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 Director operating in the Social Media space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Hema Raghavan
Senior Director Of Engineering of LinkedIn
Senior Director Of Engineering at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
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Stan Meresman
Member of the Board of Directors of LinkedIn
Stan is a board member, audit committee chair and an advisor to high-growth technology companies. He advises companies on preparing to be a public reporting company, going through the IPO process, operating as a public reporting company, and scaling the company for rapid growth. He is considered a financial expert. Stan has served in that capacity at four companies. He currently serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee at both LinkedIn (LNKD) and Zynga (ZNGA), and previously at Riverbed Technology (RVBD) and Polycom (PLCM). He is also a member of the compensation and governance/nominating committees of LinkedIn, and member of the governance/nominating committee of Zynga. Stan is also a Board Member of private companies ModCloth and HyTrust. Earlier in his career, Stan was SVP & CFO for eight years at Silicon Graphics (SGI-NYSE) whose revenue growth approached $4 billion, and previously VP, Finance & Administration and CFO of Cypress Semiconductor (CY-NYSE) for which he took public. Stan earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. He has attended Stanford Law School Directors’ College corporate governance program.
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About : LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Adeline Chan
Sr Director, Business Operations | LinkedIn Learning of LinkedIn
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Shalini Agarwal
Director, Engineering for Sales Solutions Core of LinkedIn
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About LinkedIn, LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Shawn Zandi
Director of Engineering of LinkedIn
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About IDCA – International Data Center Authority, LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Artem Grigoryan
Director Of Engineering of LinkedIn
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Mitali Pattnaik
Senior Director of Product Management – Sales Navigator of LinkedIn
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Liangjie Hong
Director of Engineering – AI of LinkedIn
I’m Director of Engineering, AI at LinkedIn. Previously, I was Director of Engineering, Data Science and Machine Learning at Etsy Inc between 2016 and 2020. Previously, I was Senior Manager of Research at Yahoo Research from 2013 to 2016, leading science efforts for Personalization and Search Sciences. Prior to Yahoo Research, I was a research assistant in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, where I was a member of WUME lab from 2008 to 2013, working with Brian D. Davison. I obtained my Ph.D. (2013), M.S. (2010) from Lehigh University and B.S. (2007) from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, all in Computer Science.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Dan Brodnitz
Sr. Director of Global Content Strategy of LinkedIn
Dan Brodnitz is the senior director of global content strategy at Linkedin.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Neha Ajmani
Director-Head of Enterprise Product Marketing of LinkedIn
Neha Ajmani is the Director-Head of Enterprise Product Marketing at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Conway Chen
Senior Director, Business Development of LinkedIn
Conway Chen is a senior director of consumer product partnerships and strategic partnerships at [LinkedIn](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/linkedin). He is the former business development director at [Twitter, Inc.](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter). Chen was also employed as a senior manager of new business development at Google Inc. and as an associate at Cooley Godward LLP before moving on to Striiv as its head of business strategy and general counsel. Chen obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from [Northwestern University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/northwestern-university). He also studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Duke University School of Law.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Nicole Isaac
Senior Director, North America Policy of LinkedIn
Nicole Isaac is the Senior Director of North America Policy at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
James Raybould
Senior Director of Product, Learning Solutions & Glint of LinkedIn
Sr Director of Product, LinkedIn Learning & Glint.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Greg Bayer
Director of Engineering of LinkedIn
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James Burnette
Sr. Director of Sales, LinkedIn Sales Solutions of LinkedIn
Senior Director of Sales at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Amy Borsetti
Director of Sales, Linkedin Learning Solutions of LinkedIn
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Mordy Golding
Director of Content, LinkedIn Learning of LinkedIn
Mordy Golding, Director of Content for LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com, is a 5-time Adobe MAX Master. Once the Product Manager for Adobe Illustrator, Mordy has published over 50 online video courses and books covering Adobe software and related design topics. With a background in typesetting, art production, and graphic design, Mordy has traveled the world helping creative professionals use tools and technology to help them express their creative vision. As a consultant, Mordy worked with Nike, The New York Times, Random House, Cabelas, Victoria’s Secret, Sesame Workshop, Coach, The NBA, Scientific American, USA Today, among others. Mordy was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ (formerly Publish! Magazine), and a Road Warrior MVP by American Way Magazine.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Tyrona Heath
Director, Market Engagement, The B2B Institute of LinkedIn
Tyrona Heath is the Director, Market Engagement & The B2B Institute at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Daniel Reid
Director of Product Management of LinkedIn
Daniel Reid is the director of product management of LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Nick Hasty
Director of Product, Discovery & Machine Learning of Giphy
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About Giphy: Giphy is an online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover GIFs.
