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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 Social 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.
Allen Blue
Vice President, Product Management of LinkedIn
Allen was formerly Director of Product Design at SocialNet.com, a social networking service covering dating, recreational and professional activities, where he was responsible for product design and implementation of SocialNet’s member-data focused business model. Previously, Allen has worked as a contract web designer and developer for a variety of clients including PayPal, Stanford University, and Microsoft’s Virtual Worlds project.
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About Hope Street Group, LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
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Hari Srinivasan
Vice President of Product Management – Linkedin Learning of LinkedIn
Hari Srinivasan is the Vice President of Product Management – Linkedin Learning at LinkedIn.
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About LinkedIn, Signal Labs: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Nick Bartle
Vice President, Marketing of LinkedIn
Nick Bartle is the vice president of marketing at [LinkedIn](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/linkedin#/entity), a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search for jobs, and find potential clients.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Kalinda Raina
Vice President, Head of Global Privacy of LinkedIn
Kalinda Raina is Head of Global Privacy for LinkedIn. She is responsible for leading the Privacy Team at LinkedIn with global responsibility for overseeing compliance with data privacy laws and regulations, establishing privacy standards and policies, regulatory outreach and implementing the company’s compliance framework for privacy. Prior to joining LinkedIn, she led the Americas privacy team at Apple, and was the first Global Head of Privacy at Nintendo. Kalinda holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Communications, summa cum laude, from UC San Diego and a law degree from Boalt Hall.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Melissa Selcher
Vice President, Brand, Communications and Social Impact of LinkedIn
Melissa Selcher joined LinkedIn as SVP, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer in 2020.
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About LinkedIn, LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Brendan Browne
Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition of LinkedIn
Brendan Browne is the VP of global talent acquisition at Linkedin.
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About LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows its members to create business connections, search jobs, and find potential clients.
Keith Coleman
Vice President Product of Twitter
Keith Coleman is the Founder at Yes.
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About Twitter, Yes: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Jerry Hunter
Vice President, Core Engineering of Snap
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About Snap, Snap: Snap operates as a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.
Nima Khajehnouri
Vice President of Engineering – Head of Monetization & Discover Engineering of Snap
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About Netseer, Snap: Snap operates as a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.
Jay Moore
Vice President of Digital Marketing of Triller
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About Triller: Triller is an AI-powered music video app that enables anyone to make professional videos, effortlessly.
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.
Jennifer Perri
Vice President, Univision Creator Network of Univision Communications
Jennifer Perri is Vice President of the Univision Creator Network. For the last two years, Jen has lead the charge in cross platform integration of influencers and brands within Univision. She’s been with UCN since 2015 and helped build an in-house multi-channel network that is now the No. 1 Hispanic focused MCN on YouTube in less than two years. Under Jen’s leadership, UCN has attracted and signed over 200 young and diverse digital talent and has fostered a real sense of community. UCN creators have been integrated across digital, linear and live events, and have expanded Univision’s content offering and have helped us to connect with Hispanic millennials. Prior to her role at Univision, Jen held strategy and development positions at Seventeen (Hearst and Awesomeness TV), Collective Digital Studios (now Studio 71) and co-founded BigFrame. Jen also was a producer and production manager on Current TV, which won the first Emmy award for Best Interactive Television Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards. She is a graduate of the University of San Francisco in Communication studies.
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
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.
Jeremy Kranz
Senior Vice President & Head of Tech Investing of GIC
Kranz is the global head of technology investing and Senior Vice President at GIC. He manages direct and fund investments across the VC, late stage, growth and buyout stages.
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About GIC, GIC: GIC is a global long-term investor that manages Singapore’s foreign reserves.
Matt Wilson
Vice President, Politics of Brigade
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About Brigade, Causes: Brigade wants to make civic engagement easy, effective, and enjoyable — and in so doing, restore political power back to the people.
Shawn Conly
Senior Vice President Marketing of GREE
Shawn Conly is a Vice President, Marketing at GREE.
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About GREE: Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users.
Andrew Weinstein
Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy of Scribd
Andrew Weinstein is the Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy at Scribd.
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About Scribd: Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.
Recep Ozdag
Vice President of IXIA
Vice President and General Manager at Keysight Technologies.
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About IXIA, Keysight Technologies: Ixia provides IP network validation and network visibility solutions for equipment manufacturers, service providers and government agencies.
