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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 New York based President operating in the Advertising space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Nicholas Bagg
Vice President, Head of Consumer Operations and Strategy of Verizon Media
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About Bagg Therapy Group, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Bill Koenigsberg
President, CEO & Founder of Horizon media
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Chris Beals
CEO and President of Weedmaps
Christopher Beals is the chief executive officer of Weedmaps. Prior to being CEO, he first serves as the company’s president and general counsel from 2015 until his appointment in March 2019.
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About Weedmaps, WM Technology: Weedmaps is the world’s first marijuana technology and media brand.
Janet Riccio
Exec Vice President of Omnicom Group
Over the course of her 25+ years in advertising, her collaborative business style has taken her to more than 30 countries on five continents on behalf of her clients and forged a deep understanding of what it takes to build relationships and brands. Her belief that a motivated, fulfilled workforce leads to a healthier more profitable more sustainable bottom line is why she has been chosen to head Omnicom University. Omnicom University is recognized as one of the preeminent executive education experiences and one of the major sources of “cultural glue” for the Omnicom network. In partnership with Harvard Business School faculty, OU has graduated over 3500+ Omnicom executives over the course of its 20 years in existence. To quote Janet, after her first season as Dean, “This program is not about developing leaders, the people who attend already are; it is about transforming leaders from more than good to great.” Most recently, Janet founded and is currently heading an in-house women’s network – Omniwomen. The mission of Omniwomen is to serve as a catalyst to increase the influence and number of women leaders throughout the Omnicom network. Since its formal U.S. launch in April 2014, Omniwomen has expanded to China and the U.K. As passionate as Janet is about her roles at Omnicom, she is equally passionate about the role of women on management boards and in the philanthropic world. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of BlogHer, the world’s largest on-line community of women bloggers, and is currently on the Advisory Board of LearnVest. Janet is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Women’s Foundation on which she serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Communications Committee. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of Make a Wish Foundation of Metro New York where she chaired the Governance Committee and, in her final year, co-chaired the Advisory Board.
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About Omnicom Group, Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Rita Rodriguez
Executive Vice President of Omnicom Group
Rita Rodriguez is currently Executive Vice President at Omnicom Group where she leads the multi-agency integration and innovation for PepsiCo. With more than twenty-five years of marketing experience, Rita has a proven track record of transforming major brands and building businesses. Having worked on both sides of the business, agency and client, Rita has a unique mix of strategic expertise; brand building and collaboration skills that can help define and lead a course of action for clients and their brands Rita was previously CEO of Imagination, an experiential integrated communications company. Prior to Imagination, she was CEO of the US arm of WPP’s The Brand Union, a strategic branding and design firm, where she led the repositioning and rebranding of multiple businesses and served as a strategic advisor and partner for clients on brand and business issues. Before joining The Brand Union in 2004, Rita was Managing Director of Corporate Branding at Omnicom’s Interbrand. Rita began her career in Houston at AT&T, where over the course of her career she served as Director of Business and Consumer Marketing, International Marketing Director, Director of Product Marketing and Communications Services and General Manager of HomeTown Network (HTN), working in both the US and London.
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About Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Steven Swartz
President & CEO of Hearst Communications
Steven R. Swartz became president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation on June 1, 2013. Before his promotion to CEO, Swartz, a member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation and a trustee of The Hearst Family Trust, was president and chief operating officer of the Corporation. He was president of Hearst Newspapers, the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories, from 2009 to 2011, and executive vice president of the Group from 2001 to 2008. Hearst Newspapers, with more than 4,700 employees across the nation, publishes 15 dailies and 36 weeklies in cities including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand. Before joining Hearst in 2001, Swartz was president and chief executive of SmartMoney, the magazine, website and custom publishing business launched by Hearst and News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit. Prior to becoming CEO in 1995, he had been the magazine’s founding editor since 1991. Under his leadership, SmartMoney magazine won two National Magazine Awards and was Advertising Age’s Magazine of the Year. Swartz began his journalism career as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in 1984 after graduating from Harvard. He served as an editor on the Journal’s Page One staff from 1989 to 1991. Swartz is a member of the ESPN board of directors and is a director of the Associated Press. He is also a member of the board of visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and chairman of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Barin Nahvi Rovzar
Senior Vice President & Head of M&A of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Melanie Colton
Vice President, Product & Technology of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Todd Haskell
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Hearst Magazines Digital Media of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Steven Gerber
President & COO of Zeta Global
Steven Gerber is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Zeta Interactive. Gerber oversees the day to day management of the Company, encompassing all business lines and the technology platform.He joined Zeta in 2009 via an acquisition. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at Tranzact LLC, building the company’s digital business and playing a key role in its sale to Veronis Suhler in 2008. He has also held leadership positions at Digitas and Bain & Co. Gerber’s entrepreneurial career began in 1999 as co-founder of HotSocket, a RedHerring Top 100 company in 2000. Gerber holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from Columbia University. Mr. Gerber holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from Columbia University
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About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Jason Heller
President of Persado
Jason Heller is the President at Persado
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About Persado: Persado Marketing Language Cloud delivers AI-generated language that resonates the most with any audience, segment or individual.
Anthony Oland
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of KBM Group
Anthony Oland is the Global Chief People Officer at Boxed.
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About Boxed, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Dave Morgan
CEO & Founder & Vice President, Sports Digital News of Simulmedia
Morgan is the CEO and founder of Simulmedia, a New York based marketing technology company that uses data, science and software to drive business outcomes for advertisers through traditional TV marketing. He previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX).
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About Simulmedia, Sinclair Broadcast Group: Simulmedia is a TV ad platform that enables predictable, scalable customer growth.
Meg Runeari
Vice President of Business Operations, North America of Teads US
Meg Runeari is the Vice President of Business Operations, North America at Teads, leading operational strategy and business efficiencies across a dedicated team of account and project managers. Meg’s key focus is to bring quality advertising to engaged audiences in environments that are not only safe for brands but also respect the user. With ten years of experience in the digital space and deep-rooted industry relationships with leading verification vendors, Meg is doing her part to keep the digital ecosystem clean.
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About Teads US, Teads US: Teads US invented outstream video advertising and is the no.1 video advertising marketplace in the world.
Paul Buccieri
President of A+E Networks
Paul Buccieri is president and chairman of A+E Networks Group. He joined A+E Networks as president of A&E and HISTORY in 2015 and became president of A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group in 2016. Buccieri is responsible for the company’s brand portfolio, which includes the A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY® Channel, LMN™, FYI™, and Vice TV networks. Buccieri holds extensive experience in both scripted and non-scripted programming across a wide range of genres. He is a leader in worldwide production, distribution, and syndication, as well as implementing innovative business models. Collaborating with top executives and producers, Paul has extensive experience turning ideas into hit TV shows, including American Pickers, Curse of Oak Island, Forged in Fire, Vikings, 60 Days In, and others. Additionally, Buccieri serves as director of the board for the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and holds committee and board positions for organizations including the Lincoln Center Leadership Committee, the Lincoln Center Media and Entertainment Council, NCTA, The Paley Center for Media, and the NAACP Industry Board of Advisors. Previously, Buccieri held executive leadership roles at ITV Studios U.S. Group and ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Fox Twentieth Television, and Endemol USA. Buccieri enjoys training for triathlons, and competed in the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. He has also facilitated food drives for communities in Connecticut in partnership with Feeding America and Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation.
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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.
Abhay Jain
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development 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.