Miju Han
Director of Product Management of Twitter
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Gina Ballenger
Director, Creative Strategy of Twitter
Gina Ballenger is the West Coast Lead of Content Planning at Twitter. Peer-to-peer influencer and social ecosystem architect, Donnetta has fueled over 500 top global leaders and earned influencers. She offers clients a strategic and influential reach into key social networks. Her agency has disrupted social models and generated over 9 billion hashtag impressions to date for over 500 personal brands, social media campaigns and over 450 events since 2014.
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About Twitter, Walmart Connect: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Matt Dennebaum
Director of Product Management of Twitter
Matt Dennebaum is as a Director of Product Management at [Twitter](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter), a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 140-character messages known as “tweets.” He is an open-source enthusiast, contributor, and a project founder with over 18 years of experience in all aspects of the product life cycle. Dennebaum also has experience in design, engineering, marketing, sales, and project and product management.
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About Twitter, Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Paul Howe
Director of Product, Search of Twitter
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Zach Hofer-Shall
Senior Director, Twitter Ecosystem of Twitter
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Kade Speiser
Director of Content of TeamDom
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About TeamDom: TeamDom is a media conglomerate that builds brands, stories, celebrities, and businesses around teen entertainment and media.
Nikao Yang
Director, Global Business Solutions of TikTok
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About Opera Mediaworks, TikTok: TikTok is a short-video sharing app and social network platform that develops a lip-syncing video application to create videos.
David Lieber
Director, Privacy Policy Counsel of TikTok
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About TikTok: TikTok is a short-video sharing app and social network platform that develops a lip-syncing video application to create videos.
Catherine J. Friedman
Board of Director of Yahoo
Catherine J. Friedman has served as an independent consultant serving public and private growth companies since 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Friedman held the position of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 2006 and Head of West Coast Healthcare and Co-Head of the Biotechnology Practice at Morgan Stanley from 1993 to 2006. Ms. Friedman has been a director of Board of XenoPort Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since 2007 and also serves on its Audit and Governance Committees. Ms. Friedman joined the Board of Enteromedics, a publicly traded medical device company in 2007 and also serves as the Chair of its Audit Committee. She has been a Board member of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula for seven years, where she serves on the Executive and Program committees.
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About : Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Eric Brandt
Board of Director of Yahoo
Eric Brandt has served as a member of their Board since March 2016. Mr. Brandt served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation (“Broadcom”), a global supplier of semiconductor devices, from February 2010 until February 2016, and he served as Broadcom’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from March 2007 until February 2010. From September 2005 until March 2007, Mr. Brandt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Beginning in 1999, he held various positions at Allergan, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, including Executive Vice President of Finance and Technical Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Allergan, Mr. Brandt spent ten years with The Boston Consulting Group, a privately-held global business consulting firm, most recently serving as Vice President and Partner. Mr. Brandt is a director of Lam Research Corporation, a wafer fabrication equipment company, and Dentsply Sirona Inc., a dental products company.
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About : Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Mike Shebanek
Sr. Director, Accessibility of Yahoo
Mike Shebanek is the Head of Accessibility at Facebook.
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About Meta, Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Cecile Lal
Snr. Director, Business Operations and Strategy of Yahoo
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About Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Michael Natkovich
Director Engineering/Senior Principal Engineer of Yahoo
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About Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Shira Kates
Director of Product Design, Yahoo Ad Products of Yahoo
Shira Kates has worked in tech since 1998, but can sometimes pass for a millennial. She leads design on Yahoo’s ad management platform. Previously, she was a content strategist for Google. She has held a variety of other exciting jobs including running covered-wagon cookout tours in Yellowstone Park. Shira has an MBA in Design Thinking and loves designing experiences that improve life. You should check out Shira’s talk because she can show you how to run your own design sprints, contribute to product vision without stepping on your project manager’s toes, and win a hackathon, even if you were an English major.
