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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Video 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.
Sam Yam
Co-Founder , President & CTO of Patreon
Sam Yam is the President, CTO, and Co-Founder of Patreon.
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About Patreon: Patreon is an online platform connecting musicians and other artists with their fan base.
Steven Fuld
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Sony
teven Fuld has been SVP and Managing Director, Sony Card Marketing & Services Company at Sony Corporation of America since June 2009. Mr. Fuld oversees all aspects of the Sony Rewards as well as the Sony and PlayStation credit card programs. Sony Rewards collaborates with and provides capabilities and expertise to other parts of Sony to assist them in increasing customer loyalty and brand preference, and driving incremental sales. During Mr. Fuld’s tenure, Sony has introduced a significantly improved credit card program utilizing Capital One and Visa, closer collaboration with Sony’s US business units and enhanced marketing capabilities, and a merchant-funded rewards program. Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Fuld served as Managing Director and Executive Vice President at The Kessler Group, a privately owned financial services firm based in Boston specializing in partnership development, credit card marketing and portfolio acquisitions, for 10 years. During that time, he was instrumental in launching and managing three separate and diverse businesses for the company, including its credit card portfolio acquisition unit, its insurance practice and, most recently, its capital business.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Shiro Kambe
Executive Vice President of Sony
Sachi Kambe is the Senior VP at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Kazushi Ambe
Senior Vice President of Sony
Kazushi Ambe is the Senior Vice President at Sony Corporation.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Jennifer Esposito
Vice President & General Manager, Health of Magic Leap
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About Magic Leap: Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.
Justin Waldron
Co-Founder and President of Playco
Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world’s largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO’d in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors young entrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation’s Thiel Fellowship program.
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About Playco, Zynga: Playco is a developer of instant-play games across a variety of platforms.
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.
Vinodh Bhat
Co-founder, President & Chief Strategy Officer of JioSaavn
Vinodh Bhat is Co-Founder and President of Saavn. Vinodh has played a crucial role in developing the company’s purpose and vision, helping to recruit talented individuals to join the Saavn team, and lead its capital raises to finance growth. He leads the sales team in securing advertising partnerships with some of the world’s most recognized brands, such as Apple, Nissan, Microsoft and Bacardi. Vinodh has been a recognized speaker at industry conferences around the world. He is also a Founding Partner at New York City-based venture development fund, 212MEDIA. Prior to Saavn and 212MEDIA, Vinodh co-founded and served as the VP, Sales & Business Development at Simile, a contextual advertising platform that advised the business units of Time Warner, Cox Media, McClatchy Newspaper Group, Scripps and Hearst Magazines. He began his career at the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), and helped advise and raise capital for media & telecom companies such as Voyager, Earthlink, AT&T, @Home, Akamai, and several others. Vinodh graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He was an Echols Scholar.
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About [212]Media, JioSaavn: Saavn is a music streaming service for Indian, Bollywood, and International content.
Mike DeLaet
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships of Scopely
Mike DeLaet is currently the SVP of Strategic Partnerships at Scopely. Prior to Scopely, Mike was the Founder & CEO of Rogue Games, Inc. based in Los Angeles. Prior to Rogue, he was the SVP of WW BD & Licensing at Kabam and SVP of Global Publishing at Glu Mobile.
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Eric Ma
Senior Vice President, User Acquisition of Scopely
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Christina Dunbar
Vice President, Global Talent of Scopely
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Gordon Daily
President & Co-Founder of BoxCast
Gordon has always been a big dreamer and big thinker. Although he failed to achieve his childhood goal of starting in center field for the Cleveland Indians, Gordon has never lost his capacity for dreaming big and working tirelessly to achieve whatever he sets his mind to. His really big dream: To create a technology company that changes the way people communicate – through live HD video streaming. After receiving his BS and MS in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in three-and-half years, a 12-year-career at Rockwell Automation followed. It literally took him around the world, including a stint in Singapore. It also gave him the opportunity to manage mission-critical projects early in his career. In Gordon’s Rockwell years, he tackled tough technical problems, crafted international business deals and came up with creative marketing solutions. He also managed to be awarded a half-dozen patents. Gordon lives with his wife Cara and their young children Quentin and Serena in a renovated convent on Cleveland’s West Side. When he isn’t with his family or working, he’s most often demonstrating his competitive side whether it’s skiing, kayaking or playing ping pong.
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About BoxCast: BoxCast is an end-to-end video-streaming solutions for organizations.
David Fisch
Co-Founder & President of Turgo
A successful business leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of online, mobile and traditional experience. Expertise in digital media specializing in brand advertising, mobile, business development, marketing and operations. Extensive experiencing in building world-class sales and partnership teams. Strong track record of achievement within both corporate and start-up organizations.
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About Gallo Sales Company, GreenSpring, Mandalay Media, Miller Brewing Company, Miniclip, Shopkick, Turgo: Turgo is a key player in the video advertising and distribution industry.
Boris Revsin
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development & Strategy of Dailybreak
Boris Revsin is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of CampusLIVE, Inc, “The Homepage for College Students,” providing single-click access to the most widely used college resources. Boris has an extensive background in web development and digital media, founding his first website in 1999. While attending UMass Amherst, he worked as the Head of Operations for the Amherst-based web-development firm JaredWeb, Inc and as a web consultant for the 2008 Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. Boris, along with the CampusLIVE team, was named 3rd place in the 2008 BusinessWeek “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25.” He has also been honored as an “Emerging Entrepreneur” by Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development. BusinessWest Magazine named Boris Revsin to the 2010 class of “40 Under 40”.
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About Dailybreak, Fullstack Ventures, Republic, Republic Capital: A revolutionary online media platform that allows users to earn rewards for engaging in shareable, interactive content.
