Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Advertising space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Guru Gowrappan
CEO of Verizon Media
Guru Gowrappan is CEO of Verizon Media, a powerhouse of trusted media and technology brands, including Yahoo, HuffPost, and TechCrunch. Prior to this role, he was Global Managing Director of Alibaba where he focused on international expansion and e-commerce for key consumer and enterprise products. Gowrappan began his career co-founding two start-ups in India and has since held multiple leadership roles at Quixey, Zynga, and Overture. He has an M.S. in computer science from the University of Southern California and was in the business bridge program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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About Verizon Media, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
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Oleg Tscheltzoff
Co-Founder & CEO of Fotolia
Oleg Tscheltzoff is Co-Founder & CEO at Fotolia. Oleg Tscheltzoff is the Investor of LOTS18. Oleg Tscheltzoff is one of the top serial internet entrepreneurs but also a successful angel investor with over 30 investments, board member, serious innovator, provocateur, disruptor, and connector. As an entrepreneur, Oleg has leveraged a global vision and knowledge of international business, management and marketing to develop successful online businesses. In 2004 Oleg co-founded Fotolia.com, the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images. As president, he led the company to the world’s largest microstock photography site. Prior to Fotolia, Oleg co-founded Amen, the leading Internet hosting company in France, which was sold in 2004 to Vianetworks (NASDAC Symbol VNWIE).
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About 90 Seconds, Aircall, Birchbox, Bird, Calm, Carta, Customer.io, Dealroom.co, Doctrine, eFounders, Farfetch, Fotolia, Molotov TV, Opendoor, PandaDoc, PayFit, Robinhood, SimpliField, StarOfService, Stash Financial, talent.io, Tempow, WeWork: Fotolia is an image bank that offers a crowdsourced library, which includes royalty-free images, vectors, illustrations and video clips.
Shlomo Zalman Bregman
Founder & CEO of Alpha Tribe Media
Shlomo Zalman Bregman (born June 27, 1977), is an American rabbi, attorney, media personality, and digital marketing expert. He is the CEO of Alpha Tribe Media and the Founder of the Jewish Executive Learning Network. Also know as “Sam,” he is a regular Commentator on Fox News and Fox News Radio. Today, he is best known for building massive social media followings and communities that accelerate his clients’ influence. Sam has been labeled a “social media star” by outlets such as the Huffington Post and his work has been featured hundreds of times in major media publications such as Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Inc., Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Yahoo, Bloomberg Radio, Reader’s Digest, MSN, Medium, and by American Express, Microsoft, the United States Air Force Academy, and on some of the top-ranked Entrepreneur and Business podcasts in iTunes.
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About Alpha Tribe Media: A full-service digital agency specializing in building massive social media followings & communities that accelerate our clients’ influence.
Jay Meattle
CEO & Founder of Shareaholic
Jay started [Shareaholic, Inc.](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shareaholic), a company fanatical about making sharing on the web better, faster, easier, and more measurable. Over 2 million people have used the award winning tools created by Shareaholic. Jay was Vice President of Products at Lookery, an online user-targeting network that offered lightweight, economical targeting data for over 200 million users. Before Lookery, Jay was the Product Manager and founding member of the small team that was responsible for creating and launching [Compete.com](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/compete), now part of the WPP Group [Nasdaq: WPPGY]. In addition, as co-founder of PopSignal, one of Boston’s largest professional networking organizations, Jay is actively contributing to the growth of Boston’s technology startup community. Jay earned a B.S. cum laude in Computer Science from Tufts University. He also minored in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Multimedia Arts. At Tufts he was awarded the MacJannet scholarship. Jay is also a TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Leadership Fellow and in 2012 was named to the TR35 India — MIT Technology Review magazine’s annual list of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35. He loves creating, lives for technology and innovation, and likes making things happen. You can follow Jay on Twitter @meattle or his blog http://www.meattle.com/jay/
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About Shareaholic: Shareaholic is an Audience Engagement platform that helps over 300,000 businesses grow audience engagement, loyalty & conversions.
Sunmeet Jolly
Founder & CEO of GROTU
Founder and Patent holder – GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 40 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars in consulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.
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About GROTU: Patented GROTU app provides a much needed “private” collection of productivity and communication tools for friends and family social groups
Farhad Massoudi
CEO & Founder of Tubi
Farhad Massoudi founded adRise with a vision that the future of TV advertising will be targeted, measurable and interactive ads, just like the web on TV. Farhad holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
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About Tubi: Tubi is the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand (VOD) service. Available on Connected TV devices, Mobile, and the Web.
Arthur F. Muldoon
CEO & Co-Founder of ArcSpan Technologies
Arthur Muldoon is CEO and Co-founder of ArcSpan Technologies. Previously, he was co-CEO of Amnet US and the CEO and Co-founder of Accordant Media, a leading technology-driven programmatic media specialist company. Accordant Media was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in 2016. Over the past 20 years, Art has carved out a digital media career launching innovative solutions to help marketers achieve better audience engagement. Earlier, Art was SVP, Global Data Platforms at Aegis Media; SVP of Client Services and Analytics at BzzAgent; and General Manager, Client Services, Avenue A | Razorfish. Art also led the launch of an e-commerce business at Corbis Images in Seattle and was a corporate strategy consultant in the Media, Entertainment and Telecoms group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles. Earlier, Art was a Corporate Finance Analyst at Lehman Brothers in NYC, focused on high tech. Art holds a BA from Trinity College (CT) and an MBA from the Kellogg School, Northwestern University. He resides in New York City with his wife and two young daughters.
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About ArcSpan Technologies: ArcSpan Technologies is a B2B audience data technology company building an enterprise-class addressable audience data monetization platform.
Daniel Street
CEO of Scorpion
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About Scorpion: Scorpion exists to better local small businesses and the communities they serve.
Michael Amar
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Ifeelgoods
Seasoned entrepreneur with solid experience in global alliances, business development, executive management, channel development and organizational leadership. Business expertise across the worldwide marketplace including US, France, Israel, and Japan. Prior to founding Ifeelgoods, Michael founded and successfully sold DAOODA, a thriving ad network in the EU, and AGORAD, which was the number one independent French media company at the time he sold it in 2007. As CEO of Ifeelgoods, a U.S company he started in 2010, Michael is leveraging his leadership, experience and insights in e-commerce and online advertising to disrupt the promotion, advertising and loyalty industries. Michael is an Operating Partner at Cathay Innovation, a VC fund based in China, US and Europe, a Board Member of StationF – the largest incubator in the world – and Ambassador for La French Tech in San Francisco. Michael is a graduate of Institut Superieur de Gestion business school. Michael lives with his family in Palo Alto, California.
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About Chain Accelerator, Ifeelgoods, Paris Blockchain Week Summit: Ifeelgoods is a digital promotions platform helping marketers incent, convert and reward their audiences with desirable gifts in real-time.
Todd Dipaola
CEO and Cofounder of InMarket
Veteran entrepreneur Todd Dipaola co-founded inMarket in 2010 to bring the performance and accountability of digital marketing to the realm of retail . inMarket’s platform, including apps such as CheckPoints, List Bliss, and Extra Extra, reach consumers on their smartphones as they made critical purchase decisions. In 2011, inMarket announced the world’s largest mobile shopper network reaching over 20 million consumers. Under Todd’s leadership inMarket has partnered with brands including Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever, among others. Todd previously co-founded and bootstrapped digital marketing agency Vantage Media at the inception of search advertising. Vantage ranked 31 on the Inc 500 and earned “The Fastest Growing Technology Company in Los Angeles” honors by Deloitte’s Fast50. In 2007, Todd exited the company at a valuation north of $100MM. Todd is also the CEO of Forefund Capital. Todd’s entrepreneurial experience is also rooted in philanthropy. In 2007, he created the Dipaola Foundation, which was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, to work on environmental and systemic societal issues. He sits on several boards including UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and California Common Cause. As Chairman of Common Cause, the organization succeeded in reforming redistricting to eliminate gerrymandering and activating online voter registration for the first time in history. Todd graduated as a Regents Scholar from UC Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology with emphasis in Immunology.