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks
David “Digger” Granville-Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks. Granville-Smith joined A+E Networks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2014. In December 2016, he was named to his current position. Granville-Smith leads all key financial functions across A+E Networks, including A&E®, History®, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI™, H2®, Crime & Investigation Network®, History en Español™, Military HISTORY®, LRW®, A+E Studios™, A&E Indie Films®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. In addition, Granville-Smith oversees the Production, Operations, Engineering and Information Technology departments and is responsible for the Corporate Development, Strategy, Investments and Ventures Group. He provides strategic and operational leadership across all of the divisions of the company, including the Brand Portfolio Group, Ad Sales, Distribution, Digital and International, in order to drive the company’s overall growth and value creation. Granville-Smith serves on the boards of A+E Networks Latin America and VICELAND. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Granville-Smith worked at J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns, which was acquired by J.P. Morgan, for 23 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith Barney in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. At J.P. Morgan, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the Investment Banking Division. Throughout his career in banking, Granville-Smith worked on a number of significant strategic and financing transactions for diversified media, cable network, cable distribution and telecommunications companies. Granville-Smith is a trustee of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. He also serves on the President’s Advisory Council for the College of Brown University. Granville-Smith received an A.B. degree from Brown University. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and two children.
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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.
Sean Cohan
President, International & Digital Media of A+E Networks
Sean Cohan is President, International and Digital Media, A+E Networks. Cohan oversees a global portfolio comprised of A+E Networks’ rapid growth and transformation units and is a member of the A+E executive and senior leadership team. Cohan has been named a Digital All Star by Broadcast & Cable, ranked in the Top Ten of CableFax’s Most Influential Minorities in Cable, and was called one of the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine. He has also been recognized as CableFax 100, Digital TV Europe’s Euro 50, and both a NAMIC Next Generation Leader and Luminary, and was honored with Broadcasting and Cable’s 2016 Diversity Leadership Award. As head of A+E Networks’ International Division, Cohan oversees the company’s brands, services, and content outside the U.S. He manages staff and teams across 20+ cities. The Division’s activities include branded channels, content sales, production and digital media distribution. A+E Networks operates 77 different branded channels abroad and distributes a 16,000-hour library across more than 200 territories in 42 languages on a range of platforms. Under Cohan’s direction, A+E Networks has completed its global footprint; launched 58 international channels including the global rollouts of Lifetime, A&E, and Crime+Investigation; established new businesses in India, SE Asia, France, German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Russia; and achieved a #1, 2, or 3 ranking in relevant category in virtually every market. Recently, Cohan oversaw the launch of a new business and History and Lifetime to twenty million households in Korea. Cohan also oversaw the rollout of a company’s first free-to-air (FTA) channel, BLAZE, in the UK to over twenty five million households. Cohan has also built a top factual content sales organization, driven significant co-productions and acclaimed local versions of A+E shows. He also launched the largest global made-for-television movie distribution unit and a successful boutique drama distribution effort, with critically and popularly acclaimed events such as Roots, Unreal, Six, and Knightfall. As head of Digital Media, Cohan oversees all strategic, operational, editorial, social and digital distribution both in the United States and around the world. The division’s scope includes content production, apps, websites, social media, and licensing. His team is responsible for managing popular websites History.com and Biography.com which reach over thirty million visitors monthly; robust TV apps for Lifetime, A&E, and History; successful History Vault™ and Lifetime Movie Club™ direct-to-consumer offerings; strategic partnerships with A+E Networks’ SVOD, AVOD, and DTO partners; and digital extensions like the Webby-nominated This Day in History on Amazon Alexa. In 2016, A+E Networks announced the launch of 45th & Dean, a multi-platform video storytelling hub which reports into Cohan. It is focused on creating original, digital-first video content supporting brands, shows, and partners. It has produced two of the top three most viewed shows for Snapchat and FB Watch platforms, dramatic growth in YouTube impressions, and significant social engagement gains. Cohan was formerly Executive Vice President, International; Senior Vice President, International; Vice President, International Business Development & Digital Media; and Director, International Business Development for A+E Networks. Previously, he held positions at Primedia, Morgan Stanley, NBC and A.T. Kearney. Cohan is a member of Boards of BANFF Media Festival (Director), The Opportunity Network (Treasurer), The Parrish Art Museum (Trustee), and 2btube (Director). A graduate of Harvard University, he also holds an MBA from Stanford University. Cohan lives in downtown New York, with his wife Jennifer, and daughter Makenna.
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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.
Mark Garner
Executive Vice President, Content Licensing and Business Development of A+E Networks
Mark Garne serves as executive vice president of content sales, licensing, and business development at 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.
Ross Habif
Vice President, 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.
Jason DeMarco
Vice President, Programmatic & Audience Solutions of A+E Networks
Jason DeMarco joined A+E Networks in July 2012 to establish a programmatic monetization strategy. During his tenure, A+E Networks has been a market leader in adopting new technology and creating partnerships that bring the best in content, data and systems to market. Jason continues to focus on automation across all platforms and data enabled monetization.
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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.
Ben Parr
Co-Founder and President of Octane AI
Ben Parr is a journalist, author, entrepreneur, investor, and expert on attention. Through his experience as a technology writer, venture capitalist, and prolific public speaker, Parr has coached dozens of young startups and Fortune 500 corporations on how to get attention for their products. Parr is a co-founder and managing partner of DominateFund, a venture capital firm that invests in and accelerates the growth of early-stage technology, software, and product startups through its expertise in the press, marketing, customer and user acquisition, viral products, and strategic celebrity partnerships. Previously, Parr was the co-editor and editor-at-Large of Mashable, where he wrote more than 2,400 articles on social media and technology, managed Mashable’s editorial team, and interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg. He also served as a columnist and commentator for CNET. His work has been featured in a variety of media, including CNBC, CNN, Fox News.
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About DominateFund, Octane AI: Octane AI provides an all-in-one platform for engaging quizzes, data collection, and personalized Facebook Messenger and SMS automation.
Matthew Kirschner
Partner and Executive Vice President of Talent Resources
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About Talent Resources: Talent Resources is a social media marketing agency that specializes in connecting brands with top-tier celebrities and influencers.
Randall Wakeford
Vice President of Client Platform Development of Augeo Marketing
Randall has been involved in the employee recognition and engagement industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining Augeo, he worked at IncentOne in Carlstadt, NJ as Director of Information Management, specializing in working directly with Fortune 50 clients to develop, deploy and maintain customized and integrated recognition solutions that drive business objectives. Prior to IncentOne, Randall was Director of Internet Operations for Faulkner & Gray in New York City, a specialized financial publisher owned by Thomson Financial. Primary responsibilities include working with existing clients to maintain and enhance currently deployed employee engagement solutions and technology, acting as technical subject matter expert during new platform implementations, and providing guidance on product development and sales strategy related to new business opportunities.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Debby Reiner
President, Grey/Global P&G of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Shaun Zacharia
Co-Founder & President of TripleLift
Prior to founding Triple Lift, Shaun led custom engineering solutions at AppNexus for the industry’s largest marketers like eBay and WPP. At AppNexus, Shaun was also critical in consulting the industry’s largest media networks including Collective and Microsoft. Shaun graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Tech with a BS in Computer Engineering.
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About TripleLift: TripleLift is the programmatic technology company for native, branded content and OTT.
Jon Roberts
President, Dotdash Finance of Dotdash
Dr. Jon Roberts has a PhD in theoretical high-energy physics with ten years of research experience in high-energy particle physics and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. At Dotdash, Dr. Roberts leads a team of researchers deriving insights from more than 20 years of Internet data across thousands of topics. As a Marie Curie research fellow at Warsaw University, Dr. Roberts studied how dark matter might appear at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. After Poland, Dr. Roberts spent five years as a researcher at New York University, where he made predictions for solar system cosmic rays, currently being tested by NASA’s AMS detector on the International Space Station. He also worked on the Pierre Auger telescope in Argentina, tracking the detected ultrahigh energy cosmic rays back to their origins outside our galaxy.
