Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based Director operating in the Advertising space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mujibur Wahab
Director of Engineering of Verizon Media
Mujib is a Director of Engineering at Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon. He leads the global teams responsible for providing service authentication, authorization, key management, access management, traffic protection, and UGC moderation solutions and infrastructure. Mujib also oversees the development of Athenz (www.athenz.io), an open source platform for X.509 certificate-based service authentication and fine-grained access control in dynamic infrastructures.
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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.
Steve Reich
Account Director, Publisher Sales of Verizon Media
Over 16 years of experience building businesses and managing strategic partners in the technology and media industries with a consistent track record of exceeding revenue goals at startups and large global companies Subject Matter Expertise: Digital Advertising Solutions, Mobile Monetization, Programmatic, Business Intelligence, E-commerce, Social Media, Content Licensing & Acquisition, OTT, and more
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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.
Leah Malone
Managing Director, Strategic Client Group in Sales of Foursquare
Leah is Senior Regional Director of Brand Partnerships at Foursquare, where she oversees key strategic client initiatives for New York and various eastern regions. She has had a hand in many of Foursquare’s largest brand and agency partnerships and most exciting creative executions, as well as the launch of Foursquare’s media and analytics products, Pinpoint and Attribution. She leads the charge in Foursquare’s evolution from social-focused media to meaningful location intelligence partnerships on behalf of some of our largest clients. Don’t let her gentle and fun demeanor fool you — Leah knows a thing or two about toughness as a former nationally-traveling competitive Roller Girl, and co-owner and founder of Beverly’s dba Essex Café Group, LLC on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About Foursquare, Foursquare, Foursquare: Foursquare is a location technology platform offering business solutions and consumer products through a deep understanding of location.
Sarah Spagnolo
Director, Communications and Editor-at-Large 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.
Adam Heimlich
SVP Programmatic, Managing Director of HX of Horizon media
Adam Heimlich works at Horizon Media leading HX, the agency’s programmatic buying department. Previously, Adam spent seven years at Razorfish and its predecessor, Avenue A. Adam joined Avenue A as a search marketer and headed the department for three years. Designed to make the programmatic opportunity accessible to any advertiser, HX is 100% cost-transparent and tech-agnostic, pursuing no interests other than client success.
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Michael Tripodi
VP, Digital Director of Horizon media
Michael Tripoldi has over 17 years of industry experience across both digital and traditional media types. Most recently, Michael was at Zenith Media where he oversaw all digital efforts for Verizon FiOS. His FiOS digital portfolio included a significant digital activation budget as well as overseeing ad technologies that allowed the media to be effectively measured, managed and delivered. Michael’s team deployed an assortment of digital tactics that sought out customers at the near household level to align with FiOS availability. Prior to leading the FiOS Digital efforts, Michael spent time at MediaVest running Comcast’s integrated communications for the Central United States across all media channels.
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Alan Batkin
Board Of Director of Omnicom Group
Mr. Batkin is the Chaiman and Chief Executive Officer of Converse Associates, Inc., a strategic advisory firm. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Vice Chairman of Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., a multi-disciplinary investment firm. From 1990 to 2007, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a geopolitical consulting firm that advises multi-national companies. Additionally, Mr. Batkin is a director and member of the Audit and Finance Committees of Hasbro, Inc. (listed on Nasdaq), a toy and game company, a director, member of the Audit and Compensation Committees and Presiding Director of Cantel Medical Corp. (listed on NYSE), a provider of infection prevention and control products in the healthcare market and a director, Chairman of the Board and member of the Audit, Conflicts, Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committees of Pattern Energy Group, Inc. (listed on Nasdaq), an independent power company. Mr. Batkin also served as a director of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. during the last five years.
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About : Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Susan Denison
Board Of Director of Omnicom Group
Ms. Denison is a former partner of Cook Associates, a retained executive search firm, a position she has held since June 2001. In addition, Ms. Denison has served as a director of InterCure, Inc. and LifeonKey Inc. during the last five years. Ms. Denison has more than twenty years of senior executive experience within the Media, Entertainment and Consumer Products Industries. She formerly served as a Partner at TASA Worldwide/Johnson, Smith & Knisely and the Cheyenne Group. She has also served as Executive Vice President, Entertainment and Marketing for Madison Square Garden, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Showtime Networks’ Direct-To-Home Division, Vice President, Marketing for Showtime Networks and Senior Vice President, Revlon. In addition, Ms. Denison previously held marketing positions at Charles of the Ritz, Clairol and Richardson-Vicks.
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About : Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Bennett Crumbling
Director – TV of The Trade Desk
Bennett Crumbling leads The Trade Desk’s strategy & business development within the $300B TV advertising ecosystem. Bennett is an angel investor in early stage companies. He is especially interested in data-centric companies that solve logical problems for consumers & knowledge workers inside of industries such as marketing & advertising, media, ecommerce & consumer services and real estate
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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.
Drew Lesicko
General Managar and Director of Product, AOL Alpha of AOL
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About AOL: AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Arun Mukerjee
Regional Sales Director of Quantcast
Arun Mukerjee is a global sales leader with over a decade of international experience in the Digital Advertising landscape. As Sales Director at Quantcast in New York, Arun and his team of strategic account executives partner with pioneer brands in the b2b space, such as Microsoft, WordPress, Vonage and their agencies, to deeply understand consumer behavior. Leveraging best in class real time programmatic technology, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, to reach influence, and convert prospective customers.
