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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 VP’ operating in the Content space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Tom Lee
SVP, Corporate Development and Global Head of M&A of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Sumeet Singh
Vice President Big Data & AI and Location Platforms of Verizon Media
Sumeet Singh is the Vice President of Big Data, AI, and Location Platforms at Yahoo (now Verizon Media). Sumeet is considered an early leader of the big data movement, responsible for launching and scaling most services for Yahoo’s Hadoop platform since 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech, media, and telecommunications industries. Connect with Sumeet on Twitter @sumeetksingh.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Nicholas Bagg
Vice President, Head of Consumer Operations and Strategy of Verizon Media
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About Bagg Therapy Group, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Tenni Theurer
VP and Head of Product for News of Verizon Media
As an innovator & operational executive across consumer and technology domains at Yahoo, Visa and IBM, Tenni’s experience spans 17 years leading product and engineering teams delivering new strategies, features and services. She is currently Sr Director of Product Management where she oversees Yahoo.com and Yahoo News’ product portfolio at Oath. Prior to Yahoo, she was Sr Business Leader for Visa’s consumer digital wallet and mobile services. At IBM, Tenni worked in the Pervasive Computing group developing enterprise mobile solutions for B2B customers in US and Europe. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
George Fletcher
Identity Architect, VP of Verizon Media
George Fletcher’s identity “credentials” include work on OpenID Connect, OpenID 2, OAuth, OAuth2, User Managed Access (Kantara Initiative) as well as contributions to the Security Services (SAML) and XRI OASIS TCs. Previously, George also worked on the Liberty Alliance Identity Web Service Framework. In addition to his identity work, George Fletcher has 20+ years of software development and architecture experience covering a wide variety of disciplines including artificial intelligence, “real-time” media processing, graphical information systems, consumer electronic devices and large scale Internet deployments. George Fletcher is currently Chief Architect for Consumer Identity Services at AOL Inc.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Pete Bernardo
EVP, Product & Growth of Three Five Two
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About Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Robert Berris
VP, Digital Strategy & Marketing of Three Five Two
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About Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Dante Gaudio
SVP of Revenue and Media Strategy of Healthline Media
Dante has been with Healthline for over 8 years, leading the sales team of the fastest growing health site. Dante has a long running passion for Healthcare marketing, having led sales efforts for the pharmaceutical and other health related verticals at The New York Times and the Meredith Corporation. His other passions include cooking, staying healthy and surfing.
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About Healthline Media: Healthline Media is the 2nd largest and fastest growing consumer health publisher in the world, reaching 85 million people a month.
Victoria Alonso
Executive Vice President of Production of Marvel Studios
A native of Buenos Aires, Victoria Alonso began her industry career in visual effects, including a four-year stint at Digital Domain. She served as VFX producer on a handful of films, notably including Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven,” Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,” Andrew Adamson’s “Shrek,” and Marvel’s own “Iron Man.” She won the Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for outstanding supporting visual effects/motion picture for “Kingdom of Heaven,” with two additional shared nominations (best single visual effects, outstanding visual effects/effects driven motion picture) for “Iron Man.”
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About Marvel Studios: Marvel Studios is a media production studio focusing on creating content based on Marvel Comics.
Ori Birnbaum
Senior Vice President, Product and Technology, EE of Endeavor
Ori Birnbaum is the Senior Vice President, Product and Technology, and EE of Endeavor.
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About Endeavor, Fahlo, TV Time: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Kary Brock
Vice President of Endeavor
Kary Brock, a 2018 Sports Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award winner, brings marketing experience across agency, media, brand and property roles. Currently, Brock oversees the account team for Anheuser-Busch within the Endeavor Global Marketing Group. One of Brock’s primary roles at Endeavor is managing the strategy for the entire US sports portfolio for AB – overseeing direction and activation across such properties as the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, golf, running, NASCAR, college sports, soccer, esports, surfing, UFC and other. Previously, she has overseen all marketing efforts for the IMG’s College division leading a group responsible for ideating, developing, positioning and pitching successful sponsorship and brand strategies for new partners.