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About ForeFund Capital, InMarket, The Dipaola Foundation: InMarket offers a self-service location-based platform that captures accurate consumer location data, which drives campaign performance.
Lloyd Armbrust
Chief Executive Officer of OwnLocal
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About Armbrust American, OwnLocal: OwnLocal offers a platform that automatically transforms data and offline advertisements into multichannel online marketing campaigns.
Alan Gould
Founder & Co-CEO of MutualMarkets
Alan founded IAG Research, which became the leading provider of engagement metrics in the television industry, and served as co-CEO until the company was acquired by Nielsen. Alan then served as the CEO of Advertising Solutions for Nielsen, and is currently a venture partner for Greycroft Partners. Alan is a graduate of the New York University School of Law (J.D.), Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P.), and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S.).
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About Embark, MutualMarkets, Peak Opportunity Partners: We are an AI powered marketplace that boosts ad performance by making co-marketing brand alliances easy.
Eric Gould
Founder & Co-CEO of MutualMarkets
Co-Managing Partner@Peak Opportunity Partners (“POP”). Pop is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on seed and early stage companies. POP makes opportunistic investments that can typically be a company’s first outside capital. Investments include: Blue Apron, Work Fusion(Crowd Computing), Stella Service, Great Bridge ( Earnest Research ), EBTH ( Everything But The House ).
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About Canvs, GoSpotCheck, MutualMarkets, Peak Opportunity Partners: We are an AI powered marketplace that boosts ad performance by making co-marketing brand alliances easy.
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.
Gaston Taratuta
CEO, Founder of IMS Corporate
Gaston Taratuta founded IMS in 2005 and now oversees all IMS sales teams and manages the company’s strategic direction. He has more than thirteen years of experience in online advertising and began his career as sales manager of Brazil’s Universo Online (UOL), advancing to President of its subsidiary UOL-E Corp. Gaston is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese. He holds a Master’s degree in international marketing from Florida International University and has participated in graduate programs at Stanford University. Gaston is based in our Buenos Aires office.
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About Aleph Holding, IMS Corporate: IMS is a digital marketing & communications company that partners with businesses seeking to expand in Latin America
Michael Heyward
CEO of medialab
Serial entrepreneur Michael Heyward co-founded Whisper with Brad Brooks in 2012 with the mission of giving people a place to freely and authentically express themselves. Whisper is one of the fastest-growing media companies, generating over 17 billion content views per month. Prior to Whisper, the LA native worked in different roles related to consumer-based marketing at startup TigerText. As a teenager, Michael was an avid Formula One Racing fan and secured the United States commercial rights for the sport. In 2016, Michael was named one of AdWeek’s “Young Influentials”. In 2014, he was named one of Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30” and one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business.” Michael is a frequent keynote speaker and has spoken at a number of prominent conferences, including WSJ D, Fortune Tech Brainstorm, TechCrunch Disrupt, and Business Insider Ignition.
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About medialab: medialab is a media & technology company that engages in acquiring and growing internet brands.
Afif Khoury
Founder/CEO of SOCi
Afif Khoury has spent the last decade involved in startups and venture capital investments as an attorney, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur. Afif is a published geneticist who earned his BS in Neuroscience and Physiology from UCSD in 1998, before attending Law School at Northwestern School of Law (JD 2002) and Business School at Kellogg School of Management. Afif started his legal career as a corporate and securities attorney in Silicon Valley at the premier technology law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) representing technology companies and venture investors across multiple industries and at all stages. Afif left the Silicon Valley office of WSGR to help start their San Diego office, following which he left to open the San Diego office of Gunderson Dettmer (another Silicon Valley-based premier technology law firm). In 2010 Afif raised a seed and early stage fund named Scatter Ventures, which he continues to manage today. Afif is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Axon Venures, a Biotech focused venture fund in Southern California. Between the two fund, Afif has deployed more than $70 million. Afif is a director of the San Diego Venture Group and also founder and CEO of SOCI, Inc., a social data and intelligence technology startup. He is California Board certified as well as a Registered Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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About Aspen Neuroscience, Axon Ventures, Cradle Genomics, Epic Sciences, EvoNexus, EY, Omniome, Oncternal Therapeutics, Singular Genomics, SOCi: SOCi is a centralized platform for multi-location marketers to reach and engage local customers.
Aykut Karaalioglu
Founder & CEO of Mobile Action
Aykut Karaalioglu is the founder of Mobile Action, a company specialized in mobile discovery and optimization. He also co-founded Marro.ws, a clipping tool for intellectual people, and Shoppe, a shopping application. Karaalioglu holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Bilkent University. He obtained his master’s degree from Santa Clara University. Karaalioglu currently lives in San Francisco, California.
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About Mobile Action: Leading mobile intelligence company empowering app marketers to thrive in the market.
Mark Zagorski
Chief Executive Officer of DoubleVerify
Mark joined DoubleVerify in 2020 as Chief Executive Officer, responsible for oversight of global company operations, expansion into new markets and strategic product innovation – including DV’s CTV/OTT video capabilities. Mark brings over two decades of digital marketing and advertising technology leadership experience to the role, with expertise in CTV/OTT, data analytics and digital advertising optimization. Prior to joining DV, Mark served as the CEO of Telaria (NYSE:TLRA), where he was instrumental in establishing the business as the leading video and CTV monetization platform for premium video publishers. At Telaria, he led consistent growth in revenue and enterprise value, and spearheaded the company’s successful merger with Rubicon Project (NASDAQ:RUBI) – resulting in the industry’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Previously, Mark served as CEO of eXelate (Deloitte’s 2014 fastest growing tech company in NYC), where he led the sale of the company to Nielsen and subsequently assumed the role of Executive Vice President, launching the Nielsen Marketing Cloud. Prior to eXelate Mark held C-Level leadership roles at local digital media pioneers WorldNow (acquired by Frankly) and MediaSpan (acquired by Naviga). Mark earned his B.S. in Finance from Gannon University, where he also holds an Honorary Doctorate and his M.B.A. from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business. He has been named one of AdWeek’s Martech Superstars, Cannes Lions Judge and an E&Y Entrepreneur of the year Semi Finalist. Mark has been at the forefront of digital disruption since 1997, when he joined Modem Media Poppe Tyson, a pioneering digital ad agency and birthplace of the first banner ad. Following his agency tenure working for clients like IBM, Priceline and Standard & Poor’s, Mark was appointed president of WorldNow, which ushered over 300 TV stations into the digital age. He later helped newspapers evolve online as chief marketing officer and corporate EVP of MediaSpan, where he built its 1400+-affiliate local network. Mark received his MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and his B.S. in finance from Gannon University, where he was awarded the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
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About DoubleVerify: DoubleVerify is a software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics.
Declan Kennedy
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of StitcherAds
Declan Kennedy is a Co-Founder, CEO at StitcherAds.
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About StitcherAds, X-BOLT Orthapaedics: StitcherAds is a performance marketing platform for Facebook & Instagram, helping advertisers drive better performance across all channels.
Ariel (Xingxin) Liu
CEO of Himalaya Media
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About Himalaya Media: Himalaya builds a podcast platform, audio content network, and original production studio for podcasters.
Harry Kargman
Founder & CEO of Kargo
Harry founded Kargo in 2003, and over the past decade he has grown it from a small start-up shop to the leader in mobile brand advertising. In 2015, Kargo was recognized as one of the America’s fastest growing companies by Inc. magazine. Today, Kargo works with the world’s most prestigious media companies and brands to deliver high quality mobile brand advertising. Kargo’s technology and ad experiences are integrated into the sites and apps of more than 300 of the largest publishers, and its technology powers the campaigns of more than 200 of the most influential brands. Kargo has won more than 7 Mobi and OMMA awards for creative innovation. Harry’s experience building Kargo from the ground up gives him a deep understanding of the latest trends, consumer behavior, and the broader forces reshaping the media and advertising landscape. He holds over fifty patents related to Kargo’s technology and continues to drive the company to innovate around mobile advertising solutions, data products and programmatic technology. Harry is a frequent speaker at advertising and technology conferences including CES, IAB and Advertising Week, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Today Show, Advertising Age, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and dozens of other media outlets. Harry graduated with honors from Harvard College where he is now an advisor to young entrepreneurs through the Harvard Innovation Lab. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
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About Kargo: Kargo is the leader in mobile brand advertising.
