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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 Digital Marketing 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.
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.
Mimi Wotring
SVP Publisher Sales and Client Services of DoubleVerify
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About DoubleVerify: DoubleVerify is a software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics.
Tejal Engman
SVP Investor Relations of DoubleVerify
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About DoubleVerify: DoubleVerify is a software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics.
Can Ozdoruk
VP Marketing of Netomi
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About Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Anant Verma
VP Engineering of Netomi
Engineering leader with expertise in software development and engineering management. I have personally managed and built many successful products that the customers love and built many happy teams on the way. I value principles such as simplicity, agility, building it right the first time and built in quality. Above all, I value individuals and how to draw on individuals’ strengths to build highly motivated, well-performing and results driven teams. I am a technology enthusiast and derive great pleasure in learning new technologies and skills. Expertise: People and technology management, Software delivery, Distributed Systems, Full-stack cloud based multi-tenant software, Data Analytics, Salesforce.com CRM and force.com platform.
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About Hired, Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Assaf Barnir
VP Customer Success of Netomi
Startups: eMeter, Zendesk, PubNub; Earlier: Amdocs, IAF, IBM
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About Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Matthew Caiola
Vice President, Corporate and Technology Practices of 5W Public Relations
As Executive Vice President at 5W Public Relations, Matthew Caiola oversees the corporate, technology, and digital divisions, which include financial services, legal services & litigation, real estate, corporate internal communications, public affairs & government relations, apps & online marketplaces, ad tech & big data, marketing technology, and financial technology. Under his leadership, the teams run award-winning campaigns for clients like Sinclair Broadcast Group, SAP NS2, CareerBuilder, Payoneer, The Trade Desk, Comcast, N26, as well as more than 100 companies globally. With over 15 years of public relations experience, Matthew is a seasoned practitioner in corporate publicity, leading his team in building the brand of high-growth tech companies, launching IPOs, disrupting industries, and building global brand resonance. B I O EXE C UT IVE VI C E P R ESIDENT COR PORAT E , T E C HNOLOGY & DIGI TAL P RA C T I C ES In the 10 years Matthew has worked at 5W Public Relations, he has become responsible for the overall growth and direction of the agency’s technology, corporate and digital practices. Matthew introduced new areas of focus to the agency, including the SaaS and data divisions. He has been instrumental in acquiring new clients for the agency, including three fintech unicorn clients as well as 13 cannabis clients, who are each making a name for themselves within their respective industries. Matthew has shaped 5WPR’s technology division to be recognized as a leader in the adtech, fintech, and martech pr space. Prior to joining 5W, Matthew was at a mid-sized New Jersey PR firm where he yielded brand building results for a diverse range of well-recognized companies in the clean-tech, aviation, and consumer areas. His media relations expertise played a key role in securing top tier features for his clients, ranging from CEO profiles, company case studies, and awards. Matthew holds a Communication and Political Science degree from Iona College.
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About 5W Public Relations: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
Amardeep Jenkins
Vice President of Operations of ChargeNet Stations
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About ChargeNet Stations: ChargeNet Stations specializes in the fields of SaaS, cleantech, electric vehicle supply equipment, and distributed energy resources.
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.
Justin Garrity
VP Display & Commerce of Sprinklr
Justin Garrity is a software executive and entrepreneur. He has a passion for creating innovative products that enable brands to create engaging experiences leveraging design and data. Justin is the SVP of Product and Marketing for TigerLogic and runs their Postano product line. He was Chief Creative Officer of Storycode, a mobile app platform for publishers & brands and Director of User Experience for Webtrends, a pioneer in web analytics, focusing on innovations in data visualization.
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About postano.com, Sprinklr, Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
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™.
Charles Andrew Whatley
SVP, Global Business Development & Partnerships of Instreamatic
Smitten with digital media; engagement, social media amplification, mobile, new thinking on monetization and the connective tissue between traditional media and the changing world of IP delivered content.
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About Instreamatic: Voice Marketing Platform
Cynthia Mason
Senior Vice President of Global People of Postclick
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About Postclick: The world’s leading solution for improving digital ad conversions-creating digital experiences that optimize and increase return on ad spend
Paul Kahn
Vice President of North America of Upfluence
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About Upfluence: Upfluence is a smarter influencer marketing platform that helps brands and agencies scaling influencer marketing worldwide.
Steve Hondo Roberts
SVP Business Development of Sportrons
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About Sportrons: Sportrons is a sports marketing consulting agency that associate a brand to a Sports Team, Event, or Venue.
Keith Wright
Senior Vice President | Sports and Entertainment Los Angeles of Sportrons
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About Sportrons: Sportrons is a sports marketing consulting agency that associate a brand to a Sports Team, Event, or Venue.
