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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 Vice President operating in the Advertising space. If you think a Vice 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.
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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.
DANIEL ALONSO
Vice President of Business Development of IMS Corporate
Daniel Alonso is Vice President of Business Development, managing new business opportunities for the company. Daniel brings vast experience in sales and marketing, including extensive international, Hispanic, Fortune 500 and start-up experience, with previous roles as vice president of business development at Terra Networks and senior director of marketing at Univision Enterprises. Daniel holds both an MBA and a BA from the University of Miami. He is based in our Miami office.
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About IMS Corporate: IMS is a digital marketing & communications company that partners with businesses seeking to expand in Latin America
Eoghan Geoghegan
Vice President of Business Development of MomentFeed
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About MomentFeed: MomentFeed is a platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search in order to connect customers with brands.
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.
Janet Riccio
Exec Vice President of Omnicom Group
Over the course of her 25+ years in advertising, her collaborative business style has taken her to more than 30 countries on five continents on behalf of her clients and forged a deep understanding of what it takes to build relationships and brands. Her belief that a motivated, fulfilled workforce leads to a healthier more profitable more sustainable bottom line is why she has been chosen to head Omnicom University. Omnicom University is recognized as one of the preeminent executive education experiences and one of the major sources of “cultural glue” for the Omnicom network. In partnership with Harvard Business School faculty, OU has graduated over 3500+ Omnicom executives over the course of its 20 years in existence. To quote Janet, after her first season as Dean, “This program is not about developing leaders, the people who attend already are; it is about transforming leaders from more than good to great.” Most recently, Janet founded and is currently heading an in-house women’s network – Omniwomen. The mission of Omniwomen is to serve as a catalyst to increase the influence and number of women leaders throughout the Omnicom network. Since its formal U.S. launch in April 2014, Omniwomen has expanded to China and the U.K. As passionate as Janet is about her roles at Omnicom, she is equally passionate about the role of women on management boards and in the philanthropic world. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of BlogHer, the world’s largest on-line community of women bloggers, and is currently on the Advisory Board of LearnVest. Janet is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Women’s Foundation on which she serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Communications Committee. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of Make a Wish Foundation of Metro New York where she chaired the Governance Committee and, in her final year, co-chaired the Advisory Board.
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About Omnicom Group, Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Rita Rodriguez
Executive Vice President of Omnicom Group
Rita Rodriguez is currently Executive Vice President at Omnicom Group where she leads the multi-agency integration and innovation for PepsiCo. With more than twenty-five years of marketing experience, Rita has a proven track record of transforming major brands and building businesses. Having worked on both sides of the business, agency and client, Rita has a unique mix of strategic expertise; brand building and collaboration skills that can help define and lead a course of action for clients and their brands Rita was previously CEO of Imagination, an experiential integrated communications company. Prior to Imagination, she was CEO of the US arm of WPP’s The Brand Union, a strategic branding and design firm, where she led the repositioning and rebranding of multiple businesses and served as a strategic advisor and partner for clients on brand and business issues. Before joining The Brand Union in 2004, Rita was Managing Director of Corporate Branding at Omnicom’s Interbrand. Rita began her career in Houston at AT&T, where over the course of her career she served as Director of Business and Consumer Marketing, International Marketing Director, Director of Product Marketing and Communications Services and General Manager of HomeTown Network (HTN), working in both the US and London.
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About Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
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.
Hannah Budreski
Vice President Marketing Communications of Endurance International Group
Hannah Budreski is Vice President of Marketing at Endurance International Group, a technology company focused on helping small businesses around the world and whose family of brands includes Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, and Domain.com. During her 20 year career, Hannah has honed her skills at building brands, driving demand, and helping customers meet their milestones. Deeply passionate about small business, Hannah is accomplished at adding value for customers at all stages of their journey from those just starting out to established and expanding businesses.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Vishwanath Ramarao
Vice President of Engineering of AOL
Vish is CTO and Co-Founder of Impermium. Before joining Impermium, Vish led engineering for Yahoo! Mail anti-spam, security, and data mining, and was involved in protecting every major component of the Yahoo! network from spam, fraud, misuse.
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About AOL: AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
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
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.
Frannie Danzinger
Vice President of Strategic Business Development of Integrate
Frannie Danzinger is currently VP, Strategic Business Development for Integrate, a pioneer in demand orchestration software. Frannie works with hundreds of B2B marketing organizations to develop and scale their revenue-generating machines. Her passion is to fully understand a marketer’s business and help to build a high-impact strategy, with efficient process, data and technology, to bring the strategy to life. Having worked with smart marketers, savvy business pros and sharp technology professionals during her roles at 6sense, eXelate, a Nielsen Company and Bizo over the last five years, Frannie fell in love with MarTech. She’s experienced first-hand the power of MarTech and its ability to catapult – and hold back – marketing teams and business results. Coupled with 20+ years of agency media experience, it’s easy to get excited about the road ahead in marketing and technology. When not working with marketers, Frannie channels her personal passion to fitness. She is a Group Fitness Instructor, Boxing Trainer, Spinning Instructor and Personal Trainer. If you cannot find her at her desk, be sure to check the gym!
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About Integrate: Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs.
Executive Vice President, Product of NextRoll
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About NextRoll: NextRoll is a marketing technology company delivering products ambitious companies rely on to grow their businesses.
Anthony Oland
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of KBM Group
Anthony Oland is the Global Chief People Officer at Boxed.