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Sharon Franke
Director Kitchen Appliances and Technology of Hearst Communications
Sharon tests every piece of cooking equipment that could possibly find its way into the American kitchen. Everything from a humble wooden spoon to pots and pans to coffeemakers, toasters, and mixers to ranges and refrigerators falls under her scrutiny. Her background: Before joining GHI, she was a chef in restaurants in the World Trade Center.
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About Good Housekeeping, Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Winnie Shen
Senior Director of the Data Cloud of Zeta Global
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Elizabeth Conway
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications of Clique
Elizabeth Conway is the Director of Communications and Events for Greycroft Partners and is a member of the New York office. Her responsibilities include coordinating all aspects of firm events from networking to business development events to summits and investor conferences. She also handles the firm’s public and media relations, social media implementation and strategy, marketing materials, as well as assisting with portfolio company promotion and PR.
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About Clique, Clique, MERIT Beauty, Versed: Clique is a media and commerce company
Dan Leitzell
Director, 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.
Emma Chiu
Creative Innovation Director of J Walter Thompson
Emma Chiu leads creative innovation at J. Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group, the agency’s in-house futures and innovation think-tank (JWTIntelligence.com). She curates all visual content, leads creative consultancy, presents across all Innovation Group verticals and she heads up creative execution of Innovation Lab projects. Emma provides strategic insight and trend consultancy for brands including Campari, Finnair, Northwell, Shiseido and Unilever. Emma is on the board of advisers for Digital Hollywood’s Influencer Awards 2018. She was also part of the Color Awards 2017 judging panel and often speaks at international conferences, including Luxe Pack, Pause Fest, The Media Summit, SXSW and Zee Melt. Emma is the former art director of Monocle, leading the art direction and design for the international Monocle brand. She also led project collaborations with brands including, ANA, InterContinental, Mandarin Oriental, Turkish Airlines and UBS.
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About J Walter Thompson: J. Walter Thompson is a New York-based global marketing communications provider with over 200 offices in over 90 countries.
Matt Stopera
Deputy Editorial Director of BuzzFeed
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About BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Jeff Revesz
Director of Ads Technology of BuzzFeed
Jeff Revesz joined LeafLink as Lead Engineer in 2018 .Web Developer, Data Scientist, Ruby on Rails expert. Serial entrepreneur with two successful exits.
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About BuzzFeed, LeafLink, Yoke: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Deepak Kandaswamy
Senior Director, Corporate Development & Strategy of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Jen Taylor
Sr. Director Digital Marketing of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Marlo Palmer
Director, Publisher Rlations of MobileFuse
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About MobileFuse: MobileFuse is a mobile-first ad network offering advanced targeting and ad serving solutions to marketers.
Suresh Nair
Global Strategic Planning Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Jane Reiss
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Cathie Black
Member of the Board of Directors of PubMatic
Cathie Black is a Member of the Board of Directors at PubMatic, Inc. since May 2014. Previously, Cathie served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President at Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation, from 1996 to 2010. During her tenure at Hearst Magazines, overseeing both the print and digital operations, Cathie steered the global expansion of over 200 publications, among them Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping, as well as launched some of the publishing company’s most successful new titles, including O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, and Food Network Magazine and was a strong advocate for digital innovation. Prior to joining Hearst, Black served as President and Chief Executive Officer at the Newspaper Association of America. Cathie also served as President and Publisher of USA Today, joining the newspaper when it was just a year old and was widely credited for helping turn it into the number one newspaper in the U.S. Before her time in the newspaper business, Cathie was the Publisher of New York Magazine, the first woman publisher of a consumer weekly in the country. Cathie began her career in advertising sales. Cathie is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Yieldbot, Bark & Co (Bark Box), and Pinks and Greens, among others. Cathie served as a Member of the Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, Gannett Co. Inc., Hearst Corporation and IBM. Cathie is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of the best-selling book Basic Black and has appeared on Forbes and Fortune’s lists of the most powerful women in business on numerous occasions. Cathie is a Graduate (B.S. in English Literature) of Trinity College, Washington, D.C. and holds ten honorary degrees.
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About : PubMatic is an automation solutions company for an open digital media industry.
Craig Hughes
Corporate Development Director of Unruly
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About Unruly, Unruly: Unruly is an advertising technology company that gets videos watched, tracked, and shared across the Open Web.
Kate Lewis
SVP & Editorial Director of Hearst Digital Media
Kate Lewis is the Senior Vice President and Editorial Director at Hearst Digital Media, responsible for managing the digital editorial teams for worldwide brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping. In the US, these sites attract more than 200 million unique visitors monthly. Prior to Hearst, Lewis worked at Say Media in a similar role, overseeing content strategy and operations for a number of Say’s own sites including xoJane, Remodelista, and ReadWrite, as well as a number of network sites. Originally a print editor, she spent 18 years at Conde Nast working on brands like Vanity Fair, Glamour, and SELF.
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About Hearst Digital Media, Hearst Digital Media: Hearst Magazines Digital Media oversees the 20+ digital magazine properties including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.