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About Endeavor: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Keith Friedenberg
EVP, Global Insights Group of Endeavor
Keith Friedenbergis a Partner and Executive Vice President, Global Insights Group at WME | IMG, a global leader in sports, entertainment, media, and fashion. Operating in more than 25 countries around the world, the company specializes in talent representation, commercial marketing and endorsements, brand licensing, event management, and media production and distribution. WME | IMG businesses include IMG Academy, Art + Commerce, Books, College, Commercials and Endorsements, Consulting, Digital, Events, Film, Golf, Licensing, Models, Music, Production, Speakers, Television, Tennis, and Theater. Prior to joining Endeavor in 2008, Friedenberg spent seven years with Warner Bros. Media Research & Insights, where he supervised consumer, media and brand research operations for divisions including domestic television distribution, gaming, consumer products and emerging technology. Friedenberg has 25 years of media research experience, spanning such companies as Walt Disney, New World Entertainment and Cannell Studios. A University of Southern California alumnus, Friedenberg currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
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About Endeavor: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Imari Oliver
VP, Sales & Global Partnerships of Endeavor
Imari currently leads Sales and Global Partnerships for Esports at WME | IMG. In this role, his focus is on partnering with brands to design esports strategies and activations that helps them authentically integrate within the world of esports. Imari believes that brands need an experienced partner to arrive at a purposeful and focused understanding of the entire esports value chain to inform their planning. He combines his esports knowledge and leadership with more than 15+ years of experience in consumer marketing strategy, planning, and media to design uniquely distinctive brand opportunities around esports. Prior to WME | IMG, Imari was VP of Cultural Strategy at sparks & honey. While there, he was the lead cultural strategist for the retained brand accounts. He focused on uncovering consumer insights and market place dynamics that highlighted the value of culture as a strategic business imperative. He also produced the first Esports Industry Brand Summit Event, attracting dozens of individual brands, agencies, investors and operators and led the production of an industry standard esports 101 playbook and the subsequent Esports Brand User Manual. Imari’s marketing, sales and advertising expertise is broad and varied and he continues to leverage his experience and industry relationships to create best in class consumer activations.
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About Endeavor: ENDEAVOR is a global media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Nathan Richardson
EVP of Red Ventures
EVP at Red Ventures.
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About Red Ventures, Tech:NYC: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Michael Elkins
Vice President of Red Ventures
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About Red Ventures: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Arjun Pillai
SVP, Products and Growth of ZoomInfo
Arjun Pillai is the SVP, Products and Growth at ZoomInfo.
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About Datachain Inc, ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo provides accurate and actionable B2B contact and company information to accelerate the growth of sales and marketing teams.
Santosh Sharan
VP of Growth & Strategy of ZoomInfo
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About ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo provides accurate and actionable B2B contact and company information to accelerate the growth of sales and marketing teams.
Andrew Bolton
SVP, Global Partnerships of Knotch
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About Knotch: Knotch is the content intelligence platform for brands. We pair performance data with consumer sentiment in real time.
Assaf Baciu
SVP of Products & co-founder of Persado
Assaf Baciu is the SVP of Products and co-founder of Persado. He was the Vice President of Product Management at Upstream before that. Assaf is responsible for driving the development of Upstream’s next-generation mobile marketing solutions and identifying new markets for expansion. Prior to joining Upstream, Assaf worked for speech and imaging solutions supplier Nuance Communications as a senior director of product strategy where he was responsible for developing on-demand and mobile solutions. Assaf joined Nuance from BeVocal, following its acquisition in 2007, where he led product management and developed innovative multi-channel mobile strategies and solutions. Assaf holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco and he has a Masters in Social Psychology from the Sorbonne in Paris.
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About Persado: Persado Marketing Language Cloud delivers AI-generated language that resonates the most with any audience, segment or individual.