Chris Williams
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of IXIA
Chris is responsible for global Human Resources at Ixia. As a leader, Chris is known for being a highly collaborative and results-driven executive, striving to align business strategy, culture, and values. Joining in August 2008, Chris brings a diverse background in wireless communications, and Internet media, services, software, and bio-pharmaceuticals to Ixia. His broad functional expertise and management acumen were honed while working for public companies such as Yahoo!, Overture, Kinko’s, Dassault Systeme, and Pinkerton. Chris holds a Masters in Human Resources and undergraduate degrees in Management and Finance from the University of Utah.
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About IXIA: Ixia provides IP network validation and network visibility solutions for equipment manufacturers, service providers and government agencies.
Michael Johnson
Regional Vice President, Large Enterprise Sales of SmartRecruiters
Michael Johnson is responsible for Avature’s business development strategy and execution for the West, managing our Portland, OR and Chicago offices. Prior to joining Avature, from 1997 to 2003, Mike held multiple senior sales management positions with HotJobs.com and Yahoo! and was most recently Western Manager, Strategic Account Sales leading sales teams in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. He is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), the Employment Management Association (EMA), and the International Association for Corporate & Professional Recruitment (IACPR). He has been quoted in Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune and he has served as a panel member of the First Annual Illinois Technology Conference. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Textual Studies from Syracuse University.
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About SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.
Matt Pillar
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Jam City
Matt Pillar is an accomplished executive with more than twenty-five years of experience building, advising, and investing in businesses in Asia and the United States. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at leading mobile gaming company Jam City, formerly SGN Games; Founder and Managing Director at Fire Dragon Enterprises, a global strategic advisory firm; and Senior Fellow with the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, where he teaches a graduate/MBA course on “Doing Business in China/Asia.” In addition to his service on a number of Boards of Directors of consumer-facing media and technology companies over the years, Matt has been a major fundraiser on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of From the Top and on the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. Proficient in Mandarin Chinese, Matt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in East Asian Studies from Brown University and received a Master in Business Administration degree with Honors from Harvard University, where case studies and lecture material which he co-authored and published have been taught in both the Harvard Business School executive education program and second-year MBA curriculum. He currently writes about China business and strategy at http://www.climbingthegreatwall.com and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/firedragonllc.
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About Fire Dragon Enterprises, Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Josh Brooks
Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy and Marketing of Jam City
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Jeremy Horn
Vice President of Jam City
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
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.
Andy Chen
Senior Vice President of Innovation of Match Group
Andy Chen is chief product officer at Glassdoor, responsible for leading strategy, innovation, and execution among the product, design and community teams. Andy joined Glassdoor from Match Group, where he held several leadership roles within product, innovation and business development. Most recently, Andy was SVP of Match Group’s innovation team, +1Labs, where he led a portfolio-wide effort to drive ideas from conception to strategy to development and to market. Prior to his tenure at Match Group, he co-founded travel technology startup, Traxo. Andy holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with honors, and a bachelor’s degree in civil structural engineering from Texas A&M University.
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About Glassdoor, Match Group: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
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.
Kamala Harris
49th Vice President of the United States of The White House
The first Black and Indian-American woman to represent California in the United States Senate, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris grew up believing in the promise of America and fighting to make sure that promise is fulfilled for all Americans. Harris’ father immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica to study economics and her mother immigrated from India. Harris’ mother told her growing up, “Don’t sit around and complain about things, do something,” which is what drives Harris every single day. Harris started fighting for working families in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where she focused on prosecuting child sexual assault cases. From there, she became the first Black woman elected as San Francisco’s District Attorney. In this position, she started a program to provide first-time drug offenders second chances with the opportunity to earn a high school degree and find a job. In 2010, Harris became the first Black woman to be elected Attorney General of California, overseeing the country’s second largest Justice Department after the U.S. Department of Justice. In this capacity, she managed a $735 million budget and oversaw more than 4,800 attorneys and other employees. As California Attorney General, Harris fought for families and won a $20 billion settlement for California homeowners against big banks that were unfairly foreclosing on homes. During her time as a U.S. Senator, Harris has introduced and co-sponsored legislation to help the middle class, increase the minimum wage to $15, reform cash bail, and defend the legal rights of refugees and immigrants. Harris has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she has fought to protect Americans’ civil rights, restore independence and integrity to the Justice Department, and scrutinized nominations coming before the Committee. On the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Harris has dealt with the nation’s most sensitive national security and international threats. She also has served on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee where she has overseen the federal government’s response to natural disasters and emergencies, including the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19. Harris graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., and earned a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. Harris has been married to her husband Doug Emhoff for the past six years. She is the stepmother of two children, Cole and Ella, who call her “Momala” and are her “endless source of love and pure joy.”
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About The White House: The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States.