Doreen Toben
Member of the Board of Directors of The New York Times
Doreen Augustinus Toben is the Member of the Board of Directors at The New York Times Company since 2004. Previously, Doreen served as Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications, Inc. from February 2009 until her retirement from the company in June 2009. From 2002 to February 2009, Doreen was Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for its finance and strategic planning efforts. Prior to 2002, Doreen was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for finance and strategic planning for Verizon’s Telecom Group. Doreen has over 25 years of experience in the communications industry. Doreen began her career at AT&T Corp. and over the years held various positions of increasing responsibility primarily in treasury, strategic planning and finance both there and beginning in 1984, at Bell Atlantic Inc. Doreen’s later positions at Bell Atlantic included Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Bell Atlantic-New Jersey in 1993, Vice President of Finance and Controller in 1995, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Telecom/Network in 1997 and Vice President and Controller in 1999. Doreen is also a Member of the Board of Directors of ARRIS Group Inc., Verizon Media and Kate Spade & Company. Doreen earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her B.A. degree in Political Science from Rosemont College.
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About : The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Eric Lamb
Director, Publisher Solutions of Vistar Media
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About Vistar Media: Vistar Media turns movement data into actionable insights about consumer behavior.
Sabeena Lalwani
Senior Director of Xandr
Sabeena Lalwani is the director of ITGRC and audit assurance at [AppNexus](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/appnexus#/entity), a cloud-based software platform that supports and optimizes programmatic online advertising. Prior to that, he was the director of system operations and ITGRC, as well as the director of IT GRC and information security at the same company. Lalwani obtained a certificate in information systems from The University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Hofstra University.
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Stacy Chan
Senior Director Programmatic Solutions of Accuen
Stacy is the Programmatic Solutions Director and Regional Programmatic Discipline lead for Resolution Media. She manages and influences key partnerships across publishers, advertising technologies, and vendors to drive curated client results and success. During her tenure, she has worked on Audi, Bleecker Street Media, Newell, MailChimp and HBO. Prior to joining the Resolution family, she worked on a variety of accounts including, H&R Block, Dominos, McDonalds, Royal Caribbean, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Bacardi. With a passion for volunteering and charity work, Stacy is an active member of Project by Project and Hope For New York. Feeding the local community through The Bowery Mission is one of her favorite weekly activities to give back. Stacy holds an Economics and International Studies degree from the University of California Irvine. In her free time, she enjoys travelling and cooking.
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About Accuen, PHD Worldwide: Accuen is Omnicom Media Group’s programmatic agency.
Jake Schwartz
Board of Directors of Societe BIC
Independent Director, Member of the Audit Committee
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About Brave Health, Societe BIC: BIC produces and markets consumer products such as stationery, lighters, promotional products, shavers, printed paper products, and more.
Marc Mordoh
Managing Director of Upwardly Group
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About Upwardly Group: Upwardly offers campaign management services to agencies and firms that don’t employee a dedicated ad-serving staff.
Paul Zovighian
Senior Director & Exchange Optimization of Index Exchange
As the Senior Director of Exchange Optimization at Index Exchange, Paul Zovighian and his team are hyper-focused on studying the billions of auctions hosted on the exchange each day, searching for opportunities and inefficiencies. Paul joined Index six years ago in Toronto as one of its first analyst hires, later moving to New York in support of the company’s global expansion. During his tenure, he’s played a leading role in building a client-facing analytics team, focused on developing and utilizing data-driven tactics to optimize client revenue and market performance. While the analyst team started with just two employees in Toronto, the team today has a global presence in New York, San Francisco, London, Dusseldorf, and Sydney. Paul studied Economics with an emphasis in Econometrics at Queen’s University, and brings a diverse perspective to Index after having lived in six different countries.
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About Index Exchange: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
Shannon Rudd
Director of Digital Operations of PageScience
Shannon Rudd has lead Digital Operations and Strategy teams for Bonnier Corporation and Rodale Inc. and brings over 10 years of digital media experience to PageScience. While at Bonnier, Shannon was the General Manager, Digital Business Development overseeing Digital Sales, Marketing and Operations for the Men’s Group of brands and lead digital to an 8x increase in revenue for The Parenting Group prior to its sale to Meredith Corp. Shannon has built Digital Strategy and Implementation teams from the ground-up at global multi-platform media companies, and is known for her keen ability to spot shifting digital trends in the industry and build new revenue streams against them for multi-channel revenue growth. Prior to her time at Bonnier, Shannon was part of Rodale’s Digital General Management Team. Earlier in her career, Shannon was part of Digital Operations teams at Prohaska Consulting, Undertone Networks and Haymarket Media. Additionally, Shannon has lectured on Operations Strategy for NYU’s M.S. in Integrated Marketing Program.
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About PageScience: PageScience has evolved as a source for cookieless page-level scoring and targeting.
Laizer Kornwasser
Member of the Board of Directors of Everyday Health Group
Based in New York, Laizer Kornwasser is the President & COO of CareCentrix, the developer of purpose-built technology, analytics, and guidance to aid patients through every stage of life, whether they be recovering from an injury or aging at home. Concurrently, Laizer teaches classes on entrepreneurial leadership at his undergraduate alma mater, Yeshiva University. Laizer Kornwasser has a very firm view when it comes to technology, especially when discussing the health care industry. He believes that, while technology is certainly a welcome part of the answer to many problems facing the world today, it is important to remember that technology alone is not the solution. For example, healthcare is a people-centric industry and the focus should be on patient care and all it entails, including crunching numbers to improve efficiency and determine cost-effectiveness. Throughout his distinguished career, Laizer has honed his intuitive ability to determine what others want and need. This skill came especially in handy as he worked with the likes of Merrill Lynch, Coopers & Lybrand, Bostwick Laboratories, Everyday Health, and Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Laizer is also a major proponent of giving and receiving feedback, as well as professional development in general — so much so that he dedicated an entire TEDx talk to his experience. To glean further insight into Laizer Kornwasser’s career and philosophy on professional development, be sure to visit his website.