Nick Hedges
CEO of MomentFeed
A 20-year veteran of the Internet and software as a service (SaaS) industry, Nick comes to MomentFeed having been President and CEO of Velocify, the leading consumer sales acceleration platform. Nick helped orchestrate the successful sale of the company to Velocify partner and leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, Ellie Mae. A widely recognized thought leader on organization transformation, technologies, and sales strategies, Nick has held senior positions at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy. He was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. A Fulbright Scholar, Hedges holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree with first-class honors from Manchester University.
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About ICE Mortgage Technology, MomentFeed, uberall: MomentFeed is a platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search in order to connect customers with brands.
C.J. Bowden
CEO of Turgo
CJ is currently CEO and co-founder of Turgo and Eyez.GG. His experience includes building enterprise value at high-growth public companies (Yahoo! and Criteo), scaling small and mid-sized organizations, and ramping lean start-ups and distressed businesses through capital raises and efficient operations. He brings extensive gaming expertise and mobile gaming networks having built the U.S. advertising business for Miniclip (now owned by TenCent). He has strategic leadership and tactical execution knowledge across sales, business development, marketing, operations, and change management.
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About Turgo: Turgo is a key player in the video advertising and distribution industry.
Bob Bradley
CEO of NewsBreak
Bob Bradley has spent the last 25 years honing his business development skills and serving as an executive leader in the media, entertainment, and technology industries. He has held both domestic and international positions with well-known organizations, such as Qualcomm, Scripps Networks Interactive, Disney/ABC Broadcast & Cable Networks Group, Landmark Communications, Discovery Networks, and Group W Satellite Communications.
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About Active Media Project, NewsBreak: NewsBreak is a programmatic merchandising platform for the retail industry, specializing in convenience store merchandising
Arthur Veytsman
Co-Founder/CEO of Immerss
Co-Founder of Immerss.
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About Immerss: Anchored around live video, Immerss offers a suite of engagement and monetization tools designed for D2C brands.
Fayez Mohamood
Co-founder & CEO of Bluecore
He is the co-founder and CEO of TriggerMail, a marketing automation company that allows eCommerce companies to personalize emails in real-time. Previously, he was Head of Product at BigDoor where He was responsible for concieving, executing and iterating on gamified loyalty and rewards programs to increase user retention across the websites of major global brands like NFL, Dell, Adobe and Starbucks to name a few.He also co-founded Gameday Tycoon, a simple fantasy sports game that runs on Facebook, as well as Sponty which was a service that allowed people to discover music events in town. In a previous life, He was into microprocessor design and simulation. He developed and integrated the first combined Graphics and Processor Memory Controller simulator at AMD to predict and analyze the performance impact of AMD’s Fusion CPUs. his first rookie Master’s publication when He was a student at Georgia Tech was awarded the Best Paper by the prestigious IBM’s TJ Watson Research, and a subsequent publication was adopted by AMD in one of their CPUs even before He finished graduate school. In addition, He also worked on developing graphical frameworks for Simulink and MATLAB at The Mathworks in Boston. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, where He published several papers on high-performance microprocessor design.
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About Bluecore: Bluecore uses predictive intelligence to automatically connect shoppers to products, content, and offers, wherever they are.
Michael Ritter
Founder & CEO of Maple Media
Michael Ritter is the Founder and CEO of Maple Media, a mobile apps and games company backed by private equity firm Shamrock Capital. Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising and technology company that acquires, manages and operates mobile applications focused on the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. Popular titles include Snowboard Party: World Tour, Skateboard Party, Minesweeper Classic, Sudoku 🙂 and CalConvert. Previously he was SVP of Business & Corporate Development for Jam City, a large social and mobile game company based in Los Angeles where he oversaw mergers & acquisition activities, publishing, licensing, distribution, sales, legal and partnerships for social and mobile games. Michael was also the Founder and Publisher of Saturday Night Magazine, which at the time, he built into the largest circulated monthly collegiate lifestyle and entertainment magazine in the country.
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About Fantasy Baseball Arbitration, Maple Media: Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising, and technology company that acquires and operates category-leading, consumer apps.
Manoj Ramnani
Founder and CEO of SalesIntel
Manoj Ramnani is the founder and CEO of SalesIntel.io and CircleBack, Inc. He was formerly the CEO of Dub Labs. Manoj holds a master’s degree from The George Washington University – School of Business.
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About CircleBack, SalesIntel: SalesIntel is the top provider of accurate and affordable sales and marketing contact data.
David Shadpour
Founder & CEO of Social Native
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About Social Native: Social Native is a technology platform for creating high performing branded content.
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.
Jonathan Nelson
CEO, Omnicom Digital of Omnicom Group
Jonathan Nelson co-founded Organic, the very first digital agency, in 1993, and served as Organic’s CEO for seven years. Currently, Jonathan is CEO of Omnicom Digital where he oversees strategy for Omnicom’s digital assets globally. Described as a “serial entrepreneur,” Jonathan has played a critical role in founding and building a number of companies. In 1999, Jonathan took two companies public: Accrue Software, Inc., a web measurement and analysis company that he founded in 1995, and Organic. Later, he guided Organic through its subsequent re-privatization. Jonathan is widely recognized as an industry thought leader, appearing in print in The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Newsweek, and Adweek and on television on CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC. His numerous accolades include being named one of the top 100 young innovators of the century by MIT’s Technology Review in 1999, and one of the top entrepreneurs of 1997 by Red Herring Magazine. He was inducted to Advertising Age’s Hall of Fame in 2001 for his “indelible imprint” on the Internet industry. Jonathan sits on numerous boards in the media and finance industries. A passionate musician, he is the co-owner of two San Francisco venues and co-produces San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass annually in Golden Gate Park.
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About Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Oren Kaniel
Co-Founder and CEO of AppsFlyer
Oren Kaniel is the CEO & co-founder of AppsFlyer, the market leader in Mobile Attribution Analytics. Oren holds a BA in Computer Science, Cum Laude, from the Technion, and an MBA from IDC, as part of an exchange with the Wharton Business School.
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Jay Larson
Chief Executive Officer of Optimizely
Jay Larson is Optimizely’s CEO. Previously, Jay worked as chief executive officer of Birst. Jay holds a BA degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Optimizely: Optimizely is a platform that provides digital experience solutions.
Jeff Green
CEO of The Trade Desk
Jeff Green is founder and CEO of The Trade Desk, Inc., a demand-side platform that powers the desks of the world’s most advanced buyers in online advertising. Green built The Trade Desk as second-generation demand-side platform, positioning it at the center of online advertising’s trading future by offering efficient, transparent technology. Since its inception in 2009, the company has grown on pace with the now-$3B RTB industry, having been included as an alpha partner in Facebook’s launch of the Facebook Exchange, and having been recently being named one of OnMedia’s “35 [Private Companies] to Watch.” By focusing on the technology of the buy-side, Green has shaped The Trade Desk into one of the fastest growing companies in ad tech. He was a finalist for the Ernst & Young 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year award for Greater Los Angeles. Prior to The Trade Desk, Green founded AdECN, which he built in 2004 as the world’s first online advertising exchange. As COO, he led all strategy, product, and business development. AdECN was acquired by the Microsoft Corporation within three years of launch. At Microsoft, Green not only oversaw the AdECN exchange business, but also all reseller and channel partner business. Additionally, he advised the all-up strategy for the Online Services Division. In 2009, Green left to launch The Trade Desk. Green has also played a leadership role in the ad tech industry, having served on the Networks and Exchanges Quality Assurance Guidelines Committee for the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) from 2011-2012. Green led working groups that established rules and best practices for acquiring inventory, and set data transaction standards.
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About The Trade Desk, Trade Desk Inc.: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Roy Dunbar
CEO of Network Solutions
Mr. W. Roy Dunbar, age 53, has been a Director of the Company since April 2011. Mr. Dunbar is the Chairman of private companies engaged in renewable energy and green construction. Prior to such time, Mr. Dunbar served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Network Solutions, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; as President of Global Technology and Operations of Mastercard International, Inc. from 2004 to 2008; and in various senior leadership roles at Eli Lilly & Company from 1990 to 2004, including President, Intercontinental Region, and Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Dunbar also serves as a director of Humana, Inc. and iGate Corporation.