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About Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
John Box
Executive Director, APAC of Meltwater
John Box is the Executive Director of Meltwater’s Asia Pacific (APAC) division. He oversees operations, client acquisition and client success, enterprise sales, and marketing for 12 offices across the region. John joined Meltwater in 2006 and has worked in sales management positions all over the globe. He’s well-known for pioneering and implementing new sales and management techniques to produce an unwavering success rate in revenue.
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About Meltwater: Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.
Niklas de Besche
Executive Director, Product of Meltwater
Niklas de Besche is the Executive Director of Meltwater’s Products. He oversees product strategy and the continuous evolution of Meltwater media intelligence platform. Niklas has risen through the Meltwater ranks, opening the company’s first international office in Stockholm and playing an integral role in building the Nordic operations. He spent several years in the U.S., setting up offices all over the country as an area director while simultaneously managing the Nordic region.
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About Meltwater: Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.
Mike Ruggieri
Executive Director, Engineering of Meltwater
Mike Ruggieri is the Executive Director of Engineering at Meltwater. He’s responsible for leading a world-class, agile engineering organization across nine major development centers worldwide. As an engineering leader with a background in product management and user experience, as well as software development, Mike uses his blended perspective to keep the organization focused on creating great products for Meltwater’s customers. Along with an amazing team of senior engineering directors, Mike has helped to create a connected culture of team ownership and autonomy, while ensuring that all engineers – from support to development to quality assurance to DevOps and more – are able to grow their individual skills and knowledge in order to take on greater and varied opportunities within the organization.
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About EchoCurrent Software, Meltwater: Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.
Albert Pereta
Executive Creative Director of Pinterest
Albert Pereta is a Creative Director of product design at Pinterest and a Creative Advisor for a few startups. He oversees design quality and leads innovation initiatives within the company. He’s originally from the beautiful town of Barcelona where he studied design and bounce between design studios and advertising agencies. He moved to New York to get his MFA Design as Entrepreneur at SVA. After returning to his hometown he founded UnitCo: a product design agency consulting for companies between NY and BCN. After a couple of years, he founded Icebergs: a visual organization app for creatives. Icebergs got acquired by Pinterest in 2014 and he moved to San Francisco to join the Product Design team. When he’s not working you can find him in the woods, baking bread or cooking a mean paella.
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About Pinterest: Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Tim Belonax
Design Director of Pinterest
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About Double Issue, Pinterest: Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Othniel McLean
Creative Director & Cofounder of CarNinja, Inc
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About CarNinja, Inc: CarNinja is a software company led by enthusiasts that are passionate about connecting all things automotive.
Michael Gambacorta
Director, Product Management & Marketing Analytics of Central Park Digital
Over 15 years of experience in product management, digital marketing, programmatic advertising, data analytics, and strategic business planning. Bachelors Degree: Columbia University. Masters Programs in Computer Information Systems and Data Science. Areas of Expertise: Big Data Analysis, Product Management, Marketing Automation, Data Mining, Software Development Management, Statistical Analysis, Real-Time Reporting, Web & App User Tracking, Data Visualization, Database Management, Mobile Advertising, Google & Amazon Cloud Services.
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About Central Park Digital: Central Park Digital is New York City’s premier digital marketing, online advertising, & big data analytics firm.
Alexei Ilinykh
Director Product & Engineering of VentureBeat
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About Condorly, VentureBeat: VentureBeat is an online technology news platform that is engaged in technology publication and events business.
Lenny Shteynberg
Director of Sales of Open Influence
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About Open Influence: Open Influence is a marketing company that helps brands and advertisers engage and grow their desired audiences through social media.
Justin Romano
CEO & Creative Director of Backspace
Founder of Backspace.
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About Backspace: Gamified Social Network with Self-Deleting posts.
Ben DeJarnette
Local Director of WhereBy.Us
Entrepreneurial Journalism Community Manager at LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers.