Zeeshan Zaidi
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Artist Services of Ticketmaster
Zeeshan Zaidi is General Manager of Artist Services at Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment. His group works with artists, managers, agents, promoters and labels to help make tours more successful through leveraging Ticketmaster’s marketing reach, data insights, and commerce opportunities. Before joining Ticketmaster, Zaidi spent several years in the startup world in various capacities. He was CEO/co-founder of Host Committee, Inc., a social media and events startup. He also served as COO and Head of Global of LimeWire, the world’s largest file-sharing network, and COO of Selectable Media (formerly Nabbr), a video advertising network. He previously spent seven years in the recorded music industry at Sony BMG in numerous roles, including VP, Digital for RCA and Sr. Director, Marketing for Arista Records. There, he developed the careers of superstar artists such as Avril Lavigne, OutKast, Usher and Dido.
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About Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing.
Chris Smith
Vice President, Data Science of Ticketmaster
Chris is a hands on technical manager with extensive experience working on highly scalable systems and big data.
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About Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing.
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.
Evan Blair
Co-Founder & Global Vice President of ZeroFOX
Evan Blair is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer at ZeroFOX. Prior to that, Evan was a member of the Accuvant Leadership Team where he led the multi-million dollar Partner Solutions practice. At the time of his departure, Accuvant was the 2nd largest privately held cyber security solutions provider, had recognized over $1 billion in revenue since inception, and had capabilities with over 175 global partners. In 2008, Evan joined Foster at Baltimore-based cyber start-up Ciphent, where he was responsible for executing the marketing and sales strategy for the organization. Charged with the ultimate goals of increasing sales, profitability, and revenue, Evan’s department supported the company’s three-year revenue growth rate of nearly 1000%. Previously, Evan held financial and business development roles at Application Security Inc. He began his career as a financial analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort in Manhattan, NY and holds a BA in Economics from Wake Forest University.
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About ZeroFOX: ZeroFOX, The Social Media Security Company, enables organizations to identify, manage and mitigate social media based cyber threats
George Thangadurai
Senior Vice President & Head of International Business of Borqs Technologies
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About Borqs Technologies, HEAL Software: Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software and end-to-end service platforms.
Anthony Chen
CFO and Executive Vice President of Borqs Technologies
Anthony K. Chan, is our CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and has joined our company since April 2015. Mr. Chan has over 30 years of experience in U.S. and China cross border investments and business operations. From July 2013 until March 2015, Mr. Chan served as the President of Asia Sourcing for Portables Unlimited in New York, a distributor of T-Mobile USA. From March 2009 until July 2013, he served as the CFO for Tianjin Tong Guang Digital Broadcasting Co. Ltd, a mobile communications products company. For the 20 years prior to that, he was involved in multiple investment and technology transfer projects between China, the U.S and Europe, in the areas of communication products, chemical fibers, textile machinery and medical equipment. Mr. Chan received both his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Borqs Technologies: Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software and end-to-end service platforms.
Doug Bailey
Vice President Marketing and Applications Engineering of Power Integrations
Vice President Marketing & Applications Engineering│Power Integrations│Brand Value In Global Markets.
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About Power Integrations: Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage, analog integrated circuits.
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™.
Catherine Lowell
Vice President of Content of IVY
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About IVY: IVY is a Social University that provides a lifetime of new experiences, friendships, and inspiration.
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.
Marcela Perez de Alonso
Executive Vice President of Start-Up Chile
Marcela Perez de Alonso is the former EVP, Human Resources of Hewlett-Packard. Among her many accomplishments, Perez de Alonso has led HP’s human resources organization through a series of acquisitions and a period of unprecedented growth, with HP’s workforce roughly doubling over the last six years. She implemented numerous people programs, including “Leading for Results” to help cultivate the next generation of HP leadership and “Winning with Wellness” to empower employees to take charge of their health, finances and stress management. She was named “2009 Human Capital Leader of the Year” by the Society of Human Resource Management and featured on the cover of HR Executive magazine for architecting a breakthrough workforce planning model unmatched in the HR industry.
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About Start-Up Chile: Start-Up is a public startup accelerator created by the Chilean Government for global entrepreneurs to bootstrap their startups.
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.
Jeff MacGregor
Vice President of Communications, Science of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
I am a communications leader who has spent more than a decade building and executing successful comms strategies for some of the world’s most well known people, companies, and brands. I helped create two of the most successful marketing campaigns in the history of global banking, helped lead a seed-funded startup to a successful Silicon Valley exit, and now lead communications within a multi-billion dollar tech-focused philanthropy. My work has won over 50 international awards and has been regularly featured around the globe.
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About Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports community-driven solutions to accelerate progress in science, education, and justice.
