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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 Marketing 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.
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
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Scott J Cooper
Global Vice President, Innovation of Molson Coors
Throughout his 25 years in sales, marketing and general management, Scott has become an expert at breathing fresh life into tired brands, launching category-changing innovations, establishing new partnerships and leading teams & organizations to deliver sustained business performance. He has held senior roles at Unilever, Sobeys, Molson Coors and served on several not for profit boards including Canada Sports Hall of Fame. Most recently in his role as Global VP, Innovation at Molson Coors Scott led the team that launched Molson Coors Canada’s JV with Hexo to launch cannabis beverages. Scott graduated Ivey with an Honors Business Administration degree. When not busy at the office, you’ll find Scott on the slopes or transporting his three young children to their many activities.
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About Molson Coors: Molson Coors is a beer company and distributor that brews the world’s favorite beer brands.
Grace Puma Whiteford
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo
Grace Puma is the Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo.In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $63 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. In 2015, Grace was appointed Chief Supply Officer with expanded responsibilities where she leads a Global Supply Team comprise of: Global Logistics, Global Procurement, and PepsiCo Worldwide Flavours. In her current role as CSO, she has strategic leadership accountabilities for 11 concentrate manufacturing operations, $30B of purchase spend and ~3600 worldwide employees. Her scope of responsibility includes driving: enterprise supply chain strategy; productivity; commodity risk management; plant health /safety; product quality and supply service to the PepsiCo’s businesses. Since Grace joined PepsiCo in 2010, she transitioned procurement from a decentralized, market-based function to a centralized global procurement entity. Grace created new organizational model to ensure globally connected, locally wired work processes with 1,100+ employees and a $30B spend scope on raw commodities, direct/indirect materials, and agency & media. Grace is a seasoned executive experienced at transforming decentralized organizations into globally connected, locally wired business functions that drive performance. She is well regarded as a strategist and change agent who finds best-possible business solutions to business challenges. Grace is recognized as a top female and Hispanic leader role model across complex and decentralized global business environments. She is highly valued for her ability to find innovative solutions, build strong business relationships and develop talent. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Grace worked for United Airlines where she served as senior vice president, chief procurement officer and led the transformation to a global strategic sourcing function with an enterprise-wide scope. Grace and her team delivered significant savings across the value chain, while effectively handling risk management during the jet fuel crises in 2008. Before joining United, Grace led key areas of global procurement at Kraft Foods, including raw materials, packaging, indirect materials, transportation, logistics, and services. She also worked in strategic procurement at Motorola and Gillette. Grace holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Illinois Benedictine University. She previously served as a board member for Steppenwolf Theatre, the Institute for Supply Managers and board member for the Marietta Corporation. In 2013, Grace was recognized as the #4 CPO out of 5,000 global CPOs across all industries by ExecRank. In 2016, she was recognized as the “Executive of the Year” by Latina Style magazine.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Shakti Jauhar
Vice President, Global HR Operations and Shared Services of PepsiCo
Shakti Jauhar is a global leader and data-driven executive recognized for his operational expertise in Manufacturing, Information Technology, Finance and Human Resources. Known as a transformational leader, he has a track record of setting clear strategies, driven by rigorous analytics and insights. Shakti leverages technology innovation across geographies to optimize processes, which deliver technical competencies, reduce costs and simultaneously increase efficiencies.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Deborah Rosado Shaw
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo
Deborah Rosado Shaw is senior vice president, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage company with net revenues of more than $63 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. Deborah, who assumed this role in July 2014, provides leadership in guiding PepsiCo’s global Diversity and Engagement (D&E) strategy to bring together diverse strengths, backgrounds and perspectives to achieve the company’s strategic business imperatives, advance its Performance with Purpose goals and drive innovation. Building on PepsiCo’s deep legacy in D&E, she helps PepsiCo ensure that D&E is ingrained in PepsiCo, and expands pathways for developing global, multicultural thinkers, doers and innovators. Deborah was a member of PepsiCo’s Ethnic Advisory Board for 12 years, whereby she played a critical role in establishing a strategic platform that helped PepsiCo elevate its prominence as one of the most diverse companies working with minority business owners