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About LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers, WhereBy.Us: A platform that enables creators to build a media business for their community.
Tina Frank
Strategic Director of Hub Culture
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About Hub Culture: Hub Culture is a global collaboration platform focused on digital currency and identity, knowledge brokerage and community services.
Andrew Swerdlow
Director of Engineering of Instagram
Director of software engineering @ Google
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About Instagram: Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Susan Buckner Rose
Director, Head of Business and Creator Product Marketing of Instagram
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About Instagram: Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
David Arnold
Product Strategy Director, Data & Integration Services of Dow Jones
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Rob Sloan
Research Director, WSJ Pro of Dow Jones
Research Director, WSJ Pro at Dow Jones.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Rob Sloan
Research Director, WSJ Pro of Dow Jones
Research Director, WSJ Pro at Dow Jones.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Jordan Gilbert
Director, Digital Programming of Lionsgate
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Jamie Fiore
Sr. Director, Marketing of Match Group
Jamie Fiore is the Sr. Director of Marketing at Match.com.
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About Match Group: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
Ramanand Reddi
Senior Director of Product Management of Match Group
Ramanand Reddi is the Senior Director of Product Management at Match.com.
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About Match Group: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
Deepak Kandaswamy
Senior Director, Corporate Development & Strategy of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Jen Taylor
Sr. Director Digital Marketing of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Suresh Nair
Global Strategic Planning Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Jane Reiss
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Christopher Ross
Managing Director of Grey
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About Grey: Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York City
Michael Parekh
Board of Directors of Stocktwits
After over two decades at Goldman Sachs, Michael has been active investor & entrepreneur over the past decade, focused on both private & public technology-driven opportunities. He also serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies. A Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former partner at Goldman Sachs, and founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994, Michael has been living online since the early days of CompuServe in the 80s and AOL in the ’90s. Michael helped build the Internet Research effort at the firm, which eventually comprised of many analysts covering major internet segments around the world.
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About : Stocktwits is a real-time financial communications platform for the financial and investing community.
Craig Hughes
Corporate Development Director of Unruly
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About Unruly, Unruly: Unruly is an advertising technology company that gets videos watched, tracked, and shared across the Open Web.
Lon Otremba
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Bidtellect – Native Intelligence
Lon Otremba joined Bidtellect as its Chief Executive Officer and Director in January, 2014. Mr. Otremba leads all aspects of the Company’s efforts, working closely with the management team and the Company’s board of directors. With over 20 years’ experience in media, Mr. Otremba is a veteran operating executive and adviser in the Internet publishing, mobile, and broadcast music industries and a well-known pioneer in interactive media. From April 2013 to December 2013, Mr. Otremba was CEO, North America of Beintoo SpA, a mobile engagement technology company based in Milan, Italy which he joined after selling them a portfolio of mobile ad technology products he helped develop and patent while he was CEO of Tylted, a social gaming community on the mobile web, from 2011 to early 2013. Tylted attracted more than 10 million unique monthly visitors, and generated more than half a billion mobile page views each month according to Comscore at the time the company was sold in early 2013. Before joining Tylted, Mr. Otremba served as Chairman and CEO of Access 360 Media from 2007 until 2011, expanding its digital TV network to stadiums and entertainment venues worldwide. Prior to Access 360, he served as CEO of Muzak, guiding the company’s transformation into the world’s largest provider of commercial music services with 80% market share in 2005. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President of AOL’s Interactive Marketing Group, shaping the media giant’s online advertising strategies and directing a comprehensive, aggressive evaluation and re-build that helped to re-establish AOL as a leader in interactive media, create alignment in their sales and operations teams, and re-start revenue growth. Mr. Otremba was also the founding Chief Operating Officer and President of Mail.com, and before that the founding Executive Vice President of CNET Networks. Over the course of his career he has served on a number of corporate and industry boards, including the Executive Committee of the IAB. He is a frequent commentator on interactive marketing and operating strategies. Mr. Otremba is a graduate of the Broad School of Business from Michigan State University, with a BA, majoring in Marketing and Economics.
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About Bidtellect – Native Intelligence: Bidtellect is the leading buy side Native platform built for marketers.