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About Network Solutions: Network Solutions provides domain registration, e-commerce, SEO, online promotion, hosting and email services for small businesses.
Gary Knudson
Founder / CEO of AdSport
Founder and CEO of AdSport, a sponsorship consultancy that harnesses the avidity of collegiate and professional sports for its clients. As CEO, Knudson oversees AdSport’s consulting, activation and promotional business, as well as its centralized agency resources, which include evaluations and analytics, strategy, creative, business development, and operations. A veteran sports marketing executive with proven track record of negotiating and activating successful, high-profile, integrated sports sponsorships that deliver equity, volume & share gains for clients, Gary brings a wealth of experience in marketing and promotions honed while working with some of the best brands in the world. Gary has negotiated hundreds of sponsorship agreements and provided counsel to such clients as Chevron, State Farm, Visa, Alltel, Dodge, America West Airlines, Chevrolet and True Value. Gary holds a BS in Organization Communications from Arizona State University where he attended on an athletic scholarship prior to a short stint with the Los Angeles Rams (’89, ’90). Gary resides in Phoenix with his wife, two daughters and son.
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About AdSport: Brand side sport, event & entertainment consultancy. We Evaluate, Negotiate, Activate & Measure.
Konrad Feldman
Co-Founder & CEO of Quantcast
Konrad Feldman, CEO, co-founded and launched Quantcast in 2006 along with Paul Sutter to transform the effectiveness of online advertising through the use of science and scalable computing. Prior to co-founding Quantcast, Feldman co-founded Searchspace (now Fortent) the leading provider of terrorist financing detection and anti-money laundering software for the world’s financial services industry. As CEO of Searchspace’s North American business, he established the business in the US and directed its rapid growth to become a market leader. Prior to Searchspace, Feldman was a Research Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at University College London. Feldman holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University College, London.
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Carlos Octavio Gallardo
CEO of CGWORLDWIDE ADVERTISEMENT LLC
Net Worth : $500,000,000 Millions, Diplomat , CEO – Black Eagle Private Bank & Trust CEO-CGBANCO CORP Age 21
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About CGWORLDWIDE ADVERTISEMENT LLC: CGWORLDWIDE ADVERTISEMENT is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of digital marketing.
Krishnan Menon
Chief Executive Officer of PHENOMENON
Krishnan Menon builds brands for a living. He combines strategic insight, storytelling, technology and cultural context to create growth and opportunity for brands at all stages using a unique confluence of experience and interests. He guides them towards better ways to create, communicate, grow, and dominate. He has engaged in some of the most iconic brand stories of the past 2 decades, from the launch of the iMac to the resurrection of adidas Originals; from the explosion of vitaminwater to the dominance of Christian Louboutin; and from the launch of E*Trade to the growth of Charles Schwab. He founded phenomenon to create actions, not just ads. It is an elite tribe of 150+ marketers, strategists, designers, storytellers and creators who have helped launch, re-launch, build and re-build some of the world’s most iconic brands.
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About PHENOMENON: PHENOMENON is an ideation company that helps brands innovate, generate big ideas, improve experiences, and become part of popular culture.
Susan Brazer
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of LionShare Media
Susan is a commercial visionary with a 2020’s view. She’s led the successful development, launch and scale of consumer-facing platforms, apps and services for world-leading media, tech and telecom companies: Apple, DirecTV, SES Astra, FIFA World Cup, Viacom, Virgin Mobile, and Nokia. Susan is the CEO of LionShare Media, which is launching the THIN/AIR™ Metaverse, a 5G cloud-native, blockchain-enabled distribution platform for premium entertainment and immersive media. Previously, Susan was VP, Strategy and Business Development at Nokia, and VP, Corporate Development and Entertainment Services at Virgin Mobile USA). Prior to this, Susan was EVP, Corporate Development at KirchMedia’s Venture Fund for the FIFA World Cup, where she raised $50M+ for interactive TV, gaming and mobile app ventures. Susan was the SVP, Networks & Marketing for Viacom’s Showtime service in the Middle East and Africa, overseeing a P&L and operations for MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, TV Land, Bloomberg, Paramount, Style and Discovery. Susan led the launch of DirecTV as VP, Marketing at Compression Labs and the migration of 85M European TVHH to digital satellite and cable services for SES ASTRA. The genesis of Susan’s product development and UI/UX expertise began at Apple Computer, where she launched its 1st portable computer, the Newton, and Knowledge Navigator (prototype for the iPAD and Siri). She was also served as an M&A analyst at PepsiCo and International Treasury Analyst at Phillip Morris. Susan holds a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and attended the London School of Economics. Susan is on the Board of Global Women in Blockchain, a UN Delegate for Media for Social Impact and a mentor at Princeton University’s Keller School of Engineering for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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About LionShare Media: LionShare Media develops a media distribution platform-as-a-service to harness the power of converging and emerging technologies.
Eric Dahan
CEO & Co-founder of Open Influence
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About Open Influence, YPO: Open Influence is a marketing company that helps brands and advertisers engage and grow their desired audiences through social media.
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
Vishnu Prasath Devarajan
Founder & CEO of Bright Bridge Info-tech Pvt Ltd
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About Bright Bridge Info-tech Pvt Ltd, Pulse Pharmacy: Bright Bridge Info-tech Pvt Ltd is a digital marketing company specializing in delivering Internet advertising solutions.
Thomas Pasquet
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Ogury
Thomas Pasquet is an entrepreneur and business angel within the Digital Advertising market. After graduating from Grenoble Ecole de Management and a Master entrepreneur HEC, he co-founded the company BeeAd. BeeAd was the first outstream Adnetwork with innovative formats and was sold to e-buzzing group (Teads). After developing BeeAd in Europe (Uk, Italy, Spain, Germany), he left e-buzzing with his business partner Jean. BeeAd is now making around 50 million revenue worldwide. After this experience, they created Ogury Ltd, a British company focused on mobile advertising with a technology that allows the advertiser to chase new clients.
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About Ogury: Ogury is building a world of highly effective and sustainable advertising, anchored in consumer privacy protection.
Jesse Leimgruber
Co-Founder & CEO of NeoReach
Jesse is a Stanford Alumni, co-founder of NeoReach and Bloom, Thiel Fellow, and angel investor in a dozen startups. Jesse is a partner at the Alchemist Accelerator, mentor at European Innovation Academy. He frequently guest lectures classes at Stanford University and USC.
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About Alchemist Accelerator, Bloom, Bloom, Clash, NeoReach, Rank Executives: Influencer Marketing For Big Brands
David A. Steinberg
Founder & CEO of Zeta Global
David Steinberg is currently CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder of Zeta Global, a company known for its reputation as a top-tier big data marketing technology company. Previously, as CEO of CAIVIS, Mr. Steinberg acquired several small companies including those with focuses in big data, customer acquisition (programmatic) and CRM, to form XL Marketing (now Zeta Global). Prior to founding CAIVIS, Mr. Steinberg founded InPhonic, the largest seller of wireless phones and communications products and services on the Internet, with annual revenue in excess of $400 million. InPhonic was #1 on Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2004, the year it went public on the NASDAQ. Mr. Steinberg also served as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Cellular, a business-to-business and retail wireless communications provider, and Sterling Communications, a communications telemarketing company. Mr. Steinberg was named the Greater Washington Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for communications in 2002. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Faster Cures of the Milken Institute, and the Greater Washington Sports Alliance as well as the Board of Trustees of Washington & Jefferson College. Mr. Steinberg holds a B.S. from Washington & Jefferson College.
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About Caivis, Sol systems, Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Anda Gansca
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Knotch
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About Knotch: Knotch is the content intelligence platform for brands. We pair performance data with consumer sentiment in real time.
Jon Fisher
Co-founder & CEO of CrowdOptic
Chief Executive Officer (Co-Founder) / Director Jon is CrowdOptic’s CEO and served as CEO of Bharosa (Oracle NASDAQ: ORCL), NetClerk (NYSE: ROP) and AutoReach (AutoNation NYSE: AN). Jon is a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, Award (Emerging Category, 2007) and lives in Marin County, CA with his wife and daughter.