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About : Everyday Health Group is a digital media company that owns websites and produces content related to health and wellness.
Laura Correnti
EVP, Managing Director, Media of Giant Spoon
Laura is an innovative marketer with 10+ year track record of disrupting media models and creating best-in-class brand partnerships. Laura is a digital expert with a knack for culture-driven storytelling, multi-sensory experiences, creative negotiating and deriving new ways to find value. Her experience ranges from corporate to challenger brands across tech, industrial, ecomm/retail, financial, spirits, fashion/beauty and pharma industries. Ask Laura about co-publishing content, what marketing looks like when the interface goes away and new models for measuring media. Laura is also co-host of the ADLANDIA podcast. She is a graduate of American University (BA, CLEG) and University of Texas at Austin (MA, Advertising). Laua is tha author of “Brand Extensions in Sport: Red Bull Gets the Ball Rolling,” a published report focused on Red Bull pioneering brand sponsorship / ownership in US sports market. Honors & Awards: AWNY GenNext Award Recipient (2016), Cannes Lion Winner (Grand Prix, NYTVR & Gold, GE Podcast Theater: The Message), AdWeek Media Plan of the Year (2015, 2016), Clio Awards (Gold 2015, Bronze 2016), Webby’s Best Use of Content, MediaPost Creative Media Award and #1 Podcast on iTunes.
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About Giant Spoon: Giant Spoon is a marketing strategy and innovation agency that provides short- and long-term marketing and business planning.
Eric Boyd
Director of Product of JW Player
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About JW Player: JW Player is a video streaming and analytics platform that offers an HTML5 video player for web content, publishing, and running video ads.
Elizabeth Seltzer
Managing Director of Match Marketing Group
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
Jake Wolpert
Director of Sales of Blue Wheel Media
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About Blue Wheel Media: Blue Wheel are strategists, creatives, producers, and technologists who share a passion for advancing brands through digital marketing.
Justine Karp
Director 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.
Brett Kassan Smith
Managing Director of MediaLink
Brett Kassan Smith began her career in the publicity industry. While working at Hypnotic, she managed marketing programs, special events and public relations working for clients such as Chrysler, Reebok, Coca Cola and Nintendo. After serving as a marketing manager for Dennis Publishing, Smith joined Bragman, Nyman, Cafarelli as Head of Events in the firm’s New York office. There she managed, produced, and oversaw all of the marketing and branding events as well as marketing and sponsorship promotions for BNC’s clientele. Most recently, Smith served as director of Integrated Marketing Services at Condé Nast Media Group. Responsible for the oversight of merchandising and promotion efforts, Smith produced integrated marketing programs for corporate clients in categories including automotive, financial, beauty, technology, travel, pharmaceuticals, and fashion. She also led in the implementation and execution of various Condé Nast Media Group programs in addition to customized programs for clients like Dove, Lexus, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and Philips.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrew White
Director & Vice President of MediaLink
Andrew White joined MediaLink in 2016, bringing eight years of expertise in M&A advisory, business development and corporate strategy. Andrew is responsible for advising strategic and financial investors in evaluating specific assets or sectors. Andrew’s experience at leading media conglomerates and high-growth startups has prepared him well for the diverse client base at MediaLink. His previous role was in the Strategy & Corporate Development group at Advance Publications, where he was responsible for identifying and executing acquisitions and investments on behalf of the company and as part of strategic diversification initiatives. Andrew also supported Advance’s affiliated companies (Condé Nast, Advance Newspapers, American City Business Journals, Brighthouse Networks, Reddit, etc.) on the planning and execution of their long-term growth strategies. Prior to Advance, Andrew was a manager on Condé Nast’s Digital Business Development team. He began his career with Lazard as an investment banking analyst in the firm’s Consumer and Direct Marketing group. Andrew holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About MediaLink, MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Joyce Bacqueyrisses
Director Of Client Services of LoopMe
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About LoopMe: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Brian Mulcahy
Senior Sales Director of LoopMe
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About LoopMe: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Brian Mulcahy
Senior Sales Director of LoopMe
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About LoopMe: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Vernon Appoo
Marketing Director of GeoClix, LLC
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About GeoClix, LLC: Programmatic Advertising Solutions
Joseph Ranzenbach
Director of Product of Integral Ad Science
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About Integral Ad Science: IAS is a global technology and data company that empowers the advertising industry to effectively influence consumers everywhere.
Paul Sluberski
Senior Director of brand partnerships of SpotX
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About SpotX: SpotX is a video advertising platform that enables publishers to monetize content across desktop, mobile, and connected TV devices.
Jocelyn Borgner
Director of Customer Success of Pixalate
Jocelyn has joined Kinetic as a Director to lead the growth of our display team, to build out our product offerings and work closely to bridge the gap between social media and display. She is constantly driven to find new, innovative solutions to help her clients raise awareness and increase engagement with their brands. Prior to joining the team she was a senior member of the Operations team at 33Across, responsible for campaign and yield management for brands across the US and Europe. Outside of Kinetic, Jocelyn is a member of the American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation endurance team and volunteer committee. She runs half marathons and marathons around the country year-round to raise awareness about cancer research and support. Jocelyn is also an active member of the Surprise Lake Camp Alumni Association, raising money to support scholarship initiatives that help send kids to summer camp each year. Jocelyn started her career in digital media shortly after completing her MBA in Marketing at Keller Graduate School of Management. She also holds a BA in Business from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.
