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 President operating in the Content space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sumeet Singh
Vice President Big Data & AI and Location Platforms of Verizon Media
Sumeet Singh is the Vice President of Big Data, AI, and Location Platforms at Yahoo (now Verizon Media). Sumeet is considered an early leader of the big data movement, responsible for launching and scaling most services for Yahoo’s Hadoop platform since 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech, media, and telecommunications industries. Connect with Sumeet on Twitter @sumeetksingh.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Nicholas Bagg
Vice President, Head of Consumer Operations and Strategy of Verizon Media
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About Bagg Therapy Group, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Geoff Wilson
Founder & President of Three Five Two
President and Founder of 352 Inc., Geoff Wilson is a tech entrepreneur, investor and mentor who found his passion for business at an early age. After starting a successful computer store in high school, Geoff began building websites in his college fraternity house room and 352 Inc. was born. 20 years later, his digital product development agency has grown to 70 employees with offices in Atlanta, Tampa and Gainesville, FL. As 352 grew, Geoff began to focus on the powerful impact of lean and agile methodologies. Geoff implemented these principles into 352 by reorganizing the agency into cross-functional teams and turning managers into servant leaders. Free to focus on a single project at a time, his teams’ quality of work, productivity and morale dramatically increased. Good client relationships became great ones, and 352 began down a path of unprecedented growth. Geoff calls his management philosophy “Barely Manage to Lead” and speaks at conferences about how this approach can improve any type of business. Geoff and his wife, Kim Wilson, also have built and sold a highly successful digital product, SocialNewsDesk. SocialNewsDesk is an online social media management platform for newsrooms, and is currently being used by 85% of the television newsrooms in the United States to manage their social presence. SocialNewsDesk was acquired in 2014 by a Fortune 500 company, Graham Holdings. Geoff has also Co-Founded several other successful startups, including iLS Network and novi AMS. Geoff’s success lead him to be named one of America’s Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs by INC Magazine, and the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’ Entrepreneur of the Year. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Growing Startups, Business Strategy, Digital Product Development, Web Design, Web Development, Digital Agencies, Agile, Lean, Company Culture, Brand Management, Digital Marketing, User Experience (UX), Product Marketing, Growth Hacking, Speaking, Mentorship and Coaching
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About Novi AMS, SocialNewsDesk, Sports Card Investor, The iLS network, Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Doron Nir
President & Co-Founder of StreamElements
Doron Nir is a serial entrepreneur, gamer and visionary,driven by a passion for product development and the goal of generating revenue.
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About Happy Sale, StreamElements: StreamElements provides content creators the tools they need to engage, grow, and monetize their audiences.
Victoria Alonso
Executive Vice President of Production of Marvel Studios
A native of Buenos Aires, Victoria Alonso began her industry career in visual effects, including a four-year stint at Digital Domain. She served as VFX producer on a handful of films, notably including Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven,” Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,” Andrew Adamson’s “Shrek,” and Marvel’s own “Iron Man.” She won the Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for outstanding supporting visual effects/motion picture for “Kingdom of Heaven,” with two additional shared nominations (best single visual effects, outstanding visual effects/effects driven motion picture) for “Iron Man.”
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About Marvel Studios: Marvel Studios is a media production studio focusing on creating content based on Marvel Comics.
Ori Birnbaum
Senior Vice President, Product and Technology, EE of Endeavor
Ori Birnbaum is the Senior Vice President, Product and Technology, and EE of Endeavor.
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About Endeavor, Fahlo, TV Time: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Kary Brock
Vice President of Endeavor
Kary Brock, a 2018 Sports Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award winner, brings marketing experience across agency, media, brand and property roles. Currently, Brock oversees the account team for Anheuser-Busch within the Endeavor Global Marketing Group. One of Brock’s primary roles at Endeavor is managing the strategy for the entire US sports portfolio for AB – overseeing direction and activation across such properties as the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, golf, running, NASCAR, college sports, soccer, esports, surfing, UFC and other. Previously, she has overseen all marketing efforts for the IMG’s College division leading a group responsible for ideating, developing, positioning and pitching successful sponsorship and brand strategies for new partners.
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About Endeavor: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Michael Elkins
Vice President of Red Ventures
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About Red Ventures: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Jason Heller
President of Persado
Jason Heller is the President at Persado
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About Persado: Persado Marketing Language Cloud delivers AI-generated language that resonates the most with any audience, segment or individual.
Keith Weaver
Executive Vice President, Global Policy and External Affairs of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Paul Martin
Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Paul Martin is Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer – People & Organization for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In his role, Martin is tasked with managing the company’s innovative human resource programs designed to create an effective and highly involved workplace culture which aims to attract, cultivate and develop top talent. Additionally, as SPE’s Chief Diversity Officer, Martin is charged with designing and implementing corporate strategies that takes diversity beyond its traditional boundaries to create a corporate culture which embraces differences in thought, ethnicities, life-styles, backgrounds and experiences. This rich perspective is a critical source of innovation, creativity and insight, and is an important cornerstone to SPE’s roadmap for success. Under Martin’s leadership, 12 Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs) were created and currently thrive at the studio. Today, more than 1400 global employees come together on a regular basis to share common interest, foster professional development and develop ideas which link to SPE’s overall business strategies. In addition to corporate initiatives, Martin is also tasked with helping SPE maximize diversity opportunities both in front of and behind the camera. He has helped create several programs throughout the studio which has had a measurable impact on SPE’s content and resulted in placements of emerging diverse writers and directors in many episodic Television series. Some of Martin’s recent honors include Sony Corporation’s HR Compass Award, the 2014 Multicultural Leadership Award for excellence in the field given to him by the California Diversity Council, an affiliate of the National Diversity Council. Martin has also been recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the top diversity executives in the country. He currently sits on the boards of several non-profits geared towards young people in underserviced communities and providing guidance around education, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Prior to joining SPE, Martin was Vice President, Worldwide Recruitment for Warner Bros. Entertainment. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Paul Joffe
Vice President and General Manager, Games of Sony Pictures Entertainment
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of technology, design, storytelling and interactivity. I love working with both start-ups and media companies to build and re-imagine brands across new platforms while expanding their universe and making a business impact. In collaboration with great talent and ideas, the products and services I’ve launched have generated users in the tens of millions and revenue in the hundreds of millions. Delivery of social mobile games and apps that engage and inspire users is my current focus; assuring delivery across the product life-cycle, scaling growth by leveraging analytics for live operations and running products as a business with strong customer retention and lifetime value. I’ve worked at some of the largest companies in the world, as well as a start-up entrepreneur and co-founder, building teams and relationships with developers, platform holders and monetization partners. Most of all I embrace taking ownership in driving businesses to success.
