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This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the News 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.
William Nutting
Vice President of Ogden Newspapers
William O. Nutting is Vice President at Ogden Newspapers. He is Member of the Board of Directors at Associated Press.
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About Ogden Newspapers: Ogden Newspapers, Inc., is a diversified media corporation that publishes 40 daily newspapers, several magazines, weekly newspapers.
Jennifer Perri
Vice President, Univision Creator Network of Univision Communications
Jennifer Perri is Vice President of the Univision Creator Network. For the last two years, Jen has lead the charge in cross platform integration of influencers and brands within Univision. She’s been with UCN since 2015 and helped build an in-house multi-channel network that is now the No. 1 Hispanic focused MCN on YouTube in less than two years. Under Jen’s leadership, UCN has attracted and signed over 200 young and diverse digital talent and has fostered a real sense of community. UCN creators have been integrated across digital, linear and live events, and have expanded Univision’s content offering and have helped us to connect with Hispanic millennials. Prior to her role at Univision, Jen held strategy and development positions at Seventeen (Hearst and Awesomeness TV), Collective Digital Studios (now Studio 71) and co-founded BigFrame. Jen also was a producer and production manager on Current TV, which won the first Emmy award for Best Interactive Television Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards. She is a graduate of the University of San Francisco in Communication studies.
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Peter Lori
EVP Finance of Univision Communications
Peter H. Lori is executive vice president, Finance, chief accounting officer and deputy chief financial officer for Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Based in Teaneck, he leads Univision’s corporate finance team. Prior to joining Univision, Lori served as an audit partner at KPMG, LLP, where he was responsible for supervising the delivery of financial statement audit and advisory services to large corporate clients in a wide variety of industries. Prior to that, he served as an audit manager and partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he worked for 15 years. Lori is a certified public accountant in New York and New Jersey. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Montclair State University.
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Simone Knight
VP, Marketing Strategy and Media Intelligence of Univision Communications
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About Univision Communications: Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
Vishwanath Ramarao
Vice President of Engineering of AOL
Vish is CTO and Co-Founder of Impermium. Before joining Impermium, Vish led engineering for Yahoo! Mail anti-spam, security, and data mining, and was involved in protecting every major component of the Yahoo! network from spam, fraud, misuse.
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About AOL: AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Kjerstin Beatty
Senior Vice President, Multi-Platform Media Strategy of NBCUniversal
erstin Beatty joined NBC as Vice President of Media for the Entertainment division in October of 2012. In this role, she is responsible for paid media efforts that support promotion for all NBC programming. Prior to joining the network, Kjerstin was VP of Media for Showtime, where she played a key role in the launch of some of its most successful series, including “Homeland, “Weeds” and “Dexter.” Before her tenure at Showtime, Kjerstin worked on multiple accounts at the Manhattan offices of ad agencies Mediaedge and Mediavest. Kjerstin holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn.
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About NBCUniversal, NBCUniversal: NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate that is a subsidiary division of Comcast.
Denise Colella
SVP, Advanced Advertising Products and Strategy of NBCUniversal
Denise Colella serves as Senior Vice President, Advanced Advertising Products & Strategy, NBCUniversal. In this role, Colella is responsible for driving the strategic roadmap of new advanced advertising products and portfolio offerings that comprise the company’s Audience Studio, which harnesses the power of NBCUniversal’s rich data sources to create customized advertising strategies. She reports to Krishan Bhatia, Executive Vice President, Business Operations & Strategy, Advertising Sales, NBCUniversal. Colella has 16 years of global experience in the advertising technology marketplace. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Maxifier, a leading technology platform for digital advertising performance optimization, and originally joined the company in 2011 as the Chief Revenue Officer. Previously, Colella also served as the Chief Revenue Officer for AudienceScience where she led all of the company’s revenue producing operations in the US, Europe and Asia. From 2007-2010, she was Vice President, International, at Right Media, a Yahoo! company, where she developed and executed on the company’s international expansion strategy for its advertising exchange. She also held senior positions at DoubleClick, as well as its offline division, the leading transactional cooperative database company Abacus. Colella earned her Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance and International Management from Villanova University and a Masters of Computer Systems Management from the University of Maryland.
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About NBCUniversal: NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate that is a subsidiary division of Comcast.
Patricia Suh
Vice President, Corporate & Transactions of NBCUniversal
Patricia oversees legal activities at Comcast Ventures for new portfolio investments, advising business personnel on structuring transactions, drafting and negotiating investment agreements and coordinating legal due diligence efforts. She also advises Comcast Ventures personnel on matters relating to existing portfolio companies and works with the management of portfolio companies on legal issues. Patricia has worked in various legal roles at NBCUniversal since 2001, and also currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Transactions of NBCUniversal, responsible for acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Patricia also supervises the emerging technology lawyers that are part of the NBCUniversal corporate legal team. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Patricia was an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP, where her practice included venture capital and other private equity transactions. Patricia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School and received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
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About NBCUniversal: NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate that is a subsidiary division of Comcast.