Keith Weaver
Executive Vice President, Global Policy and External Affairs of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Paul Martin
Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Paul Martin is Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer – People & Organization for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In his role, Martin is tasked with managing the company’s innovative human resource programs designed to create an effective and highly involved workplace culture which aims to attract, cultivate and develop top talent. Additionally, as SPE’s Chief Diversity Officer, Martin is charged with designing and implementing corporate strategies that takes diversity beyond its traditional boundaries to create a corporate culture which embraces differences in thought, ethnicities, life-styles, backgrounds and experiences. This rich perspective is a critical source of innovation, creativity and insight, and is an important cornerstone to SPE’s roadmap for success. Under Martin’s leadership, 12 Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs) were created and currently thrive at the studio. Today, more than 1400 global employees come together on a regular basis to share common interest, foster professional development and develop ideas which link to SPE’s overall business strategies. In addition to corporate initiatives, Martin is also tasked with helping SPE maximize diversity opportunities both in front of and behind the camera. He has helped create several programs throughout the studio which has had a measurable impact on SPE’s content and resulted in placements of emerging diverse writers and directors in many episodic Television series. Some of Martin’s recent honors include Sony Corporation’s HR Compass Award, the 2014 Multicultural Leadership Award for excellence in the field given to him by the California Diversity Council, an affiliate of the National Diversity Council. Martin has also been recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the top diversity executives in the country. He currently sits on the boards of several non-profits geared towards young people in underserviced communities and providing guidance around education, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Prior to joining SPE, Martin was Vice President, Worldwide Recruitment for Warner Bros. Entertainment. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Paul Joffe
Vice President and General Manager, Games of Sony Pictures Entertainment
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of technology, design, storytelling and interactivity. I love working with both start-ups and media companies to build and re-imagine brands across new platforms while expanding their universe and making a business impact. In collaboration with great talent and ideas, the products and services I’ve launched have generated users in the tens of millions and revenue in the hundreds of millions. Delivery of social mobile games and apps that engage and inspire users is my current focus; assuring delivery across the product life-cycle, scaling growth by leveraging analytics for live operations and running products as a business with strong customer retention and lifetime value. I’ve worked at some of the largest companies in the world, as well as a start-up entrepreneur and co-founder, building teams and relationships with developers, platform holders and monetization partners. Most of all I embrace taking ownership in driving businesses to success.
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About Kid Awesome, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Mark Caplan
Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Products of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Seasoned executive with over 20 years experience in the global licensing business. Oversees Global licensing activities for Sony Pictures Entertainment. To include: Ghostbusters, Smurfs, Hotel Transylvania, and many others. Mark has been involved with licensing for some of the most recognized properties in film and television. Theatrical properties such as Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, Pixels, Goosebumps, Hotel Transylvania, Spider-man the Movie, Men in Black, as well as many television properties, including Breaking Bad, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy.
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About Cosmic Forces, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Andy Schlei
Senior Vice President, Information Technology of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Andy Schlei is a Chief Information Officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Robert Maxwell
Vice President, Worldwide IT of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Robert has spent more than two decades and less than four decades in Information Technology. He currently manages the system portfolio of the Sony Pictures Television Networks group which distributes content to the 2 billion viewers of Sony Branded content across the globe. He has been involved in the architecture and commercialization of turnkey products, as well as the management of Corporate application suites which perform highly specialized business functions. In years of project work, Rob has found a continuing theme of data management as a critical success criteria in the delivery of value.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Lisa Finkel Broock
Vice President, Corporate Communications of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Lisa Finkel Broock has over 15 years of experience in corporate and crisis communications, broadcast, print and digital content creation, entertainment and political strategy. She is the vice president of communications at [Beepi](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/beepi#/entity), a national marketplace to buy and sell cars online. Previously, she served SutherlandGold Group holding a leadership role in the same capacity as at Beepi. Prior to joining SutherlandGold Group, Broock worked at Us Weekly as managing editor. She was previously a segment producer and director of media relations at ABC News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Aditya Tahilramani
Vice President of Information Technology & IT Director of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Bill Baggelaar
EVP & CTO, Technology Development of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Bill Baggelaar is the Senior Vice-President of Technology for Production and Post-Production at Sony Pictures, where he is helping the studio to forge the future in digital film and TV production and post by utilizing next generation workflows, tools and techniques. Currently he is driving HDR and VR production, mastering, distribution and archiving. He joined Sony in 2011, focusing his efforts on streamlining and advancing 4k workflows from on-set capture to post-production for DI and mastering. He has been instrumental in driving the studio’s transition to the file-based world of IMF (Interoperable Master Format) for UltraHD. Bill led the team at Sony Pictures to help Sony develop the world’s first 4k video service, Sony’s “4K Video Unlimited”. Sony Pictures now has a large collection of titles finished as 4K/UHD IMF, and has a growing number of titles with High Dynamic Range included. Prior to joining Sony Pictures, he was a Vice President of Technology at Warner Bros. Studios where he worked with the studio and the creative community to bring new technologies to feature animation, TV and film production. For more than 25 years Bill has been leading technology advancements and introducing new digital tools into production and post-production. He holds a degree in Computer Science, is a SMPTE member and represents the studio in multiple industry technical organizations.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Jake Zim
Senior Vice President Virtual Reality of Sony Pictures Entertainment
As Senior VP, Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures, Jake Zim is tasked with building a slate of narrative virtual reality (VR)content for the studio’s motion picture group, working closely with a team of professionals from across Sony Pictures who are dedicated to the production and distribution of VR. Jake has overseen multiple VR initiatives for the studio, including Ghostbusters: Dimension, the fully immersive VR experience at Madame Tussauds New York created in collaboration between Sony Pictures and The Void. In September 2016, Sony Pictures announced a partnership with Reality One to develop, produce, and finance a slate of virtual reality content.