Bror Saxberg
Vice President and Learning Science of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Bror Saxberg is the Vice President, Learning Science at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chief Learning Officer for Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and a leading global provider of educational services offering post-secondary education, test preparation, professional education, English-language training, university preparation, and K12 offerings to individuals, institutions, and businesses. Saxberg is responsible for the research and development of innovative learning strategies, technologies, and products across Kaplan’s full range of educational services offerings. He also oversees future developments and adoptions of innovative learning technologies and maintains consistent academic standards for Kaplan’s products and courses. Saxberg speaks often at education, business, and public policy conferences, including: recent appearances at Microsoft’s CEO Summit, TEDx, the Stanford Digital Learning Forum, and the “Education Datapalooza” conference, hosted by the White House and US Department of Education. He is the co-author of “Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age” (2014) with Frederick M. Hess. His articles have been published in a host of academic, educational, and scientific journals. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at K12, Inc., where he was responsible for designing both online and offline learning environments and developing new student products and services. Prior to joining K12, Inc., he was Vice President at Knowledge Universe, where he co-founded the testing and assessment division which became known as Knowledge Testing Enterprises (KTE). Saxberg began his career at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and later served as Vice President and General Manager for London-based DK Multimedia, part of DK Publishing, an education and reference publisher. Saxberg holds a B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, both received in 1980. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received a M.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University, and also received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1989 and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1990.
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About Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports community-driven solutions to accelerate progress in science, education, and justice.
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
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.
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.
Lesley Kao
Vice President, Product Development of Singularity University
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About Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Singularity University: Singularity University is a benefit corporation that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships, and a startup accelerator.
Pascal Finette
Vice President, SU Labs – Accelerator Programs of Singularity University
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About be radical, Singularity University, The Coaching Fellowship, The Heretic: Singularity University is a benefit corporation that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships, and a startup accelerator.
Nicholas Haan
Vice President of Impact and Faculty Chair of Global Grand Challenges of Singularity University
Nicholas Haan has worked at the intersection of science, technology, social challenges, and innovation for the last 25 years. His issues of focus have included disaster relief, food security, environment, energy, public health, education, genetics, and information systems. And his affiliations have included the United Nations, governments, universities, donor agencies and non-governmental organizations. Nick is currently Director of Global Grand Challenges and Team Project Leader at Singularity University. His introduction to global perspectives began as a science teacher in a remote Kenyan village with the Peace Corps. This experience led to more than 20 years of living and working internationally, mainly in East and Southern Africa (including living four years in villages without running water or electricity, which gives him a unique perspective on social challenges). Prior to joining Singularity University, Nick served as Senior Economist/Global Program Manager with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization where he oversaw a food security project operating in over 30 countries. He is the creator of an international standard for classifying the severity of food insecurity and disasters–called the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Nick is also involved with several start-ups, including as strategic advisor to a mobile app company called eMobilis. He has a keen interest in the crowdsourcing movement and is on the regional board of directors for crowdfunder.com. Nick has been a visiting professor at University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and was awarded a NASA Research Fellowship. Originally from California, Nick has a Ph.D. in Geography, a Master’s in International Development, a Master’s in Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing from Clark University and a Bachelor’s in Genetics from U.C. Berkeley. Nick is an avid sea kayaker and explorer, most recently completing an 500 km expedition across Lake Victoria by kayak.
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About Singularity University: Singularity University is a benefit corporation that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships, and a startup accelerator.
Andrew Caravella
Vice President, Global Partnerships of Sprout Social
Andrew Caravella is vice president of marketing at Sprout Social, a leading social media management and engagement platform for business. He leads a team that creates and delivers relevant, engaging content and conversations through multiple forms of media and technology. Andrew believes the heart of social media hinges on exceptional experiences and meaningful human connections, and he uses those principles to guide dedicated direct acquisition, lead generation and brand visibility initiatives. Focused primarily on digital and social media, his career work includes executive communications, brand management, education campaigns, and event planning for everyone from Fortune 500 brands to not-for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Sprout Social, Andrew was director of marketing at the search marketing agency Performics (Publicis Groupe). He previously served as a search product marketing manager at DoubleClick and began his career in public relations and account management at Weber Shandwick.
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About Sprout Social: Sprout Social provides a platform for businesses to manage social media engagement, publishing and analytics.
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.
Mike Harper
Executive Vice President – COO of zSpace
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About Infinite Z, Pathway For Success LLC., zSpace: zSpace offers a system that enables its users to integrate their normal lives with a desktop-based virtual reality system.