Jeremy Ocampo
VP, Software Quality Engineering & Agile Management of NBCUniversal
A disruptive innovator and thought-leader within the Software Engineering domain with 17+ years of experience focused in providing strategic implementation of Corporate-wide Software Quality, Test Automation, DevOps (CI/CD) & Agile Transformation initiatives. Jeremy has led both small and large organizations through successful implementations of complex software within an Agile and Waterfall software delivery. Evidently, Jeremy is an advocate for Agile, Process definition and Quality.
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About NBCUniversal: NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate that is a subsidiary division of Comcast.
Brian Norris
Senior Vice President, Audience Studio Sales, Ad Sales of NBCUniversal
Brian Norris is Senior Vice President, sales team responsible for NBCUnive advertising capabilities. Norris brings experience driving television revenue joining NBCUniversal, Brian served as advertising sales for DISH and Sling establishment of DISH Media Sales’ f held sales roles at Viacom and Lifeti udience Studio Sales, NBCUniversal and leads the sal’s suite of industry-leading, advanced almost 20 years of management and leadership in linear, addressable and digital media. Before Vice President of DISH Media Sales overseeing . Brian joined DISH in 2008 to assist in the agship office in New York. Earlier in his career he e Entertainment Services.
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About NBCUniversal: NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate that is a subsidiary division of Comcast.
Barin Nahvi Rovzar
Senior Vice President & Head of M&A of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
David Hahn
VP & CISO of Hearst Communications
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About CDK Global, Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Michael E. Smith
SVP, Revenue Platforms and Operations of Hearst Communications
Mike Smith is Senior Vice President of Revenue Platforms and Operations, Hearst Magazines Digital Media and Senior Vice President, Advertising Platforms, Core Audience; Hearst Corporation. Smith joined Hearst in July 2013 and is responsible for all digital media revenue platforms, including the company’s programmatic sales engineering efforts through the Hearst Exchange as well as advertising operations, and digital ad product development. Prior to Hearst, Smith held a number of positions with Forbes, most recently as the President of Forbes.com and Chief Digital Officer of Forbes Media, where he oversaw the company’s technology departments, including IT systems, multi-platform development and digital strategy. He was also responsible for audience sales via auctions including trading desks, advertising operations, data and analytics, and yield management. Before joining Forbes.com as Chief Technology Officer, Smith was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at TheStreet.com, where he directed technology efforts, including application development, network engineering, website operations, global technology initiatives and business support systems and prior to that, was Director of Information Technology at HBO. Smith holds a network-technology related patent and is publishing his first book entitled “Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers” in November of 2014, which will detail the online display advertising market on ad exchanges and real time bidding auction technologies. “Targeted” can be pre-ordered here: http://amzn.to/1s0r6Yb Smith graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and has been a member of the Board of Visitors of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College for 15 years, as well as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Education Law Center and a member of the School Consultative Board of Union Catholic High School.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Bridget Williams
Chief Commercial Officer and SVP Digital Publishing of Hearst Communications
Bridget’s career has spanned from the first digital department of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to New York Times Digital, to tech startups, and most recently Business Insider where she ran business development, strategy, and international expansion. This year she was named Coolest 100 in Tech from Business Insider and Folio Magazine’s Visionary 100.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Melanie Colton
Vice President, Product & Technology of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Todd Haskell
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Hearst Magazines Digital Media of Hearst Communications
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Pauly Comtois
VP DevOps/Sr. Automation Engineer of Hearst Communications
Pauly is a former Chef employee and has spent the last 20 years building, developing and leading high performing Support, IT, Operations and Development teams in rapidly growing organizations. Pauly and Aaron Blythe will bring light and solutions to problems other organizations are sure to be facing.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Steven Bertoni
Vice President & Senior Editor of Forbes
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About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Jen Singerman
VP of Marketing & Communications of Scribd
Jen Singerman is the VP of Marketing and Communications at Scribd.
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Sabeen Minns
SVP of Product and Engineering of Scribd
Sabeen Minns is the SVP of Product and Engineering at Scribd.
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Rama Sadasivan
VP of Business Development of Scribd
Rama Sadasivan is a VP of Business Development at Scribd.
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Andrew Weinstein
Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy of Scribd
Andrew Weinstein is the Vice President of Content Acquisition and Strategy at Scribd.
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Meghan Cochran
VP of Product of Scribd
Meghan Cochran is the VP of Product at Scribd. He was a VP of Product & Design at Tulip Cremation. Ms. Cochran received an MBA in General Management at Harvard Business School and earned an MA in English at New York University.
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Christopher Guenther
SVP, Global Head of Programmatic of News Corp
SVP, Global Head of Programmatic at News Corp.
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About ArcSpan Technologies, News Corp: News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Joel Klein
EVP – Office of the Chairman of News Corp
Joel, an education visionary and proven leader of change, was former chief executive officer at Amplify. Joel was chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, where he oversaw a system of 1.1 million students and 136,000 employees. While there he led systemwide transformations that resulted in significant improvement in student performance. Under Joel’s leadership, high school graduation rates in the city rose 20 points—an increase of more than 40 percent.