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About American Cancer Society, Pixalate: Pixalate is an intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider to Advertisers and Fortune 500 companies.
Linda Honan
Senior Creative Director of BBDO
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About BBDO: BBDO is an international advertising agency network with its headquarters in the New York City.
Paul Roebuck
Executive Vice President Senior Director Worldwide of BBDO
Paul re-joined BBDO Worldwide to lead the global Johnson & Johnson consumer business at the end of 2014 from Singapore where he had previously been Chief Executive of Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore & Malaysia. Prior to that post Paul had been Chief Executive of BBDO Guerrero and Proximity Philippines in Manila. During his tenure the Agency was named Philippines Creative Agency of the Year four times, was ranked as the top Agency in Asia Pacific according to industry annual ‘The Work’, was named as one of the top 4 Agencies in South East Asia by MEDIA Magazine two years in a row, 4As Philippines Agency of the Year three years in a row and the most awarded Digital Agency in the country also three years in a row. Over the course of his career, Paul has also held positions with agencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Africa working closely with organizations including Diageo, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, Kraft and Pepsico. Paul started his career as a graduate trainee with Saatchi & Saatchi in London. Paul resides in New York with his wife and two daughters, is a supporter of Special Olympics and has learned to love New York City Football Club.
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About BBDO: BBDO is an international advertising agency network with its headquarters in the New York City.
Lisa Setten
SVP, Executive Director Of Integrated Production of Mullen Advertising
Lisa oversees integration over four of our U.S. production offices, all while expanding our full-service in-house production company, Yeti. It would be safe to say Lisa likes to stay rather busy. Lisa comes to us from JWT New York, where she guided a team of 100+ content creators on clients like Puma, Rolex and Macy’s. Throughout her career, Lisa has produced award-winning work for clients, garnering multiple Cannes Lions, One Show Pencils and AICP Advertising Excellence/Campaign awards, among others. Lisa’s passion is bringing ideas to life, but the “productions” she’s most proud of are her two lovely daughters.
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About Mullen Advertising: Mullen is an American advertising and marketing communications agency based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Leland Maschmeyer
Co-Founder, Board Of Directors of Collins Design
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About Chobani, Collins Design, River Search, School of Visual Arts – MFA Design, Sway, The World Economic Forum: COLLINS: is a brand and experience design firm based in New York City. We have worked with many of the world’s leading brands including
Andreas Spartalis
Executive Conversion Director & Co-Founder of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Shane McWilliams
Sr. Director, Business Development of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Kevin Dorry
Co Founder,Creative Director & partner of Individual Digital
Kevin is a co-founder of Individual Digital. Kevin has been involved with the Internet since 1993 and in 1996 founded Axis360, a web development and marketing company. Over the course of the next 12 years Kevin and his team at Axis360 built some of the most recognizable websites in the world. Kevin has been called on by such clients as Pfizer, Citibank, Johnson & Johnson, Yahoo!, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and American Express to help transform and grow their businesses online. His work has received numerous awards and has been nationally recognized in major publications and websites such as Print magazine and Communication Arts. Kevin is based in New York City. He is an avid runner, triathlete, cook and pilot as well as a father of two young daughters.
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About Individual Digital: Individual Digital, a digital media company, develops an online advertising platform delivering targeted advertising and marketing messages.
Jon Lopresti
Mobile Programmatic Sales Director of IQM Corporation
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About IQM Corporation, TVadSync: Leveraging AI and Big Data to Nudge Swing Voters toward active decisions on election.
William Katz
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Visible World
William Katz is a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Visible World Inc., a privately-held multimedia marketing services provider. As a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Visible World, Bill has brought tremendous experience and insight to the company. Bill’s background and professional accomplishments have had wide-ranging, positive impacts on Visible World’s perspective on both the art and science of advertising. Bill joined Visible World in 2005 and has since helped steer the company through one of its most exciting periods of growth. From 1996 to 2004, Bill served as President and Chief Executive Officer at BBDO New York, the flagship office of BBDO Worldwide, the world’s third largest global agency network. Bill also currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Papaya King, a privately-held restaurant chain. Bill holds a B.A. in Business and Psychology from American University.
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About BBDO, Visible World: Visible World provides targeted television advertising solutions for brands and agencies.
Nadia Damouni
Managing Director of Prosek Partners
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About Prosek Partners: Prosek Partners is a communications consultancy that delivers an unexpected level of passion, creativity and marketing savvy.
Hal Bienstock
Managing Director of Prosek Partners
Managing Director at Prosek Partners.
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About Prosek Partners: Prosek Partners is a communications consultancy that delivers an unexpected level of passion, creativity and marketing savvy.
Jared Schiller
Publisher Developer Director of JustPremium
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About JustPremium: The World’s most innovative Rich Media Marketplace – We bring creativity to digital advertising
Colin Nagy
Executive Director – Media of The Barbarian Group
Colin Nagy is Executive Director of Media at The Barbarian Group. In this role, he leads a team that provides client counsel at the intersection of creativity, public relations, social media and emerging platforms. Throughout his career, Nagy has represented clients including GE, Samsung, Bloomberg and Pepsi, and holds media expertise stemming from his work with The Guardian, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, and CNN. Nagy is also active in the New York startup scene, serving as an advisor to companies including Lot18, Percolate, and OLO. Colin has contributed opinion pieces relating to marketing, technology and culture for publications including Forbes, AdWeek, PSFK and Dazed, and has been quoted in outlets including The New York Times, The Financial Times, and Monocle. Most recently, he was recognized as one of Business Insider’s ‘Most Creative People in Social Media Marketing’. An accomplished speaker and moderator, Nagy has spoken in the US, Asia, and Europe about a broad range of topics including startups, media, politics, technology and culture. Before becoming a Barbarian, Nagy was a partner at New York-based consultancy, Attention, where he oversaw the media, entertainment and travel practices. Colin’s earlier career experience includes strategic communications roles for organizations including Golin/Harris and The Brunswick Group. Nagy holds a BA in Politics and European studies from New York University.