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About Kid Awesome, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Mark Caplan
Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Products of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Seasoned executive with over 20 years experience in the global licensing business. Oversees Global licensing activities for Sony Pictures Entertainment. To include: Ghostbusters, Smurfs, Hotel Transylvania, and many others. Mark has been involved with licensing for some of the most recognized properties in film and television. Theatrical properties such as Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, Pixels, Goosebumps, Hotel Transylvania, Spider-man the Movie, Men in Black, as well as many television properties, including Breaking Bad, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy.
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About Cosmic Forces, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Andy Schlei
Senior Vice President, Information Technology of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Andy Schlei is a Chief Information Officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Robert Maxwell
Vice President, Worldwide IT of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Robert has spent more than two decades and less than four decades in Information Technology. He currently manages the system portfolio of the Sony Pictures Television Networks group which distributes content to the 2 billion viewers of Sony Branded content across the globe. He has been involved in the architecture and commercialization of turnkey products, as well as the management of Corporate application suites which perform highly specialized business functions. In years of project work, Rob has found a continuing theme of data management as a critical success criteria in the delivery of value.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Lisa Finkel Broock
Vice President, Corporate Communications of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Lisa Finkel Broock has over 15 years of experience in corporate and crisis communications, broadcast, print and digital content creation, entertainment and political strategy. She is the vice president of communications at [Beepi](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/beepi#/entity), a national marketplace to buy and sell cars online. Previously, she served SutherlandGold Group holding a leadership role in the same capacity as at Beepi. Prior to joining SutherlandGold Group, Broock worked at Us Weekly as managing editor. She was previously a segment producer and director of media relations at ABC News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Aditya Tahilramani
Vice President of Information Technology & IT Director of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Steve Mosko
President of Sony Pictures Television of Sony Pictures Entertainment
As president, Sony Pictures Television (SPT), Steve Mosko oversees all television operations for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) worldwide. An SPE executive for more than two decades, Mosko leads the largest independent television studio, a company that ranks as a leader in the production and distribution of programming around the world, encompassing an extraordinary span of genres, time periods and television venues. As president, Mosko also oversees pay cable, video-on-demand, pay per view, digital networks and advertiser sales. Additionally, Mosko directs the studio’s international networks with 126 channel feeds available in more than 168 countries, reaching more than 980 million cumulative households worldwide; Crackle.com, SPE’s premium video website; GSN, cable’s game show network; and ITN Networks, Inc., a national media sales company. He oversees SPT’s 18 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 12 countries outside the U.S. and the studio’s offices in 31 countries. Some of the programs currently in production at the studio include the original network primetime series “The Blacklist,” “Night Shift” and “Marry Me” for NBC; “The Goldbergs” for ABC; and “Battle Creek,” “The McCarthys,” and “Unforgettable” for CBS. The studio also produces a prolific roster of primetime cable series including dramas “Masters of Sex” for Showtime, “Justified” for FX, “Franklin and Bash” for TNT, “Helix” for SyFy and “Outlander” for Starz; comedy “Your Family or Mine” for TBS. From “Metastasis” in Latin America to a Russian version of “Married…with Children,” SPT is a leader in local language production around the world. Additionally, the studio produces critically-acclaimed, highly-rated motion-pictures-for-television including the blockbuster Emmy Award-winner “Broken Trail” for AMC and ratings record-breaker “Hatfields & McCoys” for History Channel, among many others. SPT also creates original series for digital distribution. Under Mosko’s direction, SPT programming has been awarded the industry’s top honors including the Emmy for Best Drama Series in 2013 and 2014 for its phenomenal hit series “Breaking Bad.” The studio has also been acknowledged with Primetime and Daytime Emmys, Golden Globe Awards, WGA awards, Peabody awards, GLAAD awards, AFI awards, Prism awards, Banff International Rockies and Ace Eddie awards, among others, during his tenure. With Mosko at the helm, the company also produces first-run syndicated programs such as syndication’s longtime #1 and #2-rated game shows “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” and the #1 and #2 network daytime serials “The Young and the Restless” and “Days of Our Lives.” The studio, with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, produces and distributes the Emmy-winning syndicated program, “The Dr. Oz Show.” This past fall, SPT debuted its latest syndicated offering, “The Queen Latifah Show.” Mosko’s division also directs the sales of all feature films produced by SPE across multiple platforms including advertiser-supported broadcast and cable networks and pay cable, as well as sales of the SPT library of more than 150,000 episodes of over 500 series and nearly 4,000 motion pictures. Further, Mosko oversees advertiser sales for SPT, one of the premier national advertiser sales entities, which handles the commercial inventory for the studio’s first-run and off-network syndicated series as well as in all of SPE’s digital businesses in the United States. Mosko joined SPE in 1992 as vice president of the western region for Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, the syndication and cable network production and distribution organization that was a predecessor to SPT. For that entity, he held several senior management positions, including executive vice president, sales, before being named president in 2000. In this role, Mosko built on the studio’s syndication business, overseeing first-run and off-network program sales in more than 200 markets and supervising efforts of regional offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas. From 1988-1991, Mosko was vice president and station manager of Philadelphia’s WPHL-TV. There, he managed the station’s day-to-day operations and was involved in long-term strategic planning. Previously, from 1983-87, he was general sales manager for that city’s WTAF-TV. Additionally, for four years, Mosko served at NBC affiliate WMAR-TV in Baltimore, his hometown, first as an account executive and then as local sales manager. Mosko was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2005. Under his leadership, SPT was honored with the Special Recognition Award at the 2004 Sony Corporation Global Top Meeting in Tokyo, in recognition of the group’s outstanding fiscal achievements, including record revenues and earnings. Previously, his considerable work for the studio garnered him the distinction in 2001 of being chosen by Electronic Media magazine (now TelevisionWeek) as one of the television industry’s annual “12 to Watch” most impactful executives. In 2003, he was named to Entertainment Weekly’s 14th Annual Power List, ranking #39 among entertainment industry executives. Mosko is a member of the executive committee for the Los Angeles Board of Governors of Paley Museum, the Emeritus Board of the Southern California Junior Achievement, the board of directors for the Ad Council, the board of directors of the Game Show Network, the executive board of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and the executive committee of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Formerly, he was the Chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, and on the board of Viewpoint School. In 2000, he was chairman of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). While working in Philadelphia, he was president of the Philadelphia Ad Club, on the board of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and a member of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Drug Advisory Council. A native of Baltimore, Mosko graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. In 1995 his alma mater recognized his accomplishments with their Presidential Achievement Award. In 2011 Mosko was awarded an honorary doctorate by Chapman University.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Keith Le Goy