Gabe Newell
President & Owner & CEO of Valve Software
Gabe Newell is the President & Owner & CEO of Valve Corporation. Gabe held a number of positions in the Systems, Applications, and Advanced Technology divisions during his 13 years at Microsoft. His responsibilities included running program management for the first two releases of Windows, starting the company’s multimedia division, and leading efforts on the Information Highway PC. Then he started Valve. His most significant contribution to Half-Life, the company’s debut title, was his statement: “C’mon, people, you can’t show the player a really big bomb and not let them blow it up.”
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About Steam, Valve Software: Valve is an American entertainment software and tech company developing video games and other related technologies.
Ryan Schott
Co-Founder & President of Screenwave Media
Ryan Schott is the co-founder and president of Screenwave Media.
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About Screenwave Media: Screenwave Media is a content creators like gaming, original website serials, animation, music artist and comics.
Simon Ramsey
Senior Vice President of Communications of Rockstar Games
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About Rockstar Games: Rockstar Games is a multinational video game development and publishing company.
Josh Moskovitz
Vice President of Marketing of Rockstar Games
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About Rockstar Games: Rockstar Games is a multinational video game development and publishing company.
David Danziger
Vice President, Data Partnerships of The Trade Desk
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Steven Swartz
President & CEO of Hearst Communications
Steven R. Swartz became president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation on June 1, 2013. Before his promotion to CEO, Swartz, a member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation and a trustee of The Hearst Family Trust, was president and chief operating officer of the Corporation. He was president of Hearst Newspapers, the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories, from 2009 to 2011, and executive vice president of the Group from 2001 to 2008. Hearst Newspapers, with more than 4,700 employees across the nation, publishes 15 dailies and 36 weeklies in cities including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand. Before joining Hearst in 2001, Swartz was president and chief executive of SmartMoney, the magazine, website and custom publishing business launched by Hearst and News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit. Prior to becoming CEO in 1995, he had been the magazine’s founding editor since 1991. Under his leadership, SmartMoney magazine won two National Magazine Awards and was Advertising Age’s Magazine of the Year. Swartz began his journalism career as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in 1984 after graduating from Harvard. He served as an editor on the Journal’s Page One staff from 1989 to 1991. Swartz is a member of the ESPN board of directors and is a director of the Associated Press. He is also a member of the board of visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and chairman of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Barin Nahvi Rovzar
Senior Vice President & Head of M&A of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Melanie Colton
Vice President, Product & Technology of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Todd Haskell
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Hearst Magazines Digital Media of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Darcy Wedd
President of Outspoken
Darcy Wedd is an accomplished technology executive with over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications, payments, and consumer goods industries. Formerly the CEO and Co-Founder of Mobile Messenger (Acquired by Silverlake Sumeru), and the President and Co-Founder of payvia (backed by leading investors; Montgomery & Co. and Trinity Ventures). During his time in the telecommunications industry, Darcy completed multiple acquisitions including m-Qube (from VeriSign), and Mogreet, Inc. Darcy is a frequently requested speaker at influential industry events and a recognized thought leader. Since the beginning of 2014, Darcy has focused his attention on real estate development, investing and advising tech start-ups https://angel.co/darcy-wedd and film production, producing three feature films including The Lookalike, Mother’s Day and Sugar Mountain.
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About Outspoken: Outspoken is the most experienced SMS and MMS messaging platform in the US.
Todd Noall
President + Chief Creative Officer of Fusion 360
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About Fusion 360: Fusion 360 Studios is our state-of-the-art digital video production facility.
Marcus McReynolds
Vice President, Digital of Fusion 360
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About Fusion 360: Fusion 360 Studios is our state-of-the-art digital video production facility.
David Neuman
President, Executive Producer of Blackrock Productions
David Neuman is President, Executive Producer at Blackrock Productions.
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About Blackrock Productions, Happs: BlackRock Productions can meet all your needs when it comes to Aerial photography and Aerial video filming.
Rick Loughery
Vice President Global Product Communications of GoPro
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About GoPro, GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Michael Shabun
Vice President, Business Development & Marketing of Insta360
Michael Shabun is Marketing Director of Insta360 and leads North American marketing strategy, partnership and communication efforts. Michael joined the team from DJI where he was instrumental in moving the company into the public spotlight through a series of strategic alliances within emerging consumer and industrial verticals. Prior to his work at DJI, Michael held business development positions at various global marketing agencies where he helped large scale technology manufacturers expand their North American partner portfolios. Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Insta360: Insta360 is a professional intelligent technology company that offers cameras that empowers people to freely share experiences.
Eric Bowman
President & COO of Stream
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, S/W Engineer, Media, Fed/Dept. of Def, Healthcare, Beverage Distribution, Sports, Entertainment, etc.
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About SPARC, Stream: Stream is a company behind Stream, a live first OVP that powers video for publishers, professional sports, and top brands.
Rick McConnell
President and GM, Security Technology Group of Akamai Technologies
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Meg Runeari
Vice President of Business Operations, North America of Teads US
Meg Runeari is the Vice President of Business Operations, North America at Teads, leading operational strategy and business efficiencies across a dedicated team of account and project managers. Meg’s key focus is to bring quality advertising to engaged audiences in environments that are not only safe for brands but also respect the user. With ten years of experience in the digital space and deep-rooted industry relationships with leading verification vendors, Meg is doing her part to keep the digital ecosystem clean.
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About Teads US, Teads US: Teads US invented outstream video advertising and is the no.1 video advertising marketplace in the world.
Jonathan Rogin
Vice President Sales of Channel Factory
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About Channel Factory: Channel Factory is the world leader in YouTube brand suitability, content alignment and ad performance.
Thanda Belker
Senior Vice President, Global Distribution of pocket.watch
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About pocket.watch: Pocket.watch is a new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha.
Daniel Klaus
President of Airtime
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About Airtime, Fingerprint, K2 Media, MarketSharing: A live social space where people build communities around shared interests through video, audio, and chat.