Tyler Krueger
Vice President of Frontier Growth
Prior to joining FTV, Tyler was an investment banking analyst at Financial Technology Partners. At FT Partners, Tyler focused on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions in verticals including enterprise software, payments, alternative lending and tech-enabled services. Tyler graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University, receiving his BS in business management with an emphasis in finance.
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About Frontier Growth: Frontier Growth is a growth equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled business services companies.
Tim Bechtold
Vice President of Frontier Growth
Tim Bechtold joined Frontier Capital in 2011 as an Associate. He has primary responsibility for researching in-market companies to identify potential targets, screening opportunities, analysis, and execution of investments. Currently, he serves on the board of MultiLing. Prior to joining Frontier, Tim Bechtold worked in the Investment Banking Group of BB&T Capital Markets where he participated in a variety of merger and acquisition, equity, and structured finance transactions across a broad range of industries. Tim Bechtold earned a B.S. in Business Administration from The Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he concentrated in Finance.
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About Frontier Growth: Frontier Growth is a growth equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled business services companies.
Ken Kunz
VP of Platform Ecosystem & Labs of Vibes
From high-volume messaging to gorgeous CMO Dashboards, Ken oversees the people and technology that make it possible. He leads all aspects of Vibes’ technology organization – including Engineering, Infrastructure, Product and User Experience. His expertise has been key in shaping our product vision and roadmap, and has helped propel Catapult into the essential mobile marketing platform for marketers. Ken is passionate about creating technology for humans, and brings a rich breadth of experience in digital marketing technology. Prior to joining Vibes, he was a founding member of Centro’s technology team, leading various areas over his five years there. Before that, he led technology and digital marketing teams at United Airlines and MyPoints.com. When he’s not in the office, you can find Ken hiking, skiing and exploring the outdoors with his wife and kids. What Ken loves most about mobile is its ability to bridge your digital and physical worlds, essentially becoming the personalized remote control for your life – that easily fits in your pocket.
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About Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
John Glennon
SVP of Sales and Strategic Partnerships of Vibes
Having spent over a decade working with the industry’s largest mobile companies, John is one of the industry’s top messaging connectivity experts. John heads up sales, business development and our aggregation division Connect for Vibes. Over the last 17 years, he has run thousands of campaigns across dozens of countries, with everything from Jay Z text to screen in concert, through Frito-Lay on pack sweepstakes and just about every ringtone, video and social networking integration known to man under his belt. Outside of the office, John’s passions include coaching his son’s baseball team (not easy for a British guy!), cheering for Everton, his hometown soccer team and a love of cars after being in the auto industry before mobile, working for Mercedes and Audi.
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About Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
Chris Staley
Co-Founder and EVP, Digital Agency of Horizontal
Chris Staley is the co-founder and EVP of digital agency at Horizontal Integration.
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About Horizontal: Horizontal designs strategic digital marketing and staffing solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Jeremy Langevin
Partner and EVP, Staffing Agency of Horizontal
Jeremy Langevin is a partner and EVP of staffing agency at Horizontal Integration.
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About Horizontal: Horizontal designs strategic digital marketing and staffing solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Andres Moran
Vice President of Sales // General Manager of Ad Marketplace of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Andres Moran is a co-founder the head of business development at Fundera. Prior to joining the Fundera team, Andres was senior director of publisher sales at Outbrain where he was top revenue producer for nearly two years and greatly expanded the company’s network. Andres also has experience as an entrepreneur, founding Earndit, a company that incentivizes people to exercise through rewards and digital trophies, in 2009. Earndit was recently acquired by Higi, a company that measures and attaches a score to your personal health. He also started Miami’s first medical spa that was eventually sold in 2011. Andres graduated from Columbia Business School and loves to travel.
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Namik Abdulzade
AVP of Engineering Operations of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Jordan Kennedy
VP of Client Partnerships of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Botify, Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Dave Campbell
VP Strategic Accounts of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Joe West
VP Engineering of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Trevor Shickman
Vice President if Finance & Technology Solutions of Wide Angle Group
Trevor Shickman joined Wide Angle Group in 2005 and handles finance and technology solutions. Prior to joining WAG Trevor worked in computer networking and college basketball. Trevor earned master’s degrees in Economic and Technology History, Business and Non Profit Administration. Trevor is confident he can over complicate any process with simple technology.
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About Wide Angle Group: Wide Angle Group Limited is a fully integrated industrial/trade media and commerce company
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.
David Shteif
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of Digital Media Solutions
David Shteif is Digital Media Solutions’ Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development (DMS). DMS is the premier supplier of technology-based solutions that link marketers with prospective customers, and they couldn’t have a better manager at the forefront to guide them. David has perfected the art of the human experience. He creates value amongst individuals and companies, which in turn, creates a multiplier effect. His extensive network of colleagues and clients in the marketing world and beyond can attest to his sincere interest in assisting others and seeing people thrive. David, as a mentor, offers essential advice to other individuals and business company owners. He offers his attention, funding, and talents to others in need as a pillar of his community.