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About Boxed, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Tom Young
Executive Vice President of Client Delivery Services of KBM Group
Tom Young is executive vice president of client delivery services for KBM Group. Tom Young leads the teams responsible for our data, database marketing and CRM solutions, which include technical design, development, implementation and customer support of our AmeriLINK® data services and database marketing offerings. Tom Young also oversees our IT solutions, business intelligence and enterprise infrastructure groups. Tom Young has over 25 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing technology solutions for automated database marketing and other business critical challenges. As an executive sponsor, Tom Young is actively involved with KBM Group’s largest clients bringing thought leadership on enabling practical consumer engagement strategies, and the technology and execution resources to make it happen. C Clients respect his ability to understand and address the underlying causes of their marketing challenges with business-justified solutions. Today, his creative strategic solutions help clients tackle multi-channel attribution, integrate disparate data silos and make real-time intelligence-based decisions to customize conversations with consumers on the fly. Before joining KBM Group, Tom Young was president of Component Solutions, Inc. specializing in business process re-engineering, customer relationship management, database marketing, data warehousing and business intelligence solutions for clients such as Union Pacific Railroad, Staples, Inc., and Owen Healthcare. Prior to this, Tom Young was partner and vice president of operations for Project Solutions Corporation, Inc., which provided business management solutions to multinational companies and government agencies. Tom Young worked with more than 40 major corporations and government agencies in Europe, South America and the United States.
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About Choreograph, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson Data: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
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.
Abdellah Cherkaoui
Senior Vice President – Government, Automotive & Utilities of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Anne Lukanc
Vice President Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Ross Hatamiya
Vice President of Media Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Mike Schott
Senior Vice President, Sales of Volta Charging
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About Volta Charging: Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Amanda Gessert
Vice President, Analytics of Merkle
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About Merkle: Merkle is a customer relationship management agency that designs, executes and evaluates integrated marketing programs.
Dave Morgan
CEO & Founder & Vice President, Sports Digital News of Simulmedia
Morgan is the CEO and founder of Simulmedia, a New York based marketing technology company that uses data, science and software to drive business outcomes for advertisers through traditional TV marketing. He previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX).
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About Simulmedia, Sinclair Broadcast Group: Simulmedia is a TV ad platform that enables predictable, scalable customer growth.
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.
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.
Michael Cadieux
Vice President / NA Procurement Officer of Publicis Groupe
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About Publicis Groupe: Publicis Groupe is a digital and interactive communication services provider.
Kevin Park
Head of CampaignDivision2 / Vice President of Cheil Worldwide
Kevin Park has served as the President of company operations in Germany in 2006 after being in charge of Global Brand Communications in 2003 and working for the Campaign team since joining Cheil Worldwide in 1993. He also served as the Head of European operations after being appointed to Executive in 2010. He is currently responsible for Campaign Division2 (Global Campaign Division).
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About Cheil Worldwide: Cheil Worldwide is a global marketing and communications company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Abhay Jain
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks
David “Digger” Granville-Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks. Granville-Smith joined A+E Networks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2014. In December 2016, he was named to his current position. Granville-Smith leads all key financial functions across A+E Networks, including A&E®, History®, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI™, H2®, Crime & Investigation Network®, History en Español™, Military HISTORY®, LRW®, A+E Studios™, A&E Indie Films®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. In addition, Granville-Smith oversees the Production, Operations, Engineering and Information Technology departments and is responsible for the Corporate Development, Strategy, Investments and Ventures Group. He provides strategic and operational leadership across all of the divisions of the company, including the Brand Portfolio Group, Ad Sales, Distribution, Digital and International, in order to drive the company’s overall growth and value creation. Granville-Smith serves on the boards of A+E Networks Latin America and VICELAND. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Granville-Smith worked at J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns, which was acquired by J.P. Morgan, for 23 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith Barney in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. At J.P. Morgan, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the Investment Banking Division. Throughout his career in banking, Granville-Smith worked on a number of significant strategic and financing transactions for diversified media, cable network, cable distribution and telecommunications companies. Granville-Smith is a trustee of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. He also serves on the President’s Advisory Council for the College of Brown University. Granville-Smith received an A.B. degree from Brown University. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and two children.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Mark Garner
Executive Vice President, Content Licensing and Business Development of A+E Networks
Mark Garne serves as executive vice president of content sales, licensing, and business development at A+E Networks.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Ross Habif
Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Amy Baker
Executive Vice President of A+E Networks
Amy Baker and her team are responsible for harnessing the power, influence and audience of A+E Networks’ brands, platforms and talent to help marketers drive awareness, sales, brand loyalty, customer acquisition and retention. Prior to this position, Baker was EVP, Ad Sales for Lifetime, LMN and fyi. She first joined A+E Networks as SVP, Ad Sales for HISTORY in 2005. Prior to A+E Networks, Baker was SVP of Discovery Solutions and Branded Entertainment at Discovery Communications where she provided advertising clients with comprehensive solutions to reach their business objectives across Discovery’s family of assets. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and is based in New York City.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Jason DeMarco
Vice President, Programmatic & Audience Solutions of A+E Networks
Jason DeMarco joined A+E Networks in July 2012 to establish a programmatic monetization strategy. During his tenure, A+E Networks has been a market leader in adopting new technology and creating partnerships that bring the best in content, data and systems to market. Jason continues to focus on automation across all platforms and data enabled monetization.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Ketan Gangatirkar
Vice President of Engineering of Indeed
Ketan Gangatirkar leads Engineering at Indeed for Job Seeker products. For the last 10 years, he’s been helping millions of people get jobs. Along the way, he’s made some good product decisions and some terrible ones. He used to think he had great ideas, but being wrong all the time cured him of that. Now all he wants is scientific evidence.