Daniel Morozoff-Abezgauz
Co-Founder, President, Cloud Infrastructure Dev of Vidrovr
Dan is a PhD candidate at Columbia University working on machine learning applied to neuroscience. He has published research in computational physics, computer multimedia. He has worked at NASA, and HHMI Janelia.
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About Vidrovr: Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video.
Ian Clarkson
President & COO of Varsity Tutors
Ian, president and COO of Varsity Tutors, oversees the Company’s product, technology, sales, and tutor recruitment efforts. Prior to joining Varsity Tutors, Ian served as the chief operating officer of Sears Home Services where he oversaw operations in product, technology, sales and field operations, among other roles, with 14,000 people reporting through him. Prior to his role at Sears, he spent 15 years at Amazon, where he worked in a variety of functions including technology, operations, service and retail. Clarkson ran the Seller Services business for Europe, overseeing a variety of products and teams in nine countries. He has a proven track record in building consumer digital products, including launching AmazonFresh as employee No. 1.
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About Nerdy, Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors is a live learning platform that connects students and professionals with personalized instruction to achieve any goal.
Tony Abate
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Anystream
Tony Abate brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology, digital media and converged services fields to Echo360 and over the course of his career, Tony has served in a variety of product management, senior executive, investment and advisory roles. As an investor at Battery Ventures and Whitney & Co, Tony served on the board of several venture-backed start-ups. His seasoned guidance on how to profitably scale in nascent markets helped companies like Homestore, RelevantKnowledge, and Cbeyond Communications go from concept to a successful IPO or exit. As a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and Mercator Partners, Tony advised publicly traded companies and venture-backed start-ups on how best to capitalize on the ensuing business opportunities of digitization and convergence. Tony began his career in the US Air Force, where he developed an advanced computer platform for the then-classified stealth aircraft program. Tony graduated summa cum laude with a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and holds an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.
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About Anystream, Denbury Resources, Echo360, Tops Markets: Anystream is an internet software company specializing in streaming media encoding technology.
Diaz Nesamoney
Founder, President & CEO of Jivox
Diaz Nesamoney founder of Jivox has had two prior successful ventures. He was previously co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly Diaz Nesamoney is an accomplished technology entrepreneur who founded three successful technology companies, all harnessing the power of data to power enterprise and consumer applications. Currently Diaz is Founder, President, and CEO of Jivox, a company that provides a technology platform for data-driven personalized advertising and marketing. He was previously Co-founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly traded company in 1999. Informatica pioneered data integration software as a category and is now the market leader with more than $1 billion in revenue and a $5 billion market capitalization. Before founding Jivox, he founded Celequest and served as its CEO until early 2007, when the company was acquired by Cognos/IBM. Celequest introduced the market’s first business intelligence and analytics appliance, a disruptive innovation that led to its acquisition. Diaz holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India and is the holder of seven technology patents. Diaz is also the author of the first book on using data and technology to personalize digital advertising.
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About Jivox: Jivox offers a cloud-based, data-driven omnichannel platform that personalizes digital advertising and marketing experiences at scale.
Anna Luo
Vice President, Customer Innovation & Marketing of Jivox
Anna Luo is passionate about introducing cutting-edge technologies to enterprise customers – putting them on the path of increased competitiveness and accelerated growth. She has two decades of marketing experience, most of which she has spent driving cross-functional collaboration to scale startups and contributing to successful exits via IPO and acquisition. Anna’s marketing leadership role in infrastructure and business intelligence included Sentilla (now Ericsson), provider of predictive and financial analysis for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures; Coral8, a startup developing complex event processing platform that leveraged Project STREAM from Stanford University; TIBCO, a leader in event-driven platform and then 200-employee startup that went public in 1999. Her full-time and consulting role in other companies included Vidder (software defined security), Counterpane Internet Security (managed network security, now BT), and CTB/McGraw Hill, where she spearheaded an online ideation and networking program to improve customer experience and retention for a $35-million online assessment product. Anna is an endurance athlete and has competed at the Long Course Triathlon and Aquabike National Championships and various regional races. Between her career and racing, she finds time to mentor young professionals and volunteers at the MIT Club of Northern California and MIT Global Entrepreneurship Network. Anna holds a Master of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Jivox, Vidder: Jivox offers a cloud-based, data-driven omnichannel platform that personalizes digital advertising and marketing experiences at scale.
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.
YuJung Kim
President of The Dodo
YuJung Kim is president of The Dodo. The Dodo produces and distributes emotionally compelling, entertaining, shareable videos across the full spectrum of animals, from pets to wildlife.
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About The Dodo: The Dodo is a digital media company devoted to animals.
Byron Hsu
Co-Founder, President, CTO of Paragon One
Founder at Paragon One.
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About Founders Pledge, Paragon One: Paragon One turns company work into scalable remote externships that help students gain hands-on work experience in different industries.
Roger Mincheff
Founder & President & Chief Content Officer of Big Boots
Roger Mincheff is the Senior Vice President of Branded Entertainment for Digital Content at Fox Filmed Entertainment, a division of News Corporation.Roger joined Fox after serving as CEO of Spacedog Media, a full-service digital marketing agency he founded in 1998. Under his guidance, Spacedog utilized new media to develop engaging brand experiences across Internet, mobile, digital signage, print and event platforms. The company developed entertainment content opportunities for major brands including Qantas Airways, Carls’ Jr., Hardees, Mazda, Harley-Davidson, Universal Music, HBO, Boost Mobile, McDonalds, and others.
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About Big Boots: Big Boots is a studio dedicated to incubating, building, and launching engagement platforms.
Dave Swartz
Founder, President and CCO of Hang w/
Dave has served as MEDLʼs creative director since its inception. While at MEDL, Dave has overseen the development and design of hundreds of mobile applications for names as diverse as About.com, Encyclopedia Britannica, Medtronic, Taco Bell and Universal Picturesʼ Ted. Prior to MEDL, Dave served as the Creative Director of DGWB Advertising, named by Creativity Magazine as one of the top 20 Creative Agencies in the U.S. Dave has led strategic and creative marketing efforts for regional and national advertising accounts in a variety of industries such as publishing, banking, multi-unit retail, fast food, healthcare and technology.