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About Digital Media Solutions: Digital Media Solutions is a leading provider of technology-enabled digital performance advertising solutions.
Matt Frary
Executive Vice President of Brand Strategy of Digital Media Solutions
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About Digital Media Solutions, SmarterChaos.com: Digital Media Solutions is a leading provider of technology-enabled digital performance advertising solutions.
Robert Camhe
Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships of Digital Media Solutions
Robert Camhe is the Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships at Digital Media Solutions Group
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About Digital Media Solutions: Digital Media Solutions is a leading provider of technology-enabled digital performance advertising solutions.
Ray Schneeberger
VP Sales of Digital Media Solutions
As a digital marketing industry veteran, Ray Schneeberger possesses an impressive background in new business development and a clear understanding of today’s rapidly changing consumer purchase and media consumption behavior. His expertise stretch across the entire direct to consumer (DTC) subscription and nonprofit sustaining donation ecosystems, with proven success using time-tested acquisition and retention tactics, generating comprehensive business plans and consistently increasing customer lifetime value, and always with best practices. Ray has held several executive-level positions at notable companies including Equifax and Fosina Marketing Group. As Vice President of Sales at Digital Media Solutions (DMS), Ray oversees business development for the company’s DTC subscription marketing team. Using his vast industry knowledge, Ray helps DMS deliver scalable, sustainable and measurable marketing results.
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About Digital Media Solutions: Digital Media Solutions is a leading provider of technology-enabled digital performance advertising solutions.
Helen Lum
VP of Account Management of Sabio
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Robin Johnson
VP, Client Solutions of Sabio
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Matthew Redden
VP of Sales & Marketing of DealerSocket
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About DealerSocket: DealerSocket is an industry leading automotive CRM–Customer Relationship Management and dealership training provider, serving auto dealers.
Eric Hastings
Executive Vice President of Technology of Lotame
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About Lotame: Lotame is the leading provider of data enrichment solutions for global enterprises.
Nick Martin
Vice President, Customer Operations of Lotame
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About Lotame: Lotame is the leading provider of data enrichment solutions for global enterprises.
Manny Ju
VP – Product and Client Success of Maropost
Highly accomplished, results-oriented Technology professional with proven record of increasing company valuation through product innovation and strategic partnerships. 30 years experience in Tech Industry, 24 years in software applications. Special expertise in software product innovation, strategic technology partnerships, strategic planning, and process improvement. Adept at leading complete software development life cycles (SDLCs) in accordance with Agile development methodology. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with strong technical knowledge. I’m also passionate about the worldwide social transformation taking place thanks to mobile devices. I blog on this subject quite regularly. Specialties: – Market research and translating findings into products and features that resonate – Identifying and developing relationships with partners having complimentary products and services – Process-oriented approach to everything I do; it’s all about efficient and repeatable processes – Excellent mentoring skills regardless of organizational reporting structure – Excellent communication skills for articulating company and product value proposition and positioning
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About Maropost: Maropost is a provider of on-demand digital marketing, Ecommerce, and infrastructure platforms.
Michelle Shotts
VP Customer Success of PatientPop
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About PatientPop: PatientPop is the only complete practice growth solution that empowers healthcare providers to thrive in the digital age.
Juan Pablo Pereira
SVP, Client Services of Bridg
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About Bridg: Bridg is a customer data platform that empowers marketers to better understand and reach customers using SKU-level insights.
Laury Nicole Smith
VP Of Research & Development of WCN Television Inc
Laury is a human resource executive with over 15 years of responsible and progressive experience in human resource management as well as extensive experience in small business startup/management consulting. My professional experiences include executive level management, strategic program management, training/employee development, resource and budget forecasting, organizational development, and employee relations. In this role I am responsible for the HR support for over 250 employees. Prior to WCN, I managed HR functions and provided strategic business partner services for HiTemp Materials and WizChimp LLC. During my career at WCN, I have managed and supported large, complex, organizations with globally dispersed employees and staff. I am also an investor in WCN and serve on the board of directors as treasurer.
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About WCN Television Inc: WCN is a Digital Broadcast Television Company
Moises Solis
VP Of HR of WCN Television Inc
Moises is the founder and brand boss of Create INterest, specializing in organizational training performance. He is currently the Chairman of the Board for Empresarios Latinos of Houston and a mentor at Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Houston. Moises is the author of the book, Getting on Board the SADE Operational.