Colin Burns
Global Senior Director, Customer Success (Operations and Center of Excellence) of Sprinklr
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About Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Yan Li
Director Of Engineering of Conviva
Yan is an Engineering Manager at Conviva, where she has been working on various projects in the area of Internet video streaming, and has built several products used by content publishers and ecosystem partners to monitor and optimize the experience of millions of end viewers. Yan holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
James Barrese
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Barrese is a technologist with more than 25 years of experience spanning the military, the academic world, business consulting, and enterprise platforms and infrastructure. He currently serves as CTO of PayPal, and previously spent nearly 10 years in executive technology roles at eBay, where he was most recently VP of Technology. Earlier in his career, he was VP of engineering at Charitableway, a manager at Andersen Consulting, and programmer in the Materials Science Department at Stanford University. He got his start in technology with the Signal Corps in the U.S. Army. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Daina Middleton
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Daina Middleton is a Chief Executive Officer at Britelite Immersive. Middleton has served on our board of directors since October 2014. Middleton is an organization effectiveness coach with the Larcen Consulting Group. Prior to this role, Middleton was the Head of Business Marketing at Twitter, Inc., a social media and communications platform, from May 2014 until January 2016. Before joining Twitter, she was Chief Executive Officer of Performics, Inc., a performance marketing agency, from January 2010 to May 2014. Prior to that, Middleton served as Senior Vice President at Moxie Interactive, an interactive marketing agency, from 2008 to 2010, and earlier in her career, she worked at Hewlett-Packard for 16 years in advertising and marketing roles of increasing responsibility. Middleton received a B.S. in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University. Middleton brings to the board of directors her expertise in the digital marketing space built over more than 20 years in the industry as well as her experience in general management and executive leadership
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About Ansira, Ansira, BIGtoken, Britelite Immersive, Madison Logic, PrismWork: Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Donald Hutchison
Member of the Board of Directors of Marin Software
Since 2002, Don’s principal employment has been as an angel investor in start-up technology companies. From June 2006 to July 2008, Don was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Recurrent Energy, a solar energy provider. Prior to that, Don served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of work.com, a joint venture established by Dow Jones and Excite@Home. Don previously served in senior positions at Excite@Home and Netcom Communications. Don has previously served as a member of the board of directors of many privately-held companies, including, W&W Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, which was acquired by Cavium, Inc. Don holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.B.A. in Finance and Organizational Development from Loyola Marymount University. Don brings to our board of directors significant experience analyzing and investing in other technology companies, as well as management and leadership experience as a former founder and executive of technology companies.
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About : Marin Software Incorporated (NYSE:MRIN) provides a leading cross-channel performance advertising platform used by advertisers and agencies.
Kevin Berg
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Legacy Marketing Partners
Kevin Berg is a Chairman of the Board of Directors at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About : Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Bruce Turner
Director, Information Technology of Legacy Marketing Partners
Bruce Turner is a Director, Information Technology at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Tony Nestorovski
Director, Accounting of Legacy Marketing Partners
Tony Nestorovski is a Director, Accounting at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Craig Ducker
Account Director of Legacy Marketing Partners
Craig Ducker is a Account Director at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners, TEAM enterprises: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Michele Tivnan
Senior Director – Enterprise Applications of Constant Contact
Michele Tivnan is the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at Constant Contact.
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About Constant Contact: Constant Contact provides email, social media and event marketing tools to help small businesses grow their customer base.
Christopher Alvares
Director of Product & Engineering of PMG
Chris Alvares loves building products, and collaborating with brands and engineers to create a mix of data and art. As the senior product and innovation lead at PMG, Chris has been instrumental in PMG’s growth into the digital industry’s leader in data- and technology-driven breakthroughs. His work has been leveraged by brands like Apple, J.Crew, and Sephora to drive team and workflow efficiencies, deeper data insights, and material business results. Chris is also a rarity among the engineering world he resides in, in that he holds a degree in business administration, with a focus on marketing.
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About PMG: PMG is a digital agency that uses strategy, creative, media, and insights to deliver against its mantra of Digital Made for Humans™.