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About The Barbarian Group: The Barbarian Group, a digital marketing and advertising agency, offers digital services to brands, media and tech companies and startups.
Shane Malach
Director of Content Strategy of Edelman Digital
Shane works to build connective tissue between brands, culture, and entertainment in video content.
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About Edelman Digital: Edelman Digital, a public relations firm, offers analysis, advertising, marketing, branding, and content and strategy management services.
Jennifer Shin
Product Director, Contextual of Comcast NBCUniversal
Jennifer Shin is the Founder of 8 Path Solutions, a data science, analytics, and technology company. She is an experienced data scientist and management consultant who has led complex, large scale, and high profile projects in various roles, including Director of Data Science at Comcast, Senior Principal Data Scientist at The Nielsen Company and Management Consultant at GE Capital, the Carlyle Group, Fortress Investment Group, the City of New York, and Columbia University. A recognized thought leader, Jennifer has been named an IBM Big Data & Analytics Hero, IBM Digital Expert & Social VIP and MongoDB World Female Innovator and she has spoken at numerous universities, conferences, meet-ups, and industry events. Jennifer is also on the faculty in the data science graduate program at UC Berkeley, on the Advisory Board for the M.S. in Data Analytics program at the City University of New York and teaches business analytics and data visualization in the graduate program at NYU.
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About 8 Path Solutions, Comcast NBCUniversal, NYU Stern School of Business, University of California Berkeley: A media and entertainment company.
Lou Dubois
Executive Director of Comcast NBCUniversal
Lou Dubois Is The Director of Global Editorial Content At Hilton.
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About Comcast NBCUniversal, Hilton Worldwide: A media and entertainment company.
Dennis Colon
Board Director of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Ali Curi
Director, Business Development of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Michael Goefron
Managing Director, Account Management and Operations & Chief Brand Safety Officer of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Scott Berkowitz
Director, Sales of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Scott Berkowitz
Director, Sales of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Michael Goefron
Managing Director, Account Management and Operations & Chief Brand Safety Officer of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Dennis Colon
Board Director of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Rhonda Bitterman
Director of Southeast Advertising Saless of Pandora
Rhonda Bitterman works as head of agency partnerships at The Weather Company. Formerly, she was a director of agency relations and a sales director at Pandora. She has a degree in journalism at Texas A&M University.
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About Pandora, The Weather Company: Pandora provides internet radio and recommendation services.
Jordan Duthie
Director & Programmatic of Pandora
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About Pandora: Pandora provides internet radio and recommendation services.
Aaron Harvey
Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director of Ready Set Rocket
Aaron Harvey Co-founder & Executive Creative Director, Ready, Set, Rocket As Co-founder and Executive Creative Director at NYC-based digital marketing agency Ready Set Rocket, Aaron leads a team of strategic and innovative thinkers that create campaigns for top brands like Ann Taylor, Deutsche Bank, Michael Kors, Lacoste, Seagram’s, and Univision. He’s been featured as a thought leader in a range of publications including Fast Company, Fortune Insider, Mediapost, Digiday, Inc., and Forbes. As an agency, Ready Set Rocket has received numerous awards including IWNY’s Best Places to Work in NYC Tech, 15 Fastest Growing Independent Agencies, Digiday Awards, Creativity International Awards, and more. Aaron is a passionate mental health advocate, and founder of the OCD nonprofit IntrusiveThoughts.org that provides sufferers of anxiety disorders with educational resources and empowers them to seek treatment. Since its launch in March 2016, the site has received an overwhelming amount of support, and been picked up by major news outlets including Refinery29, Fast Company, Fox News Health, Cosmopolitan, and more. Prior to Ready Set Rocket and IntrusiveThoughts.org, Aaron was a partner at Purple Rock Scissors, a leading creative digital agency in Orlando, FL.
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About Made of Millions Foundation, Ready Set Rocket: Ready Set Rocket a New York based digital agency committed to connecting brands and consumers through innovative multi-channel experiences.
Asad Husain
Executive Director of Interpublic Group
Asad Husain has been the Chief Human Resources Officer of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Asad Husain is responsible for all talent management, leadership development, human resources management, and organizational development strategies and initiatives for the company. Asad Husain served as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of Big Heart Pet Brands Corporation (formerly, Del Monte Corporation). Asad Husain served as Group HR Director of Agthia Group PJSC. Asad Husain has nearly 25 years of Human Resources management experience both domestically and internationally. Asad Husain served as Global Head of Human Resources at Dun & Bradstreet, where he led the development and execution of company-wide HR Strategy, including significant change management programs, and served as Vice President HR of International. he held various senior Human Resources positions at The Gillette Company, a consumer products manufacturer, spanning various functions and global locations, including integration work for the Gillette Global Business Unit was acquired by Procter & Gamble.
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About Interpublic Group: Interpublic Group provides advertising, digital marketing, communications planning, media buying, PR and specialty marketing services.