Mike Smith
Vice President of People and Talent of IMVU
Mike (avatar “smithtahoe”) joined IMVU in December 2009 as Senior Director of People and Talent. Mike now leads all human resources, staffing and facilities at IMVU. Prior to IMVU, Mike held global staffing and HR roles with WebEx, Cisco Systems, Google, Tesla Motors and Tonic. Prior to running internal corporate staffing and HR functions, Mike held a vice president role in the executive and engineering search space with Modis (now Adecco) growing its largest region ($110 million) from 1998-2004. Previously, Mike launched his own consulting company, and clients included Amazon.com, Facebook, and Netflix. At IMVU, Mike helped create such a positive culture that the company was selected as one of the Best Places to Work in The Bay Area by the San Francisco Business times in both 2010 and 2011. Mike completed his studies in International Business from San Diego State University. Mike is a member of the Northern California Human Resource Association (NCHRA). When out of the office, Mike can be found vacationing in Tahoe City, playing soccer on one of three different local teams, or attending San Francisco Giants or 49ers games with his wife and three children.
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About Hot Potato, IMVU: IMVU is a social entertainment website where members use 3D avatars to meet new people, play games, and develop online communities.
Lomit Patel
Vice President, Growth of IMVU
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About ClickZ, IMVU, O’Reilly: IMVU is a social entertainment website where members use 3D avatars to meet new people, play games, and develop online communities.
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.
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.
Wesley Kading
Vice President of Sales of Angaza
Bringing a diverse professional background to his current role as Sales Director at the industry lead fraud solutions provider, Simility, Wesley has distinguished himself as one of the bay area’s most accomplished business-to-business market specialists. His experience as a professor, researcher, coach and professional athlete gives Kading a diverse background he can draw from to relate to his clients as well as his colleagues.
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About Angaza: Angaza provides a technology that enables businesses to provide affordable life-changing products to people in emerging markets.
Eitan Schwartz
Vice President, Service Provider Line of Business of RAD Data Communications
Eitan Schwartz serves as Vice President of Ethernet Access at Rad Data Communications, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Pseudowire and Ethernet Access. Eitan Schwartz served as Vice President of Pseudo wire and Carrier Ethernet of RAD Data Communications, Ltd. Eitan Schwartz served as General Manager of TDMoIP Division and Vice President of Rad Data Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Rad Data Communications Ltd. Eitan Schwartz served as Vice President of Strategic Product Marketing at RAD for one year. He served as Vice President, Engineering of RAD for five years, prior to TDMoIP division. He also worked for RAD as a Technical support Manager. Prior to joining RAD, Eitan Schwartz served as an Academic Officer in the test and telecommunications division of the Israeli Army. Earlier, he offered his technical skills as an Assistant Editor of Tele Productions, Inc. in New Orleans, after several years with Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa (ESCOM). Eitan Schwartz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tel Aviv. He also holds Diplomas from the University of South Africa, and the Witwatersrand Technikon in DataMetrics and Electronics technology respectively.
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About RAD Data Communications: RAD Data Communications is a solutions and products vendor for utility and transportation companies.
Kurt Ohlson
Executive Vice President of Domain Media
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About Domain Media: Domain Media is a media company that owns and acquires digitally native vertical brands and communities.
Paul Roebuck
Executive Vice President Senior Director Worldwide of BBDO
Paul re-joined BBDO Worldwide to lead the global Johnson & Johnson consumer business at the end of 2014 from Singapore where he had previously been Chief Executive of Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore & Malaysia. Prior to that post Paul had been Chief Executive of BBDO Guerrero and Proximity Philippines in Manila. During his tenure the Agency was named Philippines Creative Agency of the Year four times, was ranked as the top Agency in Asia Pacific according to industry annual ‘The Work’, was named as one of the top 4 Agencies in South East Asia by MEDIA Magazine two years in a row, 4As Philippines Agency of the Year three years in a row and the most awarded Digital Agency in the country also three years in a row. Over the course of his career, Paul has also held positions with agencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Africa working closely with organizations including Diageo, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, Kraft and Pepsico. Paul started his career as a graduate trainee with Saatchi & Saatchi in London. Paul resides in New York with his wife and two daughters, is a supporter of Special Olympics and has learned to love New York City Football Club.
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About BBDO: BBDO is an international advertising agency network with its headquarters in the New York City.
Brad O’Brien
Vice President of Social of 3Q Digital
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About 3Q Digital: 3Q Digital is a digital marketing agency catering to online advertising and mobile marketing.
Stephanie Fossan
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy of SocialFlow
Sr. Vice President, New Product Strategy at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Craig Pentland
Senior Vice President Client Services of SocialFlow
Senior Vice President – Client Services at SocialFlow.
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About SocialFlow: SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies.