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About Anonymous Philanthropy LLC, Hang w/, MEDL Mobile: Hang w/ empowers users to stream and broadcast live high-quality video to other phones using their standard wireless service.
Shun Chen
Vice President, Products of Conviva
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
Nick Cicero
Vice President Strategy of Conviva
Nick is the founder of Delmondo, a creative studio and social video analytics software acquired by Conviva in 2018. He is a leader in building digital content initiatives with a proven ability to set vision, strategy, and execute on numerous innovative projects for some of the world’s largest brands and publishers like MTV, NBC Sports, Red Bull, L’Oreal, the UFC, Universal, Conde Nast, and Clear Channel. Prior to founding Delmondo he spent time building and implementing new enterprise social publishing and analytics tools with Livefyre, Expion and Percolate. He put the first Instagram Video on TV for Oprah and built an innovative social content experience for the PlayStation launch in North America, among other projects. Nick received his Master’s from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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About Conviva: Conviva is the continuous measurement and engagement platform for streaming media.
Gary Chen
Vice President of Data Infrastructure & Tech Operations of Vobile
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About Vobile: Vobile offers complete solutions to protect, measure, and monetize the best movies and TV content across the Internet and on all screens.
Tim Erwin
Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Relations of Vobile
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About Vobile: Vobile offers complete solutions to protect, measure, and monetize the best movies and TV content across the Internet and on all screens.
Farokh Eskafi
Founder and President and CTO of 11Sight
Farokh Eskafi is founder, president and CTO at 11Sight.
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About 11Sight, Santa Clara University, TagArray: Inbound Video Call and Customer Engagement Platform For Revenue Teams
Amy Morhaime
Vice President, Global Esports of Blizzard Entertainment
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About Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.
Josh Lu
Vice President, Commercial Leader of Blizzard Entertainment
Josh Lu is the director of product at [Zynga](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zynga#/entity). Previously, he was a product manager at [Scopely](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/scopely#/entity). Lu served as an associate product manager at [Playdom](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/playdom#/entity). He was also an analyst at [Yahoo!](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo#/entity). Lu holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from [Occidental College](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/occidental-college#/entity). He lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.
J. Allen Brack
President of Blizzard Entertainment
J. Allen Brack is the president of Blizzard Entertainment. He is the previous Senior Vice President and Executive Producer on WoW.
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About Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.
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™.
Jorge Acevedo
Senior Vice President of Constellation Technology Ventures
Prior to his current role, Acevedo was senior vice president, Retail Strategy. In that role, he oversaw retail pricing, analytics, sales strategy and acquisitions, sales operations, and dedicated support for Constellation’s power and gas business. Previously, Acevedo served as vice president of finance for Constellation where he oversaw the wholesale trading and retail business segments, financial forecasting, project analysis, performance indicators and financial reporting.
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About Constellation Technology Ventures: Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of Exelon Corporation
Michael Williams
President & CEO / Co-Founder of Oomba
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About Glytch, Oomba: Oomba is a specialized digital media company bringing elegant organization to sports and games.
Alan Karpovsky
Vice President of Omni-channel Solutions of Innovid
Alan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Herolens, a MarTech platform that enables big brands and agencies to take their marketing and online communication strategies to the next level by the use of technology, engineering and algorithms. Herolens is nowadays working with some of the largest advertisers in LATAM and US. Herolens has been acquired by Innovid in late 2019. Alan is currently a Board Member at EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization), a global non-profit organization with +12.000 active members, whose stated mission is to “Engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow”. He has been named one of the “30 Forbes Most Promising Entrepreneurs” in 2019 by Forbes Magazine for his significant impact on the industry of his ideas, innovations and disruptive way of doing business. Alan has been an active speaker in events like IAB Now, WebCongress and A4 Latam sharing his experience on how to grow a technology company in the advertising industry. In late 2017 he has been selected by the US Department of State as one of the most impactful entrepreneurs among more than 4000 young professionals from LATAM under the YLAI program (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative). During his university days he launched “Club Trama”, a student-run business club dedicated to in-campus education for students on a variety of career paths (entrepreneurship, consulting and finance). The objective of the Club is to enhance knowledge on the specific areas as well as improving networking both between students and with professionals. Today, 6 years later, it’s still alive and growing. Alan has a Master Degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering by the Buenos Aires’ Institute of Technology (ITBA).
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Beth-Ann Eason
President of Innovid
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
Mark Van Ryswyk
Executive Vice President of Glu Mobile
Mark Van Ryswyk is SVP at Glu Mobile. He was a former VP and General Manager at Electronic Arts.
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About Glu Mobile: Glu Mobile is a technology platform developing entertainment-focused freemium games for smartphones and tablet devices.
Jong-Wook Shin
Founder, President and CEO of iiRcade
Results-driven, customer and consumer-focused executive with vision, dedication and drive to succeed. Visionary leader with strong entrepreneurship and innovation experiences as a founding CEO of an award-winning startup and vice president of innovations at LG Electronics. Winner of 2018 CES Innovation Award and Startup of the Year finalist recognitions at CES, IFA, Smart Kitchen Summit, Startup Conference. Recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious ‘Outstanding Top 45 Asian American in Business’ award in 2010 and Sony Mobile Presidential Award in 2011. 22+ years of experiences in the consumer electronics and mobile industry, leading organizations and creating innovative products with amazing experiences at Motorola, Sony Mobile, Intel, LG and HOPii. 16+ years of experiences in product management, product planning, product strategy, portfolio management, business strategies and business management. 18+ years of team management experiences and 8+ years of executive leadership experiences. 12+ years of strong experiences in disruptive innovations and entrepreneurship with startup experiences, new experience products and disruptive innovations creation accomplishments. Comprehensive knowledge and experiences in managing products from concept to launch and beyond. Strong business and technical skills. A dynamic self-starter with proven ability to resolve complex challenges in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Extensive experiences in customer and vendor management, and managing projects in both matrix organizations and startup environment. Excellent leadership skills from various executive leadership experiences. Kellogg MBA. Excellent people skills and highly persuasive negotiator. Strong communication and presentation skills. Great team player who is very dependable, very hard working and always makes a difference. Committed to professional excellence and success.