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About Dotdash, Dotdash, Investopedia: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Tre Jones
Senior Vice President, Growth of Dotdash
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About Dotdash: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Josh Backer
Co Founder – President, Advertising & SVP Operations of Unified
Founded Social Suitcase in 2009 – Boutique business development and sales consulting firm specializing in social media monetization products and brand advertising. – Sold to TrafficMarketplace in March 2010 Founded DankApps in 2008 – Bay Partners funded social network application company – Donated thousands of dollars to cause based charities through the “Social Change” brand of applications Founded Teach the People in 2007 – TechCrunch40 company – fbFund grantee Emory University, Atlanta GA – Graduate Instructor, Dept. of Comparative Literature “Sick Lit.: Literature and Discourses of Illness and Disease” The Padeia School, Atlanta GA – Part-time Faculty “Pollack to Smithson: Modern and Contemporary American and European art from 1935-1975” “Art and Politics in the 20th Century”
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About Unified: Unified equips marketers with information and intelligence they need to make the best decisions about their social advertising investments.
Jim Spare
President & COO of eko
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Nick Cicero
Vice President Strategy of Conviva
Nick is the founder of Delmondo, a creative studio and social video analytics software acquired by Conviva in 2018. He is a leader in building digital content initiatives with a proven ability to set vision, strategy, and execute on numerous innovative projects for some of the world’s largest brands and publishers like MTV, NBC Sports, Red Bull, L’Oreal, the UFC, Universal, Conde Nast, and Clear Channel. Prior to founding Delmondo he spent time building and implementing new enterprise social publishing and analytics tools with Livefyre, Expion and Percolate. He put the first Instagram Video on TV for Oprah and built an innovative social content experience for the PlayStation launch in North America, among other projects. Nick received his Master’s from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
Albert Subbloie
President & CEO of Butterfly
Al Subbloie is the President, Founder, and CEO at Budderfly, Inc. One who combines entrepreneurial passion, hands-on knowledge of successfully growing nascent businesses, and an intuition for identifying non-existent and emerging markets. As CEO, President, and Chairman of Tangoe, he has successfully navigated the tricky waters of founding, growing, bringing public, and globally expanding the leading provider of Connection Lifecycle Management with a current market cap of more than $600M. Since 2010, Al has led Tangoe from annual revenues of $69.5M to $188.9M in 2013, a compounded annual growth rate of 34.1%. He also drove global expansion to more than 190 countries and sales and operational presence throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions, growing Tangoe from a few hundred employees to more than 2,000. His “lead from the front” style inspires both employees and clients. He actively promotes empowerment throughout the ranks encouraging all to “ask forgiveness, not permission.” Despite his aggressive operational tactics, Al maintains a daily focus on the vision and strategy of the company, has a number of patents to his credit, and is successfully moving Tangoe into adjacent and expanding markets. His inspirational approach has resulted in moving markets and teams in support of corporate goals that previously seemed unachievable. In Al’s 32 years of business experience, others have recognized his value and, as a result, he has played an impactful role on the Board of Acsis, Inc., a leading provider of RFID device management technology, which was sold to Safeguard Scientific in December 2005. He currently serves on the Board of NYC-based Operative, Inc. In addition, leading national and global media outlets including CNBC, Fortune, and WSJ, regularly seek Al’s unique perspective and experience on various topics such as business challenges, leadership and management approaches, and taking companies public. Al’s knack for spotting future trends and disruptive technologies resulted in his serial entrepreneurship including co-founding and running Information Management Associates (IMA), which focused on integrated call center solutions for sales, marketing, and customer service capabilities. He also co-founded Buyersedge.com, an Internet company in the field of reverse auctions and later founded Freefire, an ASP e-CRM customer interaction software, supporting email response, chat, and remote telephony solution, which was subsequently acquired by Teletech Holdings. Al started his career at Andersen Consulting. Al credits part of his success to his highly competitive nature. He played varsity football and baseball at Trinity College where he earned his Bachelor Degree in Economics with Honors. Al lives in Connecticut where he spends time on philanthropic activities, serving on the Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and nurturing and developing local businesses through his service on the Board of the Connecticut Technology Council.
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About Butterfly: Butterfly specializes offers branding services that includes business strategy, brand identity, packaging, and digital presence.
Mark Thompson
President & CEO of The New York Times
Mark Thompson became President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times Company on November 12, 2012. He is responsible for leading the company’s strategy, operations and business units. Thompson has been instrumental in accelerating the pace of The Times’s digital transformation. Under his leadership, The Times became the first news organization in the world to pass the one million digital-only subscription mark. The company has also introduced a new era of international growth, launched an industry-leading branded content studio and invested in virtual reality, producing some of the most celebrated work in this emerging medium. Before joining the Times Company, Thompson served as Director-General of the BBC from 2004, where he reshaped the organization to meet the challenge of the digital age, ensuring that it remained a leading innovator with the launch of services such as the BBC iPlayer. He also oversaw a transformation of the BBC itself, driving productivity and efficiency through the introduction of new technologies and bold organizational redesign. Thompson joined the BBC in 1979 as a production trainee. He helped launch “Watchdog” and “Breakfast Time,” was an Output Editor on “Newsnight,” and was appointed Editor of the “Nine O’Clock News” in 1988 and of “Panorama” in 1990. He became Controller (programming and scheduling chief) for the TV network BBC2 and Director of Television for the BBC before leaving the BBC in 2002 to become C.E.O. of Channel 4 Television Corporation in the United Kingdom. In the autumn of 2012, he was a visiting professor of rhetoric and the art of public persuasion at the University of Oxford. His book “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?,” which is based on the lectures he gave at Oxford, was published in the U.K. and U.S. in September 2016. Thompson was educated at Stonyhurst College and Merton College, Oxford.
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About The New York Times: The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Vickie Segar
Founder & President of Village Marketing
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About Olive Lane, Teddy & Bear, Village Made, Village Marketing, Village Studio: Village Marketing is a creative influencer marketing agency
Michael Kubin
Executive Vice President of INVIDI Technologies
Michael Kubin is the Executive Vice President at INVIDI Technologies.
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About INVIDI Technologies, Ionic Media: INVIDI Technologies offers Advatar, an application that delivers addressable targeted advertising and marketing messages to viewers.
Theresa Vu
Senior Vice President Of Engineering of Xandr
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Eric Hoffert
Senior Vice President Video Technology of Xandr
Eric Hoffert has more than twenty five years of experience leading product and technology development in digital media, software-as-a-service, mobile services, and cloud computing. His background includes key roles at Spotify, Apple Inc., AT&T Bell Labs, and a number of new ventures. At Spotify, Eric was a Software Architect for a new product initiative. Eric has served as the Chairman of Versatility Software Inc., a digital media consultancy with clients including The Walt Disney Company, SONY, Scripps Network, Stanford University, Carnegie-Mellon, Corbis, and others. Eric previously was the CTO of Thwapr, a platform enabling brands to mobilize and monetize video content, extending distribution reach while delivering a high quality user experience independent of device, OS, browser, carrier, or bandwidth. Hybrid transcoding, adaptive rendering, and video SMS are combined in a cloud platform compatible with 300+ mobile devices. The solution has been used by the National Football League, National Hockey League, two of the largest music festivals in the US (Vans Warped & Rockstar Mayhem), Photobucket, etc. with coverage in the New York Times, TechCrunch, Mashable, VentureBeat, StreamingMedia, ESPN, Billboard, etc. He co-founded ShareMethods, a document sharing and collaboration service with clients including CBS Interactive, Broadcom, Synopsys, HID, Airspan Networks, etc.; it is integrated with salesforce.com, EchoSign, and Oracle and has users in 40 countries. Previously, he was Chairman and CTO for Magnifi, a digital asset management platform deployed by Coca-Cola and P&G, where he received the Computerworld Honors Award. Prior to Magnifi, Eric managed Apple’s Multimedia Communications Group, where he co-founded the QuickTime software project and led development of the first real-time software video compression algorithm which has been downloaded more than a billion times. He was also a project leader for QuickTime Conferencing, a video conferencing Internet and telecom platform for Apple that included alliances with AT&T, IBM, Cisco, and NTT. While at Apple, Eric received the CEO Technical Award for the development of QuickTime software. Prior to Apple, Eric was a research scientist at AT&T Bell Labs where he was co-founder of a venture that developed a parallel graphics supercomputer called the AT&T Pixel Machine used by NASA, CalTech, and R/Greenberg. He also worked as a programmer at Broadway Video, a leading video production house in New York City where he created visual effects for music videos showcased on MTV and in the Museum of Modern Art. Eric holds 23 US patents; has authored and co-authored papers for the ACM and IEEE; and has lectured widely around the world. Eric has been quoted in the press and his work covered in the media including the New York Times, TechCrunch, Mashable, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Financial Times, CIO, InfoWorld, eWeek, RedHerring, Who’s Who in America 2007, etc. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Digital Asset Management. For fun, Eric has played as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Speedies, a NYC power pop band whose music has been licensed by Hewlett Packard (for a Global TV Advertising Campaign for digital photography with 500 million impressions) and NBC Universal, with digital albums available in Spotify and Apple iTunes. Eric also produced the Beastie Boys’ early hard core tracks on Capitol Records. When time permits, Eric works on research for large-scale renewable energy technologies that can deliver terawatts of clean power on a global basis.
