joining Sapient, he founded and operated a management and technology-consulting firm. Wexler is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been interviewed and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal. He earned a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Rider University in New Jersey.
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About SapientNitro: SapientNitro is an interactive marketing, design and technology services agency that offers its storyscaping solutions for companies.
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.
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.
Jenna Dobkin
VP, Influencer Relation of Raynforest
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About Dobkin Communications, Raynforest, Waters Agency: Raynforest provides solutions that enable brands to connect with influential people to promote their products, services or causes.
Bryan Ferguson
VP, Sales & Growth of Raynforest
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About AlphaSquad, Raynforest, Repstor: Raynforest provides solutions that enable brands to connect with influential people to promote their products, services or causes.
Namrata Ganatra
VP of Engineering of Thrasio
Namrata grew up in India and has a computer science engineering degree from University of Mumbai and certifications from Stanford. Namrata joined Stockpile from Facebook, where she was head of engineering for payments. Before Facebook, she was at Zong and PayPal, where she led the carrier billing and mobile products division. Namrata joined Stockpile because of her own financial struggles and lack of investment knowledge growing up, and to fulfill her personal mission to help people around the world invest for their future.
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About Storepath, Thrasio: Thrasio is a next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world’s most-loved products become accessible to everyone.
Roberta Gamble
Partner and VP of Frost & Sullivan
Roberta Gamble has over 17 years expertise consulting Global 1000 companies on market entry and expansion strategy, brand and demand, geographical expansion strategies and new market entry. She oversees a team of analysts and consultants with expertise across the energy and environment value chain, including oil & gas, power generation, power grids, energy storage, buildings, and water infrastructure. Her own research and expertise has focused on: •Thee convergence of IT and OT across oil & gas and power •Digital transformation of power grid and manufacturing •Smarter cities Roberta has headlined numerous key industry events and has been quoted and interviewed in national publications including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and NPR. She is a Partner and Vice President at Frost & Sullivan, and Global Business Unit Leader for the Energy and Environment team, which has over 100 analysts and consultants worldwide covering global energy, environment and infrastructure markets.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Alpa Shah
Global VP, ICT Research of Frost & Sullivan
Alpa Shah has been managing research and consulting projects at Frost & Sullivan for over six years. She oversees the development process of several market service teams – including areas such as Conferencing, Contact Center/CRM & Communications Infrastructure – to ensure timely delivery of high-quality materials. As a manager of these teams, Ms. Shah is also responsible for ensuring the success of projects undertaken. Ms. Shah is also involved in annual and quarterly business planning, from which goals and strategies are designed for the growth of all three teams. Throughout the years, Ms. Shah has been involved in various consulting projects involving unified messaging, conferencing, premises wiring, speech recognition and contact center products. These projects have been strategic in nature as the primary focus was to help clients successfully meet their business goals. Prior to joining Frost and Sullivan, Ms. Shah worked for Smith Barney for 5 years in its accounting division handling incentive compensation plans. In this position she was responsible for the capital accumulation and deferred compensation plans of top management and account executives. Thereafter, she worked as an account executive at Edward Jones. In these positions, Ms. Shah learned much about the operations of a financial company, financial instruments, and sales techniques. Ms. Shah received an MBA in Marketing from Hofstra University and a BS in Accounting from New York University.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
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.
Celina Mikolajczak
Vice President, Battery Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America of Panasonic
Celina Mikolajczak is the vice president of battery technology for Panasonic Energy of North America. In this role, Celina leads a team of more than 200 passionate engineers, analysts and other technical staff who work to continuously improve lithium-ion cell manufacturing and to bring the latest cell technologies to mass production for Tesla Motors, Inc. at the Gigafactory facility in Sparks, Nevada. Prior to joining Panasonic in 2019, she served as director of engineering focused on battery development for rideshare vehicles at Uber Technologies. There, she worked to develop battery packs for bicycles, scooters and aircraft. Before that, Celina worked at Tesla Motors as the senior manager for cell quality and materials engineering, helping to develop the battery cells and packs for Tesla’s Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Roadster Refresh. From 1999 to 2012 Celina developed a technical consulting practice at Exponent focusing on lithium-ion cell and battery safety and quality. She helped develop many safety and quality concepts that were initially applicable to consumer electronics battery packs but are now standard considerations for electric vehicle battery packs. Celina continues to be an active participant in development of fire codes and standards related to EVs, ESS, and battery production facilities. With more than 20 years of experience, Celina is a recognized leader in the lithium-ion industry. Her technological expertise, engineering background and leadership skills have been instrumental in ushering in milestones in battery technology production and efficiency. Celina is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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About Panasonic, Panasonic, Uber: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Adam Reynolds
Vice President of Digital Media Management
As Vice President of Digital Media Management, Adam Reynolds’ orchestrates many of the agency’s marquee entertainment social media campaigns. Having motivated millions of fans towards record-breaking box office results, Reynolds is a veteran social and digital expert who has launched release efforts for “The Hunger Games” franchise, “The Hobbit,” “ARGO,” “The Conjuring,” “Magic Mike XXL,” “Obvious Child,” “The Expendables,” “The Hangover III” and “Godzilla.” Adam also created the first ever Facebook press junket, bringing talent, studio and a social platform together for a first of its kind, industry-changing promotional experience. With Lionsgate, Warner Brothers, Paramount, A24 and IFC as trusted clients, Reynolds’ team of experienced social media specialists regularly craft innovative digital marketing campaigns that engage consumers and drives brand recognition.