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About Indeed: Indeed is an employment-related metasearch engine for job listings.
Matthew Kirschner
Partner and Executive Vice President of Talent Resources
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About Talent Resources: Talent Resources is a social media marketing agency that specializes in connecting brands with top-tier celebrities and influencers.
Brian Conroy
Vice President, Strategic Development of Augeo Marketing
Brian Conroy has 17 years of experience as a senior sales and marketing executive with a successful career of consultative sales, product/service marketing, channel marketing and client relationship management. Brian leads a team of client relationship managers that work directly with Augeo’s financial institution clients to provide strategic client direction and dynamic program strategies. Brian is part of the product development team and plays a critical role in developing and managing loyalty, retention and acquisition initiatives for current and potential clients. Brian earned his Bachelor of Arts from the Benedictine University with a degree in Finance and Economics with a minor in Business Leadership and Management.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Karianne Avila
Vice President of Operations of Augeo Marketing
Karianne serves as the VP, Business Operations for Augeo. She leads and manages customer service and fulfillment teams across all of Augeo’s many loyalty and recognition programs. Karianne started in 1998 with our sister restaurant company, Embers, and has held numerous positions for both companies in the years following. Karianne attended the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee majoring in International Business with a minor in Spanish.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Juliann Gilbert
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Augeo Marketing
Juli has 9 years of experience in the loyalty and engagement industries and leads a marketing team supporting all corporate and client marketing initiatives. She provides strategic direction and communications for Augeo’s B2B and B2C initiatives, product launches and roadmaps, implementations, public relations and media. She has successfully implemented loyalty and engagement solutions across Augeo for hundreds of clients including website development, marketing collateral and ongoing promotional campaigns. Juli attended St. Ambrose University in Iowa, double majoring with a BA in Marketing and Management, in addition to a minor in Organizational Leadership.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Dan Councill
Vice President of Technology of Augeo Marketing
Dan leads the IT team in Augeo’s Atlanta office and is involved in the day to day operations of Augeo’s incentives division. He strengthens Augeo with nearly 20 years of experience in programming and technology, with half of those years spent specifically in the performance incentives arena. Dan excels in understanding and capturing our clients’ wants and needs. He and his team then apply that information to expertly craft custom, leading technology solutions. Apart from building websites and exceeding client expectations, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife and two children and cooking up a storm on his Big Green Egg.
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About Augeo Marketing, Performance Plus: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Jennifer Vanselow
Vice President of Finance of Augeo Marketing
Jennifer began with Augeo’s sister company, Embers, 18 years ago, and has been with Augeo ever since its inception in 1998. Throughout her years with both companies, Jennifer has worked in all areas of accounting, human resources and finance. Currently, Jennifer leads Augeo’s finance team, as well as manages the company’s financials and cash flows. Jennifer is an active member of the Institute of Management Accountants. She holds a BS in Accounting from Augsburg College, and is a Certified Managerial Accountant.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Randall Wakeford
Vice President of Client Platform Development of Augeo Marketing
Randall has been involved in the employee recognition and engagement industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining Augeo, he worked at IncentOne in Carlstadt, NJ as Director of Information Management, specializing in working directly with Fortune 50 clients to develop, deploy and maintain customized and integrated recognition solutions that drive business objectives. Prior to IncentOne, Randall was Director of Internet Operations for Faulkner & Gray in New York City, a specialized financial publisher owned by Thomson Financial. Primary responsibilities include working with existing clients to maintain and enhance currently deployed employee engagement solutions and technology, acting as technical subject matter expert during new platform implementations, and providing guidance on product development and sales strategy related to new business opportunities.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Sara Messerli
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Augeo Marketing
Sara comes to Augeo with over twelve years of diverse human resources experience in both large and small organizations with a specialization in talent management including workforce planning, recruiting, performance management, employee development and employee engagement. She also has extensive hands-on experience leading HR initiatives and policy design. Sara is the “go to” person for all HR matters at Augeo, employing an approachable and “can-do” service minded attitude across all levels of the organization. Sara earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in History from Metropolitan State and a Masters of Organizational Leadership from the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. She also holds a Society for Human Resource Management–Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certification. Outside of work Sara enjoys running, reading, and spending time with her husband and three children.
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About Augeo Marketing: Augeo Marketing focus on developing new solutions and innovative technology for clients, employees and their customers.
Tre Jones
Senior Vice President, Growth of Dotdash
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About Dotdash: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Jack Schwartz
Vice President of Programming of BrandStar
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About BrandStar: BrandStar is a content marketing and customer experience agency.
Andrea Kraft
Vice President of Marketing of BrandStar
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About BrandStar, BrandStar: BrandStar is a content marketing and customer experience agency.
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.
Seth Samuels
Vice President of Research & Development of Kochava
Samuels comes to Kochava with more than 15 years of business intelligence (BI) experience. Having spent his entire career in BI roles, Samuels has an eye for trends and possesses the knowledge and experience to analyze data and simply articulate its meaning. Previously, Samuels served as the vice president of business intelligence for Coldwater Creek, where he spent nearly ten years and created numerous cross-channel attribution tools to support web, catalog, and mobile attribution, managed all corporate testing and analysis, and owned analysis for all corporate data. Samuels leads the Research and Development division of Kochava, designed to create integrated data sets enabling efficient analysis and to identify advanced algorithms to enhance Kochava’s product offerings. This division is also responsible for the consolidation of all information from across the organization to provide customers world-class visibility into their data and the actionable learnings it reveals.