Ken Leung
Vice President of Engineering of Kiva
CTO and Co-Founder at Euclid.
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About Kiva: Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Schan Duff
Vice President, Strategy of Kiva
VP of Strategy at Kiva. Former GC of Juvo.
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About Kiva: Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Geoff Dowd
Vice President of Design of TuneIn
Geoff Dowd is a designer, product developer and creative leader, dedicated to helping teams turn “What if?” ideas into 1.0 hits. He lives at the design intersection of hardware, software and services, believing that the holistic design effort is the toughest, but also the most rewarding. Knowing that the first step is prototyping – prototyping your idea in any way possible – Dowd has spoken and led workshops to hundreds of creative professionals and students, giving them tools to make their ideas happen. Most recently, Dowd served as Head of UX with Project Aura – a Google “bet”. His work there is secret for now. Before his time with Google, Dowd served as Director, Experience Design with Adobe. It is here that he oversaw the creation of Adobe’s Design and Drawing products – from nimble mobile apps that enable digital sampling of colors, shapes and brushes, to recharging Adobe’s flagship desktop products for the next generation of designers – including the new design and prototyping app, Adobe Experience Design CC. It is with Adobe that Dowd first discovered his love for hardware design as he led the conception, development, and launch of Adobe’s first-ever consumer electronic hardware product, Adobe Ink & Slide – real tools for drawing on the iPad.
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About TuneIn: From live sports & local radio to news, music & podcasts, TuneIn is one of the most widely used streaming audio platforms in the world.
Motz Feinberg
Vice President Supply Chain of Cedars-Sinai Accelerator
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About Cedars-Sinai Accelerator: Cedars-Sinai Accelerator is a collaboration to help today’s technology innovators turn their ideas into breakthroughs.
Veena Sriram
Vice President of Happiest Minds Technologies
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About Happiest Minds Technologies: Happiest Minds provides IT services focused on cloud computing, social media, mobility solutions, BI, analytics, and unified communications.
Melissa Dooley Kaspers
Senior Vice President Product Management of Whip Media
Melissa Dooley Kaspers serves as the senior vice president of product management at Whip Media Group.
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About Whip Media: Whip Media is transforming the global TV and film content licensing ecosystem with a market leading enterprise software platform.
Jonathan Patton
Vice President of Sales of H Code Media
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About H Code Media: H Code is the largest Hispanic digital media company in the US, enabling brands to reach Hispanic audiences with unmatched authenticity.
Jennifer Higgins
Vice President, Client Marketing | Head of Client Success of ClearEdge Marketing
If ClearEdge were a baseball team, Jennifer Higgins would be our utility player extraordinaire. She is an innovative, insightful and versatile professional who takes care of everything from writing, editing and proofing to strategic campaign development and project management. With a wide array of professional experiences under her belt, Jennifer brings to the table a well-rounded viewpoint and a propensity for perfection. Prior to starting her career with ClearEdge, Jennifer held marketing and communications management positions at leading healthcare and higher education organizations. Her responsibilities ranged from developing and executing strategic marketing plans and branding initiatives to organizing and promoting special events to creating and managing newsletter campaignsand magazines to handling media relations. For the past 13 years, Jennifer has worked in a consulting capacity with clients in a variety of industries including IT Consulting, Healthcare, Higher Education, Associations and Advertising. One of her biggest strengths lies in her ability to fully listen to client needs, evaluate client goals and execute a product that hits the mark. She has also developed a reputation for delivering exceptional customer service to her clients. With a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in journalism from Michigan State University, Jennifer has been honored with several awards for her work. Most recently, she earned first place in the Michigan Society of Associations Executives’ award program for magazine publishing. Born and raised in Michigan, Jennifer and her husband spent two years in Cincinnati, Ohio, after graduating from college and five years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where they have lived for 14 years. She enjoys Western Michigan’s proximity to Chicago and Northern Michigan. When they are not attending one of their three children’s sporting events, Jennifer and her husband enjoy spending time with their family on the beaches of Lake Michigan, hiking the many trails, skiing and relaxing together.
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About ClearEdge Marketing: ClearEdge Marketing provides marketing solutions to small- and medium-sized professional services and technology firms.
Amy Burford
Vice President – Commercial Lead (Sales & Customer Success) of Conversocial
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About Conversocial: Conversocial is a Customer Experience Platform for Messaging Channels.
Alex Maleki
Vice President of Business Development of Idealab
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About Idealab: Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.
Byron Webster
Vice President Of Products of Expert Knowledge Networks
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About Botany Buddy, Expert Knowledge Networks, Whisper Labs: The first comprehensive SaaS solution focused on connecting and engaging the various participants within an “innovation ecosystem.”