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Chris Finley
Vice President of Business Development of Momentive
Chris Finley is the former vice president of business development at [SurveyMonkey](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/surveymonkey#/entity), a cloud-based online survey and questionnaire tool that helps users gather survey-related information.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Eric Johnson
EVP and CIO of Momentive
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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.
Andrei Lapets
VP, Engineering & Applied Cryptography of Magnite
Currently Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder at Nth Party, Ltd., Andrei is involved in a number of early-stage technology companies working in the areas of cybersecurity, data science, and formal methods.
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About Magnite, Nth Party, Reity LLC: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Garrett McGrath
Vice President, Product Management of Magnite
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About Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
Jeremiah Simpson
Co-founder and VP of Experience of Tiled
Jeremiah Simpson is a co-founder and VP of experience at Tiled.
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About Tiled: Tiled enables non-developers to create rich, interactive content experiences that perform like native apps or fully coded websites.
Matt Felser
VP of Technology of Grandex
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About Grandex: Commerce powered by original media
Song Bac Toh
Vice President of Product Management of Tata Communications
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About Tata Communications: Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group, leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across
Adrienne Horsley
VP of Content of Tapas Media
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About Tapas Media: Creator platform for “Daily Story Snacks” — bite-sized comics and novels
April Kim
VP of Marketing of Tapas Media
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About Tapas Media: Creator platform for “Daily Story Snacks” — bite-sized comics and novels
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.
Thai Randolph
SVP, Marketing & Monetization – Laugh Out Loud Network of Lionsgate
Thai Randolph is an award-winning marketing and business development leader who has spent her career at the intersection of content, consumers and commerce. She has a proven track-record of building brands, audiences and driving revenue for some of the world’s biggest brands across consumer products, tech and entertainment. Randolph currently serves as SVP of Marketing & Monetization for Laugh Out Loud (LOL) network, a comedy brand and multi-platform network in partnership from Lionsgate and Kevin Hart. Here Randolph leads brand strategy, audience development, ad sales, brand partnerships, new digital monetization strategies and revenue streams. She is responsible for spearheading LOL’s content distribution initiatives, including its streaming service and multi-platform network. She also oversees the vision, strategy and management of LOL’s digital marketing platforms and leads a multidisciplinary team covering CRM, social media, digital advertising and creative. Prior to joining Laugh Out Loud, Randolph was a member of Facebook’s Global Marketing Solution’s team. In this role, she managed strategic partnerships and digital transformation initiatives with some of the most innovative marketing and technology agencies in the US. Randolph served as CMO & SVP, Marketing for Sony DADC New Media Solution’s GENERATOR business unit. Randolph was named Black Enterprise’s Leading Women in Advertising and Marketing in 2016 for her work transforming Sony Music’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital group from an internal cost center to an independent digital marketing and ecommerce service provider. Her efforts attracted 3rd party media and entertainment clients such as AMC Networks, A+E Networks and Universal Music Group. A seasoned agency executive, Randolph’s experience includes digital leadership roles with WPP (VML) and Publicis (Moxie Interactive) agencies, where she’s provided new media strategy and consultation to world-class brands including Verizon Wireless, Dell, Saks Fifth Avenue, Colgate-Palmolive and Revlon. She holds B.A. in Communications with a minor in Performing Arts in American University and is co-founder of I2AM, a nonprofit she founded with her brother dedicated to increasing educational and cultural access at-risk youth.