Jessica Paviluk
Director of Marketing and Design of Throtle
Jessica Paviluk is responsible for all aspects of V12 Group’s marketing and design efforts. Jessica has experience in many areas of marketing and design, from designing high profile websites, product user interfaces and print campaigns to developing marketing plans and strategies. Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Graphic Design from Monmouth University.
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About Throtle: Individual-based data onboarding company.
Jack Sullivan
President and Director of Above Average
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About Above Average: Above Average is a multi-disciplinary entertainment company that creates original, premium programming for networks, brands, and fans.
Jack Sullivan
President and Director of Above Average
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About Above Average: Above Average is a multi-disciplinary entertainment company that creates original, premium programming for networks, brands, and fans.
Bob Greenberg
Founder, CEO / Senior Creative Director of R/GA
Bob Greenberg—founder, chairman and CEO of R/GA—has been a pioneer in the advertising and communications industry for nearly four decades. He leads the vision for R/GA, an agency that serves as the digital partner for Fortune 500 companies and world-renowned brands, including Nike, Beats by Dr. Dre, Unilever, L’Oréal Paris, Samsung, Google, and Johnson & Johnson. R/GA is one of the world’s most influential agencies, emphasizing the importance of business transformation, product/service innovation and breakthrough communications. The agency has offices in New York, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, and internationally in London, Bucharest, Stockholm, São Paulo, Chile, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Singapore and Shanghai. Bob, along with his brother Richard, founded R/Greenberg Associates (R/GA) in 1977 with the idea of creating a company that valued design but also focused on developing leading-edge motion graphics and live-action film and video production. The company created groundbreaking visual effects for movies such as Alien, Predator, Se7en and Zelig. To date, R/GA’s body of work spans 400 feature films and 4,000 television commercials. Bob has evolved the company several times since its founding, transforming it from a world-class movie title shop, to a digital studio, to a major digital advertising agency and today, to an all-in-one full-service agency, product and service innovator and consultancy. Now in its fifth business model, R/GA has become one of the most successful integrated marketing services companies, creating everything from new products and digital services to social and mobile campaigns to broadcast commercials. Bob serves on the boards of numerous schools and organizations, including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Ad Council, the Tisch School of the Arts (Dean’s Council Advisory Board), NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, Parsons The New School for Design and the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. He is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Bob has won almost every industry award for creativity, including the Academy Award, D&AD, and Cannes Lions. Among his most notable awards are the Cannes Lions lifetime achievement Lion of St. Mark, Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI) from the Royal Society for Arts, the ANDYs Bravery Award, the 2007 BDA Lifetime Achievement Award, Clio Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Communications in 2003, and the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. He was also the Cannes International Advertising Festival Cyber Jury President in 2004 and 2013, served as a member of the 2005 Titanium Jury, and President of the Titanium and Integrated Jury in 2010.Bob was also recently inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame and the Creative Hall of Fame.
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About R/GA: R/GA offers advertising and marketing services.
Cesar Marchetti
Creative Director of R/GA
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About R/GA: R/GA offers advertising and marketing services.
Laura Jaffee
Director of Business Development of Status Labs
Laura Jaffee is a Business Development Director based in New York City. Prior to Status Labs, she was a top sales performer and manager at SinglePlatform. Originally from Westchester, New York, Laura graduated from Barnard College with a BA in American Studies. Outside of work, Laura can be found exploring the City’s best food and fitness scenes.
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About Status Labs: The Premier Online Reputation Management Firm
Alex Pasechnik
Director of Data Engineering of Holler
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About Holler: Holler is a Conversational Media company, focused on the creation and delivery of content that helps peer-to-peer messages be effective.
Lynda Liu
Director of Marketing of Holler
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About Holler: Holler is a Conversational Media company, focused on the creation and delivery of content that helps peer-to-peer messages be effective.
Joanna Thissen
Director, Targeted Television, MODI Media of GroupM
Joanna Thissen VP, Client Services at OpenAP.
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About GroupM, OpenAP: Global media investment management company for WPP’s media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence, m/SIX and Xaxis
Albert Marko
Co-Founder and COO, Board Of Directors of Favore Media Group
Albert Marko was a Co-Founder and COO of Favore Media Group, where he managed business operations including business development, human resources, sales, communications, and privacy. Albert Marko is an international operations professional with over 10 years building and managing software and scientific products, with extensive experience leading product development for complex medical software and artificial intelligence programs. Prior to joining Favore Media Group, Albert was COO of Bluwave Software, where he oversaw product development, marketing, strategy, revenue, and business operations. Previously, Albert served as the Director of Business Development and Operations Manager for Vectra Networks and Liquid Light Corporation. Albert is currently a board advisor the Malmgren Strategic Institute and runs his own research firm call Northwest Meridian which caters to governments, political parties and the financial sector.
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About Favore Media Group: Favore Media Group is a media company and publisher network focused on product discovery.
Rachel Waxman
Senior Director, Supply Management of ConvertMedia
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About ConvertMedia: ConvertMedia connects publishers and advertisers through a programmatic platform and marketplace that delivers video advertising campaigns.
Bill Martens
Managing Director Europe of BAMTECH Media
Bill Martens is Managing Director, Europe for BAMTECH Media. Bill joined BAMTECH in 2015 and recently moved to Amsterdam to lead the European expansion of BAMTECH’s technology services business through BAMTECH Europe, a joint venture with Discovery Communications. Prior to joining BAMTECH, Bill was at CBS Interactive for 10 years, where he served as VP & General Manager of CBS News Digital. In that role, he was responsible for developing and managing the digital properties of CBS News, including CBSN, the first 24/7 OTT broadcast news network. Named a Broadcasting & Cable Digital All Star in 2015, Bill and the team at CBS News also won multiple awards, including Edward R Murrow awards in 2013 and 2015. Bill has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA and Masters in International Relations from Columbia University.