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About Digital Media Management: Digital Media Management helps Hollywood’s biggest brands navigate social media channels, activate fan bases and secure brand partnerships
Dave Myron
Vice President Product Marketing of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
Hrushit Parekh
VP, Operations of Power Liens
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About Power Liens: Power Liens is the largest directory of physicians working on liens.
Hrushit Parekh
VP, Operations of Power Liens
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About Power Liens: Power Liens is the largest directory of physicians working on liens.
Lee Bierman
VP, Technology of Extole
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About Extole: Extole helps enterprise companies acquire new customers at scale from their existing customers.
Hilary Doe
VP, Strategy of NationBuilder
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About NationBuilder: NationBuilder is a community organizing software platform that helps people organize and build community-based relationships.
Gina Davis
VP, Professional Services of NationBuilder
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About NationBuilder: NationBuilder is a community organizing software platform that helps people organize and build community-based relationships.
Cliel Schachter
VP, Technology of Upsight
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About Upsight: Upsight is a mobile analytics & marketing platform, handling 1000s of apps & 500+ billion data points monthly.
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.
Karen Steele
Senior Vice President Marketing of Near
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About Alloy, Near: Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products, is the global leader in Data Intelligence.
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.
Greg Sterling
VP of market insights of uberall
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About uberall: Uberall powers sales through location data, using the innovative location marketing cloud.
Rupesh Shah
VP of Product of Keap
Rupesh Shah VP of Product, Infusionsoft Rupesh is an experienced business & product leader with leadership and management experience in a variety of different domains including corporate, social enterprise, nonprofit, and as a CSR leader. Currently, Rupesh is the Vice-President of Product Management at Infusionsoft. Formerly, Rupesh was the Executive Director of LAUNCH, an innovation platform and start-up accelerator. LAUNCH is supported by amazing partners such as Nike, NASA, USAID, and the Department of US State. LAUNCH brings together diverse thought leaders to better understand system barriers to huge global challenges, such as water, waste, or green chemistry, and uses the collective genius to accelerate innovations in those areas. In 2013, Rupesh led Simpa Energy’s end-to-end customer experience including the Product, Technology, Marketing, & Customer Service functions. Simpa Energy is a solar as a service social enterprise in India. Simpa brings high-quality solar home systems packaged with finance and service to villagers who are off the grid. These systems provide life-altering energy for these neglected households. During Rupesh’s two and a half years at Simpa, it has grown from 200 to nearly 15,000 customers, achieved unit and branch level profitability, and is on the verge of more aggressive expansion. In addition, he expanded the product line to serve additional customer segments, developed partnership with manufacturing partners and suppliers in China, and lead the development of a end-to-end enterprise resource planning system to enable field force efficiency through tools and data. Prior to Simpa Energy, Rupesh brought over 12 years of product management and product development experience from a long career at Intuit. He was Director of Product Management, Marketing, and UX for QuickBooks Mobile, leading different teams to build out worldwide apps on all mobile platforms for Intuit’s flagship product, QuickBooks. Before that role, he was the company’s first Director of Corporate Sustainability / Responsibility. In this role, Rupesh built a multi-faceted program that reduced Intuit’s own footprint through multiple renewable energy and conservation projects, helped design and develop new products aimed at helping Intuit’s customers, including small businesses, reduce their environmental footprint, and programs to engage Intuit’s 8000 employees in socially responsible efforts at the company. Rupesh advised both the Fasal and the txtWeb teams who have collectively reached 5 million Indian consumers and farmers through innovative SMS services. In addition, Rupesh has also served as Manager of Learning and Development at Odwalla. Rupesh has consulted for AmeriCorps, the Presidio Leadership Center, the Corporation for National Service, Gorbachev Foundation, the United Nations and various other leading social organizations around the world. He has a MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and a BA from the University of California, San Diego.