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About WCN Television Inc, WCN Television Inc: WCN is a Digital Broadcast Television Company
Todd Crawford
VP Strategic Initiatives & Co-Founder of impact.com
Todd is a co-founder of Impact and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. He has been instrumental in forging and managing relationships with many of the company’s flagship advertisers, agencies, and media partners. Todd evangelizes a multi-channel approach to the performance model, and is a frequent speaker at key industry events, including: Affiliate Summit, Affiliate Management Days, a4uexpo, and Performance Marketing Insights. Previously, Todd was VP Business Development at Digital River’s affiliate network, OneNetworkDirect, where he guided strategic initiatives and industry relations. In the late 1990’s, he helped birth the modern affiliate marketing industry as co-founder and VP Business Development of Commission Junction. Todd won the 2007 Affiliate Marketing Legend award. Todd holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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About impact.com: impact.com, the leading global partnership management platform, has been transforming the way enterprises manage all types of partnerships.
Wade Crang
VP Strategic Operations & Co-Founder of impact.com
Wade is a co-founder of Impact and VP Strategic Operations. In this role, he makes certain every client gets the data and information they want, how they want it, and when they want it — so timely and well informed marketing decisions can be made. Prior to co-founding Impact he was part of the founding team at LeadPoint, where his BI architecture boosted revenue per lead and ROI on new product initiatives. At Savings.com his BI architecture enabled the fast growing company to become fully data-driven, optimizing revenue-per-visitor and media spend. Wade also served Commission Junction as VP Business Intelligence & Product. He installed operational processes and tools that enabled CJ to cost effectively scale and support a global customer base. Wade holds a bachelor of science in applied mathematics from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
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About impact.com: impact.com, the leading global partnership management platform, has been transforming the way enterprises manage all types of partnerships.
Derek Roberti
VP Technology, North America of Cognigy GmbH
Derek Roberti is the VP of Technology, North America at Cognigy. Derek has brought his experience with .NET development, business intelligence and technology training to his engagements with hundreds of Sitecore developers over the past five years. Derek should probably spend his time speaking at technical conferences, thinking visionary thoughts and building his personal brand on LinkedIn, Facebook and the blogosphere. Instead, he spends his time immersed in Sitecore and its satellite technologies, diving into the day-to-day muck of support cases, working with customers to fit Sitecore into their technical infrastructure and haranguing Product Management to keep pushing the bar on software quality. This technology is too cool, too cutting edge to sit on the sidelines or to pontificate from on-high. Derek is passionate about making life easier, better, more productive and more fun for Sitecore’s developer community. He continues to plot ways to take the hundreds of thousands of hours of Sitecore’s collective technical support experience and make it available and digestible to Sitecore developers who are just getting started. Across the board, Sitecore’s application architecture has expanded horizons for Sitecore developers across the world. If you are new to Sitecore, Derek challenges you to join the ranks of the thousands of Certified Developers who are taking their skills (and their marketability) to the next level.
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About Cognigy GmbH: Cognigy is the leading Enterprise Conversational AI Platform for customer & employee support process automation.
Chad Summe
Vice President and General Manager, US Sales of Quotient Technology
Chad L. Summe is the Vice President and General Manager, US Sales at Quotient, leading Sales and overseeing brand partnerships across the company’s Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) business. He joined Quotient in 2012 and was previously the Vice President of the Central Division, spearheading the company’s expansion in Cincinnati. Prior to joining Quotient, Mr. Summe spent time as a marketing executive in Procter & Gamble’s baby care division working on both Pampers and Luvs brands. During his time on Pampers, P&G’s largest global brand, he helped drive brand strategy across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia. He also was a nuclear engineer in the United States Navy’s Submarine Force on board the USS Topeka (SSN 754). Mr. Summe graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Economics (Honors) and holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He’s on the boards of the Cincinnati Economics Center and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
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About Quotient Technology: Quotient is the leading digital media and promotions tech company that creates brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities.
Ran Ben-Yair
VP Media Platforms, GM Ubimo of Quotient Technology
Ran Ben-Yair joined Quotient Technology as VP Media Platforms, GM Ubimo in 2019. Ran Ben-Yair oversees the company’s product direction, strategic development and execution. Prior to ubimo Ran Co-Founded LabPixies Ltd (acquired by Google in 2010), a leading web and mobile app development company, bootstrapping the company and growing the business to reach tens of millions of users in four years. At Google Ran continued as a Product Manager in Search where he led and launched large scale products. Ran holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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About Quotient Technology: Quotient is the leading digital media and promotions tech company that creates brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities.
Julie Gerdes
Vice President of Product Management of Quotient Technology
Julie Gerdes is Vice President of Product Management at Quotient, and leads product strategy for Quotient’s product portfolio, including its consumer, retail and data products. She has almost 20 years of experience leading product management teams, including product strategy & roadmaps, product definition, customer research, user experience and development processes with an emphasis on cross-team collaboration. Since joining Quotient in 2012, Ms. Gerdes has overseen all of Quotient’s consumer products, including its flagship consumer savings destination, Coupons.com. She has also played a key role in the development and roll out of Quotient Retailer iQ. She assumed the VP role in November 2016. Prior to joining Quotient, Ms. Gerdes has held product development roles at various Silicon Valley startups as well as COXnet, a division of Cox Newspapers, in Atlanta. She holds a bachelor of business administration from Georgia State University.