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About iiRcade: Bringing Arcade Gaming to the 21st Century
Jon Carvill
Vice President, Communications of Vevo
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About Vevo: Vevo is an all-premium music video and entertainment platform.
Tom Connaughton
Senior Vice President, Creative Content & Programming of Vevo
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About Vevo: Vevo is an all-premium music video and entertainment platform.
Steve Gable
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Frontier Communications
Steve Gable became Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in April 2015. He joined Frontier Communications in November 2012 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Prior to Frontier, Mr. Gable was Executive Vice President/CTO of Tribune Company. At the same time, he was President, Tribune Digital, with expanded responsibility for the strategy and supporting technology that powered the company’s digital brands latimes.com and chicagotribune.com. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Gable was Senior Vice President and CTO of Tribune Company, responsible for all aspects of information technology systems for its TV and newspaper operations. Before this, Mr. Gable served as Vice President of Technology for Clear Channel Radio, responsible for the technology strategy and direction of 1200+ radio stations. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Systems from Northwestern University.
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About Frontier Communications, Frontier Communications: Frontier Communications Corporation is an independent provider of telecommunications services that offers voice, data, and video services.
Spencer Kurn
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations of Frontier Communications
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About Frontier Communications: Frontier Communications Corporation is an independent provider of telecommunications services that offers voice, data, and video services.
John Lass
Executive Vice President, Field Operations of Frontier Communications
John Lass was appointed Executive Vice President, Field Operations for Frontier Communications in April 2015. He is responsible for all Frontier operations throughout 28 states, Network Operations, and Carrier and Wholesale operations. He reports to Daniel J. McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Mr. Lass was President of Frontier’s Central Region, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Nebraska. Mr. Lass’ tenure with Frontier includes a variety of operating roles as well as leadership of integration activities related to significant mergers and acquisitions. He served as Vice President of Revenue Assurance and as Regional Operations Vice President, Vice President and General Manager of Citizens Utilities Vermont Electric Division, and held operations positions in New York and the Midwest with Frontier, GTE and Contel. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and an Associates of Arts Degree from Iowa Central Community College.
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About Frontier Communications: Frontier Communications Corporation is an independent provider of telecommunications services that offers voice, data, and video services.
Daniel McCarthy
President & Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Communications
Daniel J. McCarthy became President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Communications in April 2015. He was elected to the Frontier Board of Directors in May 2014. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer, he held other positions of increasing responsibility at the Company, including President and Chief Operating Officer (April 2012 to April 2015), Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (January 2006 to April 2012) and Senior Vice President, Field Operations (December 2004 to December 2005). He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. Mr. McCarthy serves as a Trustee of The Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board and of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Danbury Hospital and a member of the Business Roundtable. Mr. McCarthy is a member of the Board of Directors of Constellation Brands, Inc.
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About Frontier Communications: Frontier Communications Corporation is an independent provider of telecommunications services that offers voice, data, and video services.
Vaidhi Nathan
Founder, President & CEO of Intelli-Vision
Vaidhi Nathan is the Founder, President & CEO of Intelli-Vision & he Attended Arizona State University.
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About Intelli-Vision, Nortek Control: Intelli-Vision is the market leader in Intelligent Video Analytics Software.
Krishna Khadloya
Vice President of Engineering and Products of Intelli-Vision
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About Intelli-Vision: Intelli-Vision is the market leader in Intelligent Video Analytics Software.
Peter Nelson
President of HBO
Peter Nelson is executive vice president, HBO Sports, for Home Box Office. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, programming and operations of the HBO Sports department, including its boxing franchise and HBO Pay-Per-View®.
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About HBO: HBO is a television company that offers two 24-hour premium TV services, HBO and Cinemax.
Zak Tucker
Co-Founder & President of Harbor Picture Company
Zak Tucker is the Co-Founder and President of Harbor Picture Company. A feature film and commercial editor and director by trade, Zak founded Harbor Picture Company in 2010 with renowned colorist, Joe Gawler and cinematographer, Theo Stanley. Together they’ve built a company comprised of Hollywood caliber talent and studio facilities serving the feature film, television and commercial industry in NY. Offering the largest post-production footprint and array of services in New York, highlights include the largest and most technologically advanced tent-pole theatrical mix stages, DI theaters and edit suites in New York. Zak’s 17-year career has spanned the feature film, television and commercial landscape, with notable recent Harbor highlights including “Arrival,” for Paramount, “Billions” for Showtime, “Magic Mike XXL” for Warner Bros, “Beauty and the Beast,” for Disney and Ron Howard’s “Inferno” for Sony. Since 2010, Zak has expanded Harbor’s offering to include top-tier artistry and robust services across the full array of production and post-production facets; dailies, offline editorial, VFXm, picture post, sound post, and delivery. In the 6 years since founding the company, Zak has seized the opportunity of the media and entertainment transition from analog to digital to unseat the traditional, old-school players and bring about the new methodology for high production-value content creation. AIn so doing he has created a new culture and facilitation of artistic collaboration while taking the company from 500 square feet to 50,000 square feet, from 4 employees to 50, and multiplying revenues by 800%, establishing Harbor as the newest and most cutting edge studio for highest end artistry and enterprise-level delivery to the studios, networks, brands and agencies.
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About Harbor Picture Company: Harbor Picture Company is a full-service production and post-production studio located in downtown Manhattan.