Paul Sabayrac
Senior Community Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Anabay Sullivan
Social Impact Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Mariya Valeva
Director, Finance & Operations of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Karolina Novitska
Creative Director & Head of Design of IVY
An experienced and accomplished designer, Karolina has over 13 years experience in the design industry. Since the start of her career, she has designed websites, software applications, and branding for hundreds of clients including Massachusetts Hospital Association, Genzyme Pharmaceuticals, The Trustees of Reservations, and Adobe. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Emmanuel College and an MFA in Interactive Design from the Massachusetts College of Art. In 2006 she received the Adobe Design Achievement Award. She is currently a Creative Director at IVY, a social incubator headquartered in New York City. In her spare time, she advises various start-ups on their branding initiatives, web and mobile presence. Specialties: creative direction, interaction design, branding and identity, human-computer interaction, experimental film direction and editing.
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Sophie Alsheimer
Community Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Sarah Zapp
Director of Strategic Partnerships of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Julia Sommer
Senior Events Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Lara Maric
Fashion & Events Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Lara Maric
Fashion & Events Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Caroline Paulus
Community Growth Director of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
Titus Capilnean
Director, Corporate Marketing of Appen
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About Appen: Appen offers a wide variety of services to technology companies seeking to compete and expand in the global marketplace.
Nick Venezia
Managing Director of Social Outlier
Nick has worked with clients from a multitude of industries–including finance, government, technology, entertainment, non-profit, luxury, Fortune 500, Global 100, and many more–building digital assets that convert directly into increased profit margins. He has generated over 130% engagement on ads with over 20,000 engagement on Twitter. He spent under $49 to garner $21,000 in tickets sales for a local event in 3 days. @socialoutlier
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About Social Outlier: Social Outlier is unique we have a refined acumen, a scientific numerical approach.
Christina Morgan
Director, Client Success of Curalate
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About Curalate: Curalate optimizes digital commerce for discovery.
Jennifer Piña
Director of Brand Partnerships of MagicLinks
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About MagicLinks: The leader in social commerce for video influencers and the world’s top brands
Ryan Gushue
Marketing Director of Enplug
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About Enplug: Enplug is a software company that built the first open platform for digital displays everywhere.
Malia Supe
Senior Partner, Global Managing Director, WPP Team Lead of Ogilvy
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About Ogilvy, Ogilvy, WPP: Global brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships.
Jon Jackson
Creative Director of NowSourcing
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About NowSourcing: We make ideas simple, visual, and influential.
Jon Jackson
Creative Director of NowSourcing
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About NowSourcing: We make ideas simple, visual, and influential.
Steve Bennet
Founder and Managing Director of Bodega
Steve Bennet is the founder and managing director of Bodega Partners and is an active participant in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial ecosystem as start-up CFO, Angel Investor, and Professor. Over the past 20 years, he has been CFO, investor, and/or board member of over 50 technology start-ups, primarily in the software, Internet, and mobile sectors. CFO roles include Revel Systems, iControl Networks, Appstores (acquired by InMobi), Greystripe (acquired by ValueClick), Fliqz (acquired by VBrick Systems), Valchemy (acquired by IBM), GolfWeb (acquired by CBS Sportsline), Orbital Data (acquired by Citrix), TextDigger (acquired by Federated Media), and Pharmacy TV Network (acquired by RMG Networks). Some of these resulted in excellent financial returns to founders and investors, while others did not. Steve has a passion for both entrepreneurship and education. He has taught entrepreneurial finance since 1995 and is currently adjunct faculty at San Jose State University. Previously, he was a lecturer at U.C. Berkeley. His focus is on experiential education and has developed new courses at SJSU, including the Entrepreneurship Lab (ELAB), Venture Lab (VLAB), and the Silicon Valley Experience. He is also on the Steering Committee for the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship and UCLA Venture Capital Fund. Prior to and concurrent with Bodega, Steve was a Venture Partner at Outlook Ventures, Board Member of Sand Hill Angels, Partner at Menlo Incubator and held various financial and management positions at Bay Logics, Digital Microwave, and Arthur Andersen. Steve earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He blogs at www.professorvc.com and tweets @ProfessorVC.