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About Quotient Technology: Quotient is the leading digital media and promotions tech company that creates brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities.
Casan Callaway
VP Operations of Quotient Technology
Casan Callaway is the Vice President of Operations at Quotient, overseeing the company’s operations functions. The operations team is responsible for consumer support, executing digital offer and media promotions for advertisers, including retailers and consumer packaged goods companies. Operations consists of multiple roles located across the globe all focused on delivering operational excellence through scalable systems, processes, and world-class customer service. Mr. Callaway joined the company in 2009, and brings over 15 years of experience in sales, business development, and business analytics. Prior to joining Quotient he spent four years at Random House Publishing, where he pioneered industry eBook initiatives to digitize content, grow account distribution channels, and increase consumer adoption. He also has experience in consulting and working at large financial institutions. Mr. Callaway completed a double major in Economics and American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he cheered on his beloved Golden Bears.
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About Quotient Technology: Quotient is the leading digital media and promotions tech company that creates brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities.
Vivek Gupta
VP Engineering of Quotient Technology
Vivek Gupta is Vice President of Engineering at Quotient, leading the company’s engineering functions, including database, platform, infrastructure and quality assurance teams. He joined Quotient in 2012 as senior director, overseeing data platforms and platform engineering. Mr. Gupta brings more than 20 years of engineering and product development experience at various Silicon Valley firms, including two companies he cofounded. He spent nearly a decade at Yahoo!, where he was responsible for development and operations for Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Real Estate. Mr. Gupta holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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About Quotient Technology: Quotient is the leading digital media and promotions tech company that creates brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities.
Roey Franco
VP, Product Innovation of Xaxis
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About Xaxis: Xaxis combines AI, advanced omnichannel solutions, data-driven creative, and programmatic expertise to achieve verifiable results.
Anoop Tiwari
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of Cars.com
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About Cars.com: Cars.com is a online destination that helps car shoppers and owners navigate every turn of car ownership.
William Swislow
Senior Vice President for Product of Cars.com
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About Cars.com: Cars.com is a online destination that helps car shoppers and owners navigate every turn of car ownership.
Christopher Smith
Vice President, Customer Success of Punchh
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About Punchh: Punchh is a company providing digital marketing products for brick and mortar retailers, combining AI and machine learning technologies.
Tawnya Starr
EVP of Sales, SaaS of Firespring
Tawnya Starr is a EVP of Sales, SaaS at Firespring.
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About Firespring, Firespring, PrinterPresence: Firespring provides strategic guidance activated through creative solutions in marketing and tech to help businesses and nonprofits prosper.
Kelly Medwick
Vice President of Business Development of Firespring
Kelly Medwick is a Vice President of Business Development at Firespring.
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About Firespring, Firespring, Firespring: Firespring provides strategic guidance activated through creative solutions in marketing and tech to help businesses and nonprofits prosper.
Scott Leubner
Vice President, Engineering of Soleo Communications
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About Soleo Communications: Soleo Communications is a Local search and Digital Media company that specializes in pay-per-call.
Rob Deming
VP, Product Management of Soleo Communications
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About Soleo Communications: Soleo Communications is a Local search and Digital Media company that specializes in pay-per-call.
Scott Leubner
Vice President, Engineering of Soleo Communications
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About Soleo Communications: Soleo Communications is a Local search and Digital Media company that specializes in pay-per-call.
Ted Lesher
Managing Director & Vice President Sales, North America of BrandMaker
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About BrandMaker: BrandMaker is an enterprise SaaS provider of Marketing Resource Management (MRM) systems.
Luca Magnanini
VP of Marketing of SimplePart
Luca Magnanini serves as VP of marketing at SimplePart.
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About SimplePart: SimplePart provides e-commerce services that help automotive manufacturers and dealers.
Dan DuPree
VP of Client Services of SimplePart
Dan DuPree serves as VP of client services at SimplePart.
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About SimplePart: SimplePart provides e-commerce services that help automotive manufacturers and dealers.
Lexi Viripaeff
VP of Engineering of MightyHive
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About MightyHive: MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Christopher Martin
VP of Ad Operations & CFO of MightyHive
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About MightyHive: MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Tobey Van Santvoord
Senior Vice President of Sales, North America of MightyHive
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About MightyHive: MightyHive is a programmatic solutions provider that simplifies complicated programmatic media buying for advertising organizations.