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About CrowdOptic, ViciNFT: CrowdOptic uses algorithms and real-time sensor data from electronic devices to enhance security, social media sharing, and advertising.
Christopher Sopher
Co-Founder and CEO of WhereBy.Us
CEO at WhereBy.Us.
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About WhereBy.Us: A platform that enables creators to build a media business for their community.
Stephen George
CEO of Amaze
Stephen’s career began as a founding team member and Head of Global Operations at Groupon, building their operational foundation and seeing them through their IPO in 2011.
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About Amaze, IndiCard: HyperLocal, Crypto Rewards
Valentina Corbetta
CEO & Head of Strategy of QUAAB
Hailing from the province of Como, Italy, Valentina is a New York-based all-around strategist. Founder of QUAAB, her mission is to work with organizations that share her commitment to changing the reality around them, better people’s lives, and bolster social advancement. Over the years, Valentina has helped 2000+ startups in the delicate growth stages through her marketing, communication, and digital strategy expertise. She has also partnered with the governments of Italy, Japan, and South Korea on business development programs and various institutions, including Columbia University, Italian Trade Agency (I.T.A.) New York, and E.R.A. Global on marketing strategy mentoring projects. More recently, Valentina’s proud Italian roots have driven her to open a new department at QUAAB, specializing in strategic consulting for the internationalization process of Made-in-Italy brands.
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About PodcastFarm, QUAAB: QUAAB is a communication and marketing boutique agency based in NYC.
Robert Susa
President and CEO of InventHelp
Robert Susa serves as president and CEO of InventHelp.
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About InventHelp: InventHelp is a leading inventor service firm, established in 1984.
Brett Garfinkel
Co-Founder & CEO of SYLO
Brett Garfinkel is a Co-Founder & CEO at SYLO.
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About SYLO: SYLO provides marketers and creators with 3rd-party validation and standardized measurement to confidently invest in influencer marketing.
Katherine Power
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Clique
Katherine Power is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clique Media Group (CMG), the parent media company of WhoWhatWear (fashion), MyDomaine (lifestyle) Byrdie (beauty) and Obsessee (new omni-channel platform, specifically targeted at Gen-Z). In 2006, Katherine left her editorial role at ELLE to launch Who What Wear with her co-founder, Hillary Kerr. The goal was to disrupt the DNA of the magazine industry with a simple idea: do it digitally. By bringing print magazine sensibilities to the online space, CMG was born to offer readers elevated and curated access to their core passions: fashion, beauty, home and shopping. At CMG, Katherine drives all business operations, advertising and brand partnerships, along with the development of branded technology products. Just within the last year, Katherine has led the charge on exciting new initiatives for CMG, which include announcing the brand’s first foray into product with the launch of the Who What Wear collection at Target, a Series B round of funding that Amazon participated in, international expansion to the UK and Australia, and the acquisition of Wantering, a Canadian startup and social shopping search engine. Additionally, a third co-authored book, The Career Code, which serves as the modern girl’s guide for creating your own professional success, came out in the spring of 2016. As a leader that constantly innovates about what readers and consumers might want next, Katherine and her CMG team are continuing to enhance their offerings and user experience for the new generation of consumers.
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About AVALINE, Clique, MERIT Beauty, Sonoma Brands, Versed, Who What Wear: Clique is a media and commerce company
Jeremy Bloom
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Integrate
Jeremy Bloom is the only athlete in history to ski in the Olympics and get drafted into the NFL. He is a three-time WorldChampion, two-time Olympian, eleven-time World Cup gold medalist and the youngest member ever inducted into The United States Skiing Hall of Fame. He was also an All-American football player at the University of Colorado and played professional football as a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. While playing with the NFL in Philadelphia for the Eagles, he completed a business entrepreneurship program at Wharton Business School where he studied real estate and finance. Today, he is Founder/CEO of the Marketing Technology company, Integrate and founder of Wish of a Lifetime, a nonprofit organization that grants lifelong wishes to senior citizens. Through Jeremy’s vision and leadership, Integrate is transforming global marketing. The company has raised over $40M of venture capital from Comcast, Foundry Group and Liberty Global. Integrate was named as the “Best New Company” at the American Business Awards in New York City. Jeremy was named by Forbes as 30 under 30, tech executives under the age of 30 making waves in the technology space and in 2013 Jeremy was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Outside of business, Jeremy has continued to maintain his name within the sports world. He does commentary for college football and is an Olympic Sports Television Analyst and has worked for ESPN, Fox, NBC, and The Pac-12 Network.
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About Integrate, United States Ski & Snowboard Association, Wish of a Lifetime, Wish of a Lifetime: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Cristiano Oliveira
Founder + CEO of Olivia
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About Olivia: Olivia is an AI financial assistant that learns your spending patterns, predict your purchases and recommend ways to get more for your money
Stephen Gill
Co-Founder & CEO of Tiller
Stephen Gill is a visionary technology entrepreneur and leader, whose passion for the digital marketing space inspired him to found Tiller in 2015. His passion? To make advertising better. Stephen has spent the last ten years building yield optimization platforms and tools to help publishers maximize advertising revenue. Gill’s first foray in adtech began during college at Rowan University, where he built NoLimit Interactive Media, a digital marketing agency specializing in search, performance marketing and lead generation for a portfolio of major brands. The organization started from his dorm room and quickly grew into into a full service agency. The experience led him to found Red Online Marketing Group, a diversified technology and digital media organization. Today, the organization leverages its technology with hundreds of publishers. Their self-service ad platform helps advertisers to deploy and optimize complex digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels. The thrill of helping publishers better monetize their properties drove Stephen to launch Tiller, a patent-pending native advertising platform for publishers to manage, measure, and maximize their native advertising across multiple content recommendation partners. Stephen’s influence was also instrumental to the growth of digital marketing company Leadnomics, where he is a co-founder. His leadership landed the organization spot #26 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies. Stephen is also an active angel and advisor to over 20 technology and e-commerce companies, which includes three exits. Stephen is a thought leader in advertising technology, digital marketing, and entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council, Vistage, and an active attendee of Summit Series. When he’s not working, Steve enjoys fitness, food (paleo) and travel — his latest adventures include Thailand, white water kayaking and biking through the Redwoods.
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About 50onRed, Leadnomics, RightAction, Tiller: Tiller is the leading optimization platform for native and recommended content.
Robin Bordoli
Chief Executive Officer of NextRoll
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About NextRoll: NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
Michael Barrett
Chief Executive Officer of Magnite
Michael Barrett joined Magnite as Chief Executive Officer in 2020.
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About Ichabod Farm Ventures, Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Paolo Privitera
Co-Founder and CEO of Evensi
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About Doochoo, Evensi, Lombardstreet Ventures: Evensi is a platform to discover, experience, ideate, and promote events.
Amber Atherton
CEO & Founder of Zyper
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About Zyper: Zyper is a machine learning-led community marketing software that helps brands connect with their fans, and fans connect with each other.
Ari Buchalter
Founder and CEO of Place Exchange
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About Place Exchange: The First True Programmatic Exchange for Out-of-Home Media
Jay Patel
CEO of IMImobile
Jay was part of the founding team at SPARK and is currently responsible for the investments in IMI, MarketClusters, OpenX and Gambling Compliance. He was previously involved in Kobalt, Firebox, and mblox and has led a number of past exits (including Skinkers, Complinet, Unanimis and elata). He was previously a Director of NewMedia Investors and held executive positions at UBS Warburg and BSkyB. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and holds degrees from INSEAD and the London School of Economics.
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About IMImobile: IMImobile is a cloud communication software that helps users manage customer interactions at scale.
Isaac Deutsch
Co-Founder & CEO of WaiveCar
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About REEF, WaiveCar: Waive’s goal is to bring the cost of mobility to zero by utilizing cutting edge ad tech.