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About News Corp: News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Deborah Brewster
Senior Vice President (Strategy); and Head of Initiatives of News Corp
Deborah Brewster is Senior Vice President (Strategy), and Head of Initiatives at News Corp, which includes developing News Corp’s businesses as well as building and acquiring new digital businesses. Before this, she was Deputy Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal.
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About News Corp: News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Michael Riksen
VP, Policy & Representation of NPR
Mike Riksen is the Vice President for Policy and Representation for NPR and the public radio system and, responsible for policy development, advocacy, station and community engagement plans for NPR and the public radio system. He reports to the NPR CEO and is a key member of the NPR President’s Office. Since joining NPR in 2003, Riksen has served in this role overseeing the primary government relations position in the public radio system. With a focus on development of public policy, advocacy, and communications, Riksen increases the effectiveness of public radio’s service to communities and its outreach to community leaders, supporters, and federal policy officials. With a cross-disciplinary team of advocacy and policy specialists, Riksen identifies and addresses priority areas of concern including broadcasting, communications, and telecommunications policy initiatives; technology policy with implications for public radio’s digital radio and digital distribution objectives; federal appropriations to member stations; and, digital rights and related copyright legislation for public media entities. Prior to NPR, Riksen led activities in the Washington office for a Fortune 500 company with primary emphasis on commercial wireless and international trade arenas. He successfully developed and implemented regulatory and legislative positions in diverse policy areas including tax, trade, appropriations, broadcast, and telecommunications. He was the principle adviser to and manager of corporate political action committees. Riksen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Hope College, in Holland, Michigan.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Keith Woods
Vice President, Newsroom Training & Diversity of NPR
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Michael F. Beach
Vice President, Distribution of NPR
Michael F. Beach is the Vice President of Distribution at NPR. In this role, Beach oversees the Public Radio Satellite System® (PRSS), the backbone of all public radio distribution. Each year, the PRSS distributes more than 450,000 hours annually of news, music, and specialized audience programming to more than 1,600 public radio stations throughout the United States. He is responsible for all activities associated with the planning, operation and management of this system-critical division. Prior to coming to NPR, Beach worked for Intelsat, S.A., a major commercial satellite operator, which he joined in 2006. He also served as assistant general manager and chief technology officer for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), the state-wide PBS and NPR broadcast network, from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that, he served in multiple technical and security roles for NSN Network Services of Avon, Colo., which is now a service of Clear Channel Communications. As a lieutenant in the Navy, he served as a communications officer on the USS Duluth. Beach, who is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications/Media Studies from the University of Utah and is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Project Management at George Washington University.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Michael F. Beach
Vice President, Distribution of NPR
Michael F. Beach is the Vice President of Distribution at NPR. In this role, Beach oversees the Public Radio Satellite System® (PRSS), the backbone of all public radio distribution. Each year, the PRSS distributes more than 450,000 hours annually of news, music, and specialized audience programming to more than 1,600 public radio stations throughout the United States. He is responsible for all activities associated with the planning, operation and management of this system-critical division. Prior to coming to NPR, Beach worked for Intelsat, S.A., a major commercial satellite operator, which he joined in 2006. He also served as assistant general manager and chief technology officer for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), the state-wide PBS and NPR broadcast network, from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that, he served in multiple technical and security roles for NSN Network Services of Avon, Colo., which is now a service of Clear Channel Communications. As a lieutenant in the Navy, he served as a communications officer on the USS Duluth. Beach, who is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications/Media Studies from the University of Utah and is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Project Management at George Washington University.
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About NPR: NPR is a multimedia news organization and radio program producer that delivers national and international news broadcasts.
Lawrence Johnson
SVP & Head of Fintech Engagement of Morningstar
Lawrence Johnson is head of Retirement Plan Intelligence solutions for Morningstar, a business intelligence and data preparation platform focused on the institutional retirement space. Johnson joined Morningstar following the acquisition of RightPond in March 2016. Johnson also leads Morningstar’s global financial technology outreach initiatives, working to strengthen the firm’s leadership role with world-class emerging growth companies and organizations fostering innovation in software, data management, business intelligence, and user experience in the financial services sector. Before joining Morningstar, Johnson was the CEO of RightPond. He has also successfully led a number of emerging companies in the data mining, analytics, and digital marketing spaces. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Johnson practiced law in the area of securities and technology law. He began his career at IBM. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a law degree from the Université de Montréal. He is a member in good standing of the California Bar.
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About Morningstar: Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.