Michal Tsur
Co-founder & President of Kaltura
Dr.Michal Tsur currently Michal leads Kaltura’s Product, Platform and Growth, after having led Kaltura’s product, marketing and community globally since its inception. Prior to Kaltura, Michal co-founded Cyota, a world leading provider of security and anti-fraud solutions to financial institutions. Michal had been part of Cyota’s management team from its inception up until its acquisition by RSA Security, Inc (NASDAQ: RSAS) in 2005 (RSA was subsequently acquired by EMC Inc (NYSE: EMC)). Michal holds a doctoral degree in the application of game theoretic models to law from New York University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, where her research focused on Open Source. Michal clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel and had also been a competitive swimmer and tri-athlete. Michal regularly blogs and writes for the Huffington post and other publications.
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About Kaltura: Kaltura develops video SaaS solutions for enterprises of all industries.
Lyle Hall
President & CEO of Heavy Iron Studios
A 24-year industry veteran, Lyle Hall oversees Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. Before joining Heavy Iron in early 2002, Lyle created and produced original and licensed properties while working at DreamWorks SKG, Crystal Dynamics and Virgin Games. Highlights include the first 32-bit character action game, GEX; Westwood Studio’s original RTS, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty; RoboCop vs. The Terminator, Cool Spot and Global Gladiators, SEGA’s1992 Game of the Year. During his time at Heavy Iron, Lyle has also served as Executive Producer on Disney*Pixar titles, The Incredibles, its video game sequel Rise of the Underminer, Ratatouille, WALL-E and UP and as well Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob’s Truth or Square, directing production and development of these franchises across multiple studios and directly managing the relationships with these illustrious media companies. In mid-2009, Lyle single handedly took Heavy Iron independent and since then has shepherded the release of UFC Personal Trainer on the Xbox360, PS3 and Wii, Harley Pasternak’s Hollywood Workout for the Xbox360/Kinect and Wii and was most recently Executive Producer on Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two on the Wii U and Disney Infinity for the Wii U and Wii and Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes on PC and iOS.
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About Heavy Iron Studios: Heavy Iron Studios is an independent video game design company that makes products for Disney.
Adam Gouttierre
Vice President, Media of Hudl
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About Hudl: Hudl is a software platform that provides video analysis and coaching tools for sports teams.
David Drummond
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alphabet
David Drummond joined Google in 2002, initially as vice president of corporate development. Today as senior vice president and chief legal officer, he leads Google’s global teams for legal, government relations, corporate development (M&A and investment projects) and new business development (strategic partnerships and licensing opportunities). David was first introduced to Google in 1998 as a partner in the corporate transactions group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, one of the nation’s leading law firms representing technology businesses. He served as Google’s first outside counsel and worked with Larry Page and Sergey Brin to incorporate the company and secure its initial rounds of financing. During his tenure at Wilson Sonsini, David worked with a wide variety of technology companies to help them manage complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings. David earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Santa Clara University and his JD from Stanford Law School.
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About Alphabet, Google: Alphabet is a holding company that provides projects with resources, freedom, and focus to make their ideas happen.
James Goldston
President of ABC News
James Goldston serves as President of ABC News at Disney/ABC International Television, Inc. since January 2014. Mr. Goldston is responsible for all aspects of ABC News’ broadcasts, including “World News with Diane Sawyer,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” “20/20” and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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About ABC News: ABCNews is a breaking news resource for top stories, videos, photos, blogs, special reports, and exclusive celebrity interviews.
Trevor Stricker
Cofounder, Vice President Of Technology of Mightier
Trevor started making games on the Dreamcast when games came on disks and people read about them in magazines printed on dead trees. He spent a decade making console games like NBA 2K and Panzer Dragoon Orta in roles from coffee fetcher to designer to lead programmer. He went indie in 2008, way before it was mainstream. He was in charge of development for Quickhit NFL Football, an early F2P online game that raised VC, signed the NFL, and sold to a publisher. After that he founded Disco Pixel where his love of rhythm games drummed up Jungle Rumble. It recently launched on PlayStation Vita and iOS, where it rose to the top of the music game charts in countries from the US to the Netherlands to Japan.
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About Mightier: Mightier is a gaming platform and family program scientifically-proven to help kids regulate their emotions.
Greg Maffei
President & CEO of Liberty Media
Greg Maffei is the President and CEO at Liberty Media.
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About Liberty Broadband, Liberty Media, Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc, Qurate Retail, Qurate Retail: Liberty Media operates in the video and online commerce, media, communications, and entertainment businesses.
Rick Faulise
Co-Founder & President of RedRex
Rick is a multi-dimensional, technology executive and immensely passionate IT professional who holds extensive experience of working in the Software industry. Equipped with a formidable blend of knowledge and understanding of pioneering new automation technologies, he excels in the niches of methodologies and new platforms such as AI, mobile devices, streaming devices, TV’s, and autos. He is motivated and inspired by the drive to contribute to the growth and cultivation of prosperous automation communities. With more than 18 years of experience serving as a management leader and had the honor of serving high-profile companies/organizations as a QA Lead/Manager Role for both automated and manual testing efforts. As a Leader, Rick’s primary objective is to lead implementation of new technologies and expand the training capabilities. He has achieved a great deal of acclamation and recognition for his work, and is always on the lookout for an opportunity to strive for a higher level of professional career success.
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About RedRex: The metaverse for every day use
Thomas McMahon
President of Videology
Tom most recently served as Videology’s Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role as President, he continues to manage the Videology sales organization, while also working closely with Scott Ferber on administration of the business. Tom is also on the Videology Board of Directors. Prior to joining Videology, Tom served as Senior Vice President, Operations for AOL Media Networks, and as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel, for Advertising.com. Also an attorney, Tom previously was an associate in the corporate and private equity groups at Hogan & Hartson, LLP. Tom graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Mary Washington and a J.D. with Honors from The George Washington University Law School.
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About Videology, Videology: Videology is an online video advertising platform, enables advertisers, agencies and publishers to connect brands with targeted audiences.