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Ciara Dilley
Vice President Transform Brands & Portfolio Innovation,FLNA of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Esperanza Teasdale
Vice President/General Manager of PepsiCo
Esperanza Teasdale leads shopper marketing for national customers and sets “opt-in” strategy and plans to multiply key customer growth. She has an extensive history at PepsiCo, beginning as brand manager in 2003. She has demonstrated excellence in a range of roles, most recently as senior director of shopper marketing for small format where her team won three vendor awards at 7-Eleven. She is a graduate of Rutgers University’s College of Engineering and the University of Connecticut.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Adam Harter
Senior Vice President – Media, Sports & Entertainment of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Tim Carey
Vice President of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Bob Barron
Senior Vice President of Sales, GameTime of GameTime
Bob Barron is a senior-level sales and marketing professional with more than 23 years of experience managing dynamic sales teams. His experience includes working with industry leaders and Fortune 100 companies to develop global distribution networks. Bob is currently responsible for managing all domestic and international sales activities for GameTime and is also part of the PlayCore operating committee. He is an active member of several industry organizations and is a strong advocate for building better communities through play..
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
Bill Cox
Vice President of Finance, GameTime of GameTime
Bill is experienced in operational reporting and control for multiple manufacturing facilities and distribution centers. As a member of GameTime’s senior management team, he is responsible for all financial activities and achievement of GameTime’s strategic goals.
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
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.
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.
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.
Kathy Coover
Executive Vice President of Isagenix International
In 1992, Kathy Coover left her career as a dental hygienist in search of a way to spend more time with her family and contribute to others on a greater scale. Kathy went on to become a top earner in three separate network marketing companies, generating millions in income and helping tens of thousands of entrepreneurs achieve success. Remaining focused on her aspirations to positively impact the lives of others, Kathy joined her husband, Jim, and together they co-founded Isagenix. They set out to build a network marketing company that would be different than all the rest, founded on integrity, passion, and collaboration. Kathy is a nationally recognized and respected leader who has translated her personal successes into training and support systems that have helped create physical and financial freedom for countless Isagenix Associates.
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About Isagenix International: Isagenix International LLC is a multilevel marketing company that markets dietary supplements and personal care products.
Brian Sax
Senior Vice President of ACN
Brian Sax is a successful professional in the world of network marketing that, as an IBO, has achieved SVP status at ACN. He has goals to do a whole lot more in the future, including: making a difference in thousands of people’s lives, helping to open many more countries for ACN, assisting more people to achieve the Regional Vice President (RVP) and SVP levels within the Company, and helping ACN to become the largest network marketing company in the world by the year 2021.
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About ACN: ACN is the world’s largest direct seller of telecommunications, energy and other essential services people use every day.
Guy Peri
Vice President & Chief Data Officer of Procter & Gamble Company
Guy Peri is Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Procter & Gamble. Guy leads the creation and implementation of P&G’s enterprise data/analytics strategy and architecture to enable strategic/operational insights and new business models. Guy also has responsibility for P&Gs data science team which applies advanced analytics against P&Gs largest business opportunities across marketing, sales, eBusiness and supply chain. Mr. Peri’s current responsibilities include creation and implementation of P&Gs enterprise data / analytics strategy and leading the development, operations, data management and data science teams who are enabling P&Gs strategy.Mr. Peri is actively involved in community and professional boards and believes that leadership is about serving others to achieve their full potential.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Valarie Sheppard
Treasurer, Controller and Executive Vice President Company Transition Leader of Procter & Gamble Company
Valarie Sheppard is the Treasurer, Controller and Executive Vice President Company Transition Leader at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
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.
Cody Bauer
Vice President Of Retail Operations of Leap Services
Cody Bauer serves as VP of retail operations at Leap Services.
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About Leap Services: Leap develops a retail platform that enables brands to deploy stores and accelerate growth.
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.