Neal Lipschutz
Managing Editor & SVP – Dow Jones Newswires of Dow Jones
Neal Lipschutz is senior vice president and managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires, a unit of Dow Jones & Company. He assumed this role in January 2007 after serving as vice president where he directly supervised the news staffs in the Americas and served as chief arbiter of and spokesman for news policies, coverage and standards on a global basis. In his current role, Neal has global responsibility for Dow Jones Newswires editorial. Prior to assuming his role as vice president, Lipschutz served as senior editor, Americas, for Dow Jones Newswires from 1999 to 2005. In this position, he was responsible for Newswires’ editorial operations throughout the Americas. Neal continues to write “Point of View” columns on a regular basis for Newswires. Lipschutz also served as managing editor of the Dow Jones News Service, the newswire covering the U.S. equities markets, public companies and the events that affect them, from 1997 to 1999. In 1982, Neal joined Dow Jones as a copyreader for the Capital Markets Report. Neal was later promoted to copy editor, and in 1988, became a news editor. Neal moved to the Dow Jones News Service as assistant managing editor in February 1989 and was named deputy managing editor in March 1990. Neal’s work was included in group entries from Dow Jones Newswires that received awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers three times. His articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and many other publications. Neal began his journalism career in 1978 at the Paper Trade Journal in New York where he was an associate editor. In 1980, Neal became a reporter for Commodity News Services in New York City and Washington, D.C.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Paul A. Gigot
Editorial Page Editor & VP – The Wall Street Journal of Dow Jones
Paul A. Gigot is the Editorial Page Editor and Vice President of The Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2001. Paul is responsible for the newspaper’s editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism, and he directs the editorial pages of the Journal’s Asian and European editions and OpinionJournal.com. Paul is also the host of The Journal Editorial Report weekly news program on the Fox News Channel. Gigot joined the Journal in 1980 as a reporter in Chicago. In 1982, he became the Journal’s Asia correspondent based in Hong Kong. He won an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting on the Philippines. In 1984, he was named the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal. In 1987, he was assigned to Washington, D.C., where he contributed editorials and the weekly Potomac Watch column, which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Gigot is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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About Dow Jones: Dow Jones is a news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers and more.
Daniel Pisarski
VP of Engineering, North America of LiveU
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About LiveU: LiveU produces technology for television broadcasters to enable live video links via wireless cellular networks.
Gilad Lotan
VP, Head of Data Science of BuzzFeed
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About BuzzFeed, New York University: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Shani Hilton
VP of News and Programming of BuzzFeed
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About BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Deepna Devkar
Vice President, Data Science & Engineering of CNN
Deepna Devkar is the Vice President, Data Science & Engineering at CNN, WarnerMedia.
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About CNN, WarnerMedia: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Sam Feist
Senior Vice President, Washington Bureau Chief of CNN
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About CNN: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Mike Toppo
Vice President/Senior Editorial Director of CNN
Michael Toppo is the vice president and senior editorial director for CNN Digital, managing the video programming strategy for all of CNN’s digital platforms. Toppo has been directly involved in audience growth strategies and the integration of analytics into the daily programming process. From 2011-2013, video starts grew 40% and CNN continues to be an industry leader for video traffic. Toppo launched CNN’s first video team focused on digital-native content for enterprise storytelling and sponsorship integration. Under his leadership, the team has created franchises for multiple verticals including music, comedy, politics, innovation, health and culture. He was also instrumental in creating the network’s first digital war room which brings together teams from edit, research, business intelligence and social to use real time data to optimize site performance and leverage trending content. In 2012, his enterprise video team won multiple honors including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for “Slavery’s Last Stronghold”an investigation that exposed the issues of slavery in Mauritania, the last country in the world to outlaw the practice. He has also led CNN’s cross-platform TV Integration group focused on digital strategies for CNN’s premier programs including The Lead with Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett OutFront, New Day, Morgan Spurlock/Inside Man and Anthony Bourdain/Parts Unknown. Prior to managing video strategy, Toppo led CNN Digital’s home page, feature sections, news production, photos and interactive teams. In 2011, his teams launched the CNN Photos blog dedicated to telling powerful and inspiring stories through photography. To date, CNN Photos has generated over 800 million page views. Prior to joining CNN Digital in 2006, Toppo was the Senior Executive Producer for CNN’s domestic television network and managed all of its weekday programs. He also developed the format for its flagship dayside program, Newsroom. Toppo came to CNN in 1996 to produce its daily news program, TalkBack Live. The program was the first of its kind on a national level to use interactive technologies including chat rooms, instant messaging and video conferencing. As the Executive Producer, he was responsible for guiding the overall direction and development of the program. He is also a member of CNN’s Diversity Council focusing on the network’s business strategy. Toppo earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Buffalo State College.
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About CNN: CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news.
Steve Lewis
VP & Senior Executive Producer, Strategic Content & News Partnerships of CNBC
From the historic collapse of Enron to the 2008 global financial meltdown, Steve Lewis has covered some of the most important business news stories of the past 15 years. After serving as Coordinating Producer in CNBC’s Washington Bureau, he returned to the network’s Global Headquarters in 2005 and helped relaunch CNBC’s signature morning show “Squawk Box.” Today, Steve leads the Strategic Content and News Partnerships group. This innovative cross-platform editorial team is responsible for developing and scaling some of CNBC’s most influential franchises including “America’s Top States for Business” and “Disruptor 50.”
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About CNBC: CNBC is a news network that offers business and financial news from around the world.