Kyu Lee
President of GAMEVIL
Kyu Lee is the President of GAMEVIL Inc. and Head of GAMEVIL USA, Inc.
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About GAMEVIL: Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.
Matt Mireles
President of Humanoid
Matt Mireles is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, athlete, and adventurer. He currently serves as the chief executive officer of [Festive Research](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/festive-research), an incubator for products that promote offline social interaction and fun. He is also the founder and former chief executive officer of [Humanoid](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/humanoid), a diversified technology company that builds tools for consumer media sharing as well as crowdsourced labor technologies. Mireles paid his way through [Columbia University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york), working as a paramedic in Harlem and the South Bronx before founding Humanoid. A two-time dropout of the [University of California, Berkeley](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-california-berkeley), he also drove an ambulance in Southeast Los Angeles and fought wildfires for the U.S. Forest Service as a member of the Modoc Interagency Hotshot Crew. Mireles holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and has received management training from the [Stanford Graduate School of Business](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stanford-graduate-school-of-business). A former journalist and photographer, Mireles’ work has appeared in [Newsweek](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/newsweek), [The New York Times](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/newyorktimes), and [Silicon Alley Insider](https://www.crunchbase.com/product/silicon-alley-insider).
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About Festive Research, Humanoid, Humanoid, Oasis: Humanoid is a software company providing solutions for computer programmers to utilize human intelligence in software applications.
Thomas Carson
President & CEO of Rovi Corporation
Tom Carson is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Rovi Corporation since December 2011. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in December 2011, Tom served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he was instrumental in expanding the Company globally by gaining traction for its new solutions. Tom joined Rovi in May 2008, with the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International. At Gemstar, Tom held key positions, including Executive Vice President of Sales and Services of Rovi, President of Gemstar’s North American Guide business and President for Gemstar-TV Guide On Screen. Prior to his tenure with Gemstar, Tom held a variety of executive positions at Thomson Corporation, including Executive Vice President of Thomson’s Program Office; Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing Services; and Executive Vice President, Patents and Licensing, among other roles. Tom holds a B.S. in Business Administration as well as an MBA from Villanova University.
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About Rovi Corporation: Rovi Corporation provides digital entertainment technology solutions for the discovery and management of entertainment content.
Robet Gilham
Vice President, Sales High-Tech, Online, Content and Commerce of Rovi Corporation
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About Rovi Corporation: Rovi Corporation provides digital entertainment technology solutions for the discovery and management of entertainment content.
Robert Wolpov
Cofounder & President of OnSIP
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About OnSIP: OnSIP is a leading provider of real-time communications services to businesses.
Matthew Lieber
Co-Founder & President of Gimlet Media
Matt Lieber is the co-founder and president of Gimlet Media. In a previous life, Lieber helped launch the public radio programs “The Takeaway” and “Fair Game.” He left radio to get his M.B.A., and worked for several years as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group before chucking it all for this. He knows the value of a dollar.
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About Gimlet Media: Gimlet Media is a developer of a digital media network platform that focuses on producing quality narrative podcasts.
Yoel Flohr
Executive Vice President, Digital & Franchise Development of AMC Networks
Yoel is the Executive Vice President, Digital and Franchise Development for AMC Networks. He is responsible for the strategy and planning related to maximizing value of AMC Studios-owned assets and intellectual property, promoting the development of global franchises and serving growing fan communities. AMC Studios-owned franchises include: “The Walking Dead,” “Fear The Walking Dead,” “Into the Badlands”, “The Terror” and many others. Yoel is the Founder of Ventuation and the Co-Founder of Thirty Labs. Prior to this he was the Vice-President Digital for Shine Group (acquired by NewsCorp) where he successfully led the acquisition of Bossa Studios, a social gaming studio, where he served as chairman of the board as well as Channelflip a UK based YouTube MCN. Prior to joining Shine he was the Global Head of Mobile for the social networking site Bebo.com, worked for T-Mobile International and a medical start-up in China and started a multi-media agency by the age of sixteen. Yoel holds an MSc in Management from the London School of Economics and a BA (HONS) in International Business from the European Business School.
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About AMC Networks, Ventuation: AMC Networks produces quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years.
Steven Pontillo
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of AMC Networks
As executive vice president and chief technology officer, Steven Pontillo oversees the strategic use and deployment of technologies throughout AMC Networks Inc. and its popular and award-winning national cable television networks AMC, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Worldwide). Pontillo is responsible for identifying new opportunities for technology to assist in company planning, decision-making, and operations by developing and implementing effective technological solutions using emerging technology. He also oversees the broadcasting & technology, post production, and information systems departments. He has held this position since 2012. His previous position was senior vice president of broadcasting, information systems and technology, which he held since 2004. During his career, Pontillo has held a number of key positions within AMC Networks and its former parent company, Cablevision Systems Corporation. Pontillo is credited with many technological achievements at AMC Networks, including the design and implementation of the AMC Networks Broadcasting and Technology Center, which is located in Bethpage, NY. This state-of-the-art technical marvel consolidates both origination and satellite communications functions in one 62,000 square foot facility and keeps AMC Networks at the forefront of technology, providing both standard- and high-definition digital infrastructure. During his tenure, he has been responsible for the technical facility and distribution design of many major programming services, including the cable television networks of AMC Networks, the global channels of AMC, SundanceTV, and WE tv, as well as third party clients MSG Network, MSG Plus, MSG Varsity, fuse, and numerous other regional and national sports networks. Additionally, Pontillo spearheaded the design and implementation of the company’s Media Asset Management system, which allows for digital asset storage and retrieval of all media types along with the implementation of AMC Networks’ RightsLogic rights management system. He was one of the key architects of the design, construction and launch of the Rainbow-1 spacecraft that was originally used for distribution of AMC Networks’ VOOM HD Networks. Pontillo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the New York Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), National Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE) and serves on several advisory boards in the cable and broadcast industries.