Chris Finley
Vice President of Business Development of Momentive
Chris Finley is the former vice president of business development at [SurveyMonkey](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/surveymonkey#/entity), a cloud-based online survey and questionnaire tool that helps users gather survey-related information.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Jon Cohen
Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of Momentive
Jon joined SurveyMonkey in January 2014. He brings years of research and data expertise to the company’s portfolio of products and solutions, as well as strategic direction for future innovations. Previously, he was Vice President of Research at the Pew Research Center. As Director of Polling and Polling Editor, he also led The Washington Post’s polling operation through two presidential campaigns and four congressional cycles, as well as numerous gubernatorial and mayoral elections. Prior to the Post, he was a polling expert at ABC News and the Public Policy Institute of California. He is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council, as well as the president of its Pacific Chapter, PAPOR. Jon earned an MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in History from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
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.
Kevin Buckman
Vice President of Training & Field Development of Market America
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About Market America: Market America Worldwide is a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One-Marketing.
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.
Matthew Caiola
Vice President, Corporate and Technology Practices of 5W Public Relations
As Executive Vice President at 5W Public Relations, Matthew Caiola oversees the corporate, technology, and digital divisions, which include financial services, legal services & litigation, real estate, corporate internal communications, public affairs & government relations, apps & online marketplaces, ad tech & big data, marketing technology, and financial technology. Under his leadership, the teams run award-winning campaigns for clients like Sinclair Broadcast Group, SAP NS2, CareerBuilder, Payoneer, The Trade Desk, Comcast, N26, as well as more than 100 companies globally. With over 15 years of public relations experience, Matthew is a seasoned practitioner in corporate publicity, leading his team in building the brand of high-growth tech companies, launching IPOs, disrupting industries, and building global brand resonance. B I O EXE C UT IVE VI C E P R ESIDENT COR PORAT E , T E C HNOLOGY & DIGI TAL P RA C T I C ES In the 10 years Matthew has worked at 5W Public Relations, he has become responsible for the overall growth and direction of the agency’s technology, corporate and digital practices. Matthew introduced new areas of focus to the agency, including the SaaS and data divisions. He has been instrumental in acquiring new clients for the agency, including three fintech unicorn clients as well as 13 cannabis clients, who are each making a name for themselves within their respective industries. Matthew has shaped 5WPR’s technology division to be recognized as a leader in the adtech, fintech, and martech pr space. Prior to joining 5W, Matthew was at a mid-sized New Jersey PR firm where he yielded brand building results for a diverse range of well-recognized companies in the clean-tech, aviation, and consumer areas. His media relations expertise played a key role in securing top tier features for his clients, ranging from CEO profiles, company case studies, and awards. Matthew holds a Communication and Political Science degree from Iona College.
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About 5W Public Relations: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
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.
Amardeep Jenkins
Vice President of Operations of ChargeNet Stations
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About ChargeNet Stations: ChargeNet Stations specializes in the fields of SaaS, cleantech, electric vehicle supply equipment, and distributed energy resources.
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.
Will Crocker
Vice President, Customer & Partner Marketing of Braze
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About Braze: Braze is a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, in-product, and more.
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.