Amy Bernstein
Editor, HBR; Vice President and Executive Editorial Director, of Harvard Business Review
Amy Bernstein is the editor of Harvard Business Review, where she oversees the magazine and its team of editors. Before joining HBR in 2011, she was Vice President, Global Thought Leadership, at ManpowerGroup, the global employment-services company. There she led the organization’s thought leadership program, focusing on emerging trends in the world of work. She also launched MyPath, the industry’s first career-management website for professionals.
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About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is a magazine that helps enterprises improve the practice of management.
Abhay Jain
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Paul Cabana
EVP, Head of Programming, HISTORY Channel of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks
David “Digger” Granville-Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks. Granville-Smith joined A+E Networks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2014. In December 2016, he was named to his current position. Granville-Smith leads all key financial functions across A+E Networks, including A&E®, History®, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI™, H2®, Crime & Investigation Network®, History en Español™, Military HISTORY®, LRW®, A+E Studios™, A&E Indie Films®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. In addition, Granville-Smith oversees the Production, Operations, Engineering and Information Technology departments and is responsible for the Corporate Development, Strategy, Investments and Ventures Group. He provides strategic and operational leadership across all of the divisions of the company, including the Brand Portfolio Group, Ad Sales, Distribution, Digital and International, in order to drive the company’s overall growth and value creation. Granville-Smith serves on the boards of A+E Networks Latin America and VICELAND. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Granville-Smith worked at J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns, which was acquired by J.P. Morgan, for 23 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith Barney in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. At J.P. Morgan, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the Investment Banking Division. Throughout his career in banking, Granville-Smith worked on a number of significant strategic and financing transactions for diversified media, cable network, cable distribution and telecommunications companies. Granville-Smith is a trustee of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. He also serves on the President’s Advisory Council for the College of Brown University. Granville-Smith received an A.B. degree from Brown University. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and two children.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Mark Garner
Executive Vice President, Content Licensing and Business Development of A+E Networks
Mark Garne serves as executive vice president of content sales, licensing, and business development at A+E Networks.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Ross Habif
Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy of A+E Networks
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Amy Baker
Executive Vice President of A+E Networks
Amy Baker and her team are responsible for harnessing the power, influence and audience of A+E Networks’ brands, platforms and talent to help marketers drive awareness, sales, brand loyalty, customer acquisition and retention. Prior to this position, Baker was EVP, Ad Sales for Lifetime, LMN and fyi. She first joined A+E Networks as SVP, Ad Sales for HISTORY in 2005. Prior to A+E Networks, Baker was SVP of Discovery Solutions and Branded Entertainment at Discovery Communications where she provided advertising clients with comprehensive solutions to reach their business objectives across Discovery’s family of assets. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and is based in New York City.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Kamilah Thomas
VP HR & Global Head of People Development of A+E Networks
Kamilah is a strategic human resources leader for the corporate functions at A+E Networks, where she ensures that a focus on culture and people is imparted on all teams and divisions globally. She has over 20 years of experience leading corporate transformations through global learning and development, diversity, people management and inclusion efforts. Previously, Kamilah served as an HR leader at the Madison Square Garden Company and Sony Music Entertainment.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Jason DeMarco
Vice President, Programmatic & Audience Solutions of A+E Networks
Jason DeMarco joined A+E Networks in July 2012 to establish a programmatic monetization strategy. During his tenure, A+E Networks has been a market leader in adopting new technology and creating partnerships that bring the best in content, data and systems to market. Jason continues to focus on automation across all platforms and data enabled monetization.
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
Josh Rosenblatt
SVP of Development & General Counsel of BTC Media
Josh Rosenblatt is the senior vice president of development and general counsel at BTC Inc. Through its subsidiaries, BTC Inc is the publisher of the world’s leading digital and print publications dedicated to the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces, an internationally recognized conference series, a blockchain venture studio, a marketing firm and more. The company has reached millions of readers, fulfilled dozens of clients and pioneered technology that is helping build the future.
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About BTC Media, Fold: BTC Media is Bitcoin media group, providing education and information through its family of products and services.
Jagmeet Chawla
Chief Architect, VP/Global Head Of Architecture Office and Cloud Engineering of The Weather Company
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About The Weather Company: The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.
Peter P. Neilley
SVP, Global Forecasting Services of The Weather Company
Dr. Neilley is responsible for the development and operation of TWC’s global forecasting operations. This includes the research and development of the next generation of forecasting technology and the management of operations at the forecasting centers in Atlanta, GA, Andover, MA, Birmingham UK and Dallas, TX. Before joining WSI, Dr. Neilley was a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research., pursuing research and development interests in the fields of mesoscale weather forecasting, wind and turbulence forecasting, and automated weather forecasting using artificial intelligence techniques. Dr. Neilley is also the principle scientist in the development and operation of an automated weather forecasting system based on various applications of statistical and fuzzy-logic theory. The weather forecasting system is currently used to provide weather forecasts to millions around the globe daily as part of TWC’s core forecasting infrastructure. Dr. Neilley created and directed the forecasting research and development group at WSI whose accomplishments include the establishment of a numerical weather prediction group and the world’s first operational implementation of the WRF model as part of WSI’s RPM product line. Dr. Neilley received a bachelor’s degree in meteorology from McGill University, and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at McGill University, he was named a University Scholar of Great Distinction. He was awarded the Jules Charney Memorial Scholarship at MIT. Dr. Neilley currently is the chair of the American Meteorological Society’s Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee, a member of NOAA’s NWS Science Advisory Board Environmental Information Services Working Group and a member of the National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board’s Surface Transportation Weather Committee.