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About Kochava: Kochava is a provider of secure, real-time data solutions for mobile and connected devices.
Garrett MacDonald
Executive Vice President of Sales of Kochava
Garrett MacDonald brings more than 21 years of B2B sales management experience to his role leading the global sales effort for Kochava. A top performer with Fortune 500 companies and early stage startups, MacDonald is a recognized industry luminary on the convergence of mobile, retail, finance and technology, with deep expertise in the advertising industry. Most recently MacDonald served as the Vice President of Strategic Sales at Airpush where he managed sales and platform development projects around real-time bidding, predictive algorithmic optimizations, advanced location targeting, and UI design, among other areas. Prior to Airpush MacDonald served as Regional Sales Manager at StrikeAd, the world’s first Demand Side Platform, and was a Regional Manager with American Express during the company’s digital transformation. MacDonald is leading Kochava’s sales department as the company continues to expand internationally, helping brands deliver better mobile app experiences across multiple channels while extracting more value from their advertising spend.
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About Kochava: Kochava is a provider of secure, real-time data solutions for mobile and connected devices.
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.
Shari Moehlenkamp
Vice President, Finance of Legacy Marketing Partners
Shari Moehlenkamp is a Vice President, Finance at Legacy Marketing Partners.
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Kim Georgeff
Vice President Client Services of Legacy Marketing Partners
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About Legacy Marketing Partners: Legacy Marketing Partners is an independent brand experience agency that offers its customers with event marketing and digital campaigns.
Andrew Higgins
Vice President, Marketing & GM of EMEA at Pixlee
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About Pixlee: Pixlee is a user-generated content marketing platform that helps brands to market and sell by using real customer photos and videos.
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™.
Ronald Gravino
Vice President of Finance & Human Resources of INVIDI Technologies
Ronald Gravino currently serves as VP Finance and Human Resources for INVIDI. Prior to joining INVIDI, he was a financial and management consultant in private practice for over 15 years, specializing in start-up ventures and turnaround management, where he has held many interim CFO positions for developing companies. Previously he was CFO for Squibb-Novo Inc., an international pharmaceutical joint venture between Squibb Corporation and Novo Industri A/S of Denmark. He was appointed Commissioner of the NJ Highway Authority in 1997, serving as Chairman and CEO from 2001-2002. Gravino has served as Chairman or Member of the Authority’s Audit, Finance, Procurement & Technology, Personnel and Engineering committees, among others. He serves as Chairman of the Newark Liberty International Airport Board, as well as a Board Member of Rising Tide Capital, Inc., a non-profit organization which provides entrepreneurial training for underserved populations such as women, working poor, and minorities. Rising Tide was recently named a CNN Hero and was used as an example of economic development in a recent speech by President Obama. He is a Member of the NJ Transportation Finance Review Commission, overseeing the State’s $1.5B DOT budget. Gravino is also recognized as an expert on Federal and State campaign regulation and has served as Treasurer for several Governors, Congressmen and Senators, including NJ Governor Chris Christie. He is currently Commissioner and acting Chairman of the NJ Turnpike Authority.
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About INVIDI Technologies: INVIDI Technologies offers Advatar, an application that delivers addressable targeted advertising and marketing messages to viewers.
Edward Thorn
Senior Vice President of International Operations of INVIDI Technologies
Edward Thorn has over 30 years’ experience in cable television and related technologies dating back to the 1980s when he worked in system sales and marketing for MSOs in California and Texas. Later he built the first Latin American cable television system in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and after that founded Cable Properties Inc., an advisory firm specializing in M&A which was involved in hundreds of transactions over more than 25 years in the U.S., Latin American, and European cable television markets. In 1997 he was a founding partner of WorldPort Communications Inc., which was awarded the second global license for telephony in the Netherlands. Worldport was subsequently sold to the UK utility, Energis Thorn was also involved in launching the first competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in Latin America, in Santiago, Chile. The company was later sold to AT&T Latin America. He joined INVIDI in early 2013 where he has focused on opening new markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia from his base in Madrid. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
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About INVIDI Technologies: INVIDI Technologies offers Advatar, an application that delivers addressable targeted advertising and marketing messages to viewers.
Michael Kubin
Executive Vice President of INVIDI Technologies
Michael Kubin is the Executive Vice President at INVIDI Technologies.
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About INVIDI Technologies, Ionic Media: INVIDI Technologies offers Advatar, an application that delivers addressable targeted advertising and marketing messages to viewers.