Michael Amick
Senior Vice President, North American Papers, Pulp & Consumer Packaging of International Paper
Mike started his career with International Paper at the Louisiana Mill in Bastrop in 1990. Since then he has served in various capacities and businesses across P&C Papers, Coated Papers, Industrial Packaging, xpedx and Coated Paperboard. He also led the company’s supply chain transformation and was appointed an officer of the company in 2002 as vice president of supply chain with focus on driving improvements across the company’s North American manufacturing businesses. He later held the roles of executive vice president, xpedx and vice president and general manager for the Coated Paperboard business. From 2012-2014, Mike served as International Paper vice president and president, IP India, and as executive chairman, International Paper APPM Limited. He was elected senior vice president, North American Papers, Pulp and Consumer Packaging in November 2014.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
William Hoel
Senior Vice President, Container The Americas of International Paper
Bill Hoel is senior vice president, Container The Americas. Bill joined International Paper subsidiary Masonite Corporation in 1983. He was named vice president and general manager of the Decorative Products business in 1996, and vice president and executive assistant to then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John T. Dillon in 1999. In 2000, Bill was named vice president of Wood Products where he led the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of high-quality lumber, plywood, poles and engineered wood products in the United States and Canada. He was named senior vice president, Corporate Sales and Marketing, in 2004; vice president, Container The Americas, in 2005; and senior vice president, Container The Americas, in 2012.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Thomas G. Kadien
Sr. Vice President of International Paper
Tom joined International Paper in 1978 and held various sales and marketing positions in the company’s Packaging businesses. He became manufacturing manager for Nicolet in 1991 and general manager of Nicolet in 1992. Tom was appointed an officer of the company in 1999 while leading the Fine Papers division and transitioned to vice president of Commercial Printing and Imaging Papers in 2000. In April 2003, he was appointed president of IP Europe, and was named a senior vice president of International Paper in May 2004. Tom served as the senior vice president and president of xpedx, International Paper’s distribution business from 2005-2010 and as the senior vice president Consumer Packaging, IP Asia and IP India from 2010-2014. In November 2014, he was named Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications & Government Relations, with continuing leadership responsibilities for IP India and Supply Chain Operations.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
C. Cato Ealy
Senior Vice President of International Paper
C. Cato Ealy joined International Paper in April 1992 as director, Corporate Development. In June 1996, he was named vice president and was promoted to senior vice president in June 2003. Ealy is responsible for the company’s domestic and foreign acquisition and divestiture programs. Prior to joining International Paper, he had been a director at Charterhouse Inc. since 1989.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Tim S. Nicholls
Senior Vice President, Industrial Packaging of International Paper
In November 2014, Tim Nicholls was named senior vice president, Industrial Packaging Group, with responsibility for the company’s North American Containerboard, Corrugated Packaging and Recycling businesses. Mr. Nicholls’ previous positions have included senior vice president, Printing & Communications Papers the Americas, senior vice president and chief financial officer, vice president of Finance, vice president and CFO of IP Europe, president of Weldwood (formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper located in Vancouver, Canada), director of finance and strategic planning for Industrial Packaging, and general manager of the international packaging converting business. He joined International Paper in 1999 through the company’s acquisition of Union Camp, where he held a series of finance and business planning positions.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
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.
Alan Wexler
Executive Vice President – Managing Director North America & Europe of SapientNitro
Alan Wexler heads strategy, delivery and business development for all of Sapient North America. Since joining Sapient in 1998, Wexler has held a number of key management positions, including Vice President and Managing Director of Sapient’s Technology and Communications Group. He launched Sapient’s Global Wireless Group, and led our Media, Entertainment, and Communication Group in New York. Prior to joining Sapient, he founded and operated a management and technology-consulting firm. Wexler is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been interviewed and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal. He earned a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Rider University in New Jersey.
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About SapientNitro: SapientNitro is an interactive marketing, design and technology services agency that offers its storyscaping solutions for companies.
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™.
Rex Galbraith
Vice President of Sales of Consensus
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About Consensus: Consensus navigating through the jungle of sales and marketing one effective automated product demo at a time.
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.
Rich Labarca
Vice President of Product of AddThis
Rich LaBarca GM Dynamics 365 Customer Insights at Microsoft.
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About AddThis: AddThis provides social engagement tools, APIs and services personalizing websites for engagement, monetization and traffic boosting.