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About ShareMethods, Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Alan Karpovsky
Vice President of Omni-channel Solutions of Innovid
Alan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Herolens, a MarTech platform that enables big brands and agencies to take their marketing and online communication strategies to the next level by the use of technology, engineering and algorithms. Herolens is nowadays working with some of the largest advertisers in LATAM and US. Herolens has been acquired by Innovid in late 2019. Alan is currently a Board Member at EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization), a global non-profit organization with +12.000 active members, whose stated mission is to “Engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow”. He has been named one of the “30 Forbes Most Promising Entrepreneurs” in 2019 by Forbes Magazine for his significant impact on the industry of his ideas, innovations and disruptive way of doing business. Alan has been an active speaker in events like IAB Now, WebCongress and A4 Latam sharing his experience on how to grow a technology company in the advertising industry. In late 2017 he has been selected by the US Department of State as one of the most impactful entrepreneurs among more than 4000 young professionals from LATAM under the YLAI program (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative). During his university days he launched “Club Trama”, a student-run business club dedicated to in-campus education for students on a variety of career paths (entrepreneurship, consulting and finance). The objective of the Club is to enhance knowledge on the specific areas as well as improving networking both between students and with professionals. Today, 6 years later, it’s still alive and growing. Alan has a Master Degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering by the Buenos Aires’ Institute of Technology (ITBA).
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Beth-Ann Eason
President of Innovid
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Duke Barnett
Co-Founder & President of Transmit.Live
Duke Barnett is the Co-Founder and President of Transmit.Live.
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About Transmit.Live: The first ever live video marketplace for large scale broadcasters and advertisers.
Zach Rosen
Vice President, Global Partner Development of Index Exchange
As Index Exchange’s first employee in the United States, Zach has made significant contributions to Index’s brand development and growth strategy in new markets. In his current role, Zach oversees the expansion of publisher and mass media company partnerships. He is passionate about how technology and automation is impacting the advertising industry, and lives to connect people with opportunities that drive their business goals forward. Before joining the team at Index Exchange, Zach consulted for a number of Bay Area startups in the digital media and entertainment space. Prior to that, he for Cox Enterprises in San Francisco, following their $300m acquisition of Adify. At Cox, Zach spearheaded the development of a new entertainment vertical spanning programmatic and branded content opportunities. Zach lives in New York City, he is an active consultant to early stage start ups in the media and entertainment space, and he regularly speaks on the emergence of automation and technology and how it impacts the ability for brands and media companies to shape their creative and storytelling experience.
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About Index Exchange, Yieldmo: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
Jourdain-Alexander Casale
Vice President Product, Supply of Index Exchange
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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.
Kevin Collins
President – Global of Diversified Systems
Kevin has amassed three decades of experience in the turnkey broadcast media and AV systems integration profession. He has worked in and around the professional services industry for broadcast, AV presentation and/or collaboration solutions since 1986. Kevin started working at Diversified in 1993. As a startup enterprise, he was one of the first ten employees at Diversified. During his tenure Kevin has held various key positions inside Diversified in both sales and operations. In 2005 he became the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. During his career he has participated in hundreds of projects directly and has had management responsibility for over 1000 major installations across the U.S. and globally with an aggregate value of over 900 million dollars in revenue. At Diversified he holds direct P&L responsibility for the development of the short and long term business plans, business development overall, employee recruiting/retention, process development and cost control. Specialties include: client focused team building, compliance, recruiting, HR, business plan development and implementation.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
John Melillo
President, Media Group of Diversified Systems
John Melillo has more than three decades of experience in corporate communications and electronic network management. He was the leading architect for several corporate network designs before joining Diversified Systems in 2001. John has been involved at the senior level in strategic internal communications planning as well as external branding and marketing. He also won numerous creative awards in electronic and print communications, and has produced and directed hundreds of hours of live multi-camera productions and film-style training and marketing productions. During his time at the helm of Diversified Media Division, he has been actively involved in developing managed-network services for brand development, advertising sales and internal enterprise communications in various business sectors, including sports/entertainment, financial, transportation, retail and QSR. Under his leadership, the Media Division has fostered industry and client partnerships that have led to the company’s current steady growth, year after year. The managed services concept behind our business model, along with initiatives in IPTV, cellular and Wi-Fi transmission, plus unique experiential designs for digital out-of-home networks have all been nurtured during his tenure. John is most proud of his work with members of the IT and A/V departments developing a cross-use platform that combines live and video-on-demand elements for the sports and entertainment industry.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Paul Kahn
Vice President of North America of Upfluence
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About Upfluence: Upfluence is a smarter influencer marketing platform that helps brands and agencies scaling influencer marketing worldwide.
Lauren Crampsie
Executive Partner, President of Ogilvy
Lauren Crampsie As Ogilvy & Mather’s chief brand champion, Lauren is responsible for the direction and reputation of one of the world’s most recognized brands and award-winning creative agencies. She is responsible for overall brand strategy, global communications, social media, and corporate responsibility and leads new business on behalf the agency. Lauren joined Ogilvy & Mather in 2004 as a new business coordinator which led her to become the agency’s youngest director of business development three years later. She was next appointed the agency’s first North American Chief Marketing Officer in 2010 and was elevated, two years later, to worldwide CMO. During her tenure at the agency, Lauren has been instrumental in adding a number of Fortune 500 brands to the agencies client roster. These brands include: Aetna, BlackRock, Citizens Bank, IKEA, InterContinental Hotels Group, NASCAR, Philips, Tiffany & Co., Time Warner Cable, Tiffany & Co. and UPS. As Worldwide CMO, Lauren has implemented a series of initiatives across the network. She focused on internal communications first, relaunching the company’s global intranet along with its most popular series, Miles’ Minute, showcasing the agency’s Global CEO, Miles Young. In 2013, Lauren introduced the official content hub of the agency, ogilvydo.com – the award-winning home for ideas, reporting, debate and analysis – born out of Ogilvy & Mather Asia. In tandem with the launch of ogilvydo.com, Lauren also developed the first-ever agency/publisher content partnership with Fast Company and penned the premier post. Under Lauren’s leadership and guidance, Ogilvy & Mather has been recognized by Advertising Age as an “Agency to Watch” (2011), the magazine’s 2014 “North America BtoB Agency of the Year” and “Stand Out Agency” (2012, 2013 and 2016). In addition, the advertising community has applauded Lauren’s professional accomplishments. Advertising Age listed her as a 2011 “Woman to Watch.” That same year, Adweek named her among the most influential Twitter voices. The DMNews Marketing Hall of Femme inducted her in 2013, and in 2015, Lauren was the only advertising industry representative to make Crain’s New York Business “40 Under 40” list. Additionally, she was named to Adweek’s “The Young Influentials” 2015 list, an honor that is bestowed upon 25 people under the age of 40 who have made achievements beyond their years that redefine ambition and achievement and change the industry. She is an active and dedicated participant in the 4As, Advertising Women of New York, the Direct Marketing Association, the ANA, and the Paley Media Council. Lauren served as a delegate at the 2015 Media for Social Impact Summit held at the United Nations. Additionally, she was appointed to the MAKERS board, an Emmy-winning TV and digital video initiative, that harnesses the power of storytelling to capture and preserve the remarkable achievements of women of yesterday and today to inspire the MAKERS of tomorrow. Lauren’s work to globally transform the agency into a modern and high-quality marketer led to her appointment to Ogilvy’s Worldwide Board in 2016. Lauren lives in New York City with her husband, Jason, son, Drake, and dog, Charlie.