Theresa Vu
Senior Vice President Of Engineering of Xandr
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Eric Hoffert
Senior Vice President Video Technology of Xandr
Eric Hoffert has more than twenty five years of experience leading product and technology development in digital media, software-as-a-service, mobile services, and cloud computing. His background includes key roles at Spotify, Apple Inc., AT&T Bell Labs, and a number of new ventures. At Spotify, Eric was a Software Architect for a new product initiative. Eric has served as the Chairman of Versatility Software Inc., a digital media consultancy with clients including The Walt Disney Company, SONY, Scripps Network, Stanford University, Carnegie-Mellon, Corbis, and others. Eric previously was the CTO of Thwapr, a platform enabling brands to mobilize and monetize video content, extending distribution reach while delivering a high quality user experience independent of device, OS, browser, carrier, or bandwidth. Hybrid transcoding, adaptive rendering, and video SMS are combined in a cloud platform compatible with 300+ mobile devices. The solution has been used by the National Football League, National Hockey League, two of the largest music festivals in the US (Vans Warped & Rockstar Mayhem), Photobucket, etc. with coverage in the New York Times, TechCrunch, Mashable, VentureBeat, StreamingMedia, ESPN, Billboard, etc. He co-founded ShareMethods, a document sharing and collaboration service with clients including CBS Interactive, Broadcom, Synopsys, HID, Airspan Networks, etc.; it is integrated with salesforce.com, EchoSign, and Oracle and has users in 40 countries. Previously, he was Chairman and CTO for Magnifi, a digital asset management platform deployed by Coca-Cola and P&G, where he received the Computerworld Honors Award. Prior to Magnifi, Eric managed Apple’s Multimedia Communications Group, where he co-founded the QuickTime software project and led development of the first real-time software video compression algorithm which has been downloaded more than a billion times. He was also a project leader for QuickTime Conferencing, a video conferencing Internet and telecom platform for Apple that included alliances with AT&T, IBM, Cisco, and NTT. While at Apple, Eric received the CEO Technical Award for the development of QuickTime software. Prior to Apple, Eric was a research scientist at AT&T Bell Labs where he was co-founder of a venture that developed a parallel graphics supercomputer called the AT&T Pixel Machine used by NASA, CalTech, and R/Greenberg. He also worked as a programmer at Broadway Video, a leading video production house in New York City where he created visual effects for music videos showcased on MTV and in the Museum of Modern Art. Eric holds 23 US patents; has authored and co-authored papers for the ACM and IEEE; and has lectured widely around the world. Eric has been quoted in the press and his work covered in the media including the New York Times, TechCrunch, Mashable, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Financial Times, CIO, InfoWorld, eWeek, RedHerring, Who’s Who in America 2007, etc. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Digital Asset Management. For fun, Eric has played as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Speedies, a NYC power pop band whose music has been licensed by Hewlett Packard (for a Global TV Advertising Campaign for digital photography with 500 million impressions) and NBC Universal, with digital albums available in Spotify and Apple iTunes. Eric also produced the Beastie Boys’ early hard core tracks on Capitol Records. When time permits, Eric works on research for large-scale renewable energy technologies that can deliver terawatts of clean power on a global basis.
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About ShareMethods, Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Dave Osborn
Senior Vice President of Xandr
Dave oversees the teams responsible for AppNexus’ engagement with its strategic enterprise clients. Previously, Dave established the AppNexus business and operations in Australia and New Zealand. With nearly 20 years of digital media and advertising experience, Dave has held executive product management and global client leadership roles at AppNexus and The Nielsen Company. During his tenure at Nielsen, he oversaw a diverse $120 million global product portfolio, including the product integration with Facebook that led to the launch of Nielsen’s Online Campaign Ratings business. Dave joined AppNexus in 2011 to open the company’s first office on the West Coast in Seattle, Washington, where he established the team responsible for managing AppNexus’ strategic partnership with Microsoft. He lives with his wife and three children in Seattle.
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Andy Barnet
Vice President, Western Regional Advertising Sales of Xandr
Andy Barnet serves as vice president of West Coast sales at Xandr.
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About Xandr: Xandr is an advertising company.
Alan Karpovsky
Vice President of Omni-channel Solutions of Innovid
Alan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Herolens, a MarTech platform that enables big brands and agencies to take their marketing and online communication strategies to the next level by the use of technology, engineering and algorithms. Herolens is nowadays working with some of the largest advertisers in LATAM and US. Herolens has been acquired by Innovid in late 2019. Alan is currently a Board Member at EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization), a global non-profit organization with +12.000 active members, whose stated mission is to “Engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow”. He has been named one of the “30 Forbes Most Promising Entrepreneurs” in 2019 by Forbes Magazine for his significant impact on the industry of his ideas, innovations and disruptive way of doing business. Alan has been an active speaker in events like IAB Now, WebCongress and A4 Latam sharing his experience on how to grow a technology company in the advertising industry. In late 2017 he has been selected by the US Department of State as one of the most impactful entrepreneurs among more than 4000 young professionals from LATAM under the YLAI program (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative). During his university days he launched “Club Trama”, a student-run business club dedicated to in-campus education for students on a variety of career paths (entrepreneurship, consulting and finance). The objective of the Club is to enhance knowledge on the specific areas as well as improving networking both between students and with professionals. Today, 6 years later, it’s still alive and growing. Alan has a Master Degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering by the Buenos Aires’ Institute of Technology (ITBA).
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About Innovid: Innovid is the only independent omni-channel advertising and analytics platform built for television.
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.
Jill Murphy
Vice President & Editor-in-Chief of Common Sense Media
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About Common Sense Media: Common Sense Media provides information and education to help kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology.
Zach Rosen
Vice President, Global Partner Development of Index Exchange
As Index Exchange’s first employee in the United States, Zach has made significant contributions to Index’s brand development and growth strategy in new markets. In his current role, Zach oversees the expansion of publisher and mass media company partnerships. He is passionate about how technology and automation is impacting the advertising industry, and lives to connect people with opportunities that drive their business goals forward. Before joining the team at Index Exchange, Zach consulted for a number of Bay Area startups in the digital media and entertainment space. Prior to that, he for Cox Enterprises in San Francisco, following their $300m acquisition of Adify. At Cox, Zach spearheaded the development of a new entertainment vertical spanning programmatic and branded content opportunities. Zach lives in New York City, he is an active consultant to early stage start ups in the media and entertainment space, and he regularly speaks on the emergence of automation and technology and how it impacts the ability for brands and media companies to shape their creative and storytelling experience.