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About Lionsgate: Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader.
Ran Buck
SVP of Global Revenue of Taboola
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Chris Rooke
SVP Strategy and Operations of Nativo
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About Nativo: Nativo is an advertising technology platform for brand advertisers and publishers to scale, automate, and measure native ads.
Tre Jones
Senior Vice President, Growth of Dotdash
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About Dotdash: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Matthew Gelb
VP of Finance & Operations of Ceros
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About Ceros: Ceros is a cloud-based interactive content creation platform for marketers and designers.
Matt Wellschlager
VP of Marketing of Ceros
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About Ceros: Ceros is a cloud-based interactive content creation platform for marketers and designers.
Brian Abent
VP of Engineering of Ceros
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About Ceros: Ceros is a cloud-based interactive content creation platform for marketers and designers.
Tom Ziola
VP, Business Development of BrightEdge
Tom Ziola is the VP of Business Development at BrightEdge. He has over 15 years experience in business development, start-up management, and venture capital creating strategic business relationships. Tom was formerly VP of Business Development, of Corporate Development and GM of Business Development & Sales in Microsoft’s consumer services team in Silicon Valley, Senior Director for mobile & embedded device services in Redmond, and an Xbox Tiger Team member. He is also a former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, where he co-founded a security technology company serving the US Dept of Defense. Tom has multiple patents pending in the fields of computer architecture, web infrastructure, distributed data systems, and security technology. Tom has an MBA from the Stanford Business School. An MA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. An Undergraduate Degree from Brown University. He completed advanced studies in Information Technology at MIT.
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About BrightEdge: BrightEdge, an SEO platform delivering an uplifted ROI, enables marketers to increase revenue from organic search.
Michael Sundareson
Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Strategic Growth of BrightEdge
Michael is BrightEdge’s Vice President of Strategic Growth. He is responsible for leading the relationship development and customer value for BrightEdge’s existing customers across the globe, focusing on the largest and most strategic customer relationships. He has extensive experience building and scaling renewal and growth business functions focused on maximizing customer success. Michael’s leadership has been instrumental in helping BrightEdge become the industry leader and gold standard for customer relationship management. He brings over 17 years of sales leadership and strategic consulting. Prior to joining BrightEdge, Michael spent 14 years working in management consulting with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. Michael focused on developing and implementing business strategies to drive performance improvement and business value for C-level executives. Michael holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and a minor in Accounting from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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About BrightEdge: BrightEdge, an SEO platform delivering an uplifted ROI, enables marketers to increase revenue from organic search.
Ken Shults
VP Strategic Innovation of BrightEdge
Ken Shults is VP of Strategic Innovation at BrightEdge where he partners with clients to identify what’s next in digital marketing and ensure that the BrightEdge platform helps lead the way. Ken has more than 10 years’ experience as an Enterprise SEO and Content Strategy consultant focused on helping global enterprise companies make the organizational and workflow changes needed to drive success with the philosophy that – SEO is not something you do. It is what happens when you do everything else right.
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About BrightEdge: BrightEdge, an SEO platform delivering an uplifted ROI, enables marketers to increase revenue from organic search.
Stacey Halota
VP, Information Security & Privacy of Washington Post
Stacey Halota joined The Washington Post Company in 2003. She leads the development and implementation of information security and privacy programs, including Sarbanes Oxley, privacy law, Payment Card Industry compliance and other data protection efforts. Halota has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology, security and privacy field. Before joining The Washington Post Company she served as the federal government and southeast region leader of Guardent (now part of Verisign), a security and privacy consulting and managed security services company. Prior to Guardent, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Technology Risk Services consulting practice. Halota was named Secure Computing Magazine’s 2009 Chief Security Officer of the Year, and was also named 2009 Mid-Atlantic Information Security Executive of the Year (Commercial Category) by the Executive Alliance. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Jason Tollestrup
Vice President, Programmatic Strategy and Yield of Washington Post
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About Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Anthony Lyddane
VP, Tax of Washington Post
Anthony Lyddane, vice president-tax, joined The Washington Post Company in 1989 and previously served as manager and director of tax. Lyddane began his career with Price Waterhouse in 1981 after receiving his MBA from the University of Michigan and BS in accounting from the University of Maryland. He is a certified public accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tax Executives Institute.