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About Ogilvy: Global brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships.
Kwang Suk (David) Kim
Co-CEO & President of InvestingChannel, Inc.
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About InvestingChannel, Inc., L2: Our mission is to be most innovative and scalable marketing platform in financial services.
John Cimperman
Executive Vice President of Match Marketing Group
John Cimperman is a Executive Vice President at Match Marketing Group.
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
Katherine Alford
Senior Vice President, Culinary of Scripps Networks
Katherine Alford studied at the New York Restaurant School in 1980 and then worked in several of New York City’s top kitchens, including the ultra-trendy Commissary restaurant (with a younger Madonna as hostess) and the pioneering Hubert’s. She later studied at the L’Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris and,returning to the U.S. she became the Sous-Chef of the 4-star Quilted Giraffe. After five years at the Quilted Giraffe, Alford became manager at various city Greenmarkets, including the renowned Union Square Farmers’ Market. Her love of teaching took her to Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (now Institute for Culinary Education) as the director of instruction in 1989. In addition,she served as the special events chef for Gourmet and taught classes across the country. Her interest inteaching also led her to design and teach cooking classes to adults and adolescents at the Van Italie Center for Obesity Research, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. In 1992, Alford worked on the award-winning Union Square Cafe Cookbook, testing and adapting the restaurant’s recipes for the home cooks. She has contributed to Food & Wine, Cook’s Illustrated, FineCooking, and Food Arts; has appeared on various national and local television shows as a guest chef andfood expert, and is the author of the book, Caviar, Truffles, and Foie Gras (Chronicle, 2001). In 2000, Alford joined Food Network. She currently oversees the busy Test Kitchens, developing recipes for Food Network Magazine (2009 New Magazine Launch of the Year, #1 selling food magazine on newsstands), cookbooks, network shows, promotional initiatives, and FoodNetwork.com andCookingChannel.com. Food Network Magazine’s cookbook Great Easy Meals was a New York Time’s best seller. Two of Food Network Kitchens cookbooks, Making It Easy (2004) and Get Grilling (2005) were IACP cookbook award finalists. How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Take Out was chosen by Food &Wine as one of the top cookbooks of 2006. Alford lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
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About Scripps Networks: Scripps Networks Interactive develops lifestyle content for TV, internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and other media platforms.
Wenda Harris Millard
Vice Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer of MediaLink
In April 2009, Wenda Harris Millard became President and COO of MediaLink LLC, a leading strategic advisory and business development firm that provides critical counsel and direction to the media, advertising and entertainment industries and to companies and investors that interact with those sectors. Before joining MediaLink, Millard was Co-CEO and President, Media for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. She joined MSLO in July 2007 after three years as a member of its Board of Directors. Millard oversaw MSLO’s media businesses, which include publishing, internet and broadcasting. She was the driving force behind creating cross-platform programs for marketers in TV, digital, magazines and radio. Before MSLO, Millard was Chief Sales Officer at Yahoo! where she led the team that drove revenue from $700 million to over $6 billion in six years and was consistently credited as the number one sales organization in the media industry. On an industry-wide level her work at Yahoo! established brand advertising on the web. Prior to Yahoo!, Millard was Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and President of Ziff Davis Internet. Previously, Millard was a founding member of the executive team at DoubleClick, where she served as Executive Vice President responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand and overseeing the operations of DoubleClick Media. She also served as President and Group Publisher of SRDS, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Family Circle and Executive Vice President/Group Publisher of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek magazines. Millard has received numerous industry awards including being named in 2012 one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Advertising in the Last 100 Years”; the 2011 Oracle Award from Springboard; the 2009 ad:tech Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2007 John A. Reisenbach Award for Distinguished Citizenship; the 2006 “Advertising Person of the Year” Silver Medal Award from the AAF and the 2005 Matrix Award for “Women Who Change the World”. Advertising Age also acknowledged her as a “Digital Media Master” — one of the 20 most influential executives in interactive media. She was the subject of a profile by Tom Brokaw as part of NBC’s “Women to Watch” series. Active on behalf of the advertising industry throughout her career, Millard is past Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and former President of the Advertising Club of New York. She has served on the Boards of the Advertising Council, the American Advertising Federation, the Advertising Education Foundation and others. Currently, she serves on the boards of Verifone Inc., Millenial Media and Simulmedia. She also sits on the board of the James Beard Foundation. She served two terms as a Trustee of Trinity College in Hartford. Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Karl Spangenberg
Senior Vice President of MediaLink
Karl Spangenberg brings 25 years of experience in general media management, advertising sales, business development, strategic marketing, online market research and media consulting. Since 1995, he has held leadership positions at four start-up companies: Infoseek (1996 IPO and later sold to Disney); @plan (1999 IPO, 2001 sold to DoubleClick and later sold to Nielsen Net Ratings); Lightningcast (2002 strategic partnership with AOL Entertainment and later sold to Advertising.com); and The Hotel Networks (2004 sold majority stake to Liberty Media and later sold to LodgeNet). As Vice President, Advertising and Commerce at AT&T, Spangenberg drafted a strategy for cross-platform, integrated advertising and commerce while serving as lead advertising liaison between AT&T and Yahoo for revenue on the broadband portal. He also worked at various magazine companies in general management and advertising sales roles including U.S. News & World Report, TIME magazine, BusinessWeek and Datamation magazine.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrea Kerr Redniss
Senior Vice President 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.
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.
Mel Bessaha
Sr. Vice President – Revenue, North America of LoopMe
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About LoopMe: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Vernon Jones Jr
Vice President of JIG Media
Oversees digital and technological development. Oversees following properties – DIY Makeup, Touchable, Wirefeeds, Real Estate Wired, Todays Hip Hop
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About JIG Media: JIG Media is a Digital Media Marketing Agency.
Lance Maerov
Executive Vice President of WPP
Mr. Lance Maerov serves as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at WPP Group USA, Inc. where he manages WPP’s Corporate Development team in North America and his primary focus is to identify, negotiate and execute acquisitions, investments and joint ventures. Mr. Maerov began his work for the Corporate Development Group in March 2005 in New York after WPP’s acquisition of Grey Global Group. He serves as Senior Vice President of Grey Ventures. Before joining WPP, Mr. Maerov worked at Grey Global Group as its Head of Corporate Development and made over 20 venture investments on behalf of Grey through its Grey Ventures Subsidiary. Prior to joining Grey, Mr. Maerov handled acquisitions and investments for Reed Business Information, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. He was a Founder of iFusion and raised $20 million of venture capital on its behalf over 1995-1997 before joining Reed Elsevier. Mr. Maerov served as Director of Expression Engines Inc. He serves as Board Observer of Visible Technologies, Inc. and served as its Board Advisor. Mr. Maerov holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont.
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About WPP, WPP: WPP creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, commerce, and technology.
Nick Slavin
President and Co-Founder of Curacity
Nick Slavin, Co-Founder and President has a background in real estate and hospitality private equity. Curacity launched in 2015 and is headquartered in Stanford, CT and New York City.