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About The Weather Company, WSI Corporation: The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.
DJ Reali
Senior Vice President, National Advertising Sales of The Weather Company
As head of industry sales, US and EMEA, for The Weather Company, an IBM Business, D.J. Reali leads the sales team’s efforts for the company as they develop data-driven, media and technology solutions as well as long-term initiatives to drive persistent growth among Weather’s largest accounts. Reali was named to this role for his developmental guidance and success with clients including Procter & Gamble, State Farm, Unilever, Kraft, Kellogg’s, GSK Consumer Healthcare, and Subaru, among others. His role includes helping the team build and manage relationships at the highest levels of Weather’s client and agency partnerships. He is closely involved in the development of the company’s ongoing selling strategy and has played key roles in crafting core sales initiatives, including the the digital NewFront, the cable Upfront, the company’s first ever “AllFront,” and product positioning for the company’s WEATHERfx data and analytics platform, JOURNEYfx platform, and Watson Ads cognitive offering. He previously served as senior vice president, agency partnership and development; senior vice president, multi-platform sales; and vice president and regional manager of Midwest advertising sales. Reali joined Weather in 2000. Reali’s career in media spans over 30 years and includes time on both the agency and media sales sides of the business. Before joining Weather, Reali was an account executive at HGTV. Prior to that, he was partner and group media director for J. Walter Thompson. He began his career as a media planner at Campbell-Mithun Advertising. Reali received a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of North Dakota. He spends his time between the New York and Chicago offices of The Weather Company.
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About The Weather Company: The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.
David Nemetz
EVP/GM, Culture + Innovation Collection of Bustle Digital Group
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About Bustle Digital Group, Inverse: Bustle Digital Group is a news, entertainment, lifestyle and fashion website that caters to women.
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.
Trier-Lynn Bryant
VP of People of SigFig
Trier-Lynn Bryant is a dedicated, action-focused leader with distinctive Tech, Wall Street, and military performance, delivering first-rate results in complex and demanding environments. She is a sound professional with exceptional interpersonal and public relations skills that allow the development of strong rapport with individuals on all levels. Trier has a versatile background with international experience; she embodies contagious enthusiasm coupled with relentless work ethic. Currently, Trier is responsible for delivering a best-in-class recruiting function to build a pipeline of high-quality diverse talent by identifying, attracting, and developing candidates from campus for Twitter. In this role, Trier built Twitter’s first dedicated diversity team that increased black and Hispanic/Latinx student hires by 400% plus women student hires by 86%. Prior to joining Twitter in February 2016, Trier was Vice President at Goldman Sachs responsible for developing and executing the firm’s diversity talent acquisition strategy across 15 functions for both experienced hires and students. She crafted an innovative vision for HBCUs increasing presence on campus from 3 to 109 schools while streamlining campus activities increasing hires 82%. Additionally, Trier developed the first experienced hire diversity-focused sourcing strategy utilizing internal and external technology to identify 575+ black and Hispanic/Latinx candidates yielding 11 senior hires. Trier earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering with a minor in Spanish from the United States Air Force Academy. She is a decorated combat veteran after a seven year active duty career in the Air Force as a Cyber Network Engineer.
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About SigFig: SigFig is financial services firm that dedicates in making high-quality investment advice to investors of all wealth levels.
Michael Smith
SVP Revenue Platforms & Operations of Hearst Digital Media
Michael Smith is Senior Vice President of Revenue Platforms and Operations, Hearst Magazines Digital Media. Smith joined Hearst in July 2013 and is responsible for all digital media revenue platforms, including the company’s programmatic sales engineering efforts through the Hearst Audience Exchange as well as advertising operations, and digital ad product development. Prior to Hearst, Smith held a number of positions with Forbes, most recently as the President of Forbes.com and Chief Digital Officer of Forbes Media, where he oversaw the company’s technology departments, including IT systems, multi-platform development and digital strategy. He was also responsible for audience sales via auctions including trading desks, advertising operations, data and analytics, and yield management. Before joining Forbes.com as Chief Technology Officer, Smith was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at TheStreet.com, where he directed technology efforts, including application development, network engineering, website operations, global technology initiatives and business support systems and prior to that, was Director of Information Technology at HBO. Smith holds a network-technology related patent and is the author of books, TARGETED: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising And The Way Companies Reach Consumers (AMACOM / 2014) and The Native Advertising Advantage: Build Authentic Content that Revolutionizes Digital Marketing and Drives Revenue Growth (McGraw-Hill Education / 2017). Smith graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and has been a member of the Board of Visitors of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College for 14 years, as well as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Education Law Center, a member of the School Consultative Board of Union Catholic High School and a member of The Union League Club.