President, International Distribution of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Jake Zim
Senior Vice President Virtual Reality of Sony Pictures Entertainment
As Senior VP, Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures, Jake Zim is tasked with building a slate of narrative virtual reality (VR)content for the studio’s motion picture group, working closely with a team of professionals from across Sony Pictures who are dedicated to the production and distribution of VR. Jake has overseen multiple VR initiatives for the studio, including Ghostbusters: Dimension, the fully immersive VR experience at Madame Tussauds New York created in collaboration between Sony Pictures and The Void. In September 2016, Sony Pictures announced a partnership with Reality One to develop, produce, and finance a slate of virtual reality content.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Chris Finley
Vice President of Business Development of Momentive
Chris Finley is the former vice president of business development at [SurveyMonkey](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/surveymonkey#/entity), a cloud-based online survey and questionnaire tool that helps users gather survey-related information.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Tom Hale
President of Momentive
Tom joined SurveyMonkey in July 2016 and oversees engineering, infrastructure, product, product marketing, user experience and growth, including international expansion. Before SurveyMonkey, he spent six years at HomeAway, first as Chief Product Officer, then as Chief Operating Officer, leading the company through IPO and acquisition by Expedia. Tom also served as Linden Lab’s Chief Product Officer where he redesigned the consumer experience of Second Life. Prior to that, he spent a decade at Macromedia and Adobe in various executive roles in general management, product management, and marketing. Tom sits on the board of Cars.com and holds an AB from Harvard University.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Jon Cohen
Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of Momentive
Jon joined SurveyMonkey in January 2014. He brings years of research and data expertise to the company’s portfolio of products and solutions, as well as strategic direction for future innovations. Previously, he was Vice President of Research at the Pew Research Center. As Director of Polling and Polling Editor, he also led The Washington Post’s polling operation through two presidential campaigns and four congressional cycles, as well as numerous gubernatorial and mayoral elections. Prior to the Post, he was a polling expert at ABC News and the Public Policy Institute of California. He is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council, as well as the president of its Pacific Chapter, PAPOR. Jon earned an MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in History from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Garrett McGrath
Vice President, Product Management of Magnite
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About Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Song Bac Toh
Vice President of Product Management of Tata Communications
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About Tata Communications: Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group, leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across
Jim Packer
President Worldwide TV and Digital Distribution of Lionsgate
Jim Packer is the President for worldwide TV and digital distribution of Lionsgate for five years. Prior to this role, Jim worked at MGM Studios for almost a decade holding executive roles. Jim started his career at The Walt Disney Studios. He spent 10 years working in the company holding various positions from account executive to VP general sales manager. Jim Packer obtained a BS in Business at University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Leon Pilosof
Senior Vice President, Head of Procurement of Lionsgate
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Daniel Engelhardt
Vice President of Interactive Ventures & Games of Lionsgate
As vp, interactive ventures & games, daniel engelhardt handles strategic planning, business development, production, marketing and creative oversight for lionsgate’s games slate. He also supports lionsgate’s strategic investments within the games space including telltale, next games and professional esports franchise immortals which owns the los angeles valiant, one of twelve teams competing in the inaugural season of the overwatch league. Mr. Engelhardt reports to peter levin, president, interactive ventures, games & digital strategy, and has worked hand-in-hand to help launch the company’s games and interactive division.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Ankit Malhotra
Vice-President of Engineering of Welcome
Ankit Malhotra is the Director of Engineering at NewsCred since May 2017. Ankit was Team Lead at AppNexus from May 2013 to May 2017. Ankit Malhotra was the Chief Technology Officer at Buyou. Ankit earned his M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science and his B.E. in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University.
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About Welcome: Welcome is a marketing orchestration platform used by brands to strategically align teams.
Jon Roberts
President, Dotdash Finance of Dotdash
Dr. Jon Roberts has a PhD in theoretical high-energy physics with ten years of research experience in high-energy particle physics and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. At Dotdash, Dr. Roberts leads a team of researchers deriving insights from more than 20 years of Internet data across thousands of topics. As a Marie Curie research fellow at Warsaw University, Dr. Roberts studied how dark matter might appear at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. After Poland, Dr. Roberts spent five years as a researcher at New York University, where he made predictions for solar system cosmic rays, currently being tested by NASA’s AMS detector on the International Space Station. He also worked on the Pierre Auger telescope in Argentina, tracking the detected ultrahigh energy cosmic rays back to their origins outside our galaxy.
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About Dotdash, Dotdash, Investopedia: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Tre Jones
Senior Vice President, Growth of Dotdash
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Michael Sundareson
Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Strategic Growth of BrightEdge
Michael is BrightEdge’s Vice President of Strategic Growth. He is responsible for leading the relationship development and customer value for BrightEdge’s existing customers across the globe, focusing on the largest and most strategic customer relationships. He has extensive experience building and scaling renewal and growth business functions focused on maximizing customer success. Michael’s leadership has been instrumental in helping BrightEdge become the industry leader and gold standard for customer relationship management. He brings over 17 years of sales leadership and strategic consulting. Prior to joining BrightEdge, Michael spent 14 years working in management consulting with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. Michael focused on developing and implementing business strategies to drive performance improvement and business value for C-level executives. Michael holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and a minor in Accounting from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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About BrightEdge: BrightEdge, an SEO platform delivering an uplifted ROI, enables marketers to increase revenue from organic search.
Jason Tollestrup
Vice President, Programmatic Strategy and Yield of Washington Post
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About Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Doug Bailey
Vice President Marketing and Applications Engineering of Power Integrations
Vice President Marketing & Applications Engineering│Power Integrations│Brand Value In Global Markets.
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About Power Integrations: Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage, analog integrated circuits.
Jim Spare
President & COO of eko
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Brian Harris Frank
President of eko
Brian has spent the past 20 years innovating in the music industry, both at startups and major labels. As President of Interlude Music, he is helping to move the music industry forward by forging strategic relationships with like-minded top players in the space, from labels and artists to media organizations and festivals. Before joining Interlude, Brian was employee #1 at Beats Music and co-created the streaming service alongside Trent Reznor. His prior experience includes roles at Warner Bros. Records, Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, Ticketmaster and others. Brian holds a BA and and MBA from Columbia University.