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About Bodega, Qvivr, San Jose State University, Sand Hill Angels, Xenio Systems: Bodega is the world’s first virtual goods marketplace, which bridges the gap between diverse social networks and creates a synthesized
Max Brown
Chairman, Board of Directors of EventsDC
Max J. Brown is a founding partner of Group 360, a strategic advocacy and advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Previously, Brown was Deputy Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel to District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing a budget of over $4 million and several operating units within the District government. Additionally, Mr. Brown was charged with negotiating a new labor agreement, developing and implementing the Mayor’s Fiscal-Year 2001 budget request for the District of Columbia, and providing legal counsel to the Mayor.
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About : Attracts and promotes events in DC, especially pertaining to conventions, sports, entertainment, and cultural events.
Tara Robertson
Director, Marketing Strategy and Operations of Sprout Social
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About Sprout Social: Sprout Social provides a platform for businesses to manage social media engagement, publishing and analytics.
Danielle Strle
Director of Product of Tumblr
Danielle Strle has been with Tumblr from the beginning, tending the growth of the community and the platform. She now serves as the Director of Product for Community and Content. She previously worked for StumbleUpon and Getty Images.
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About Tumblr: Tumblr, a microblogging platform and social networking website, enables users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.
Jared Kopf
Member of Board of Directors of Bazaarvoice
Jared Kopf has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2015 and has been a private investor in technology companies since 2009. Previously he was the Vice President in Product Innovation and Corporate Strategy for Rearden Commerce, Inc., a provider of online consumer and business-oriented commerce services, from September 2011 to May 2012 and the Founder and CEO of HomeRun.com, a members-only online social buying club, from November 2009 through August 2011. Prior to founding HomeRun.com, Kopf co-founded AdRoll, Inc., an advertising technology company, in 2006, where he served as CEO from March 2006 to March 2009 and President from March 2009 to January 2010. Kopf also served as a co-founder of Slide, Inc., a social media application developer, from 2005 to 2006. Kopf received a B.A. from Stanford University. He currently serves on the board and is Chairman of AdRoll.
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About : Bazaarvoice helps brands capture, analyze and act upon social data, and enables authentic customer-powered marketing.
Laura Ruiz
Director of Marketing of Famous Birthdays
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About Famous Birthdays: Famous Birthdays is a media and entertainment platform that provides celebrity profiles.
Justine Karp
Director of MediaLink
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Brett Kassan Smith
Managing Director of MediaLink
Brett Kassan Smith began her career in the publicity industry. While working at Hypnotic, she managed marketing programs, special events and public relations working for clients such as Chrysler, Reebok, Coca Cola and Nintendo. After serving as a marketing manager for Dennis Publishing, Smith joined Bragman, Nyman, Cafarelli as Head of Events in the firm’s New York office. There she managed, produced, and oversaw all of the marketing and branding events as well as marketing and sponsorship promotions for BNC’s clientele. Most recently, Smith served as director of Integrated Marketing Services at Condé Nast Media Group. Responsible for the oversight of merchandising and promotion efforts, Smith produced integrated marketing programs for corporate clients in categories including automotive, financial, beauty, technology, travel, pharmaceuticals, and fashion. She also led in the implementation and execution of various Condé Nast Media Group programs in addition to customized programs for clients like Dove, Lexus, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and Philips.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrew White
Director & Vice President of MediaLink
Andrew White joined MediaLink in 2016, bringing eight years of expertise in M&A advisory, business development and corporate strategy. Andrew is responsible for advising strategic and financial investors in evaluating specific assets or sectors. Andrew’s experience at leading media conglomerates and high-growth startups has prepared him well for the diverse client base at MediaLink. His previous role was in the Strategy & Corporate Development group at Advance Publications, where he was responsible for identifying and executing acquisitions and investments on behalf of the company and as part of strategic diversification initiatives. Andrew also supported Advance’s affiliated companies (Condé Nast, Advance Newspapers, American City Business Journals, Brighthouse Networks, Reddit, etc.) on the planning and execution of their long-term growth strategies. Prior to Advance, Andrew was a manager on Condé Nast’s Digital Business Development team. He began his career with Lazard as an investment banking analyst in the firm’s Consumer and Direct Marketing group. Andrew holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About MediaLink, MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