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About Index Exchange, Yieldmo: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
Jourdain-Alexander Casale
Vice President Product, Supply of Index Exchange
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About Index Exchange: Index Exchange is an exchange technology, enabling digital publishers and suppliers to sell ad impressions programmatically and in realtime.
Robert Gelick
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Digital Platforms of CBS Interactive
Rob Gelick is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital. In this role, he oversees CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, the CBS apps, and CBS.com, as well as the CBS Television Distribution Digital businesses. This includes the product, technology and overall consumer experience across multiple platforms – the web, mobile, connected devices, social, video and gaming. In addition, Gelick’s team leads the development and production of original digital content to support the CBS Television Network’s slate of shows. This includes managing and producing original editorial and video for over 40 shows’ branded pages on CBS.com as well as social accounts. Gelick also leads the development of digital strategies to launch and grow the digital presence of CBS’s new shows as well as special events like the GRAMMYs and ACM Awards. Previously, Gelick was the SVP and GM of Digital Platforms for CBS Entertainment Digital and held the position of SVP and GM of CBS Mobile, where he led up all aspects of the CBS Mobile business across more than a dozen CBS Interactive properties including CBS.com, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, CNET, GameSpot, and TV.com; as well as mobile development for The CW and CBS Paramount Television. He also managed licensing of CBS brands on mobile platforms, and oversaw all mobile-related video, advertising, games, alerts and interactive TV initiatives. Gelick joined CBS Interactive in 2008 as Vice President of CBS Mobile, overseeing operations and new business development. Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of the founding executives at Helio where he envisioned, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry’s first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering. Before Helio, Gelick spent eight years at Motorola. There, he was instrumental in the company’s strategic alliance with Apple to bring iTunes to Motorola’s next generation mobile devices.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Noah Stanley
Vice President & GM of CBS Interactive
Noah is the vice president and GM of CBS Interactive. He leads multiple businesses for CBSSports.com including ad and subscription driven divisions in 247Sports.com, Scout.com and SportsLine.com. Noah has strong professional skills in navigating start-up to large scale media sites, social media, subscription and ad driven businesses, mobile applications, management, and sports marketing.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jarred Wilichinsky
Senior Vice President Video Monetization and Operations of CBS Interactive
Jarred Wilichinsky is a senior vice president at CBS Interactive where he focuses on Global Video Monetization and Operations. As an SVP, Jarred is responsible for maximizing the monetization of video advertising inventory across CBS Interactive and ensuring the best possible user experience. Jarred works closely with sales and distribution leadership to drive forward sales strategy and optimize inventory, pricing and campaign execution. Since 2006 Jarred has focused on video ad strategy and execution across CBS Interactive. Jarred Holds a degree i business administration from the University of Florida.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
John Beritzhoff
Senior Vice President, West Coast Sales of Diversified Systems
John joined Diversified as part of the acquisition of Snader and Associates in February, 2013. After graduating from San Francisco State University’s Broadcast and Communication Arts program, John led a (slightly) more glamorous, though short-term, life on the pro tennis circuit before trading his racquet for a rolodex — and joining founder Bob Snader as employee #2 in 1979. John became a full partner in 1988, and President in 1999. During his tenure, John helped to guide Snader and Associates to a staff-level of over 60, in 4 offices throughout California, and sales in excess of $40 million. As Diversified’s Senior Vice President, John continues to guide corporate growth and to oversee all aspects of west coast AV marketing operations, including new business development. John is based in our San Rafael, California office.
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About Diversified Systems, Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Duane Yoslov
Senior Vice President, West Coast Operations of Diversified Systems
Duane manages and oversees all project managers, engineers, and project administration for Diversified Western Operations, and is actively involved in the daily project operations for many of Diversified projects. Duane has worked in nearly every capacity of integration; as an installation technician, design engineer, project manager and technical sales representative, taking on progressively more responsibility through the years. Prior to joining Diversified, Duane worked for Sony Systems Integration for nearly fourteen years as both a contractor and full time employee. During this time, Duane has been a part of many groundbreaking projects and intricately coordinated systems.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Fabio Pansolini
Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations of Diversified Systems
Fabio has over 30 years’ experience in the electronics industry. Fabio joined Diversified from Sony where he was General Manager/Director of Business Development for the Sony System Integration Center. After successfully launching Diversified System’s West Coast operation, he currently manages and oversees all project managers, engineers, and project administration for Diversified Mid-Atlantic Operations in Washington DC. In addition, he manages strategic accounts such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, Fox News, and CNN. Fabio has been a key contributor to the growth of Diversified over the past 12 years and looks forward to continuing to contribute to the organic growth of the company.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Craig Taylor
Senior Vice President, Midwest Operations of Diversified Systems
Craig Taylor has over 30 years as an experienced technology executive. He joined Diversified in 2011 looking to assist them in opening a Midwest Operation. Since then the Chicago office has experienced tremendous growth and now employs 26 Engineers, Project Managers, Installers, Sales Executives and Administrators. Craig was in the broadcast system integration business before Diversified as VP of Sales and Marketing for Venue Services Group. He helped in the development and implementation of an $80m multi-year resource management project for the United Nations in addition to many integration projects and several HD mobile production facilities. Prior to VSG, Craig was VP of World Wide Sales for SeaChange International, Inc. a manufacturer of high end broadcast servers and software. Most of his career was with Sony spending over 20 years at Sony Corporation as Vice President and General Manager in the Broadcast and Professional Group. He supervised a staff of over 150 people and was responsible for sales, marketing and support for multiple product lines. These included cameras, servers, audio, data recorders, media management systems, and switchers in addition to systems and support. While at Sony Craig was the recipient of several awards including Sony Samurai and the prestigious Sony Shogun award presented by Sony Founder Akio Morita.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Anthony Cuellar