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Price Glomski
Executive Vice President of PMG
Price Glomski is an Executive Vice President at PMG, a leading digital agency in Fort Worth, TX. His responsibilities include overseeing technology and client integration, new business development, and strategic management of the agency’s social media offering. An industry veteran with 13+ years of experience, Price joined after a long and distinguished career at Range Online Media/iProspect. While at iProspect, Price led the agency’s DFW presence to winning acclaim in Ad Age’s Best Places to Work survey (thrice), the Dallas Morning News’ “Top 10 Companies to Work for in DFW” (twice), and Texas Monthly’s “Best Places to Work in Texas.” At PMG, his core areas of focus include product development, social media innovation and strategy, local strategy, and overall development and ideation. Price is recognized among brands and partners as having an unparalleled grasp of how technology can drive marketing. A graduate of Texas Christian University, Price also serves on the committee of the University of North Texas’ Professional Leadership Program.
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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 Crockett
Vice President, Product and Innovation of Elsevier
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About Authess, Elsevier: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
David La Melza
President of Revel
President at Revel
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About Revel: Revel is a mobile application that features lifestyle products from emerging brands and designers.
Louis Jonckheere
President, Chief Product Officer & Co-Fouder of Showpad
Louis co-founded Showpad in 2011 with PJ Bouten and Peter Minne. As Chief Product Officer, Louis is responsible for leading the product, design, and engineering teams that deliver the only sales enablement platform that combines sales content, readiness, and engagement. Showpad is the second company Louis has founded. Prior to founding Showpad, Louis and PJ founded In The Pocket, a leading mobile development agency. Louis continues to serve on the company’s board of directors. Prior to founding In The Pocket, Louis served as a Strategic Partnerships Manager at social media network Netlog, where he first met PJ. Louis holds master’s degrees in both law and business and serves on the board of directors of his alma mater — Vlerick Business School in Belgium.
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Keith Bendes
Vice President, Strategy & Growth of Linqia
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About Forbes Communications Council, Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
Ted Mendelsohn
VIce President, Commercial and Digital Markets of The Associated Press
At The Associated Press Ted is responsible for expanding into the world of interactive media by identifying new markets and revenue opportunities. His key achievements at AP have been: • Structured P&L for introduction and launch of AP Financial News service. • Established pricing and royalty structure for AP content. • Manage relationships with AP Digital’s largest clients, including AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Lexis-Nexis, Dialog and Factiva.
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About The Associated Press: The Associated Press is a source of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, and more.
Joy Jones
Vice President, Products of The Associated Press
Vice President, Products at Associated Press.
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About The Associated Press: The Associated Press is a source of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, and more.
Andrew Gardner
Vice President Professional Learning of BrainPOP
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About BrainPOP: BrainPOP is a digital educational content creator that supports teachers and engages students.
Paul Kahn
Vice President of North America of Upfluence
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About Upfluence: Upfluence is a smarter influencer marketing platform that helps brands and agencies scaling influencer marketing worldwide.
Bill Priemer
President & CEO of Hyland Software
Bill Priemer is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Hyland, creator of OnBase. Bill is responsible for ensuring that Hyland remains a great company for all of its stakeholders – customers, partners, employees, shareholders and the community. In service of this mission, Bill is focused on driving Hyland to become the global leader in information and process management solutions. Bill joined the company in 1997 as Vice President of Marketing. Bill became Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2001, Chief Operating Officer in 2005 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. Bill encourages customers, partners and organizations interested in OnBase to contact him directly if you feel he can be of assistance. Prior to joining Hyland, Bill worked at FedEx Corporation and at AST Research, a personal computer manufacturer. Bill serves on the boards of John Carroll University and of BVU: The Center for Non-Profit Excellence. Bill has been a Member of Vistage International since 2010. Bill received a Master’s degree in Marketing from Northwestern University and Undergraduate degrees from Boston College. Bill was born and raised in Northeast Ohio. While he has lived elsewhere and travels extensively, he is happy and proud to call the Cleveland area home.
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About Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Aya Takeuchi
Vice-President of Business Development of Musely
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About Musely: Musely develops an online platform intended to provide medical skincare treatments through technology.
Aya Takeuchi
Vice-President of Business Development of Musely
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About Musely: Musely develops an online platform intended to provide medical skincare treatments through technology.
Wenda Harris Millard
Vice Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer of MediaLink
In April 2009, Wenda Harris Millard became President and COO of MediaLink LLC, a leading strategic advisory and business development firm that provides critical counsel and direction to the media, advertising and entertainment industries and to companies and investors that interact with those sectors. Before joining MediaLink, Millard was Co-CEO and President, Media for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. She joined MSLO in July 2007 after three years as a member of its Board of Directors. Millard oversaw MSLO’s media businesses, which include publishing, internet and broadcasting. She was the driving force behind creating cross-platform programs for marketers in TV, digital, magazines and radio. Before MSLO, Millard was Chief Sales Officer at Yahoo! where she led the team that drove revenue from $700 million to over $6 billion in six years and was consistently credited as the number one sales organization in the media industry. On an industry-wide level her work at Yahoo! established brand advertising on the web. Prior to Yahoo!, Millard was Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and President of Ziff Davis Internet. Previously, Millard was a founding member of the executive team at DoubleClick, where she served as Executive Vice President responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand and overseeing the operations of DoubleClick Media. She also served as President and Group Publisher of SRDS, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Family Circle and Executive Vice President/Group Publisher of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek magazines. Millard has received numerous industry awards including being named in 2012 one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Advertising in the Last 100 Years”; the 2011 Oracle Award from Springboard; the 2009 ad:tech Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2007 John A. Reisenbach Award for Distinguished Citizenship; the 2006 “Advertising Person of the Year” Silver Medal Award from the AAF and the 2005 Matrix Award for “Women Who Change the World”. Advertising Age also acknowledged her as a “Digital Media Master” — one of the 20 most influential executives in interactive media. She was the subject of a profile by Tom Brokaw as part of NBC’s “Women to Watch” series. Active on behalf of the advertising industry throughout her career, Millard is past Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and former President of the Advertising Club of New York. She has served on the Boards of the Advertising Council, the American Advertising Federation, the Advertising Education Foundation and others. Currently, she serves on the boards of Verifone Inc., Millenial Media and Simulmedia. She also sits on the board of the James Beard Foundation. She served two terms as a Trustee of Trinity College in Hartford. Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Karl Spangenberg
Senior Vice President of MediaLink
Karl Spangenberg brings 25 years of experience in general media management, advertising sales, business development, strategic marketing, online market research and media consulting. Since 1995, he has held leadership positions at four start-up companies: Infoseek (1996 IPO and later sold to Disney); @plan (1999 IPO, 2001 sold to DoubleClick and later sold to Nielsen Net Ratings); Lightningcast (2002 strategic partnership with AOL Entertainment and later sold to Advertising.com); and The Hotel Networks (2004 sold majority stake to Liberty Media and later sold to LodgeNet). As Vice President, Advertising and Commerce at AT&T, Spangenberg drafted a strategy for cross-platform, integrated advertising and commerce while serving as lead advertising liaison between AT&T and Yahoo for revenue on the broadband portal. He also worked at various magazine companies in general management and advertising sales roles including U.S. News & World Report, TIME magazine, BusinessWeek and Datamation magazine.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrea Kerr Redniss
Senior Vice President of MediaLink
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrew White
Director & Vice President of MediaLink
Andrew White joined MediaLink in 2016, bringing eight years of expertise in M&A advisory, business development and corporate strategy. Andrew is responsible for advising strategic and financial investors in evaluating specific assets or sectors. Andrew’s experience at leading media conglomerates and high-growth startups has prepared him well for the diverse client base at MediaLink. His previous role was in the Strategy & Corporate Development group at Advance Publications, where he was responsible for identifying and executing acquisitions and investments on behalf of the company and as part of strategic diversification initiatives. Andrew also supported Advance’s affiliated companies (Condé Nast, Advance Newspapers, American City Business Journals, Brighthouse Networks, Reddit, etc.) on the planning and execution of their long-term growth strategies. Prior to Advance, Andrew was a manager on Condé Nast’s Digital Business Development team. He began his career with Lazard as an investment banking analyst in the firm’s Consumer and Direct Marketing group. Andrew holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About MediaLink, MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Scott Giovanni
Executive Vice President of Product of Influential
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About Influential: Influential is an A.I. social data and conversion platform that partners with IBM Watson for influencer marketing and technology.