Kiran Unni
Vice President, Business Unit Leader of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan, Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Melanie Turek
Vice President, Research of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Melanie Turek
Vice President, Research of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Celina Mikolajczak
Vice President, Battery Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America of Panasonic
Celina Mikolajczak is the vice president of battery technology for Panasonic Energy of North America. In this role, Celina leads a team of more than 200 passionate engineers, analysts and other technical staff who work to continuously improve lithium-ion cell manufacturing and to bring the latest cell technologies to mass production for Tesla Motors, Inc. at the Gigafactory facility in Sparks, Nevada. Prior to joining Panasonic in 2019, she served as director of engineering focused on battery development for rideshare vehicles at Uber Technologies. There, she worked to develop battery packs for bicycles, scooters and aircraft. Before that, Celina worked at Tesla Motors as the senior manager for cell quality and materials engineering, helping to develop the battery cells and packs for Tesla’s Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Roadster Refresh. From 1999 to 2012 Celina developed a technical consulting practice at Exponent focusing on lithium-ion cell and battery safety and quality. She helped develop many safety and quality concepts that were initially applicable to consumer electronics battery packs but are now standard considerations for electric vehicle battery packs. Celina continues to be an active participant in development of fire codes and standards related to EVs, ESS, and battery production facilities. With more than 20 years of experience, Celina is a recognized leader in the lithium-ion industry. Her technological expertise, engineering background and leadership skills have been instrumental in ushering in milestones in battery technology production and efficiency. Celina is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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About Panasonic, Panasonic, Uber: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mark Sullivan
Vice President, Marketing of RevenueWell
Experienced marketing leader, speaker, & investor laser-focused on scaling customer acquisition, retention and monetization by building talented, fulfilling marketing teams. Contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Currently building a top-notch revenue marketing engine, and hiring world class marketers at CoConstruct.
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About RevenueWell: Automated practice marketing and patient communication suite.
Adam Reynolds
Vice President of Digital Media Management
As Vice President of Digital Media Management, Adam Reynolds’ orchestrates many of the agency’s marquee entertainment social media campaigns. Having motivated millions of fans towards record-breaking box office results, Reynolds is a veteran social and digital expert who has launched release efforts for “The Hunger Games” franchise, “The Hobbit,” “ARGO,” “The Conjuring,” “Magic Mike XXL,” “Obvious Child,” “The Expendables,” “The Hangover III” and “Godzilla.” Adam also created the first ever Facebook press junket, bringing talent, studio and a social platform together for a first of its kind, industry-changing promotional experience. With Lionsgate, Warner Brothers, Paramount, A24 and IFC as trusted clients, Reynolds’ team of experienced social media specialists regularly craft innovative digital marketing campaigns that engage consumers and drives brand recognition.
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About Digital Media Management: Digital Media Management helps Hollywood’s biggest brands navigate social media channels, activate fan bases and secure brand partnerships
Dave Myron
Vice President Product Marketing of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
Brad Terrell
Vice President, Product Management of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
Rajaram Kudli
Vice President of Analytic Engineering of Valgen
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About Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Michael Lightfoot
Vice President of Operations & General Counsel of Valgen
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About Internet Law Services, Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Carl Cross
Executive Vice President of Sales of Workfront
As Executive Vice President of Sales for Workfront, Carl is responsible for worldwide account management and revenue growth. Carl has over 20 years of global sales leadership experience, growing great teams, and building and executing long-term business strategies that lead to company growth and customer satisfaction. Prior to Workfront, Carl was the senior vice president of worldwide sales at AppSense and has held leadership and executive management roles at HP Enterprise Security, BMC Software, SAP and PeopleSoft.
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About AppSense, Workfront: Workfront providers cloud-based enterprise work management solutions for enterprise teams.
Paige Erickson
Senior Vice President of Business Development of Workfront
As Senior Vice President of Business Development for Workfront, Paige leads a team to create and leverage a broad partner eco-system. Paige has more than 25 years of industry experience and an impressive record of building and managing teams in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Paige is skilled at creating partner strategies, messaging, and go-to-market models. In addition, she is an expert at developing new partner programs and launching partner networks, including comprehensive partner training and certification programs. Prior to Workfront, Paige was the vice president of partner strategy and programs at Sage, and also held leadership positions at Billtrust, CA Technologies, BMC Software and IBM. Paige is the recipient of multiple awards and industry recognition including CRN Channel Chief and CRN Top Women of the Channel.
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About Workfront: Workfront providers cloud-based enterprise work management solutions for enterprise teams.