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About BAMTECH Media: BAMTECH Media provides technology services and video streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB).
Michelle Russey McCarthy
Managing Director of Verizon Ventures
Michelle McCarthy makes strategic investments for Verizon’s venture capital group focused principally in the consumer space, in addition to overseeing the venture team’s operations and events. She was recognized as a Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star in 2016 and has been a board observer for select portfolio companies in the areas of advertising technology, media, fin tech, and IoT. Before joining Verizon Ventures, Michelle headed acquisitions and asset management of a large portfolio of affordable housing tax credit investments at Verizon Capital and, prior to that, was involved in Verizon’s corporate strategy formulation and domestic and international M&A. Michelle earned an MBA in finance from Georgetown University and a B.A. in International Studies from American University.
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About Verizon Ventures: Verizon Ventures invests in entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications.
Jeffrey Black
Managing Director of Verizon Ventures
Jeffrey Black joined Verizon Ventures in 2012. Prior to Verizon Ventures, Jeffrey joined Verizon in 2009 and was involved in numerous M&A and strategic investment transactions. Previously, he worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, structuring debt, equity, and M&A transactions. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he worked in the corporate finance department at Delta Air Lines. Jeffrey received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
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About Verizon Ventures: Verizon Ventures invests in entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications.
Alden Mahabir
Manager & Director – Strategy & Planning of Verizon Ventures
Alden Mahabir joined Verizon Ventures in 2013 and supports its strategic marketing and venture development efforts, while also evaluating investment opportunities across industries. Alden brings over 12 years of experience in corporate venture capital, investment banking, and investment research, all focused on technology, media, and telecom. Prior to Verizon Ventures, he worked at Goodrich Capital, where he advised startups and private companies on their business strategies and helped them to raise growth equity capital. He has also held leadership positions at Utendahl Capital Partners, CIBC World Markets, Lehman Brothers, and C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. At a young age, Alden co-founded Vintage Research (age 25), an investment research & consulting firm, and Good Buy Realty (age 19). Alden received his B.A. in Economics at Rutgers University and his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
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About Verizon Ventures: Verizon Ventures invests in entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications.
David Harkness
Board of Director of MeasureCast
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About : MeasureCast is the first company to provide Internet broadcasters, advertisers.
Jasme Bantens
Managing Director, Senior Partner. Digital Insights Lead of MindShare
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About MindShare: Mindshare is a global media agency network and the home of adaptive marketing.
Jeff Malmad
Managing Director, Head of Life+, North America of MindShare
Jeff Malmad is a Managing Director, Mobile at MindShare.
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About MindShare, MindShare: Mindshare is a global media agency network and the home of adaptive marketing.
Kurt Kraeger
Managing Director – New York of Robert Walters
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About Robert Walters: Robert Walters is a global, specialist professional recruitment consultancy.
Walter Geer
Executive Creative Director, Experience Design of VMLY&R
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About VMLY&R: VMLY&R is a global marketing agency focused on communication-based advertising messages.
Paul Mikhaylenko
Director of Product of Trend Capital
Paul Mikhaylenko is the Director of product of Trend Capital Holdings.
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About Bloom, Trend Capital: A tech-enabled digital marketing platform .
Martin Nisenholtz
Member of the Board of Directors of eXelate
Martin Nisenholtz is the Board Director of eXelate.He retired from The New York Times Company in January 2012 after almost 17 years with the organization. In February 2005, Nisenholtz was named corporate senior vice president, digital operations for The New York Times Company, responsible for the strategy development, operations and management of The New York Times Company’s digital properties. Nisenholtz was Chief Executive Officer of New York Times Digital from 1999 to 2005. Previously, he was president of The New York Times Electronic Media Company from 1995 to 1999. In that role, he was the founding leader at NYTimes.com.Prior to joining the Times Company, Nisenholtz was Director of Content Strategy for Ameritech Corporation, where he was responsible for guiding development of new video programming opportunities and interactive information and advertising services. From 1983 to 1994,Nisenholtz worked at The Ogilvy Group, where he was a senior vice president and member of the operating committee at Ogilvy & Mather Direct. In 1983 he founded the Interactive Marketing Group (IMG), the first full service unit at a major U.S. advertising agency devoted specifically to interactive communication. Nisenholtz began his career in 1979 as an assistant professor and research scientist at New York University, where he participated on the founding faculty of the Interactive Telecommunications Program and worked on pioneering interactive media efforts in the areas of education, healthcare and public information. Nisenholtz is an active leader in the advertising and publishing industry and participates in the following organizations:Founder and Executive Committee Member, Online Publishers Association (OPA) ,Board Member, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) ,Board Member, Center for Communication . Nisenholtz is a Director of Yellow Media Inc., a publicly traded Canadian company. He also serves on the board of Exelate, a privately hold data and analytics company based in New York.Nisenholtz received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communication.
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About : eXelate is a data management platform that provides data technology solutions for the digital marketing ecosystem.
Jacob Grabczewski
Director, Financial and Business Analysis of Vibrant Media
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About Vibrant Media: Vibrant Media is dedicated to contextual marketing, advertising, content marketing and digital media.