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About AMC Networks: AMC Networks produces quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years.
Jamie Gallagher
Executive Vice President & General Counsel of AMC Networks
As executive vice president and general counsel, Jamie Gallagher serves as the chief legal counsel for AMC Networks Inc. and its business units: popular and award-winning national cable television networks AMC, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Worldwide); feature film label IFC Films; and AMC Networks International, the company’s global division. Gallagher is responsible for all legal issues at the corporate level and for all the entertainment businesses, including securities, governance, corporate transactions, litigation, compliance, major rights and affiliation agreements, and strategic legal planning. Gallagher joined AMC Networks in 2008 with 24 years of corporate counsel experience. Previously, he served as executive vice president and general counsel for Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. Gallagher spent six years at HSN (Home Shopping Network) as executive vice president and general counsel and prior to that served for eight years as group counsel at American Express Travel Related Services. He began his career as an associate at Kelley Drye & Warren in New York. Gallagher earned his Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College.
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About AMC Networks: AMC Networks produces quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years.
Charlie Collier
President and General Manager of AMC Networks
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About AMC Networks: AMC Networks produces quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years.
Charlie Collier
President and General Manager of AMC Networks
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About AMC Networks: AMC Networks produces quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years.
Olivia Friedlander
Vice President Operations of Maestro Interactive Inc
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About Maestro Interactive Inc, Maestro Interactive Inc: Maestro provides a white label platform for enterprise live streamers to own, engage, and monetize their audiences.
Carolyn Pampino
Vice President of Design of Brightcove
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About Brightcove: Brightcove is video that means business, helping customers experience the incredible potential of video.
Jennifer Erdman
President of United in Gaming
Jennifer Erdman currently works as President at United in Gaming. She is also the Founder of Uspech Marketing Consultants.
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About United in Gaming: United in Gaming is a esports and gaming platform for gamers of all levels and experience, subscription based and freemium model.
Gerard J. Hall
Founder, President & CEO of SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology)
Gerard J. Hall is the founder, president and chief executive officer of SMT. SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation) is the pioneer in real-time graphics, tickers, clock-and-score, virtual insertions and social media integration for live televised sporting and entertainment events. Gerard’s career in sports television began in 1988 when, as a graduate student, he developed a wireless, real-time electronic scoring system for PGA events, replacing the standard walkie-talkie communication that was previously used to update leaderboards. He provided this interface from 1988 to 1991 for NBC Sports. Upon graduation from Harvard University in 1981, Gerard won the prestigious St. Andrew’s Scholarship to attend Scotland’s University of Edinburgh where he pursued a Master of Science in computer science. Gerard continued his graduate studies while teaching computer science at the University of Central Florida before leaving in 1986 to work with the Epson Computer Corporation. SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation was formally incorporated in June 1990 with an eye toward offering TV interface technology to other sports television broadcasters. Shortly thereafter, SportsMEDIA signed an exclusive four-year agreement with ESPN to provide interface TV graphics services for NASCAR/IndyCar, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA football and NCAA basketball. During the formative years of SportsMEDIA, Gerard was the architect of electronic scoring systems for the PGA Tour, IndyCar and the X Games.
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About SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology): SportsMEDIA Technology is a provider of graphics, statistics and video enhancement software for live television sports broadcast networks.
Dan J. Poritzky
Vice President – Real Estate Development of LeEco
Dan Poritzky is Vice President of Real Estate Development, Head of Real Estate and Facilities, LeEco North America. Responsible for land development, leasing and workplace services, Dan leads the development for the 3.1 million-square-foot Santa Clara property acquired from Yahoo! for the company’s upcoming EcoCity campus. Dan is no stranger to Silicon Valley real estate, having worked in the Bay Area for more than 17 years for some of the most dynamic players in the region’s real estate market. Prior to joining LeEco, Dan served as managing director with MWest Properties, a joint venture between DivcoWest and TPG Real Estate. His experience also includes 7 years at Hines, the majority of which was spent on leasing and marketing deals in the Silicon Valley region, as well as tenures at Prologis and Eastdil. During the course of his career, Dan has worked with several of the largest tech companies in Silicon Valley. With extensive experience on the Landlord/Developer side, he has acquired, managed, leased, and sold over $10 billion in assets, with the vast majority located in Northern California. One of Dan’s primary priorities at LeEco is the development of its EcoCity campus. Last July, the company purchased 3.1 million square feet of entitled land from Yahoo! to build the future home of LeEco’s global headquarters. The space was previously approved for 13 buildings, enough to accommodate approximately 12,000 employees. EcoCity’s mission is to support and inspire staff members to innovate, while offering the public a communal gathering place to enjoy live music, play sports and collaborate with LeEco to build the next generation of products. Dan is responsible for ensuring this open EcoCity has a strong foundation to bring it to life.
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About LeEco: LeEco is a global internet company that offers video streaming services and technology devices.
Marc Stoll
President & Chief Operating Officer of Nextiva
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About Nextiva: Nextiva is a leading business communications company that helps organizations simplify and enhance their customer relationships.
Ian Hunt
President of SunSpear Games
Ian has always focused on entrepreneurial opportunities. He helped to build Authentic Cards from a small, local distributor to a nationwide souvenir manufacturer and warehouse. He joined with the cofounders of Anvil Studios to prototype RTS design, and then was an original founder of SunSpear Games, an ambitious game development company focused on disrupting the esports industry with dominant titles and progressive design.
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About SunSpear Games: SunSpear is developing the next great RTS esport, bringing together a team of top designers and executives with deep experience and skills.
Steve Singer
Vice President of Nintendo
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About Nintendo, Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Brad Sexton
President / CEO of Live Media Group
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About Live Media Group: Live Media Group is a multi media company
Tabb Firchau
President & co-founder of Freefly Systems
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About Freefly Systems: Freefly Systems develops MōVI camera gimbals and aerial UAV solutions for motion, picture & video.