Michael Gullaksen
Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Covario
As Chief Executive Officer of NP Digital Mike leads the agency’s global team of 450 people, overall strategy and vision. Mike is focused on staying true to client and employee satisfaction through the next stage of growth for NP Digital and keeping this at center of the company’s culture. Mike has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in performance marketing for the last 20 years. Previously Mike was President of iProspect, where he and his team focused on operational excellence across client services, product innovation and technology to support agency growth. Mike joined iProspect through the acquisition of Covario where he held the position of Co-CEO. Under Mike’s watch, Covario was named the Search Agency of the Year by OMMA a record three years in a row (2013-11). It was also ranked by Advertising Age magazine among the ten largest U.S. search agencies (and the fastest growing of the largest ones). In addition, Covario was the only independent firm selected for inclusion in the last two Forrester Research Wave reports of leading search marketing agencies, which were published in 2012 and 2011. Prior to being CEO of Covario Mike was Senior Vice President of Search at iCrossing where he spent 9 years leading the company to Search Agency of the Year by OMMA two times and to Forrester’s top rated Search Agency. Mike has built a reputation for creating award-winning performance marketing teams, and developing proven digital strategies that drive business growth for Global 1000 clients. Mike also served for 8 years on the Board of Directors and as President for SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) which was acquired by the Digital Analytics Association in 2020. Mike was named by BtoB Magazine in 2013 to its selective group of “Who’s Who in Search and Digital Marketing.” He was also selected by the editors of Direct Marketing News as one of the recipients of its first annual 2012 “40 under 40” awards.
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About Covario, Neil Patel Digital, NP Digital: Covario is a search marketing agency and tech firm providing search and content marketing services to enterprise brands and retailers.
Mary Lou Bunn
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Big Spaceship
Mary Lou Bunn is the SVP Marketing at Big Spaceshipc
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About Big Spaceship: Big Spaceship creates the experiences, products, platforms, and content that help brands build meaningful relationships with consumers.
Matt Chacksfield
Vice President of Camper Sales and Marketing of ProCamps
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About ProCamps: A best-in-class event management and sports marketing company.
Sean Rowland
Vice President of Operations of ProCamps
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About ProCamps: A best-in-class event management and sports marketing company.
Taylor Donnell
Vice President of Partnerships & Strategic Alliances of Jebbit
Taylor Donnell is the Vice President of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances at Jebbit.
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About Jebbit: Mobile interactive content that captures attention & drives conversions. Without a line of code.
Matt Howe
Vice President of Business Development of true[x]
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About Breakaway Labs, Clectaverse, Flow Laboratories, GYANT, Hive.co, JOBOX.ai, ScopeAR, Startup UCLA Accelerator, true[x]: True[x] is a digital ad-tech company offering engagement advertising solutions for brands.
Heidi Schmid Whiting
Vice President & General Counsel of Graham Media Group
Heidi Schmid Whiting is the Vice President & General Counsel for Graham Media Group. In her role, she is responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal affairs. She has held this position since August 2015. Prior to joining GMG, Whiting was with the law offices of Cinnamon Mueller, a firm serving independent communications and technology companies. She served as Managing Partner for the past four years. Whiting was responsible for the firm’s financial management, business development and management of its attorneys. Her practice involved the representation of broadcast, telecommunications and technology companies, as well as working with independent cable operators and municipal cable providers. She handled transactional, regulatory and litigation matters, and dealt with the FCC, and state and local regulatory bodies. Whiting graduated cum laude from Villanova University with a B.A. in English and Business and earned her law degree with Honors as a Dean’s Scholar from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. A member of the Chicago Bar Association and Federal Communications Bar Association, she is active in several Chicago area trade associations and non-profits.
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About Graham Media Group: Graham Media Group is a broadcast media company.
John Ronayne
Vice President & Senior Counsel of Graham Media Group
John Ronayne is Vice President & Senior Counsel for Graham Media Group. Prior to this, he served as Vice President & General Counsel of GMG from 2001-2015. In this role, Ronayne provides specific expertise and counsel to corporate leadership in the management of GMG’s television stations and subsidiaries. Prior to joining Graham Media Group, Ronayne was in private practice, specializing in the representation of the media. He has served as counsel to the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for over three decades and has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1991. Ronayne received his B.S. degree in Engineering from Kettering University and his J.D. from Detroit College of Law.
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About Graham Media Group: Graham Media Group is a broadcast media company.