Andrew Ramm
President and General Manager of Alexa.com
Andrew has nearly 20 years of high tech product and business leadership experience, with direct P&L ownership of more than $2.5 billion, representing tens of millions of customers in both B2B and consumer environments. He has led product management, UX, software development and market development teams across three continents and eight countries at top-tier companies such as Avid and Autodesk. His career portfolio includes driving business performance for some of the world’s most recognizable product lines, such as AutoCAD, Pro Tools and the RealD ZScreen. Andrew holds a degree in critical reasoning from Humboldt State University.
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About Alexa.com: Alexa.com, a subsidiary of Amazon, provides brands, marketers, and agencies with a full suite of SEO and competitor analysis tools.
Joe Pasqua
Executive Vice President, Products of MarkLogic
Joe brings over three decades of experience as both an engineer and a leader. He has personally contributed to several game changing initiatives including the first personal computer at Xerox, the rise of RDBMS in the early days of Oracle, and the desktop publishing revolution at Adobe. In addition to his individual contributions, Joe has been a leader at companies ranging from small startups to the Fortune 500. Most recently, Joe established Neustar Labs which is responsible for creating strategies, technologies, and services that enable entirely new markets. Prior to that, Joe held a number of leadership roles at Symantec and Veritas Software including VP of Strategy, VP of Global Research, and CTO of the $2B Data Center Management business. Joe’s technical interests include system software, knowledge representation, and rights management. He has over 10 issued patents with others pending. Joe earned simultaneous Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1981 from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo where he is a member of the Computer Science Advisory Board.
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About MarkLogic: MarkLogic Data Hub is a highly differentiated data platform that eliminates friction at every step of the data integration process.
Kim Fasting Berg
Vice President/Head of Marketing/Associate Publisher of Vogue Magazine
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About Vogue Magazine: Vogue places fashion in the context of culture and the world we live in.
Charles De Andrade
President of SmartBIM Technologies
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About SmartBIM Technologies: SmartBIM provides BIM content creation and discovery, BIM tools, and AEC market intelligence for building and manufacturing communities.
Geoff Chow
President & COO of The Ringer
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About The Ringer, The Ringer: The Ringer is a digital platform that covers pop culture, technology, and sports.
John Cumbers
Founder & Executive President of SynBioBeta
John Cumbers is the founder of SynBioBeta, an activity hub for synthetic biology startup companies, industry and investors. He received his PhD in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry from Brown University. He has a masters degree in bioinformatics from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Hull in England. He founded the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines competition) team at Brown University in 2005, was an iGEM ambassador to China in 2006/2007 and has been working in the field of synthetic biology and resource utilization in space at NASA Ames since 2008. John led the Planetary Sustainability Collaboratory at the NASA Ames Space Portal where he worked on partnerships that bring new technologies to bear on sustainability challenges on Earth and in space. In 2010, John was the recipient of a National Academies Keck Futures Initiative award to understand the role that synthetic biology could play in NASA’s missions. He has also been involved in multiple start-ups producing food for space and using microbes to extract lunar and martian resources. He was at NASA for 7 years working on these issues and was instrumental in starting NASA’s program in synthetic biology. Thought leader, and community builder, and consultant for both the public and private sector, John is passionate about using biotechnology to make a better world through sustainable technologies. As an authority on the topic, John has built communities in the space synthetic biology arena, published multiple papers on food production in space, terraforming, and the genetics of extremophiles. Constantly educating and connecting those around him, John is a person to know in the industry. His company, SynBioBeta, brings together the entire community together several times each year and gives anyone the opportunity to meet with the bright minds building and shaping the bioeconomy — from venture capitalists and angel investors to entrepreneurs and industry thought leaders.
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About SynBioBeta: Leading community of innovators, investors, engineers, and thinkers who share a passion for advancing synthetic biology
Josh Jacobs
President of The Arena Group
Josh Jacobs is global CEO of Accuen Media, Omnicom’s Programmatic Media Buying Platform. At Accuen Josh is responsible for planning and executing the strategy for Omnicom’s programmatic media buying business. Prior to Accuen, Josh was SVP of Advertising Products and Global Marketing at Glam Media. Josh joined Glam Media from Yahoo! where he was VP and General Manager of Marketing Technology and was responsible for driving Yahoo!’s advertising technology and publisher network display partnership strategy as well as General Manager of the RightMedia Exchange. Prior to Yahoo! Josh was President of privately held software company X1, and was a senior executive at several early internet media startups including Bigstep.com, which he co-founded. Josh began his career as a software engineer, leading the development teams for several award winning consumer products including NetObjects Fusion.
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About Impact Museums, The Arena Group: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Paul Edmondson
President of The Arena Group
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About The Arena Group, YieldBuild: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Matthew Lombardi
Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports of The Arena Group
Matthew Lombardi is the Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports at Maven.
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About The Arena Group: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Steve Potash
Founder, President & CEO of Overdrive
Steve is President and CEO of OverDrive, a company he founded in 1986. Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the world’s leading multichannel digital distributor, supplying a secure eBook-lending platform for thousands of libraries, schools and retailers worldwide. OverDrive has been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital content industry and is a member of the 2012 Technology Fast 500.