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Jocelyn E. Henderson
VP, Corporate Audit Services of Washington Post
Jocelyn Henderson VP, Corporate Audit Services at Graham Holdings Company.
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About Graham Holdings, Washington Post: Washington Post is an American newspaper and website that features news insights on various topics.
Doug Bailey
Vice President Marketing and Applications Engineering of Power Integrations
Vice President Marketing & Applications Engineering│Power Integrations│Brand Value In Global Markets.
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About Power Integrations: Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage, analog integrated circuits.
Alison Lindland
VP of Client Strategy of Movable Ink
Alison Lindland is the Senior Director of Client Experience at Movable Ink, a SaaS marketing platform backed by Intel Capital, managing relationships with Fortune 1000 clients. Previously she worked in client services and business development startups such as TheaterMania.com and Kohort, and at Fortune 500 companies such as OgilvyInteractive and American Express. She serves on the boards of Venture For America and Agency Spotter and is the co-founder of the Vassar in Tech Meetup and Columbia Venture Community. Alison holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Vassar.
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About Movable Ink: Movable Ink activates any data into personalized content in any customer engagement.
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™.
Dustin Engel
VP, Corporate Strategy & Development of PMG
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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™.
Dan Olley
EVP & CTO – Elsevier of Elsevier
Dan Olley is the Non Executive Director at Hargreaves Lansdown.
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About Elsevier, Hargreaves Lansdown: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Paul Crockett
Vice President, Product and Innovation of Elsevier
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About Authess, Elsevier: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Mark Allen
Co-Founder & VP Engineering of Vydia
Founder at Vydia, Inc.
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About Vydia: Powering the business of music with technology, infrastructure, and services
Jenna Dobkin
VP, Influencer Relation of Raynforest
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About Dobkin Communications, Raynforest, Waters Agency: Raynforest provides solutions that enable brands to connect with influential people to promote their products, services or causes.
Bryan Ferguson
VP, Sales & Growth of Raynforest
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About AlphaSquad, Raynforest, Repstor: Raynforest provides solutions that enable brands to connect with influential people to promote their products, services or causes.
Maria Sipka
Co-Founder, VP Brand Strategy and Chief Evangelist of Linqia
Maria is the Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Linqia, the first performance-based influencer marketing platform whose turnkey programs are guaranteed to deliver concrete business results. Prior to Linqia, Maria was part of the founding team and COO at XING, Europe’s leading business network, where she led XING’s communities and premium group offerings, exiting shortly after its IPO. Maria also founded the content marketing agency Cherry Communications at age 18 and grew the agency to be one of the most respected consultancies in Australia. Additionally, Maria has been recognized as one of the leading women in technology by Forbes.
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About Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
Mohammed Pedhiwala
VP of Engineering of Linqia
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About Linqia: Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
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.
Joy Jones
Vice President, Products of The Associated Press
Vice President, Products at Associated Press.
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About The Associated Press: The Associated Press is a source of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, and more.
Allisyn Levy
VP, GameUp of BrainPOP
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About BrainPOP: BrainPOP is a digital educational content creator that supports teachers and engages students.
Andrew Gardner
Vice President Professional Learning of BrainPOP
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About BrainPOP: BrainPOP is a digital educational content creator that supports teachers and engages students.
Tawn Albright
EVP, Corporate Development of Leaf Group
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About Leaf Group: Leaf Group is a diversified Internet company that builds platforms across its media and marketplace properties.
Zach Davis
Co-Founder & VP Business Development of Stylitics
Zach Davis is the Co-founder at Stylitics .
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About InOurBuilding, Stylitics: Stylitics is a cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers to automate and distribute visual content at scale.
Annie Wazer
VP, Client Operations of Stylitics
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About Stylitics: Stylitics is a cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers to automate and distribute visual content at scale.