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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About Upfluence: Upfluence is a smarter influencer marketing platform that helps brands and agencies scaling influencer marketing worldwide.
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
Ross Wissner
Executive Vice President of 2020 Companies
Since joining 2020 in 2008, Ross has lent his unique knowledge of brand strategy, retail field marketing, merchandising, and operations to help generate rapid gains in market share. He draws upon years of sales, operations, and distribution experience with an emphasis in CPG and Beverage Alcohol.
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About 2020 Companies, 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Keith Bush
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Deluxe Corp
Keith Bush joined Deluxe Corporation in March 2017 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Prior to Deluxe, Keith was with American Airlines, where he most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Finance. He has held varied roles with increasing responsibilities in treasury and financial planning and analysis for Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways, and American Airlines. While at American, Keith built a strong finance organization and led teams in financial planning and analysis, division finance, corporate purchasing, and insurance and risk management. Joining US Airways in 2009, Keith played a critical role in the planning and integration of the merger between American and US Airways. Keith holds a bachelor of science degree in marketing from Butler University and a MBA with a finance and strategic management focus from Case Western Reserve University.
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About Deluxe Corp: Deluxe Corp provides services that help small businesses and financial institutions acquire and retain customers.
Amanda Brinkman
Vice President, Chief Brand and Communications Officer of Deluxe Corp
Amanda Brinkman joined Deluxe in January 2014 as Vice President, Chief Brand and Communications officer and member of the Executive Leadership Team. Before joining Deluxe, Amanda was Vice President of Brand and Creative Services at Allianz in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her prior experience includes Vice President of Creative Services at UnitedHealth Group, Director of Business Development at Fallon, and Account Management at Campbell Mithun.
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About Deluxe Corp: Deluxe Corp provides services that help small businesses and financial institutions acquire and retain customers.
Stephen Scheppmann
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teradata
Steve Scheppmann is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. In addition to leading the financial organization, Steve has responsibility for IT services and global operations. Prior to joining Teradata in September 2007, Steve had 20 years of experience as a CFO and more than 10 years in public accounting. He was executive vice president and CFO of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Steve was executive vice president and CFO for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and senior vice president and CFO for Larson-Juhl, Inc. from 1988 to 2000. He held senior auditing positions with Arthur Andersen & Company from 1978 through 1988. He was a member of the board of directors of eResearch Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnical services and technology company, where he also served as the chair of its audit committee from 2006 – 2012. Steve grew up in the Midwest and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Simon Moss
Vice President, Head of Industry Consulting and Solutions, The Americas of Teradata
Simon Moss is vice president of industry consulting and solutions for the Americas at Teradata. Simon has extensive leadership and entrepreneurial experience in banking and financial technology. Previously, he was a managing director at Grant Thornton responsible for FinTech in the Americas and was founder and chief executive officer for Mantas Corporation, leading the company to become a market leader in global anti-money laundering and compliance technology. Simon’s other experience includes founding the IBM Risk Management Practice, working as a partner at PWC, and serving on multiple technology company boards of directors.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
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.