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Diversified Systems
Anthony has a passion for people, technology and the innovation the two can create. As a business leader he has spent his entire career in sales, sales management and marketing. In his leadership roles he has been responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing business initiatives to drive revenue growth at every level. In his Marketing leadership role he is responsible for all global marketing necessary to develop comprehensive marketing and sales support strategies and executable plans to grow market awareness and customer satisfaction. He and his team also manage vendor relationships for joint marketing initiatives. Experience matters and with over two decades in the AV industry Anthony has consulted and implemented many changes in broadcast, AV and IT markets. The diversity of clients like Disney, DreamWorks, Kaiser Permanente, AT&T, Google and Cisco, both domestic and internationally, has prepared him for the unique challenges of navigating the market dynamics for integration, collaboration and managed services on a global scale.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Anthony Cuellar
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Diversified Systems
Anthony has a passion for people, technology and the innovation the two can create. As a business leader he has spent his entire career in sales, sales management and marketing. In his leadership roles he has been responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing business initiatives to drive revenue growth at every level. In his Marketing leadership role he is responsible for all global marketing necessary to develop comprehensive marketing and sales support strategies and executable plans to grow market awareness and customer satisfaction. He and his team also manage vendor relationships for joint marketing initiatives. Experience matters and with over two decades in the AV industry Anthony has consulted and implemented many changes in broadcast, AV and IT markets. The diversity of clients like Disney, DreamWorks, Kaiser Permanente, AT&T, Google and Cisco, both domestic and internationally, has prepared him for the unique challenges of navigating the market dynamics for integration, collaboration and managed services on a global scale.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Cynthia Mason
Senior Vice President of Global People of Postclick
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About Postclick: The world’s leading solution for improving digital ad conversions-creating digital experiences that optimize and increase return on ad spend
Paul Kahn
Vice President of North America of Upfluence
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Jeremy Hudgens
Chief Revenue Officer, Senior Vice President & Director of Client Solutions of Genius Monkey
Jeremy Hudgens is the Senior Vice President and Director of Client Solutions at Genius Monkey, a top provider of programmatic advertising. He is an expert in the field of programmatic ad campaigns, digital and mobile strategies and business development. With a degree from the Eller College of Business at the University of Arizona, combined with over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, Jeremy uses the cutting edge of digital advertising technology to bring invaluable insight and perspective to agency partners and clients. Jeremy provides out-of-the-box thinking and solutions that produce results as he fosters relationships with large ad agencies, helping their clients dominate both market and industry.
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About Genius Monkey, IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau): Programmatical Advertising For Your Business
Jim Vaughan
Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing & Customer Success of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
Jim Vaughan
Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing & Customer Success of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
John Cimperman
Executive Vice President of Match Marketing Group
John Cimperman is a Executive Vice President at Match Marketing Group.
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
Chris Gadek
Vice President of Growth of AdQuick
Chris Gadek is the Vice President of Growth at AdQuick
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About AdQuick, Forbes Magazine: AdQuick is a marketplace to buy and sell outdoor advertising.
Katherine Alford
Senior Vice President, Culinary of Scripps Networks
Katherine Alford studied at the New York Restaurant School in 1980 and then worked in several of New York City’s top kitchens, including the ultra-trendy Commissary restaurant (with a younger Madonna as hostess) and the pioneering Hubert’s. She later studied at the L’Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris and,returning to the U.S. she became the Sous-Chef of the 4-star Quilted Giraffe. After five years at the Quilted Giraffe, Alford became manager at various city Greenmarkets, including the renowned Union Square Farmers’ Market. Her love of teaching took her to Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (now Institute for Culinary Education) as the director of instruction in 1989. In addition,she served as the special events chef for Gourmet and taught classes across the country. Her interest inteaching also led her to design and teach cooking classes to adults and adolescents at the Van Italie Center for Obesity Research, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. In 1992, Alford worked on the award-winning Union Square Cafe Cookbook, testing and adapting the restaurant’s recipes for the home cooks. She has contributed to Food & Wine, Cook’s Illustrated, FineCooking, and Food Arts; has appeared on various national and local television shows as a guest chef andfood expert, and is the author of the book, Caviar, Truffles, and Foie Gras (Chronicle, 2001). In 2000, Alford joined Food Network. She currently oversees the busy Test Kitchens, developing recipes for Food Network Magazine (2009 New Magazine Launch of the Year, #1 selling food magazine on newsstands), cookbooks, network shows, promotional initiatives, and FoodNetwork.com andCookingChannel.com. Food Network Magazine’s cookbook Great Easy Meals was a New York Time’s best seller. Two of Food Network Kitchens cookbooks, Making It Easy (2004) and Get Grilling (2005) were IACP cookbook award finalists. How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Take Out was chosen by Food &Wine as one of the top cookbooks of 2006. Alford lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
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About Scripps Networks: Scripps Networks Interactive develops lifestyle content for TV, internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and other media platforms.