Scott Mercer
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Volta Charging
Scott Mercer is the founder and CEO of Volta, an electric vehicle charging network with the most-utilized stations in the US. An entrepreneur fascinated by both cars and future-focused technology, Scott founded Volta to bridge the gap between electric vehicles and the mainstream. The network delivers free electric vehicle charging in areas where stations are most needed, as determined by Volta’s proprietary machine learning algorithms. Under Scott’s leadership, Volta is experiencing consecutive 3x year-over-year revenue and footprint growth. Scott launched Volta in 2010 in Hawaii, where he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Hawaii Venture Capital, 40 Under 40 by Pacific Business News and Hawaii Business’ 20 for the Next 20. Previously, Scott ran a business buying, restoring and selling vintage cars in his early 20s. He sold a restored 1967 Jaguar XKE to seed the beginnings of Volta, which has now raised $62 million in funding. Scott currently rides an electric motorcycle, drives an electric Fiat, and occasionally, a 1971 Alfa Romeo.
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Spence Kramer
Chief Executive Officer of J Walter Thompson
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About J Walter Thompson, TEN6 Creative: J. Walter Thompson is a New York-based global marketing communications provider with over 200 offices in over 90 countries.
David Williams
Chairman & CEO of Merkle
David Williams is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merkle Inc. He acquired Merkle in 1988 and became its 24th employee. Today, Merkle has more than 2,900 employees in locations in the United States, China and United Kingdom, and is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing independent Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) agency. Under David’s leadership, Merkle has sustained 25% annual growth over the last 20 years and was recognized as a market leader by Forrester Research in 2003, 2006 and 2007. In 2014, Advertising Age ranked Merkle as the 22nd largest agency of any discipline worldwide and the 7th largest CRM/Direct agency in the U.S. Also in 2012, Merkle was named to the “Ten Agencies to Watch” list in Advertising Age’s A-List Issue. David was recognized by Winning Workplaces and Fortune Magazine as one of America’s Best Bosses of 2006, and was the 2007 Maryland Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. David is the author of the book, Connected CRM: Implementing a Data-Driven, Customer-Centric Business Strategy, which was published in 2014 by Wiley Publishing. In the book, he shares his knowledge and experience, with the intent of helping world-class brands build stronger, more profitable relationships with their customers. David currently serves on the board of directors for the Ad Council. He served for 6 years (2006-2011) on the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Association where he also sat on its Executive Committee. He also served for 3 years (2010-2013) as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Howard County General Hospital: A Member of John Hopkins Medicine. David is a frequent speaker at industry events and has written numerous articles and white papers about topics such as Customer Relationship Marketing, Database Marketing and Analytics, Digital Media and Marketing Technology. He began his career at Butcher & Singer, a Philadelphia-based investment bank, and holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
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About Merkle: Merkle is a customer relationship management agency that designs, executes and evaluates integrated marketing programs.
Michael McLaren
Global CEO – B2B Group of Merkle
Michael McLaren has been an Executive Global Group Director for High-Tech and B-to-B Practices at Merkle Inc. since October 2016. Michael McLaren serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at McCann World Group Holdings Japan, Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of MRM//McCann from April 2014 to May 17, 2016 and also served as its President from May 2013 to 2016. He served as the President of MRM Worldwide, Inc. since May 2013 and also its Chief Executive Officer since April 2014. He served as the President of MRM East Region and Global Client Solutions Director/Chief Client Solutions Director at MRM Worldwide, Inc. until April 2013 and also served as its Worldwide President of MRM since April 2013. He served as Regional Director of McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific since November 15, 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of McCann Worldgroup Japan from November 15, 2009 to September 2011. He served as the President of McCann EricKson US of McCann Worldgroup since May 2007. Prior to this, he served as Worldwide Director of Global Accounts. Along with his stewardship of key Worldgroup businesses, he has been responsible for the quality and vitality of client relationships across Worldgroup disciplines and has focused on improving and expanding cross-discipline integration. He served as Worldwide Account Director on Worldgroup’s global Microsoft account and Director of Client Services in McCann’s San Francisco agency and led the global expansion of McCann’s responsibilities for Microsoft. He began his advertising career in his native Australia and later worked in Asia and the U.S. with another Interpublic agency, Lowe (formerly, Lowe). Over the years, he has served on such packaged goods clients as Nestle, Unilever, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson and continue to work with ExxonMobil and Johnson & Johnson, key McCann clients in Asia. He began his marketing career as a Brand Manager for packaged goods giant, Unilever. He served as the Chairman and Director of McCann Worldgroup Japan. He serves as a Director at McCann World Group Holdings Japan, Inc. Michael McLaren received Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
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About Merkle: Merkle is a customer relationship management agency that designs, executes and evaluates integrated marketing programs.
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.
Mark Ellis
Co-founder & CEO of Liftoff
Mark Ellis is a co-founder and CEO at Liftoff.
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About Liftoff: Liftoff is a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform which uses post-install data to run true CPA-optimized campaigns.
Jonah Peretti
Founder & CEO of BuzzFeed
Jonah Peretti is founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, the first true social news organization that provides a pioneering mix of breaking news, entertainment and shareable content. Mr. Peretti, known for creating viral hits, tracking online social behavior and building technology to amplify buzz is also a co-founder of The Huffington Post. He has been called a “viral marketing hotdog” by the New York Times, “the poster boy of guerilla media” by AlterNet and a “computer-whiz” by The New Yorker. Fast Company named Mr. Peretti one of the “New Faces of Social Media” and named BuzzFeed as one of the “50 Most Innovative Companies” in 2012. Business Insider listed him as one of the “11 Rising Tech Stars to Watch in 2012.” Mr. Peretti is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab and has taught at NYU and the Parsons School of Design. His work has been covered by Time, the Economist, Fortune, and Business Insider and he has appeared as a guest on the Today Show, Good Morning America and CNN. In 2012, Mr. Peretti hired Ben Smith of POLITICO to lead as Editor-in-Chief. BuzzFeed reaches over 40 million monthly unique visitors and gets the majority of its traffic from social sources like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more.
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About BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Bruce Mandell
President ,Owner & CEO of Data-Mail
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About Data-Mail: Data-Mail is one of the nation’s largest direct marketing, print and production facilities.
Tony Chen
CEO and Founder of Channel Factory
Tony Chen is CEO and Founder of Channel Factory, a social video marketing platform that helps top brands and agencies expand their brand video viewership. Tony is a digital pioneer in the social video space, creating cutting edge solutions to make sure brand videos are safely watched, tracked and shared across multiple platforms by millions of people. Tony founded Channel Factory in 2013 and has quickly scaled the company by partnering with top agencies and Fortune 500 brands. In 2016 alone, Channel Factory spearheaded more than 5,000 campaigns, served over five billion video views and worked with more than three hundred Fortune 500 companies on their campaigns. Prior to Channel Factory, Tony founded Yellow Thunder Media in 2010 while attending Rice University where he double majored in Economics and Piano. Pioneering a scientific method to help videos go viral on YouTube, the company generated more than one billion views within three years for top brands such as Coca Cola, Sony Pictures, and McDonalds among many others. Tony is an avid angel investor with investments in e-commerce companies including, Fab Fit Fun and Trendy Butler, Jumpcut Studio and software start up, Outreach. He has been recognized by Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for his achievements in marketing and advertising.
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
David Osman
Co-founder, CEO of Storygize
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About Storygize: Storygize is a native technology platform designed to empower digital media buyers to achieve maximum results with minimum effort.
Andre Golsorkhi
CEO & Founder of Sidecar
Serial entrepreneur Andre Golsorkhi is the founder and CEO of Sidecar. Previously, Andre was the CEO and Founder of Snipi, Inc. a patented system for people to save their interests while browsing anywhere online. Snipi was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and established partnerships with the world’s leading retail and entertainment brands. Prior to Snipi, Andre was the President, CEO and Founder of Omeda Design + Technology, which offered design and web application services. From its origins in 2003, Omeda’s client roster grew to include Fortune 500 and similarly substantial entities such as IMAX Corporation, Boyd Gaming, and other private and public organizations. While he was still in college, Andre recognized the growing interest in portable physician scheduling and billing solutions and, developed MediLync—a proprietary handheld patient scheduling and billing solution housed in PDAs. At the time, MediLync became one of the most widely used mobile solutions among small physician practices. The MediLync technology was acquired in 2004.