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About Curacity: Curacity is a data analytics company focused on the travel sector.
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.
Auwal Odidi
President, Co-Founder of Waypoint Media
Auwal Odidi has 6 years of experience in business development and marketing, and has held positions at two Fortune 500 companies. At the age of 15, Auwal founded a then-leading gaming publisher which went on to become a well-known name in the industry; at the age of 16 he attempted to go pro in Counter Strike 1.6, but sadly only made it to CAL-m. He holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business.
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About Waypoint Media: Waypoint Media makes large scale, targeted advertising through eSports and Gaming content creators possible.
Auwal Odidi
President, Co-Founder of Waypoint Media
Auwal Odidi has 6 years of experience in business development and marketing, and has held positions at two Fortune 500 companies. At the age of 15, Auwal founded a then-leading gaming publisher which went on to become a well-known name in the industry; at the age of 16 he attempted to go pro in Counter Strike 1.6, but sadly only made it to CAL-m. He holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business.
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About Waypoint Media: Waypoint Media makes large scale, targeted advertising through eSports and Gaming content creators possible.
Catherine Levene
President of Meredith
Catherine Levene is President and Chief Digital Officer of Meredith’s National Media Group, overseeing the company’s digital content and products, strategy, sales and operations. Meredith reaches nearly 190 million American consumers every month, including 90 percent of U.S. millennial women. Levene joined Meredith in 2019 as Chief Strategy Officer. An accomplished digital media leader, innovator and entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience building and scaling online companies. Levene has held CEO, COO and executive management roles in a variety of successful companies. She has been on both sides of M&A transactions and has sat on numerous private company boards. Prior to joining Meredith, Levene co-founded Artspace Marketplace, a Phaidon Global Company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Previously, she was Chief Operating Officer of DailyCandy, Inc. and spent over seven years at The New York Times Company as an executive in its Digital Media division. She also held strategy and business development positions at Showtime and early internet start-up Firefly. Levene serves on the boards of directors of Business.com, Interactive Advertising Bureau and Digital Content Next, and she has held similar roles at Rent the Runway and TheFind. She is an acting advisory board member of theSkimm. Levene received a BA in history from the University of Pennsylvania and concurrently a BS in economics from the Wharton School of Business. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Artspace, Meredith: Meredith Corporation is a media and marketing company, engages in book publishing, television broadcasting and integrated marketing.
Daymond John
Founder ,CEO & President of Shark Branding
Daymond John is an American entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Mr. John received numerous awards, including Brandweek Marketer of the Year, the NAACP Entrepreneurs of the Year Award (which he won twice), the Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, the Essence Award, Crain’s New York Business Forty Under Forty Award, and Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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About ABC Entertainment, FUBU, Shark Branding: Shark Branding is a branding, advertising, and marketing agency founded by Daymond John.
Nick Woodhouse
President and CMO of Authentic Brands Group
With over 27 years of experience in the retail industry, from Buyer to Vice President, Nick Woodhouse experienced first-hand the challenges and rewards of growing a Canadian sporting goods retail icon – Forzani Group Ltd, from $55 million to $1.7 billion in annual sales. As President and Chief Marketing Officer of Authentic Brands Group, Nick’s responsibilities include overseeing ABG’s global sales, marketing and digital media strategies, as well as strategic planning and execution that deliver on both short and long term company goals and objectives.
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About Authentic Brands Group: Authentic Brands Group is a brand development, marketing, and entertainment company that manages the value of global brands.
Andres Moran
Vice President of Sales // General Manager of Ad Marketplace of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Andres Moran is a co-founder the head of business development at Fundera. Prior to joining the Fundera team, Andres was senior director of publisher sales at Outbrain where he was top revenue producer for nearly two years and greatly expanded the company’s network. Andres also has experience as an entrepreneur, founding Earndit, a company that incentivizes people to exercise through rewards and digital trophies, in 2009. Earndit was recently acquired by Higi, a company that measures and attaches a score to your personal health. He also started Miami’s first medical spa that was eventually sold in 2011. Andres graduated from Columbia Business School and loves to travel.
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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.
Bernard Gershon
President of GershonMedia
Bernard Gershon is the president of [GershonMedia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gershonmedia#/entity). He also serves as an advisor to Accenture, Vemba, and SpotX. Previously, he has served as the senior vice president and general manager of The Walt Disney Company for over 16 years. Gershon has studied at New York University. He is based in New York, United States.
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About GershonMedia: GershonMedia, a leading digital media consultancy, announced the launch of its programmatic practice its major production.
Robert Camhe
Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships of Digital Media Solutions
Robert Camhe is the Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships at Digital Media Solutions Group
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About Digital Media Solutions: Digital Media Solutions is a leading provider of technology-enabled digital performance advertising solutions.
Jim DiLorenzo
Co Founder & President of Individual Digital
Jim is a co-founder of Individual Digital, Inc. Jim has over twenty years experience in media and has built businesses in digital, sports, television and film. Jim’s partners and customers have included many of the world’s leading media companies, including Time Warner, News Corp., Viacom, Disney, CBS, Canal Plus, Electronic Arts and the Universal Music Group. In the digital realm, Jim created livemansion.com, the first social network built around the production of a feature film. In addition to livemansion.com, Jim helped build audiostreet.net into a successful independent music community. A creative entrepreneur with global experience, Jim has distributed programming to over 100 countries and co-produced events on six continents, including Davis Cup Tennis, World Championship Boxing, and the Rolling Stones. He is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT and is married with two children.
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About Individual Digital, RewardJet: Individual Digital, a digital media company, develops an online advertising platform delivering targeted advertising and marketing messages.
Nima Gardideh
Co-founder, President, CTO of Pearmill
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About Pearmill: Ad-tech business focused on performance marketing using unique creative.
Tarz Ludwigsen
President & Co-Founder of Pandoodle
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About Pandoodle: Pandoodle is a visual content, discovery, and dynamic computer vision customization technology for in-content advertising.
Michael Ellery
Senior Vice President, Creative of Sparks Marketing Group
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About Sparks Marketing Group: Sparks creates powerful experiences for the world’s most iconic brands.
Frank Speiser
Co-Founder & President of SocialFlow
Frank Speiser serves as the Chairman of the Board and President of SocialFlow, Inc. Frank Speiser served as an Advisor of NabeWise Media, Inc. Frank Speiser co-founded SocialFlow, Inc. in 2009 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of Takkle, Inc. since April 2007. He served as Chief Technology Officer of Heavy.com and Takkle.com. He served as the Managing Director of Spectrum Data Technologies. He provided technical and product guidance, competitive analysis, and helps with fund raising and team-building for several early-stage companies in New York and San Francisco. He has extensive experience in e-commerce, scalability, insurance, and both traditional and social media IT environments. Frank Speiser has worked for companies such as Bertelsmann, Virgin USA, and many others. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Pictela, Inc. Frank Speiser serves as a Director of ReignCloud Advisors, Sparcq and WaterBasic.
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About SocialFlow, Talla: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Craig Pentland
Senior Vice President Client Services of SocialFlow
Senior Vice President – Client Services at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Adam Kauppi
Senior Vice President Strategy & Operations of Adcuratio Media, Inc
Adam Kauppi is the Senior Vice President Operations & Strategy at Adcuratio.