Patrick Tripp
Senior Vice President of Product Marketing of Cheetah Digital
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About Cheetah Digital: The technology and marketing expertise B2C marketers need to deliver enterprise-scale brand experiences.
Jason Roussos
SVP of Strategy of Adlucent
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About Adlucent: Adlucent is a platform for internet retailers to create, launch and manage high-volume and product-based online campaigns.
Anna McCarthy
Vice President, Account Management of ChoiceStream
Anna McCarthy is the vice president of client development at [ChoiceStream](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/choicestream#/entity). Prior to that, she was the vice president of account management at the same company. McCarthy holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She resides in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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About ChoiceStream: ChoiceStream improves ad relevance and campaigns by providing optimum advertising opportunities based on consumers’ active preferences.
Ken Lordy
Senior Vice President and Head of Product of True Influence
An accomplished executive with a 20 year track record of leading products and teams to profitable growth through customer focus, P&L management and team development. Ken has recent experience leading teams and initiatives in: – Digital marketing solutions – Partnerships and Alliances – SaaS products – M&A / Corporate Development – Portfolio Management
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About Alcatel-Lucent, Dun & Bradstreet, Dun & Bradstreet, True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Shepherd Smith
Vice President, Marketing of True Influence
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About True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Craig Weiss
SVP Ops of True Influence
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About True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Craig Weiss
SVP Ops of True Influence
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About True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Mike Rogers
Vice President, Sales of True Influence
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About True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Shepherd Smith
Vice President, Marketing of True Influence
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About True Influence: Data driven marketing and demand generation services
Janet Polyakov
VP, Product Marketing of Terminus
Janet is VP of Product Marketing at Terminus, makers of the leading account-based marketing platform for B2B marketing, sales, and success teams. She has spent nearly a decade building growth marketing engines for early and growth-stage startups, including leading Matterport’s growth team to two years on the Inc 5000.
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About Terminus: Terminus is a marketing platform used to target companies, engage decision-makers on their terms, and accelerate pipeline velocity.
Joan Evelyn Lee
VP Operations of Travel Tripper
Joan Lee is the Director of Revenue Optimization and heads the Client Services team at Travel Tripper. She started at Travel Tripper in 2011, built the current team from the ground up, and implemented new operating standards and processes for Travel Tripper’s growing list of products and services. Her team is composed of Client Services managers, GDS analysts, and online marketing specialists in the Americas and Asia Pacific. Joan plays a vital role in the growth and development of the Client Services team in order to ensure client expectations are exceeded. Joan and her team now manage over 400 hotels globally. Specializing in hotel revenue management, Joan guides her clients to achieve maximum direct bookings from their website and efficiently manage hotels’ distribution channels. She brings her experience in hotel e-commerce to help clients shift share from OTAs to direct bookings—her most recent success story saw one New York client shift more than 50% of its reservations to the hotel website in 2014. Joan also contributes to the product management team. Her knowledge and experience in the hotel industry is a factor in the product life cycle, especially focusing on client usability and gathering requirements. Before Travel Tripper, Joan worked at Hilton and Starwood hotels, where she gained invaluable hotel operations and revenue management experience in multiple markets across the U.S. Joan received her Masters in Hospitality & Tourism Management and a B.S. in Economics from the University of New Orleans, and is currently working towards her marketing certification. Her passion for travel matches her tenacity and commitment to her work at Travel Tripper. When she’s not working, she’s most interested in cooking, volunteering, and of course traveling whenever and wherever possible.
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About Travel Tripper: Travel Tripper is a global hotel technology provider providing reservation, distribution and e-commerce solutions.
Rob McDonald
VP, Engineering of Zaius
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About Zaius: Zaius is a customer data platform designed to empower marketers to grow revenue from existing customers.
Greg Pinetti
VP Sales of Levitate Media
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About Levitate Media: We produce live-action and animation videos for 5000+ businesses
Stephen Lehner
Vice President, Solutions Consulting of Fathom
Stephen Lehner is the Vice President of Solutions Consulting at Fathom. The common thread of his work is leveraging a career spent in the digital marketing space to align clients with the tools, resources and strategic approach needed to enable customer engagement and meet marketing goals; with a consistent focus on impact to the business’ top and bottom-line. He has partnered to work with clients such as American Express, Time Warner Cable, Indiana University, McGraw-Hill Education and The Ohio State University to shape, implement and manage full scale marketing initiatives.Outside of work you’re likely to find him camping, at the race track or in the garage under the hood of a car, or playing soccer with his 5 and 2 year old daughters (who usually end up winning…). He also doesn’t have an appendix anymore… he left that in Hartford, Connecticut one time… it’s a good story.
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About Fathom: We’re digital marketers who believe strong strategy starts with deep roots—in our clients’ business, in digital, and in outcomes.
Angel Carra
Senior Vice President of Retail of Sparks
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About Sparks: Sparks is a digital experiential marketing agency that specialize in creating connection.