Matt McDonagh
VP, Commercial Partnerships of Sofar Sounds
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About Sofar Sounds: Sofar Sounds is a global community hosting curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world.
Min-Hank Ho
VP, Product Development of Baffle
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About Baffle: Baffle protects data in the cloud by securing the data analytics pipeline for modern enterprises without any code changes or disruption.
Caitlin Spaan
VP, Marketing of Dalet
Caitlin Spaan is the vice president of marketing at [Ooyala](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ooyala), an intelligent cloud-based platform for video businesses.
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About Dalet: Dalete is a leading media technology and service provider with over three decades of innovation.
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.
Drew Chapin
VP, Marketing of Hyland Software
Drew Chapin joined Hyland Software as the vice president of marketing in June 2012. With more than 17 years of leadership and marketing experience, Drew leads all aspects of global marketing at Hyland, including communications, branding, product marketing, industry marketing and field marketing. Prior to joining Hyland, Drew was the vice president of marketing for solutions at SAP North America responsible for leading the development and execution of marketing programs for the entire SAP solution portfolio including business analytics, mobile, database, line of business applications and cloud. Before joining SAP, Drew held various marketing leadership positions at CA (formerly Computer Associates) and Hewlett-Packard Company. Prior to his career in the private sector, Drew was a Captain in the U.S. Army holding multiple leadership positions. Drew earned an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University.
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About Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Ed McQuiston
EVP, Chief Commercial Officer of Hyland Software
Ed McQuiston was promoted to Hyland Software’s vice president of global sales in October 2012. Ed’s long standing background at Hyland and extensive knowledge of the ECM industry helps support and maintain Hyland’s global initiatives as a leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM). With more than 16 years of experience in the ECM and advanced capture industries, Ed focuses on collaborating and developing Hyland’s global sales program and aligns vertical sales initiatives with world-wide trends. As the vice president of Global Sales for Hyland Software, Ed takes his vast industry knowledge to advance Hyland’s global sales strategies and position Hyland as the go to vendor for ECM solutions worldwide. Ed first joined Hyland Software in 2001 as the director of healthcare solutions. In his six years in that position, he built the practice into the largest vertical market for Hyland. Ed returned to Hyland in 2011 to lead the strategic alliance team, thoughtfully guiding Hyland’s relationships with key partners including HP, Microsoft and Lawson. In 2012, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the Insurance sales team, growing revenue in that vertical by more than 20 percent. Prior to joining Hyland in 2011, Ed was the vice president of sales for KeyMark Inc., where he was responsible for leading the sales team and achieved year-over-year growth and the largest growth in new customer acquisitions in a single year. Before that he held leadership positions at AnyDoc Software. Ed has held top-level positions in the ECM industry including ECM trainer, installer, presales engineer and channel account manager, which have built his knowledge and understanding of organizations’ need to automate processes, eliminate paper and become more efficient.
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About Hyland Software, Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Valtteri Vesikallio
SVP, Global Services of Hyland Software
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About Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Ken Malone
VP, Global Technical Support of Hyland Software
Among enterprise content management solution providers, Hyland has a reputation for providing top notch customer support. As vice president of technical support, Ken Malone is responsible for leading the team that fulfills – and exceeds – this high expectation every day. Before joining Hyland, Ken worked at Fiserv as a Hyland OEM partner, and at Bremer Financial in St. Paul, Minnesota, as an OnBase System Administrator. “To have a successful technical support team, it’s not always about knowing one right answer. But it is about knowing as much as you can about the customer you’re serving, whether that’s a partner or an end user. I’ve been both, which I think helps me bring a well-rounded perspective to the technical support team.” In 1995, Ken joined Hyland as a software installer, primarily installing OnBase solutions in banks. Then, in 2001, he led the launch of Hyland’s office in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he managed a technical support team dedicated to customers and partners in the financial services industry.