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About Adcuratio Media, Inc: Bringing Individual messaging to Cable and Broadcast TV
JB Perrette
President And Chief Executive Officer – Discovery Networks International of Discovery
Named Chief Digital Officer at Discovery Communications in October 2011, JB Perrette oversees a combined team of more than 300 employees, leads the company’s digital strategy, including Discovery’s U.S. websites, Interactive Technology, Digital Operations and Programming group and digital distribution efforts. He is also responsible for Discovery’s Information Technology services division, Discovery Commerce, including Licensing and Home Entertainment, as well as Footage and Music Services. Prior to joining Discovery, Perrette spent 11 years with NBCUniversal, most recently serving as President, Digital and Affiliate Distribution and Content Distribution Strategy, leading North American distribution of television and film content across digital platforms. He coordinated NBCU’s overall content distribution strategy, and was responsible for NBC’s broadcast network distribution. He also helped launch new digital channels Sleuth, Chiller and Universal HD and played a leadership role in developing the industry-leading digital venture, Hulu. Perrette’s previous roles at NBC Universal included President of Affiliate Distribution, SVP of New Media Distribution; CFO of NBC Universal Cable; and VP of NBC Business Development. Before joining NBC in 2000, Perrette worked for GE Capital, and at CS First Boston in London and Tokyo. Perrette’s industry and civic commitments have included board positions with A&E Television Networks, Hulu, the Peacock Equity Fund and Citizen Schools New York, a non-profit devoted to expanding the learning day for middle school students in low-income communities. Perrette received his BA from Hamilton College and currently resides in New York City with his wife, Amy and their son.
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About Discovery: Discovery is a multinational mass media factual television company covering science, history, geography, survival, and more.
Gil Larsen
Vice-President, Americas of Blis
Gil is responsible for driving Blis’ ad sales revenue in the U.S. and has built strategic media and marketing partnerships with leading brands over the past 20 years. Prior to joining Blis, Gil served as Regional Vice President for Thinknear, a location-based mobile competitor in the U.S. Over the course of his career, Gil has worked for both digital media companies such as YuMe as well as professional sports leagues including the National Basketball Association. Given his background, Gil’s expertise lies in working collaboratively with both agencies and clients in creating strategic, data-driven marketing and media alliances that help drive the business forward. Outside of work, Gil’s a family man. When he’s not cheering on his son at his travel baseball and soccer games, you can find him at his daughter’s dance recitals and tennis matches. He also enjoys running and recently completed his first New York City Marathon.
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About Blis: Blis is the leading privacy-first, location-powered programmatic advertising partner.
Gil Becker
President & CEO of AnyClip
Gil Becker, Chief Operations Officer of myThings, is responsible for the company’s overall operational leadership, including product development, data strategy, performance, delivery and creative execution. Prior to his current role, Gil served as a COO of Market.com, a global service corporation for e-commerce, payments and marketing solutions, where he established and successfully led several operational and development centers worldwide. Gil previously served as COO at Safecharge, a global world leader Payment Provider, and as an Executive VP Product Marketing and Project Management at Metalink (NASDAQ:MTLK), a leading Wireless and Wireline Home Network solutions provider. Gil holds a BSc. in Communication Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University and an MBA degree from the Technion.
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About AnyClip: AnyClip is The Visual Intelligence Company™
Sophie Kelly
President of The Barbarian Group
Over the course of a 20 year career spanning Australia, Asia, Europe and the US, Sophie Kelly has built a formidable reputation for growing and transforming global brands. In her role as CEO of The Barbarian Group, Sophie oversees all client business, agency operations and growth, and has played an instrumental role in strategically building the agency’s executive leadership team. Over the course of her tenure, the agency has added several major accounts to its existing client roster, including Pepsi, IBM, Virgin and Beam Spirits. Prior to joining The Barbarian Group, Sophie served as Managing Director of StrawberryFrog, where she was responsible for leading the growth of new and existing clients including Jim Beam, Sabra and P&G. Previously, she acted as Global Business Director at JWT, where she ran a portfolio of worldwide Diageo brands including Smirnoff, Bailey’s and Jose Cuervo. A leading voice in the industry, Sophie has spoken at Cannes Lions, SXSW Interactive, Advertising Week New York and Dx3, Canada’s largest marketing conference. Sophie currently sits on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) agency advisory board and has advised the Effies in planning and insights. In addition, she serves as an advisory board member to nonprofit ‘Projects For All’, where she is heavily involved in implementing digital initiatives in developing nations.
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About Diageo, The Barbarian Group: The Barbarian Group, a digital marketing and advertising agency, offers digital services to brands, media and tech companies and startups.
Rori Floyd
Vice President of Business Affairs Division of The TEAM Companies
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About The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies is a leading payroll, business affairs and technology provider.
Richard Edelman
President & CEO of Edelman Digital
Richard Edelman is the president and CEO of the world’s largest public relations firm with 66 offices and 4,500 employees worldwide. The firm was recently named “PR Agency of the Decade” by both Advertising Age and The Holmes Report, and “Large Agency of the Year” in 2011 by PRWeek US. Richard has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, with current assignments for Hewlett-Packard, SAP and PepsiCo. Richard was named the fifth most powerful executive by PRWeek in 2012. He is regarded as an industry thought leader and posts weekly to his blog, 6 A.M. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, the Atlantic Council, the Children’s Aid Society, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He is a member of the World Economic Forum, the Arthur Page Society and PR Seminar. Richard has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Edelman Digital: Edelman Digital, a public relations firm, offers analysis, advertising, marketing, branding, and content and strategy management services.
Jeff Picarello
Executive Vice President, Health Issues & Crisis of Edelman Digital
Jeff Picarello joined Edelman in 2006 and specializes in strategic communications on behalf of clients in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. He has vast experience in crisis communications, R&D communications, corporate and public relations, government relations, and stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining Edelman, Jeff spent more than a decade directing public relations, media relations, and community and public affairs for various non-profit entities. As Director of Public Affairs for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, one of the world’s leading biomedical research institutions, he improved media coverage by more than 314% in less than one year; his work in crisis communications and corporate communications made him a lead administrator at the Laboratory. Jeff also served as the institution’s sole liaison with nearly 50 grassroots organizations which fund medical research. A frequent speaker on various topics that affect human health — from oncological research and treatment to public health initiatives to diseases of memory and cognition — Jeff managed more than $40 million in direct, private contributions by communicating the research of more than 350 scientists to both lay and scientific audiences. At Cold Spring Harbor, Jeff served as the institutional representative for the New York Biotechnology Association (NYBA); The Academic Medicine Development Company (AmDec); the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR); the National Cancer Institute; and New York’s GeNYsis program to promote biotechnology in the state. Regionally, he served on the Long Island Association’s Bioscience committee; BIO New York; acted as a liaison with OSI Pharmaceuticals, a Laboratory spin-off; and was an advisor to the Broadhollow Bioscience Park, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s technology transfer incubator facility. Following ten years in office management for a nutraceuticals company and law firm, Jeff began his career in the field of public relations at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. There, he began working as an editorial assistant and was quickly promoted to Assistant Director, Associate Director, and finally, Director of Media Affairs — the quickest ascent in the department’s history. Jeff received both his bachelor of arts magna cum laude (English) and Master’s of Business Administration cum laude (Marketing) from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He has held board positions with professional associations in public relations, business communications and corporate and government relations, and serves on the board for several disease-based charitable organizations. He is also chair of the board of Food Alliance, an organization focused on sustainable food production and certification, and serves on its Executive Committee.
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About Edelman Digital: Edelman Digital, a public relations firm, offers analysis, advertising, marketing, branding, and content and strategy management services.
James Maloney
Vice President, Financial Communications & Capital Markets of Edelman Digital
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About Edelman Digital: Edelman Digital, a public relations firm, offers analysis, advertising, marketing, branding, and content and strategy management services.
Deborah Turness
President, NBC News International of Comcast NBCUniversal
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About Comcast NBCUniversal: A media and entertainment company.
Patrick Kirby
Vice President of Accounts & 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.
Jon Alagem
President, co-Founder of Harper+Scott
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About Harper+Scott: Harper+Scott is a creative marketing agency focused on design and manufacturing of branded merchandise.