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About Granular, Keap, RippleWorks: Keap helps small businesses get organized to deliver services and close more business.
William Bellatty
VP of National Sales of MVP Interactive
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About MVP Interactive: MVP Interactive develops software products for the digital strategies of sports teams, stadiums, and sponsors.
Tyler Krueger
Vice President of Frontier Growth
Prior to joining FTV, Tyler was an investment banking analyst at Financial Technology Partners. At FT Partners, Tyler focused on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions in verticals including enterprise software, payments, alternative lending and tech-enabled services. Tyler graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University, receiving his BS in business management with an emphasis in finance.
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About Frontier Growth: Frontier Growth is a growth equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled business services companies.
Tina Chang
SVP Corporate Services of Nexgrill Industries
Tina Chang has been serving as SVP Corporate Services of Nexgrill Industries since March 1993.
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About Nexgrill Industries: Nexgrill Industries manufactures and supplies stainless outdoor cooking products.
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.
Trevor Shickman
Vice President if Finance & Technology Solutions of Wide Angle Group
Trevor Shickman joined Wide Angle Group in 2005 and handles finance and technology solutions. Prior to joining WAG Trevor worked in computer networking and college basketball. Trevor earned master’s degrees in Economic and Technology History, Business and Non Profit Administration. Trevor is confident he can over complicate any process with simple technology.
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About Wide Angle Group: Wide Angle Group Limited is a fully integrated industrial/trade media and commerce company
David Tobias
VP of Strategic Sales & Marketing of LeadPoint
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About LeadPoint: Leadpoint is an IT company offering a lead generation marketplace for data and voice leads.
Romeo Leon
VP of Customer Success of MadKudu
Romeo Leon joined Figure Eight as VP, Customer Success in 2015.Romeo brings over 13 years of experience in customer-facing leadership roles. Prior to joining CrowdFlower, Romeo developed world-class success and services teams at top SaaS players including GoodData and WebDAM, a Shutterstock company. Most recently as Head of Customer Success at WebDAM, Romeo built and was overall responsible for all aspects of the post-sales customer experience including onboarding, technical services, customer retention and technical support. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Economy and a minor in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Last but not least, Romeo has been known to have an affinity for dapper wardrobe and trimmings including high quality denim, sport coats, colorful socks and pocket squares.
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About MadKudu: MadKudu helps SaaS companies identify, qualify, and engage their leads throughout the buyer journey.
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.
Matthew Redden
VP of Sales & Marketing of DealerSocket
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About DealerSocket: DealerSocket is an industry leading automotive CRM–Customer Relationship Management and dealership training provider, serving auto dealers.
Josh Roach
Vice President of Engineering, North America of Tealium
Josh Roach is the Vice President of Engineering at Tealium.
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About Mobile Learning Networks, Tealium: Tealium is a provider of customer data orchestration tools aimed to address challenges in online search, marketing, and segment targeting.
Karen Caulfield
SVP, Product of Acxiom
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About Acxiom: Acxiom is a SaaS-based company providing enterprise data analytics to fuel data-driven results.
Mark Bornstein
Vice President, Marketing of ON24
As the VP of Marketing at ON24, Mark is the chief evangelist and marketing strategist in support of ON24’s Webinar Marketing Platform. Mark brings over 20 years of content marketing, corporate communications and account management experience at leading companies, including Cisco, GE Access and Compatible Systems. He presented at many of today’s biggest marketing conferences and, for the past five years, has been the host of the “Webinar Best Practices Series” webcast which has thousands of followers across the globe.
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About ON24: ON24 is a cloud-based Platform that makes easy to create, scale, and personalize engaging experiences to take leads to revenue.
Mike Badgis
Vice President, Global Human Resources and Facilities of ON24
Mike Badgis serves as the Vice President of Global Human Resources and Facilities at ON24.
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About ON24: ON24 is a cloud-based Platform that makes easy to create, scale, and personalize engaging experiences to take leads to revenue.
Rob Rokoff
Senior Vice President of Jornaya
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About Jornaya, Verisk: Jornaya is a consumer journey insight platform that provides companies with the highest-resolution view of the consumer buying journey.
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.