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About Hyland Software, Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
George Angelato
VP, Quality Assurance of Hyland Software
George Angelato is Vice President of Quality Assurance. George leads the team of testers and documenters responsible for assuring the quality of the OnBase suite of modules. In the 14 years since joining Hyland Software in 1996, George has demonstrated successes in various Hyland departments, including Customer Service and Marketing. George has been very active in forming the Northern Ohio Software Quality Assurance Association (NOSQAA), a professional business organization dedicated to software quality. George is a CompTIA Board Member and works as a subject matter expert for certifications germane to the ECM industry. He is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Prior to joining Hyland, George worked with General Electric and American Express. George received his degree in Accounting and Real Estate from Georgia State University.
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About Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Bill Filion
VP, Software Development of Hyland Software
Bill Filion serves as Vice President of Software Development. Bill manages all developmentof of OnBase. Additionally, Bill sets the strategic vision for continuing the education, advancement and maturation of our development teams. After joining Hyland in 1997 as a Senior Developer, Bill specialized his development around the OnBase file I/O infrastructure, the database software layer, Export/Publishing and all facets of CD/DVD Authoring. In 2001, Bill was promoted to manager of the OnBase Thick Client Development team. Bill was promoted to Vice President of Development in 2006. Prior to joining Hyland, Bill worked as a software consultant in the Cleveland, Ohio, area for both CAP Gemini Sogeti and Compuware. Bill received his B.A. in Computer Science from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio.
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About Hyland Software: Hyland Software provides organizations with the tools and vertical expertise to practice paperless operations.
Chris Neuner
SVP and GM of Digital Health Solutions of PulsePoint
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About PulsePoint, PulsePoint, PulsePoint: PulsePoint is a technology company using data to accelerate healthcare marketing.
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.
David Anderson
SVP 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.
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 Fink
VP of Engineering & Co-Founder of Otto Radio, Inc.
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About hibooks, Otto Radio, Inc.: Transform the time on everyday tasks into opportunities to be entertained and stay informed about the things they care about most
Alex Loomis
CMO, VP of Content Development of Otto Radio, Inc.
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About Otto Radio, Inc.: Transform the time on everyday tasks into opportunities to be entertained and stay informed about the things they care about most
Joe Pasqua
Executive Vice President, Products of MarkLogic
Joe brings over three decades of experience as both an engineer and a leader. He has personally contributed to several game changing initiatives including the first personal computer at Xerox, the rise of RDBMS in the early days of Oracle, and the desktop publishing revolution at Adobe. In addition to his individual contributions, Joe has been a leader at companies ranging from small startups to the Fortune 500. Most recently, Joe established Neustar Labs which is responsible for creating strategies, technologies, and services that enable entirely new markets. Prior to that, Joe held a number of leadership roles at Symantec and Veritas Software including VP of Strategy, VP of Global Research, and CTO of the $2B Data Center Management business. Joe’s technical interests include system software, knowledge representation, and rights management. He has over 10 issued patents with others pending. Joe earned simultaneous Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1981 from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo where he is a member of the Computer Science Advisory Board.
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About MarkLogic: MarkLogic Data Hub is a highly differentiated data platform that eliminates friction at every step of the data integration process.
Kim Fasting Berg
Vice President/Head of Marketing/Associate Publisher of Vogue Magazine
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About Vogue Magazine: Vogue places fashion in the context of culture and the world we live in.
Chris Joyce
AVP of Sales of Sitecore
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About Sitecore: Sitecore is a customer experience management company that provides multichannel marketing automation software and web content management.
Kevin Shawver
VP Marketing & Operations of Dolly
Kevin Shawver is the VP of Marketing at Dolly.
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About Dolly: Dolly is a customer service company offering delivery and services through mobile apps at an affordable price.
Chad Darbyshire
EVP of Marketing & Communications of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Ivan Cook
EVP of Design of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Michael Hall
VP of Client Services of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Matthew Lombardi
Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports of The Arena Group
Matthew Lombardi is the Vice President/General Manager of Growth for Sports at Maven.
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About The Arena Group: The Arena Group combines powerful brands, in areas consumers are passionate about and delivers compelling experiences.
Brian Lindauer
EVP of Product & Engineering of Mavrck
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About Mavrck: Mavrck is an influencer marketing platform that helps to identify and activate micro-influencers for enterprise consumer brands.
Arvind Morwal
VP of Engineering of Holonis
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About Holonis: Holonis is a social commerce platform that combines website, social, and e-Commerce within a single platform.