Peter Gallagher
Vice President, Global Operations & Engineering of Verizon Digital Media Services
Peter Gallagher leads Customer Operations for Verizon Digital Media Services. Peter is also responsible for professional services, customer service, engineering and digital media operations for customers in the Over-The-Top (OTT) and TV Everywhere space. Peter oversees the professional services organization that designs workflow solutions to address customers’ digital media delivery needs. Peter’s team supports the integration of the customers’ content management and storefront platforms with the Verizon Digital Media Services environment. Peter has more than 25 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry with implementing operations to manage the rights and availability of content, solutions and delivery technologies.
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About Verizon Digital Media Services: Verizon Digital Media Services offers a next generation platform for all of your online video streaming and content delivery network needs.
Lucien Etori
Vice-President & Head of New York Office of SALT Branding
Lucien Etori is Vice-President and Head of Salt New York Office. He has spent nearly 20 years building brands across all aspects of strategy, naming, trend analysis, creative, digital, and digital marketing. A seasoned veteran comfortable from the C-suite to the creative studio, his experience shows a wide range of successful projects for F100 companies including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Disney, General Mills, Toyota, and DuPont.
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About SALT Branding: An independent full-service branding agency with offices in San Francisco and New York
Frank Mergenthaler
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Interpublic Group
Frank Mergenthaler is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG), one of the world’s leading organizations of advertising agencies and marketing services companies. In his role as CFO, Frank has direct management responsibility for all areas of Global Finance, Information Technology and Investor Relations. Frank joined Interpublic with extensive experience in the media and entertainment industry, having played leadership roles at Columbia House, which was owned by the Blackstone Group, as well as The Seagram Company Ltd., owners of Universal Studios, Universal Music Group, and the Universal Theme Parks. In addition, he spent more than a decade at Price Waterhouse, becoming a partner in the Entertainment and Media practice of the firm in 1996. Since January, 2009, Frank has been a board member of Express Scripts Holdings (ESRX) and is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee. ESRX is a full-service pharmacy benefit management and specialty managed care company managing more than a billion prescriptions each year for tens of millions of individuals.
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About Interpublic Group: Interpublic Group provides advertising, digital marketing, communications planning, media buying, PR and specialty marketing services.
Nicholas Dujnic
Vice President Marketing of LiveIntent
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About LiveIntent: Liveintent is a people-based marketing technology platform that generates a customer graph while driving sales and revenue.
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.
Rich Routman
President and Chief Revenue Officer of Minute Media
Rich is the President of Minute Media, where he is responsible for all commercial activities and partnerships and for growing the North American operations of 12up. A seasoned digital and sports media executive, he most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Perform Media, the world’s largest digital sports content and media group and owner of Sporting News. Prior to that, Rich launched the distribution and monetization business for Silver Chalice Ventures and has previous experience at both early stage start-ups and large organizations such as the NFL. Rich is a board member of Special Spectators, a 501©(3) nonprofit organization that creates magical days for seriously ill children and their families at sporting events across the U.S. He received his bachelor of science at the University of Florida and lives in Westchester, NY with his family and three children. His favorite team is the Miami Dolphins.
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About Minute Media: Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.
Jason Harris
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Mekanism
President and CEO of award-winning creative agency Mekanism, Jason Harris works closely with brands to create shareable and provocative campaigns that engage audiences. Under his leadership, Mekanism was named to “Ad Age’s 2016 Best Places to Work”, “Agency A-List:, Creativity’s “Creative 50” and Effie’s “Most Effective Independent Agencies”. In 2017, Harris was named one of the 4A’s “100 People That Make Advertising Great”.
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About Mekanism: Mekanism and they are a full service creative and marketing agency focusing on integrated advertising.
Andrew Limpus
Associate Vice President, Talent & Recruiting of Penske Media Corporation
Andy Limpus is th eAssociate Vice President, Talent & Recruiting for PMC. For nearly 25 years, Andy has recruited and hired talent for media and many other industries. Andy has worked with a diverse client list including Conde Nast, Hearst, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony/BMG. For five years, with a business partner, Andy owned and ran a successful staffing firm in NYC. Although based in NY, Andy is often found in the PMC West LA headquarters. Andy has a degree in psychology from Michigan State University and is a proud Spartan.
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Stephen Blackwell
President, Alpha Data of Penske Media Corporation
Stephen Blackwell is an entrepreneur, executive and investor in media and technology. He has founded and operated multiple businesses to successful exits over the past decade. In 2009, he founded the popular music and lifestyle brand Death and Taxes where he served as Chief Executive Officer. The brand innovated in marrying digital media with live experiences in the music space. The company was acquired by SpinMedia in June of 2014. He became Chief Executive Officer of SpinMedia in 2014 where he ran a powerful portfolio of assets that included the legendary music brands SPIN and VIBE among others. There he oversaw sales, operations, technology, finance and content. The company was acquired by The Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group in 2016. At The Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, Stephen served as Chief Strategy Officer where he oversaw a $100M revenue business. He was responsible for consumer sales, consumer and entertainment marketing, account management, digital operations, business development and programmatic revenue. In 2017, Stephen became Chief Strategist of BandLab Technologies, where he oversaw Rolling Stone International’s operation and the company’s other media assets. As a growth operator, Stephen is a team leader who has sold through, directed and produced multi-million-dollar partnerships with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Ford, Toyota, American Airlines, P+G, Microsoft, Budweiser, Nike, Brown-Forman and more. Stephen joined PMC to found its Corporate Sales division and serve as Managing Director of BuzzAngle. By 2020, Stephen moved on to serve as President of the newly branded Alpha Data, overseeing its operations. LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2FAw0ch
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Judith Margolin
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of Penske Media Corporation
Judy serves as the Deputy General Counsel of PMC. She joined PMC in March 2016 and supports the General Counsel in all legal, compliance and risk management matters. She has spent the last twenty years as media, publishing and advertising in-house counsel with extensive expertise in intellectual property, media and First Amendment law, advertising and marketing, litigation and claims management, and compliance. Judy has worked with some of the largest and best-known digital and print media and advertising brands and companies in the world, including Penguin Putnam Inc. (now Penguin Random House), Time Inc. and Publicis Groupe. Before representing client organizations, Judy was a litigator at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she focused on international corporate transactions. Judy is a long-time member of the New York State Media Bar Committee and has served on the MPA-Association of Magazine Media Legal Affairs Committee and the Bar Association of the City of New York Committees on Copyright and Media Law. Judy lives in New York City with her family. She has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Mary Lou Bunn
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Big Spaceship
Mary Lou Bunn is the SVP Marketing at Big Spaceshipc
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About Big Spaceship: Big Spaceship creates the experiences, products, platforms, and content that help brands build meaningful relationships with consumers.
Stuart Meyler
President/Co-Founder of Beeby Clark + Meyler
Stuart Meyler is a President/Co-Founder at Beeby Clark + Meyler.
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About Beeby Clark + Meyler: Beeby Clark+Meyler, formerly known as Stinson Partners, is an interactive marketing agency focused on bringing interactive experiences to
Eric Liebler
President of ProCamps
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About ProCamps: A best-in-class event management and sports marketing company.
David Binkowski
President & CEO of Large Media
David Binkowski is a Detroit native and the President & CEO at Large Media, a thriving, Catskills-based agency that has shattered records for crowdfunding campaigns for notable startups including Tile, Coin, Moov, Ringly, Navdy and Vessyl. His no-nonsense style and brand marketing experience delivers practical, honest, easily digestible advice and information that can be put to use immediately without the marketing hype.
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About Large Media: Large Media adapt to ever-changing marketing platforms at the speed of social media.
Jeanne Sachs
Vice President, International Sales and Business Development of Penthera Partners
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About First Trax Advisors, Penthera Partners: Penthera Partners is an international software company that makes video viewing friction-free.
Derrius Clark
Vice President, Business Development of ConvertMedia
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About ConvertMedia: ConvertMedia connects publishers and advertisers through a programmatic platform and marketplace that delivers video advertising campaigns.