Erik Weber
Vice President of Creative of Sparks
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About Sparks: Sparks is a digital experiential marketing agency that specialize in creating connection.
Alan Park
SVP WW Sales and Channels of Sentient Technologies
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About Self Employed, Sentient Technologies: Sentient Technologies is the world’s leading artificial intelligence company specializing in evolutionary intelligence.
Kimberly Weinstein
VP of Production of NBTV
Kimberly Weinstein is the VP of Production at NBTV.
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About NBTV, Spirits Network: NBTVNBTV is a direct-to-consumer video commerce and personalization platform.
Lyle Srebnick
Executive Vice President of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Megan Conahan
SVP of Sales of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Mark Glauberson
SVP of Media of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Mark Glauberson
SVP of Media of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Megan Conahan
SVP of Sales of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Daniel Owen
SVP of Search & Display of Direct Agents
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About Direct Agents: Direct Agents is a full service digital marketing agency that provides brand advertisers with customized online advertising solutions.
Amy Mills
SVP & Chief Strategy Officer of Cox Automotive
Amy Mills currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Cox Automotive, the largest automotive marketplace and leading provider of software solutions to auto dealers throughout the U.S. Promoted to this role in 2016, Amy works in close concert with the executive leadership team to execute strategic initiatives to increase the company’s growth and profitability, and strengthen its reputation as an employer of choice. A strong, versatile, values-based leader, Amy has been instrumental in coordinating and driving the company’s international strategy over the last two years. She previously served as Vice President, Global Strategy, for Cox Automotive and drove corporate strategic planning and business portfolio management.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Mark F. Bowser
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Cox Automotive
As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Bowser oversees accounting and financial planning and analysis; mergers and acquisitions; supply chain management; content acquisition and legal, regulatory and government affairs. He also is responsible for the company’s business services and media advertising business units. Over his 30-year career, Bowser has been responsible for a portfolio of diverse strategic areas including finance, operations, sales, marketing and business development for several Fortune 500 companies. He has held an extensive number of senior-level financial positions including accounting, financial analysis, and mergers and acquisitions at various companies. Bowser joined Cox in 2006 as Vice President of Cox Business where he was responsible for overseeing the commercial services division of Cox Communications. In this role, he provided leadership to develop and serve a $7 billion market of diverse business customers. Prior to joining Cox, Bowser was Vice President of Dell’s Large Corporate Accounts business division where he was responsible for providing computing solutions to Fortune 1000 customers. Bowser began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigating white collar crime. He began his telecommunications career at GTE where he held positions of increasing responsibility in finance until he joined Sprint and several of its predecessor companies. In addition to roles in finance, Bowser also served as President of Sprint’s $3.5 billion Enterprise Markets division providing integrated telecommunications solutions to Fortune 5000 companies, and as Senior Vice President of Sprint’s business sales. A native of Altoona, PA, Mark earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Pennsylvania State University. He has been a board member for the STARTLIGHT Foundation and Ronald McDonald House charities. In 2012, he was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
David Brooks
SVP & Chief Technology Officer of Cox Automotive
David Brooks is chief technology officer at Cox Automotive. David has a deep commitment to developing winning engineering cultures and defining engineering excellence. In his role, David and his team are responsible for architecture, enterprise data engineering, emerging technologies, and delivering a consistent set of engineering practices, tools, and reporting to enable innovative product delivery. David joined Cox Automotive in October 2016 as vice president of technology for the Inventory Solutions Group. He was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Manheim. Over the last two years, David led the Manheim engineering teams through the implementation of an Agile delivery model. He reorganized the technology portfolio toward a digital-first strategy, while driving operational excellence across organization. He played a key role in completing Manheim’s multi-year auction transformation project.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Janet Barnard
EVP & Chief People Officer of Cox Automotive
Janet Barnard is chief people officer for Cox Automotive, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises. She is responsible for developing the global organization’s high-performance culture and talent management program to support its vision to transform the automotive industry. Barnard leads all Human Resources functions, including Corporate and Field Operations, Total Rewards, Employee and Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness. Previously, Barnard was president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions. In that role, she directed several groups at Manheim engaged in transforming the company’s core auction business to incorporate an expanding digital, mobile and inventory solutions strategy. Barnard led the industry’s largest wholesale auction network in North America consisting of nearly 130 traditional and mobile sites. Groups reporting to Barnard included Sales, Inventory Services, Vehicle Solutions, Logistics Solutions and Client Experience. Before assuming the Inventory Solutions role, Barnard served as president, Manheim North America.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Tony Drummond
Vice President Client Experience of Cox Automotive