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About Hearst Digital Media: Hearst Magazines Digital Media oversees the 20+ digital magazine properties including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.
Kate Lewis
SVP & Editorial Director of Hearst Digital Media
Kate Lewis is the Senior Vice President and Editorial Director at Hearst Digital Media, responsible for managing the digital editorial teams for worldwide brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping. In the US, these sites attract more than 200 million unique visitors monthly. Prior to Hearst, Lewis worked at Say Media in a similar role, overseeing content strategy and operations for a number of Say’s own sites including xoJane, Remodelista, and ReadWrite, as well as a number of network sites. Originally a print editor, she spent 18 years at Conde Nast working on brands like Vanity Fair, Glamour, and SELF.
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About Hearst Digital Media, Hearst Digital Media: Hearst Magazines Digital Media oversees the 20+ digital magazine properties including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.
Daniel Jacobson
VP of Engineering of The New York Times
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About Child Trends, The New York Times: The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Alex MacCallum
Assistant Editor and SVP, Video of The New York Times
When New York Times editor Dean Baquet announced the appointment of digital media veteran Alex MacCallum as senior vice president of video, he noted that video journalism on the Web is an entirely new medium, distinct even from television. The key editorial and commercial appointment followed a much-discussed innovation report that showed The Times lagging behind some of its digital competitors in social engagement. MacCallum took charge of the video unit in January; she joined The Times in March 2013 as senior manager of business development, and in 2014, she headed an audience development team. Before The Times, MacCallum worked for Lerer Ventures as a strategy consultant in business development and operations; previously, she was a corporate counsel to The Huffington Post, where she was also a founding news editor.
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About The New York Times: The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Jacqueline Loeb
Senior Vice President of Recruiter.com
Jacqueline Loeb is the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator of Venture Scout.
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About Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Recruiter.com, Scouted: Recruiter.com is a leading on-demand recruiting platform that provides flexible talent acquisition solutions for startups to the Fortune 100
Nicole Dingley
Vice President Customer Success of John Wiley & Sons
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About John Wiley & Sons: John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
Pete Sattler
SVP and Chief Information Officer / CISO / Digital Transformation / M&A / Analytics of John Wiley & Sons
Pete Sattler is the SVP and Chief Information Officer / CISO / Digital Transformation / M&A / Analytics at John Wiley and Sons.
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About John Wiley & Sons: John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
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.
Robert Gelick
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Digital Platforms of CBS Interactive
Rob Gelick is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment Digital. In this role, he oversees CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, the CBS apps, and CBS.com, as well as the CBS Television Distribution Digital businesses. This includes the product, technology and overall consumer experience across multiple platforms – the web, mobile, connected devices, social, video and gaming. In addition, Gelick’s team leads the development and production of original digital content to support the CBS Television Network’s slate of shows. This includes managing and producing original editorial and video for over 40 shows’ branded pages on CBS.com as well as social accounts. Gelick also leads the development of digital strategies to launch and grow the digital presence of CBS’s new shows as well as special events like the GRAMMYs and ACM Awards. Previously, Gelick was the SVP and GM of Digital Platforms for CBS Entertainment Digital and held the position of SVP and GM of CBS Mobile, where he led up all aspects of the CBS Mobile business across more than a dozen CBS Interactive properties including CBS.com, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, CNET, GameSpot, and TV.com; as well as mobile development for The CW and CBS Paramount Television. He also managed licensing of CBS brands on mobile platforms, and oversaw all mobile-related video, advertising, games, alerts and interactive TV initiatives. Gelick joined CBS Interactive in 2008 as Vice President of CBS Mobile, overseeing operations and new business development. Prior to CBS, Gelick was one of the founding executives at Helio where he envisioned, developed and managed an award-winning portfolio of mobile social networking and media services including the industry’s first MySpace mobile service, the first complete YouTube Mobile offering. Before Helio, Gelick spent eight years at Motorola. There, he was instrumental in the company’s strategic alliance with Apple to bring iTunes to Motorola’s next generation mobile devices.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Marc DeBevoise
EVP & General Manager – Entertainment, News & Sports of CBS Interactive
Marc DeBevoise is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Interactive’s Entertainment, News and Sports division. In this role, he oversees CBSi’s leading sites including CBS.com, CBSNews.com and CBSSports.com.DeBevoise is also responsible for CBSi’s digital content distribution strategies, and the development of both original and show-based digital video content, applications and games. DeBevoise joined CBSi from premium subscription service Starz, where he was the Senior Vice President of Digital Media, Business Development and Strategy. Prior to joining Starz, he held various roles at NBC Universal, in both Digital Media and Business Development, and worked in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at JPMorgan. Marc received his M.B.A. with distinction in Entertainment, Media & Technology and Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University. He lives in New York City along with his wife and their two children.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jon Mantell
Senior VP, Digital Product and Video of CBS Interactive
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Renee Budig
EVP & CFO of CBS Interactive
Renee Budig joined our board of directors in November 2015 as Chair of the Audit Committee. Budig brings extensive financial operations experience as CBS Interactive’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her time at CBS, Budig served as Chief Financial Officer of Hightail (formerly branded YouSendIt) and was previously the Vice President of Finance at Netflix. In 2011, Budig was recognized by the San Jose Business Journal as CFO of the Year for Venture-Backed Companies and was also named to the esteemed list of Silicon Valley Women of Influence. Budig graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Noah Stanley
Vice President & GM of CBS Interactive
Noah is the vice president and GM of CBS Interactive. He leads multiple businesses for CBSSports.com including ad and subscription driven divisions in 247Sports.com, Scout.com and SportsLine.com. Noah has strong professional skills in navigating start-up to large scale media sites, social media, subscription and ad driven businesses, mobile applications, management, and sports marketing.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jason White
SVP & GM, Global Programmatic Revenue of CBS Interactive
Jason White is the SVP, Head of Publishers at LiveRamp.