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About Overdrive: OverDrive distributes digital content and delivers secure management, DRM protection and download fulfillment services for publishers.
Zach Blume
Co-Founder, President of Portal A
Zach Blume is the Managing Partner of Portal A, an award-winning content studio that develops, produces, and distributes video built for the digital age. Portal A is independent, with a team of 35 based in its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Portal A works closely with top global brands like YouTube, Google, Lenovo, Procter & Gamble, Amazon, NBC Universal, Macy’s Universal Pictures, and develops original entertainment built for digital platforms. Portal A’s work has been seen nearly a billion times, and the company is best known for the annual YouTube Rewind video (which it has produced since 2011) and for its original show, White Collar Brawler, which began as a digital series and ran for multiple seasons on TV with Esquire. Zach is responsible for overall business strategy, growth, company vision, and client and partner relations. Before Portal A, Zach spent five years directing political, nonprofit and corporate communications campaigns in California and nationally. Zach grew up in Berkeley, CA, and is a Phi Beta Kappa and Honors alumnus of the University of Oregon and is a Fellow of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership.
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About Portal A: Portal A develop, produce, and distribute video built for conversation
Emma White
Vice President of Portal A
Emma White serves as vice president of Portal A.
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About Portal A: Portal A develop, produce, and distribute video built for conversation
Matt Eichorn
CEO, President & Co-Founder of Freeosk Inc
Matt Eichorn–President of Freeosk, Inc.
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About Freeosk Inc: Freeosk is a network of in-store kiosks, driving trial and awareness for brands by giving free samples of new products to customers.
Jason Bade
Co-founder & President of Pico
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About Pico: Pico is the business platform for creators.
Thomas Scherer
President Repertoire & Marketing New York and Los Angeles of BMG Music Publishing
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About BMG Music Publishing: BMG Rights Management is the youngest major international company in the music industry.
Melissa Dooley Kaspers
Senior Vice President Product Management of Whip Media
Melissa Dooley Kaspers serves as the senior vice president of product management at Whip Media Group.
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About Whip Media: Whip Media is transforming the global TV and film content licensing ecosystem with a market leading enterprise software platform.
Peter Gallagher
Vice President, Global Operations & Engineering of Verizon Digital Media Services
Peter Gallagher leads Customer Operations for Verizon Digital Media Services. Peter is also responsible for professional services, customer service, engineering and digital media operations for customers in the Over-The-Top (OTT) and TV Everywhere space. Peter oversees the professional services organization that designs workflow solutions to address customers’ digital media delivery needs. Peter’s team supports the integration of the customers’ content management and storefront platforms with the Verizon Digital Media Services environment. Peter has more than 25 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry with implementing operations to manage the rights and availability of content, solutions and delivery technologies.
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About Verizon Digital Media Services: Verizon Digital Media Services offers a next generation platform for all of your online video streaming and content delivery network needs.
Jonathan Patton
Vice President of Sales of H Code Media
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About H Code Media: H Code is the largest Hispanic digital media company in the US, enabling brands to reach Hispanic audiences with unmatched authenticity.
Daniel Marshall
Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales of AWS Elemental
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About AWS Elemental: AWS Elemental is the leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery.
Devin Johnson
President of Uninterrupted
Digital Media Native, GM, and Investor
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About Uninterrupted: Unfiltered. Insightful. Entertaining. Uninterrupted is a multimedia platform for athletes, created by Lebron James.
Jackie Mountain
President, RightSmith, Inc. of RightSmith Group
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About Meaningly, RightSmith Group: RightSmith unlocks the value of media archives by refining and monetizing the assets.
R.Terry Dunlay
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President of Intellicyt
Terry has a solid track record of leadership in the life sciences with over 25 years of experience in growing innovative technology companies and building value for customers, shareholders, and employees. Previously, he was co-founder and Executive Vice President of Cellomics, a leading provider of automated cellular analysis instruments, assays, and informatics software that was acquired by Fisher Scientific (now part of Thermo Fisher). At Cellomics, he invented and commercialized the company’s industry leading high content screening products. Prior to Cellomics, Terry was founder and CEO of Biological Detection, Inc. a bio-imaging software company and earlier was Vice President of Biological Detection Systems, Inc. a bio-imaging systems, software, and reagents company that was acquired by Amersham (now part of GE Healthcare). Former affiliations include Cytyc Corporation, Lockheed Martin, and PPG Industries. Terry has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and holds numerous patents in the area of cell-based screening instrumentation and informatics.
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About Intellicyt: IntelliCyt Corporation develops and markets high-throughput cell and bead-based screening solutions for the use of life sciences.
Aaron Kennington
Vice President of Engineering of Intellicyt
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About Intellicyt: IntelliCyt Corporation develops and markets high-throughput cell and bead-based screening solutions for the use of life sciences.
Andrew Bouley
President of Aquatik
Andrew Bouley is the VP of Growth at Horizon Cloud, he spearheads new projects and refines the organizations exiting initiatives. Andrew has added 4 new platforms to the organizations existing portfolio. Andrew’s varied education in Technology, Social Sciences, Creative Design and Business has helped him lead the business to be considered an industry leader in multiple sectors. His latest project is Aquatik Esports, where he’s recently been named President, has Andrew spearheading rapid growth and engagement from both consumers and brands. Andrew is now leading the organization’s Series A raise.
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About Aquatik, Caterease Software, Horizon Cloud, Placez: Fintech, SaaS, Game Development, Esports & Content Creation
Jason Harris
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Mekanism
President and CEO of award-winning creative agency Mekanism, Jason Harris works closely with brands to create shareable and provocative campaigns that engage audiences. Under his leadership, Mekanism was named to “Ad Age’s 2016 Best Places to Work”, “Agency A-List:, Creativity’s “Creative 50” and Effie’s “Most Effective Independent Agencies”. In 2017, Harris was named one of the 4A’s “100 People That Make Advertising Great”.
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About Mekanism: Mekanism and they are a full service creative and marketing agency focusing on integrated advertising.