Michael Englehaupt
Vice President & CTO of Graham Media Group
Michael (Mike) Englehaupt joined GMG as Vice President & Chief Technology Officer on June 1, 2015. In his role, he is responsible for leading the IT & Engineering strategy as the organization continues to evolve into a more digitally-centric, IP and IT-based media company. Before joining GMG, Englehaupt served as the Chief Technology Officer for KQED in San Francisco since 2013, overseeing all technology planning and strategy for their 3 UHF TV stations, and 2 FM radio stations, as well as their web and mobile sites. Previously, he served the Director of Broadcast Operations & Engineering with KPIX-TV in San Francisco from 2003 – 2013, and with KABC-TV in Los Angeles from 1999 – 2003. Prior engineering assignments include WLS-TV, Telemundo and WMAQ-TV, all in Chicago. Englehaupt has led facility rebuilds, renovations and improvements, managed IT expansions and driven energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives throughout his long career.
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About Graham Media Group, WTTW in Chicago: Graham Media Group is a broadcast media company.
Giselle Schubert
Vice President of Digital Marketing of Saut Media
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About Essaypop, Saut Media: Saut Media offers data driven targeting across mobile, application, display, and keyword platforms.
Alex Kevork
Vice President, Marketing of Affinio
Currently running marketing for Affinio (affinio.com) I’ve spent the past 12 years as a marketer at early stage organizations. My focus is on company growth through innovative marketing and sales strategies. Things like go-to-market planning, product marketing, social media, and market research are what get me up in the morning (and occasionally keep me up at night). My roles have ranged from Digital Marketing Manager to Sales Engineer to Director of Marketing, and I’ve led teams to 400% increase in marketing sourced growth. Specialties include team leadership, go-to-market strategy, early stage marketing planning, lead generation, sales enablement, public relations, account management, visual design, user experience, customer experience, social media, and brand advocacy. I’ve worked primarily for SaaS companies focused on consumer brand advocacy, social media, innovation management, business intelligence, online marketing, web optimization and data governance.
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About Affinio, Crowdly: Affinio is a marketing intelligence platform that leverages the interest graph to understand today’s consumer.
Debra Kladis
Vice President, Sales Operations and Treasurer of Cloudmark
In the role of Vice President of Sales Operations and Treasurer for Cloudmark, Debra Kladis leads Cloudmark’s treasury function and governs worldwide sales enablement, CRM development initiatives and compliance. Debra has over 20 years of broad experience in financial management positions across a variety of industries including telecommunications, energy, and consumer products where she was instrumental in re-engineering and driving increases in top line growth, profitability and sales productivity. Prior to joining Cloudmark in 2012, Debra held several executive management positions at Movius Corporation including Interim CFO, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Sales Operations, and Director of Business Systems and Process. Debra also served in key financial and strategic planning positions at Square D Company, James River Corporation (acquired by Georgia Pacific) and Xerox Corporation. Debra holds a BA in Finance from Siena College.
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About Cloudmark: Cloudmark provides carrier-grade messaging security and infrastructure solutions for fixed, mobile, and social networks.
Andy Lincoln
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Government Products Portfolio of ViaSat
Andy Lincoln is Chief Technology Officer for Tactical SatCom Networks at ViaSat.
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About ViaSat: ViaSat produces satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location.
Don Buchman
Vice President Commercial Mobility of ViaSat
Don Buchman is Vice President, Commercial Mobility at ViaSat Inc. Responsible for directing ViaSat Commercial Mobility team providing industry-leading, high-speed Ka-band in-flight internet and media connectivity to aviation market segments worldwide. Employed at ViaSat since 1999, playing a leading role in developing several products, including multiple patented technologies. Buchman is now leading the next wave of innovation, taking the award winning Exede® In The Air in-flight broadband service to commercial airline customers
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About ViaSat: ViaSat produces satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location.
Eric Rardin
Senior Vice President Of Business Development of Care2
Eric is the Senior Vice President Of Business Development at Care2.com where he helps hundreds of campaigns, candidates, and nonprofits connect with donors and supporters online. At Care2 Eric advises on donor lead acquisition and multichannel conversion strategies. He has contributed to integrated conversion efforts on behalf of nonprofits in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom and over 100 other countries. Eric serves on the board of directors of two national nonprofit organizations, Humane Farm Animal Care and the Marine Fish Conservation Network. Prior to joining Care2 Eric designed and executed integrated advocacy campaigns for environmental nonprofits for more than seven years. Eric has an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University, an MA in government and international studies from the University of South Carolina and a BS in political science from the University of Wyoming. In addition to his work in the environmental advocacy arena, Eric has extensive experience working on political and issue campaigns from Wyoming to South Africa.
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About Care2: Care2 is the world’s largest social network for good.