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About Sidecar: Sidecar is an e-commerce marketing company that builds the technology retailers need to optimize cross-channel online shopping campaigns.
Alex Collmer
Founder & CEO of VidMob
Alex Collmer is the founder and CEO of VidMob, the world’s largest video creation platform.As the web transitions to a video-driven medium, Collmer recognized the need for businesses to have access to the world’s best video creators who could produce quality content for a variety of platforms that was affordable. Since founding the company in 2015, Collmer has raised more than $13M and counts the leading brands and agencies as clients. Combing an elegant interface with a roster of more than 5000 video creators enables anyone to maximize their video presence and make a brand impact with video. An engineer by training, Collmer’s career has always been at the intersection of technology, design, and consumer entertainment as those sectors have evolved. Prior to founding VidMob, Collmer was the co-founder and CEO of Autumn Games, a premier publisher of video game franchises. Under his leadership, Autumn Games developed successful partnerships with such personalities as Jimmie Johnson, the 7-time NASCAR champion and companies like Def Jam, the leading urban culture brand, as well as the award-winning fighting game franchise, Skullgirls. Previously, Collmer was a founder and board member of the New York Video School, an online film school focused on empowering people all over the world to become “video literate” (www.nyvs.com). Collmer received a B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Engineering and was a certified E.I.T. in the field of structural engineering in the state of New York. Collmer sits on the board of several technology and media companies and has spoken at numerous universities and conferences on entrepreneurship and media. In his spare time, he coaches little league soccer and baseball.
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About VidMob: VidMob is a video content creation network and platform where brands can create digital video ads with expert teams.
Sahil Jain
Co-Founder and CEO of AdStage
Sahil Jain is the CEO and Co-founder of AdStage. Prior to founding AdStage in May 2012, Sahil co-founded his first company, Y-Combinator backed Trigger.io at 20. He dropped out of UC Berkeley, where he studied Philosophy and Econ, to join AOL Corp Devt. at 19, dropped out of High School to join Yahoo! Mobile as an automation engineer at 17 and worked in the professional video game industry before that.
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About AdStage, inresto: AdStage is an advertising technology startup powering paid marketers to understand the business impact of their campaigns.
Madison Wickham
Founder, CEO of Grandex
Madison is a Co-Founder and CEO of the Austin-based media and commerce company Grandex Inc. Madison was born, raised, and currently lives in Austin, Texas.
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About Grandex: Commerce powered by original media
Corey Weiner
CEO of Jun Group
Corey is one of Jun Group’s founders. He serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing product development, publisher strategy, finance, business development, and operations. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Jun Group’s mobile platform subsidiary, HyprMX. Prior to founding Jun Group, Corey consulted for SONY USA and the United States government. Corey holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Jun Group: Jun Group runs advertising for brands and publishers. Our mobile-first approach is powered by opt-in, first-party data generated by our SDK.
Katherine Lents
CEO and Founder of ShowUp Media
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About ShowUp Media: ShowUp is an interactive, online video platform for independent web series
Katherine Lents
CEO and Founder of ShowUp Media
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About ShowUp Media: ShowUp is an interactive, online video platform for independent web series
Co-Founder, CEO of Samba TV
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About Carrot Capital, i/o Ventures, Samba TV: Samba TV enables the next-generation TV experience powered by its first-party data and helps viewers engage with relevant media.
Franke Rodriguez
Partner & CEO of Anomaly
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About Anomaly: Anomaly is an advertising agency.
Mike Seiman
CEO and Founder of CPXi
Mike Seiman is the CEO & Chairman of CPXi, a global digital media company that he co-founded while still a college student at Hofstra University in the early 2000′s. The company has grown quickly and is now a major player within the crowded online advertising landscape, serving billions of ad impressions in more than 65 countries every day. CPXi continues the rapid growth that led to its inclusion on Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing privately held advertising/marketing companies in 2008 and 2009. Mike was selected as a semi-finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year initiative in 2009, 2010, and 2013. In his free time, Mike currently serves on the Board of Advisors of his alma mater, Hofstra University. He also focuses on numerous philanthropic initiatives including sitting on the boards of the H.E.S. (Hebrew Educational Society non-profit community center) and Children’s International, where he spearheaded the development of a community center in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Also a fan of the arts, Mike has executive produced a feature length film distributed by Lionsgate.
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About CPXi, Digital Remedy: CPXI is a company that offers state of the art design in technology marketing resources to businesses of all kinds.
Patrick Gavin
CEO of Consumer Media Network
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About Consumer Media Network, Gavin, UpCity: Consumer Media Network builds web properties that drive high-converting, high-intent traffic.
Sean Doherty
CEO of Wurl
CEO at WURL, Inc.
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About Wurl: The Wurl Network connects the world’s largest digital brands with the world’s largest streaming services.
Jon Feltheimer
CEO of Lionsgate
Jon Feltheimer is the Chief Executive Officer at Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. Feltheimer serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of Lions Gate UK Limited an affiliate of TV Guide Networks, Inc. Feltheimer serves as Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate at Lions Gate Films Inc. He serves as an Advisor of ZeniMax Media Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Films Corp. He worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment from 1991 to 1999. He was the Founder and President of TriStar Television from 1991 to 1993. He served as President of Columbia TriStar Television from 1993 to 1995, President of Columbia TriStar Television Group from 1995 to 1999 and Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment from 1997 to 1999. He served as Head of Sony Entertainment Television. He served as an Architect of Sony Pictures Entertainment. He served as the Co-Chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. from June 30, 2005 to February 2, 2012 and has been its Non-Independent Director since January 2000. He serves as a Director of Celestial Tiger Entertainment. He has been a Director of Telltale, Incorporated since February 24, 2015. He has been a Director of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. since April 2015. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. He served as a Director of Lions Gate Films Corp. Feltheimer served as a Director of CinemaNow Corporation. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of JumpTV Inc. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of EastWest VentureGroup. Feltheimer has Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with honors from Washington University.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Nick Colucci
President & CEO, Publicis Healthcare Communications Group of Publicis Groupe
Nick Colucci is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group. Nick leads Publicis Healthcare Communications Group—the largest healthcare communications network in the world. Under Nick’s tenure, the network has grown from a fragmented group of agencies to a global powerhouse with unrivaled capabilities, expanded global client relationships, and a footprint in pharmerging markets, China and India. Nick has a broad perspective having served both on the client and agency sides. Prior to joining Publicis 15 years ago, Nick was Vice President of Marketing and Sales at EyeSys Technologies and Marketing Director at Roche. Nick is well known in healthcare circles, leading key initiatives for the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, an industry trade association, as well as serving on the boards of the American Heart Association of New York and the Pasteur Foundation Advisory Board. Nick was honored last year by being named “Marketer of the Year” at the PM360 Trailblazer Awards.
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About Publicis Groupe, Publicis Healthcare Communications: Publicis Groupe is a digital and interactive communication services provider.
Carlos Watson
Co-Founder & CEO of OZY Media
Carlos Watson co-anchors MSNBC 2 p.m. news program from NBC headquarters at 30 Rock. A Harvard grad, he got his start in politics, serving as campaign manager and chief of staff for Florida Representative Daryl Jones and managing Bill Clintonâs 1992 Election Day effort in Miami-Dade County. While at Harvard, he also worked with Senator Bob Graham, DNC Chair Ron Brown, and Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez. After graduating from Stanford Law, where he edited the Law Review, Watson joined the business world, advising Fortune 500 companies as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. He later struck out on his own and co-founded Achieva College Prep Services, which helped thousands of high school students prepare for college and was written about in Time and Forbes, among others. Watson sold the firm to the Washington Post/Kaplan in 2002.
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About Achieva.com, OZY Media, The Stimulist: OZY Media is a premium media and entertainment for curious people — across TV, events, podcasts and news.