Karl Spangenberg
Senior Vice President of MediaLink
Karl Spangenberg brings 25 years of experience in general media management, advertising sales, business development, strategic marketing, online market research and media consulting. Since 1995, he has held leadership positions at four start-up companies: Infoseek (1996 IPO and later sold to Disney); @plan (1999 IPO, 2001 sold to DoubleClick and later sold to Nielsen Net Ratings); Lightningcast (2002 strategic partnership with AOL Entertainment and later sold to Advertising.com); and The Hotel Networks (2004 sold majority stake to Liberty Media and later sold to LodgeNet). As Vice President, Advertising and Commerce at AT&T, Spangenberg drafted a strategy for cross-platform, integrated advertising and commerce while serving as lead advertising liaison between AT&T and Yahoo for revenue on the broadband portal. He also worked at various magazine companies in general management and advertising sales roles including U.S. News & World Report, TIME magazine, BusinessWeek and Datamation magazine.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrea Kerr Redniss
Senior Vice President of MediaLink
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Andrew White
Director & Vice President of MediaLink
Andrew White joined MediaLink in 2016, bringing eight years of expertise in M&A advisory, business development and corporate strategy. Andrew is responsible for advising strategic and financial investors in evaluating specific assets or sectors. Andrew’s experience at leading media conglomerates and high-growth startups has prepared him well for the diverse client base at MediaLink. His previous role was in the Strategy & Corporate Development group at Advance Publications, where he was responsible for identifying and executing acquisitions and investments on behalf of the company and as part of strategic diversification initiatives. Andrew also supported Advance’s affiliated companies (Condé Nast, Advance Newspapers, American City Business Journals, Brighthouse Networks, Reddit, etc.) on the planning and execution of their long-term growth strategies. Prior to Advance, Andrew was a manager on Condé Nast’s Digital Business Development team. He began his career with Lazard as an investment banking analyst in the firm’s Consumer and Direct Marketing group. Andrew holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About MediaLink, MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Mel Bessaha
Sr. Vice President – Revenue, North America of LoopMe
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About LoopMe: LoopMe is focused on brand advertising, using AI, attribution, and analytics to deliver measurable outcomes.
Vernon Jones Jr
Vice President of JIG Media
Oversees digital and technological development. Oversees following properties – DIY Makeup, Touchable, Wirefeeds, Real Estate Wired, Todays Hip Hop
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About JIG Media: JIG Media is a Digital Media Marketing Agency.
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.
Bala Menon
Sr. Vice President – Digital Media, Global Head of Operations & Client Success of ReachLocal
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About Gannett, ReachLocal: ReachLocal provides online marketing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Katie Johnson
Associate Vice President of French/West/Vaughan
Joined FWV: 2007 | Primary Responsibilities: Account management spanning PR, branding, collateral, events and social media | Alma Mater: NC State University, Raleigh, NC | Outside Interests: Volunteering at SPCA of Wake Country, traveling (favorite cities are Paris, NYC, Istanbul, and Kyoto), running | What to know about Katie: She has extensive experience in PR and social media marketing within the western and fashion industries, winning awards on behalf of clients Wrangler Western and Tony Lama Boots, among others.
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About French/West/Vaughan: French/West/Vaughan provides public relations, advertising, and digital/social media marketing services.
Natalie Best
Executive Vice President & Director of Client Service of French/West/Vaughan
Joined FWV: 2002 | Primary Responsibilities: Account service head, manager, strategist, marketer. Whatever challenge the day holds. | Alma Mater: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Outside Interests: Running, spinning, travel, golf (getting better at it!), and learning every day about how to be a parent | What to know about Natalie: She serves on the boards of the Alexander Family YMCA, NC Child and has served the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education and UNC Journalism Alumni & Friends.
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About French/West/Vaughan: French/West/Vaughan provides public relations, advertising, and digital/social media marketing services.
Scott Palmer
Vice President of Digital & Social Media of French/West/Vaughan
Joined FWV: 2010 | Primary Responsibilities: Strategy and execution of digital and social campaigns | Alma Mater: Elon University, Elon, NC | Outside Interests: Running and the Washington Nationals | What to know about Scott P: He is a believer in life, liberty and the pursuit of beautiful online marketing.
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About French/West/Vaughan: French/West/Vaughan provides public relations, advertising, and digital/social media marketing services.
Jenny Pilewski
Senior Vice President of French/West/Vaughan
Joined FWV: 2004 | Primary Responsibilities: Trainer of happy employees and cultivator of satisfied clients | Alma Mater: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Outside Interests: At the moment? All things “baby.” In my dreams? Decorating houses, going for a jog, listening to music, going to a movie, watching the game | What to know about Jenny: She is a new mother, lover of laughter, total neat freak, committed to mastering an attitude of gratitude.
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About French/West/Vaughan: French/West/Vaughan provides public relations, advertising, and digital/social media marketing services.
Tom Shoop
Executive Vice President & Editor in Chief, Government Executive Media Group of Atlantic Media
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
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About Atlantic Media, Nextgov: Atlantic Media is dedicated to equipping opinion leaders with breakthrough ideas and original insights.
Art Handman
Former Area Vice President, North America, Energizer Household Products, Energizer Holdings / Mentor of CellARide
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About CellARide: Pioneering Automotive Marketing Technology One Message At A Time!
Art Handman
Former Area Vice President, North America, Energizer Household Products, Energizer Holdings / Mentor of CellARide
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