Scott Calder
President & CEO of Mainstream Data
Scott brings more than 25 years of digital communications, internet technology, and company startup experience to Mainstream Data. He co-founded the company and serves as its President and CEO, having led it through multiple generations of communications technology, the advent of the internet, and the successful acquisition and assimilation of Newscom (www.newscom.com), which is the world’s largest multi-agency source of digital media.Prior to founding Mainstream, Scott served as Vice President of Marketing at Bonneville Telecommunications Company, a satellite video and data communications company, and worked as a business strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Boston and San Francisco. Scott holds BA degrees in English and Economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
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About Mainstream Data: Mainstream develops and deploys end-to-end delivery solutions using the industry’s most robust satellite, Internet, and information server
Michael Gullaksen
Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Covario
As Chief Executive Officer of NP Digital Mike leads the agency’s global team of 450 people, overall strategy and vision. Mike is focused on staying true to client and employee satisfaction through the next stage of growth for NP Digital and keeping this at center of the company’s culture. Mike has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in performance marketing for the last 20 years. Previously Mike was President of iProspect, where he and his team focused on operational excellence across client services, product innovation and technology to support agency growth. Mike joined iProspect through the acquisition of Covario where he held the position of Co-CEO. Under Mike’s watch, Covario was named the Search Agency of the Year by OMMA a record three years in a row (2013-11). It was also ranked by Advertising Age magazine among the ten largest U.S. search agencies (and the fastest growing of the largest ones). In addition, Covario was the only independent firm selected for inclusion in the last two Forrester Research Wave reports of leading search marketing agencies, which were published in 2012 and 2011. Prior to being CEO of Covario Mike was Senior Vice President of Search at iCrossing where he spent 9 years leading the company to Search Agency of the Year by OMMA two times and to Forrester’s top rated Search Agency. Mike has built a reputation for creating award-winning performance marketing teams, and developing proven digital strategies that drive business growth for Global 1000 clients. Mike also served for 8 years on the Board of Directors and as President for SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) which was acquired by the Digital Analytics Association in 2020. Mike was named by BtoB Magazine in 2013 to its selective group of “Who’s Who in Search and Digital Marketing.” He was also selected by the editors of Direct Marketing News as one of the recipients of its first annual 2012 “40 under 40” awards.
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About Covario, Neil Patel Digital, NP Digital: Covario is a search marketing agency and tech firm providing search and content marketing services to enterprise brands and retailers.
Mary Lou Bunn
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Big Spaceship
Mary Lou Bunn is the SVP Marketing at Big Spaceshipc
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About Big Spaceship: Big Spaceship creates the experiences, products, platforms, and content that help brands build meaningful relationships with consumers.
Tracy Merzi
Market President & Publisher, Dallas Business Journal of The Business Journals
Tracy Merzi has been with American City Business Journals for over 20 years in various sales andmarketing positions at the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Washington Business Journal. Tracycurrently serves as the Market President and Publisher for the Dallas Business Journal. She serves onvarious boards in the community including being Past Chairman of Junior Achievement, The DallasWomen’s Foundation Board, and several business industry association boards. She and her husbandAlan have two girls Sophia and Haley.
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About The Business Journals: The Business Journals offers a website that provides local business news and information in Los Angeles, California.
Bryan DeRose
Vice President, Business Development of CMO Council
DeRose brings to GlobalFluency more than 12 years of direct and channel sales and business development experience in the Technology, Telecom, Professional Services and Manufacturing verticals. As the Senior Director of Business Development, DeRose leads global sponsorship and partnership activities for GlobalFluency’s affinity networks, including the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, and the Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE). In this role DeRose works to craft and execute Intelligent Marketing Engagement™ campaigns to drive authority leadership, demand generation and new business opportunities for global enterprises. Prior to joining GlobalFluency DeRose spent over 5 years at the American Electronics Association (AEA), the nations largest technology trade association, as the Director, Membership Development in the Silicon Valley office. DeRose was tasked with new member development and retention of the associations 500 members located in the Silicon Valley chapter. In this role DeRose worked with industry leaders Sun Microsystems, HP, Intel, Cisco, Varian Medical, Google, Intuit and others to activate grass-roots lobbying efforts at the state, federal and international levels to promote growth within the technology industry. DeRose spent the first four years of his career as the Strategic Accounts Manager at Questlink Technology, the world’s largest e-commerce supplier of electronic components and computer products. This position required DeRose to forge strong alliances among channel distribution partners and OEM clients such as Ingram Micro, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, CDW, Intel, Samsung, Hitachi, LG Electronics, Sanmina-SCI, Flextronics, Clestica, Tyco, Dell, HP and others to streamline their supply chain to drive out excess costs and shorten the production and new product introduction cycle.
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About CMO Council, CMO Council: The CMO Council is a peer-powered network of marketing executives decision-makers from a wide range of global industries.
Andrew Schleimer
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Digital Turbine
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About Digital Turbine: The leading independent mobile growth platform — leveling up the landscape for advertisers, publishers, carriers and OEMs.
Kirstie Brown
Executive Vice President of Global Finance & Operations of Digital Turbine
Kirstie Brown was appointed the Company’s principal accounting officer in September 2014. She is currently Executive Vice President of Global Finance & Operations for Digital Turbine Group. She is also the Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s subsidiary, Digital Turbine Asia Pacific Pty. Prior to being appointed to her current positions in 2012, Brown served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Mirror Image Access (Australia) Pty Ltd (“MIA”) and of the Mirror Image International Group, a group comprised of five of MIA’s subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore.
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About Digital Turbine: The leading independent mobile growth platform — leveling up the landscape for advertisers, publishers, carriers and OEMs.
John Willcutts
President, CEO of Nexidia
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About Nexidia, NICE inContact: Nexidia provides big data solution for turning customer interactions into valuable insight with speech and text analytics.
Ted Lesher
Managing Director & Vice President Sales, North America of BrandMaker
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About BrandMaker: BrandMaker is an enterprise SaaS provider of Marketing Resource Management (MRM) systems.
Michael Cohen
President of Whistle
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About Whistle: Whistle is a global sports and entertainment company that creates, curates, and distributes positive brand safe original content.
David McNaughton
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales of Mediacom Communications
David McNaughton Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales of Mediacom Communications McNaughton has 26 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, and has joined Mediacom in 2011, where he is responsible for sales, distribution, pricing, product development, branding, and customer retention. Previous to joining Mediacom, he was Chief Marketing Officer for nTelos Wireless, SVP and General Manager at Cincinnati Bell, SVP Acquisition Marketing at at DirecTV, VP Customer Lifecycle and Retention at Nextel Communications, and various positions at AirTouch Cellular and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). David holds Bachelors in both Finance and Economics from Southern Methodist University, and an MBA from University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Old Tappan, NJ with his wife and three daughters.
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About Mediacom Communications: Mediacom Communications Corporation operates as a cable television company in the United States.
Brian Lehon
Vice President of Sales & Marketing of GHH Commerce
Brian Lehon, VP of Business Development, has over 15 years of experience in high-tech sales. Brian achieved sales in excess of $150 million while working for Fortune 500 companies, including SAVVIS, Globix, CDN Networks and Stream 57. His expertise sits within complex negotiations for multi-year engagements. Additionally, his background includes stints within Content and Product acquisition roles within various eCommerce Technology organizations.