Joseph Chang
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President of Nu Skin Enterprises
Joseph Y. Chang, also known as Joe, Ph.D., has been the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. since February 2006. Chang is the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin International, Inc. He served as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Pharmanex LLC. He served as the President of Pharmanex division, a natural healthcare division at Nu Skin Enterprises from April 2000 to February 2006. He served as a Senior Pharmaceutical Executive at two major pharmaceutical companies, Wyeth-Ayerst Research and Rhone Poulenc Rorer, where he was involved in researching natural products for arthritis and cancer treatment. He served as Vice President for Clinical affairs and Pharmacology of Pharmanex from 1997 to April 2000. He served as the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Binary Therapeutics Inc. from 1994 to 1997 and at OAS from 1991 to 1994. He served as a Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from November 1998 to October 24, 2013. He served as Lead Independent Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2010 to February 2013. Early in his professional career, he was The Arthritis Foundation fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public. He is a member of New York Academy of Sciences, and American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. A prolific author, he has published numerous articles, reviews and books on pharmacological research during his 20 years in the healthcare industry. He serves on the Board of Directors of a major trade association (CHPA) related to consumer health products in U.S. He had co-edited a textbook on inflammation and developed a series of monographs on botanical products as a source of information for consumers and health professionals. He also holds several patents on new drugs. He received a B.S. degree from Portsmouth University and obtained his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of London and conducted post-doctoral research at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Matthew Dorny
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Nu Skin Enterprises
Matthew Dorny was appointed vice president and general counsel for Nu Skin in 2003. From 1998 to 2003, Dorny served as the assistant general counsel for Nu Skin Enterprises. Prior to joining Nu Skin Enterprises, Dorny was a securities and business attorney in private practice. Dorny received a bachelor of arts, master of business management and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Utah.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Brent Backes
Group Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of DCP Midstream
Brent Backes is group vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for DCP Midstream, LLC. His responsibilities include executive management of legal, regulatory, government affairs, right-of-way, environmental, health and safety, pipeline integrity, internal audit, enterprise risk management, and corporate development. Brent joined DCP in 1998. Prior to that, he was an attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Green & MacRae LLP from 1993 to 1998, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and regulatory matters in the energy industry. He began his career in 1987 with Kelly Stansfield & O’Donnell as an associate attorney. Brent is a native of Minot, N.D. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and a juris doctorate with distinction from the University of North Dakota. He is a member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, American Bar Association, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Colorado Oil & Gas Association, and American Corporate Counsel Association. Brent and his wife, Melanie, have three daughters and a son. They live in Denver.
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About DCP Midstream: A natural gas processing company.
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.
Nadia Rashid
Area Vice President of Sales of Marketo
Nadia Rashid is a hands on sales leader in the SaaS industry. She currently is the Area Vice President @ Marketo. It was her sales leadership and expertise that formed a critical component in building Marketo’s East Coast presence. She has over 15 years of experience building and leading sales teams for fast growing tech companies. Her dedication and out of the box thinking has led her to build successful sales teams from the bottom up at organizations including PROS, Webinato, Prodagio, and now Marketo.
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About Marketo: Marketo develops marketing automation software that provides inbound marketing, social marketing, CRM, and other related services.
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.
David Wagner
Executive Vice President, Global Strategy & Growth Platforms of VF
David Wagner is Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Growth Platforms at VF Corporation. He has more than 15 years of experience in a variety of strategy positions. In his current role, David is responsible for leading VF’s Strategy, Consumer Insights and Innovation functions. He and his team work closely with VF’s business unit leaders and Senior Leadership Team to activate new consumer and market insights, to articulate and drive progress against VF’s strategy, and to support VF brand revenue growth across multiple innovation platforms. Prior to this role, David served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy from 2017 to 2018 and as Vice President, Strategy and Integrated Planning from 2013 to 2017. From 2010 to 2014, he was Vice President of Strategy for VF International in the company’s Lugano, Switzerland office. In Europe, he established the strategy and insights functions for VF EMEA and supported the development of VF’s Asia strategy capability. David has been with the company since 2006 in a variety of strategy positions with increasing responsibilities. Prior to joining VF, David worked in private equity for Banc of America Capital Investors and as a consultant for McKinsey and Co. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Highest Distinction, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
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Laura Meagher
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of VF
Laura Meagher is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at VF Corporation. She has been practicing corporate law for more than 20 years. Currently, Laura is responsible for VF’s Legal function, including compliance with securities laws, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and corporate governance, and intellectual property law and litigation. She joined VF in 2004 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to being named to her current position in May 2012, she served as VF’s Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, where she provided expertise on securities laws, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters, as well as providing legal oversight for VF’s Outdoor and Action Sports and Contemporary Brands coalitions. Laura also served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Allen Telecom Inc. She began her career at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff in Cleveland, Ohio, where she served as an attorney specializing in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and commercial lending. Laura received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve University, where she graduated magna cum laude. Laura was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1989 and the North Carolina Bar in 2005.
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Lincoln Cheng
Vice President, Corporate FP&A of VF
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