Tim Armstrong
Founder, CEO of the dtx company
Tim Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of the dtx company, where he is focused on empowering consumers and brands to build direct relationships. Armstrong founded a Boston newspaper after graduating from Connecticut College. In 1995, he moved to Seattle to join Paul Allen’s first internet company, Starwave, which was acquired by Disney. Armstrong moved to New York with Disney and worked at ABC/ESPN Internet Ventures. After Disney, he joined Florida Governor Rick Scott’s health-focused cable and internet company, America’s Health Network, which was later sold to News Corp. Armstrong then went on to be a founding team member of Snowball, which went on to IPO on the Nasdaq. Armstrong left Snowball in 2000 to join Google as its first New York employee; he left Google after almost a decade serving as President of the Americas and as a member of Google’s global executive team. He joined AOL as Chairman and CEO to spin the company out of Time Warner and launch AOL as a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. After turning AOL around and outperforming the S&P 500 during his tenure as CEO, he sold the company to Verizon Communications. Armstrong joined Verizon as CEO of its digital media division, Oath, and served as a member of its executive team. Armstrong serves on the boards of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ), Tech:NYC as co-founder, Greenwich Academy for Girls as Chairman, Connecticut College Athletic Club as co-founder, Waterside School and US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation as trustee. He also serves as a loving husband and dad, as well as lacrosse and basketball coach. Armstrong is an avid New England sports fan and Massachusetts native. He is part Camel (Connecticut College graduate) and part Spartan (Lawrence Academy graduate).
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About AOL, Tech:NYC, the dtx company: Our mission is direct to everything. Our products Flowcode and Flowpage create direct connections between consumers and brands.
Jim McKelvey
Founder & CEO of Invisibly
Jim co-founded Square, where he now serves as a Director. Jim is also a General Partner at FINTOP Capital and Green Visor Capital. He serves as a Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and as a Trustee to Washington University in St. Louis. Jim’s first venture was co-founding Mira Digital Publishing in 1990, which is a leader in electronic publishing for scientific conferences. In 2013, he founded the LaunchCode Foundation, currently bringing free computer education and jobs to 5 US cities. In addition to his businesses and philanthropy, Jim is a glassblowing artist and co-founded one of the nation’s top glass centers, Third Degree Glass Factory. He has published two books on computer programming and one on glassblowing. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
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About Arch Grants, FINTOP Capital, Invisibly, LaunchCode, Mira Smart Conference, Square, Third Degree Glass Factory, Washington University in St. Louis: Invisibly puts the power of your data back in your hands.
Tim Vanderhook
Co-Founder & CEO of Viant
As the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Viant, Tim sets and drives the overall direction and business strategy for the company and each of its brands. In 1999, Tim, along with brothers Chris and Russ identified the high growth potential of digital advertising and founded the interactive advertising platform Specific Media during those early stages of internet advertising. Tim’s vision led the development of behavioral targeting technology that created ground-breaking interest-based digital advertising practices. He led the company’s evolution from a small family business to an industry-leading multinational corporation.
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About Myspace, Viant, Viant, XUMO: Viant is an advertising software company enabling the execution and measurement of digital advertising through a cloud-based platform.
Adam Singolda
Founder & CEO of Taboola
Adam Singolda is the founder and CEO at Taboola, the largest discovery platform, serving over 450 billion recommendations of articles, blogs, videos, products and apps to over 1.4 billion unique users every month. Taboola serves personalized content recommendations, partnering with the world’s top publishers, brands, and marketers to drive audience development, engagement, and monetization. Taboola also empowers editorial, product, and sales teams with solutions built around real-time page optimization, robust native advertising offerings, and more. Adam has spoken on stage at TEDx, Collision, Kaltura Connect, Business Insider’s IGNITION, ClickZ LIVE, Advertising Week, 360i Marketing Summit, Web Summit, Landmark Ventures Media Technology Summit, Streaming Media, NAB, NewTeeVee, ELEVATE, Meetup, and MIT (Sloan). He has also appeared in broadcast TV interviews on Bloomberg West, CNBC, and Fox Business.
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Kaan Gunay
Co-Founder & CEO of Firefly
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About Endeavor, Firefly: Firefly is a mobility based advertising and data platform that allows rideshare drivers to make money through digital advertising.
Justin Choi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Nativo
Justin Choi is a serial entrepreneur and founder of three successful companies across different technology sectors. Justin currently serves as Founder and CEO of Nativo, the most advanced advertising technology platform that helps brands create meaningful connections with consumers and empowers publishers with breakthrough monetization solutions. Prior to Nativo, Justin founded and led two companies to highly successful exits: Cie Games, a mobile app development firm acquired by Glu Mobile for $100M that built two top 25 grossing games, including the #1 mobile racing game, and attracted over 50M players; and Cie Digital Labs (CDL) an interactive agency that provides innovation consulting and custom app development services to major brands. Justin continues to serve as a CDL board member and acts as head of product strategy and development, and is an investor and board member at numerous organizations. A thought leader in digital media, advertising, gamification, and app development, Justin has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Bloomberg West, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, AdWeek and other national publications.
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About Cie, Nativo: Nativo is an advertising technology platform for brand advertisers and publishers to scale, automate, and measure native ads.
Matt Schlicht
CEO and Founder of Octane AI
Matt Schlicht is the founder and editor of Chatbots Magazine, the #1 place to learn about chatbots. He is a YC Alum, a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, and was also previously a product manager at Ustream as well as an advisor to several other startups. Several months ago, Matt decided to launch a community dedicated to messaging and bots. Chatbots Magazine was born and now reaches over 200,000+ people per month. Matt joins us to share his story, how he got into startups and tech, how he created the opportunity to join the team at uStream, how he approaches building products, why he’s so passionate about bots and messaging, what’s next for Chatbots Magazine.
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About Chatbots Magazine, DominateFund, Hamster Pad, Octane AI, ZapChain: Octane AI provides an all-in-one platform for engaging quizzes, data collection, and personalized Facebook Messenger and SMS automation.
Mahi de Silva
Co-founder & CEO of Amplify.ai
Mahi is the Co-founder & CEO at Amplify.ai. Previously, Mahi was responsible for commercial activities for Opera’s consumer mobile products and services. Before joining Opera, Mahi was co-founder and CEO of AdMarvel, Inc., the global leader in mobile advertising platforms, acquired by Opera in 2010. Prior to AdMarvel, Mahi co-founded Frengo Corporation, a mobile social media platform. Mahi also spent 10 years at VeriSign, where he was part of the startup management team. From 2002 to 2006, he served as senior vice president and general manager of Wireless and Digital Content Services at VeriSign, where he built the world’s leading mobile messaging and mobile entertainment business with revenues exceeding $600M per year. Prior to VeriSign, he served in various technology leadership roles at Taligent, Apple and NCR Corporation.
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About Amplify.ai, Opera Mediaworks: Amplify.ai is the developer of the first enterprise-class Conversational AI platform
Nick Brien
CEO, Americas & US of Dentsu Aegis Network
Nick Brien, the former chairman and CEO of McCann Worldgroup, is a strategic consultant, global board advisor and angel investor. With a track record over three decades leading some of the most successful advertising, media and marketing agencies, Brien has a passion for brand marketing and media communications solutions that deliver the greatest possible business impact to marketers. Before joining McCann Worldgroup, one of the world’s largest marketing communications companies, Brien created and led IPG Mediabrands. Previously, he served as the chief executive of Universal McCann. Earlier in his career, Brien held leadership posts at the Publicis Groupe’s Arc and Starcom firms, where he shaped those companies’ media, advertising and integrated marketing offerings. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 2001 and becoming a U.S. citizen in 2010, the British native went from media director to the CEO of Leo Burnett in the U.K. He began his media career in London with Grey Advertising. Brien graduated from the University of the Arts, London, and studied at Kings College in Wimbledon.
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About Dentsu Aegis Network: Dentsu Aegis Network is the first digitally native network that specializes in media, digital and creative communications services.
Ben Barokas
CEO & Founder of Sourcepoint
Prior to founding AdMeld, Mr. Barokas was Vice President of Advertising for JumpTV. He also spent 6 years at AOL in a variety of online advertising leadership positions including senior manager on the team that developed and launched the AOL video platform. Mr. Barokas served on the IAB’s Broadband Committee.
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About Sourcepoint: Sourcepoint is the data privacy software company for the digital marketing ecosystem.
Michael Heller
CEO and Founder of Talent Resources
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About Talent Resources, Talent Resources: Talent Resources is a social media marketing agency that specializes in connecting brands with top-tier celebrities and influencers.