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About GHH Commerce: GHH COMMERCE brings a revolutionary eCommerce and entertainment distribution system.
James Perse
Vice President of Information Technology of GHH Commerce
James Perse, VP of Technology, is a 20 year veteran of technology startups. Mr. Perse is a network engineer by training and has held various roles for Internet Service Providers and Hosting companies from Senior Network Engineer to Manager of Network Operations to Director of Service Delivery. A leader in technical support, Mr. Perse has managed call centers with large national customer bases while maintaining the network infrastructure. Major accomplishments include multiple datacenter design and deployments, national deployment of DSL and regional deployment of wireless broadband. A veteran of GameStreamer and Savtira, Mr. Perse brings a unique perspective of experience directly related to our goals to accomplish. James holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Arizona State University
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About GHH Commerce: GHH COMMERCE brings a revolutionary eCommerce and entertainment distribution system.
Daniel Reagan
Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing of GHH Commerce
Dan Reagan, EVP of Merchandising, has over twenty years of experience in marketing and merchandising and has owned and operated four successful companies, all by the age of 40. He has experience in distribution, global sourcing, Internet merchandising, retail merchandising, and brick and mortar store management. At AdWeb, Daniel partnered with Network Solutions to design and build web infrastructure and form ecommerce platforms for Real Estate, Bar/Restaurant, and Merchandise companies nationwide. Daniel evolved the company in to a full service marketing firm, Reaco Group to fill the gap of companies marketing their products and services online and offline. Mr Reagan has worked on several projects with companies such as Omega, Americrown(ISC), Oakley, ADG, Maingate, Anheuser Busch to increase revenue through their merchandising programs.
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About GHH Commerce: GHH COMMERCE brings a revolutionary eCommerce and entertainment distribution system.
Daniel Reagan
Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing of GHH Commerce
Dan Reagan, EVP of Merchandising, has over twenty years of experience in marketing and merchandising and has owned and operated four successful companies, all by the age of 40. He has experience in distribution, global sourcing, Internet merchandising, retail merchandising, and brick and mortar store management. At AdWeb, Daniel partnered with Network Solutions to design and build web infrastructure and form ecommerce platforms for Real Estate, Bar/Restaurant, and Merchandise companies nationwide. Daniel evolved the company in to a full service marketing firm, Reaco Group to fill the gap of companies marketing their products and services online and offline. Mr Reagan has worked on several projects with companies such as Omega, Americrown(ISC), Oakley, ADG, Maingate, Anheuser Busch to increase revenue through their merchandising programs.
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About GHH Commerce: GHH COMMERCE brings a revolutionary eCommerce and entertainment distribution system.
Barbara Roberts
Entrepreneur in Residence, Columbia Business School, Former President of FPG of Scopio
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About : AI based Diverse Photo Marketplace.
Alex Kevork
Vice President, Marketing of Affinio
Currently running marketing for Affinio (affinio.com) I’ve spent the past 12 years as a marketer at early stage organizations. My focus is on company growth through innovative marketing and sales strategies. Things like go-to-market planning, product marketing, social media, and market research are what get me up in the morning (and occasionally keep me up at night). My roles have ranged from Digital Marketing Manager to Sales Engineer to Director of Marketing, and I’ve led teams to 400% increase in marketing sourced growth. Specialties include team leadership, go-to-market strategy, early stage marketing planning, lead generation, sales enablement, public relations, account management, visual design, user experience, customer experience, social media, and brand advocacy. I’ve worked primarily for SaaS companies focused on consumer brand advocacy, social media, innovation management, business intelligence, online marketing, web optimization and data governance.
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About Affinio, Crowdly: Affinio is a marketing intelligence platform that leverages the interest graph to understand today’s consumer.
Dan Cudgma
President and Chief Executive Officer of MotiveMetrics
Dan is the CEO and Co-Founder of MotiveMetrics.
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About MotiveMetrics: MotiveMetrics develops account structure optimization and management platform.
Aki Balogh
Co-Founder, President of MarketMuse
Aki is a software developer and VC with a focus on AI. Prior to founding MarketMuse, he held sales and marketing roles at InfiniDB, evangelized Big Data as an investment focus for OpenView Venture Partners, designed Decision Support Systems as a management consultant, and worked as a software engineer. Aki holds three patents (pending) in semantic analysis.
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About MarketMuse, Wolfram Ventures: MarketMuse accelerates content research and builds AI-driven content strategies.
Michael Minard
CEO, President, Owner of Delta Media Group
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About Delta Media Group, Miracom Design: Delta Media Group provides marketing, technology, and business management solutions to real-estate businesses.
Misty Locke
President of the Americas; Global Chief Marketing and Client Officer of iProspect
Misty Locke is President, Americas as well as Global Chief Marketing Officer of iProspect. She is responsible for iProspect’s strategic direction, as well as maintaining the firm’s industry relationships. Within the Americas, Misty is charged with growing the iProspect network and brand while instilling a unified global vision. Co-founder of Range Online Media in 2001, Misty served as President and led the company through its acquisition in 2009 by Aegis PLC. Under her leadership, Range Online Media was recognized numerous times for their great work environment and culture, including Advertising Age’s “Best Companies to Work” list in 2010. They were also named to the 2007 and 2008 top 25 search marketing agencies in America by Ad Age and to Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 list of fastest growing private companies for 2007 and 2008. Locke’s broad range of client experience includes working with major brands such as General Motors, adidas, Neiman Marcus, The GAP Brands, Chanel, Estée Lauder Companes, Accor Hotels, Burberry, Converse, Hermes, Cole Haan and others. She previously served on the agenda and search advisory boards for Google, MSN and Yahoo! and for 4 years as an active member of the Shop.org Board of Directors, a division of the US’s National Retail Federation. In 2005, Fast Company recognized Misty as one of its “25 Top Women Business Builders.” She is passionate about creating an industry environment of accountability to marketers and consumers and has published numerous articles for industry leading publications such as OMMA Magazine, DM News, iMedia Connection and more.
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About iProspect, iProspect: iProspect is the world’s leading digital performance marketing agency that can help drive your business performance.
Jeff Annison
Co-Founder & President of Legion M
Jeff Annison is the Co-Founder & President at Legion M.
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About Legion M: Legion M is a fan-owned entertainment company producing a slate of movies, TV, and digital content.
Judy Luk-Smit
Vice President Of Product of Onclusive
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About Onclusive: Onclusive empowers communications teams with media monitoring and PR analytics software and services.