Tony is the Vice President of Client Experience at Cox Automotive. Manheim was established in 1945 as a wholesale vehicle auction operation. With 20,000 employees in 121 operating locations around the globe, Manheim is the world’s leading provider of vehicle remarketing services. Manheim registers nearly 7 million used vehicles annually and facilitates transactions representing almost $46 billion in value. A subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, Manheim is transforming the wholesale vehicle buying and selling experience through investments in technology and innovative products and services. Manheim markets Simulcast, Simulcast Everywhere, OVE.com, NextGear Capital, Total Resource Auctions, Manheim Frontline, Ready Auto Transport, Manheim Consulting and other respected brands to the remarketing industry in 11 countries, including Australia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Manheim has set the industry standard for buying and selling used vehicles at live auctions and online. Manheim brings together qualified sellers and volume buyers of used vehicles that include automotive dealerships, banks, car rental agencies, car manufacturers and government agencies. Manheim offers its customers a reliable and secure market in which to purchase a variety of vehicles and services that no other remarketing provider can match.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Sid Nair
EVP & Chief Sales Officer of Cox Automotive
Sid Nair is chief sales officer at Cox Automotive, a global automotive services and software company that is a subsidiary of family-owned and Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, Inc. Sid leads the Sales and Marketing teams for Cox Automotive across all Solutions Groups and brands which include Autotrader, Dealer.com, Dealertrack, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim, VinSolutions, vAuto and Xtime. As an accomplished sales leader, Sid has led the go-to-market and growth strategies for several large global technology and services companies. Before joining Cox Automotive, Sid was chief sales and revenue officer for DXC Technology, where he was responsible for growing the Fortune 500 company’s $10 billion business across the Americas region.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Mitch Gersten
SVP & Chief Information Officer of Cox Automotive
Mitch Gersten is chief information officer at Cox Automotive. Over his nearly 25-year career in technology, Mitch has consistently adopted an “in the trenches” approach, successfully leading large-scale initiatives to transform organizations into more agile teams, revitalize growth by increasing focus on key priorities, and provide critical support for business operations. In this new role, Mitch is responsible for developing and overseeing Cox Automotive’s strategic business initiatives and aligning them to the global technology operations roadmap for enterprise business systems, enterprise infrastructure and support. Mitch’s experience leading enterprise-wide technology solutions will ensure that his team is a partner in driving innovation, simplification and efficiency to create value for clients and a more connected experience for team members. Mitch joined Cox Automotive in 2008 and has held senior technology leadership positions for Manheim and, more recently, Cox Automotive’s Enterprise Platforms organization. During this time, he has played a critical role in the development and implementation of a multi-year technology plan to modernize business systems and has been instrumental in architecting and delivering secure, scalable back-office systems that contribute directly to their product development investments, growth and profitability. Mitch graduated from Baruch College with an MBA in Investment Analysis and International Finance and from State University of New York at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and Finance.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Mark Luber
SVP & Chief Data Officer of Cox Automotive
Mark Luber is SVP & Chief Data Officer at Cox Automotive, where he leads Cox Automotive Data Solutions, a team of 150-plus experts, and works across Cox Automotive to unleash the power of its data assets. In this role, Luber is responsible for Cox Automotive’s data strategy, helping uncover new opportunities to monetize existing data and working to bring new data solutions to market. In addition, he leads Cox Automotive’s data business, data roadmap and data governance. Before joining Cox Automotive, Luber spent 15 years at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, where he established a long and successful track record of bringing differentiated solutions to market. During his decade and a half with the company, Luber held a wide variety of roles spanning technology and product management leadership, market and analytic strategy, and data acquisition. He built and led teams with a holistic perspective of the marketplace, market problems, data landscapes, and technical and analytical capabilities – all in service of driving outsized growth through new product innovation.
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About Cox Automotive, Equifax: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
John Kovac
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer of Cox Automotive
John Kovac is the brand strategist and marketing visionary behind Cox Automotive, a global automotive services and software business with powerhouse brands such as Autotrader, Dealertrack, Kelley Blue Book, Mannheim, NextGear and vAuto. As Chief Marketing Officer, he leads a passionate team that turns research, insights and creativity into groundbreaking marketing and communications campaigns – all in the name of building Cox Automotive’s 25 brands and the company’s sterling reputation as a fast-growing technology business and one of the best places to work. John has been with the company for nearly 20 years since being hired as one of the first employees of start-up Autotrader. He built the online classifieds pioneer into a household name, and has since helped establish Cox Automotive as a transformational force for automotive retail. His entrepreneurial spirit and innovative approach to marketing helps keep Cox Automotive ahead of the fast-changing auto industry and moving toward its ambitious vision to transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars. Prior to joining Cox Enterprises and Autotrader in 1999, John was part of the agency team at J. Walter Thompson developing advertising and marketing for Ford Motor Company. He studied marketing and earned a Bachelor of Science from Miami University.
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