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About CBS Interactive, IAB Technology Laboratory, LiveRamp: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Cameron Olthuis
VP, Audience Development of CBS Interactive
Cameron Olthuis is VP, Audience Development at CBS Interactive. He was previously the Director, Audience Development at Clicker, the complete programming guide for Internet television. He was responsible for developing and leading the company’s marketing initiatives and traffic acquisition strategies. Clicker was acquired by CBS in March 2011. Previously, Cameron was a Founding Partner at Performa Media, a performance-based business specializing in lead generation for home-services companies. Prior to founding Performa Media, Cameron was a Managing Partner and Director of Marketing at ACS, a boutique online marketing agency. He lead the online marketing strategies for both ACS’ clients and their own products. Over the years, Cameron has consulted to a diverse list of companies, from venture-backed startups to Fortune 50 companies, including; MTV, HP, Samsung, GMAC, Del Taco and many others.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Steve Comstock
SVP and CIO of CBS Interactive
Under Comstock’s leadership, CBS Interactive has advanced productivity and efficiency through the modernization of workforce technology, optimized infrastructure support through strategic vendor product decisions, reduced overall operating costs through improved process/structure, created and implemented incident response/remediation processes, creation of a vendor management organization and implemented a global single sign-on solution helping identify and securing over 130 applications.Prior to joining CBS Interactive in 2010, Steve’s 20-year career in technology developed with Sendmail Inc., Oracle Corporation and the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) in various roles within engineering and IT.Steve earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Regis University. Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his family, binge-watching television shows/movies and channeling his inner foodie.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Lindsey Turrentine
VP of content of CBS Interactive
Lindsey Turrentine is Editor-in-Chief of CNET Reviews, where she sets the direction for CNET.com, CNET TV, CNET How To, and all of CNET’s compelling consumer tech advice. She has worked for 15 years in Internet journalism.
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About CBS Interactive, CNET Networks: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Jarred Wilichinsky
Senior Vice President Video Monetization and Operations of CBS Interactive
Jarred Wilichinsky is a senior vice president at CBS Interactive where he focuses on Global Video Monetization and Operations. As an SVP, Jarred is responsible for maximizing the monetization of video advertising inventory across CBS Interactive and ensuring the best possible user experience. Jarred works closely with sales and distribution leadership to drive forward sales strategy and optimize inventory, pricing and campaign execution. Since 2006 Jarred has focused on video ad strategy and execution across CBS Interactive. Jarred Holds a degree i business administration from the University of Florida.
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Rick Corteville
VP, Product Marketing- TECH of CBS Interactive
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About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive is an online content network for information and entertainment.
Curran Raclin
VP and Fan Engagement & Analytics of National Hockey League
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About National Hockey League: National Hockey League, L.P. operates as a hockey league for ice hockey teams in North America.
Chris Golier
VP – Mobile Marketing & Strategy of National Hockey League
Chris Golier is the NHL’s Vice President of Mobile Marketing & Strategy, responsible for driving the growth of the league’s mobile business and integration of mobile strategy throughout the organization. In his role, Chris leads the global mobile roadmap including overseeing NHL Mobile’s revenue growth and strategy. Within his first few years at the League, Chris helped to develop a robust mobile product portfolio which includes mobile applications, tablet applications, mobile web sites, SMS alerts, Bluetooth beacon deployments and tools to engage the fans. The NHL GameCenter™ application offer fans the ability to watch live games anywhere and has been developed for the widest range of smartphones and tablets including Apple & Android, gaming consoles and connected TVs. In addition, Golier is responsible for driving revenue growth and providing strategic direction for the league to maximize long term profitability. Chris leads digital business development across a wide range of opportunities including data and content syndication, digital content production partnerships, ad network and exchange partnerships, and the league’s fantasy and gaming platforms. Chris oversees key strategic relationships including distribution partnerships with Apple and Google, social platforms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and emerging platform providers including Gimbal and in-arena vendors. Chris is responsible for the creation of unique digital opportunities for league sponsors and advertisers and provides strategic analysis for NHL clubs on mobile and in-arena strategies. Prior to joining the League, Golier served in senior management roles at MobileBehavior, an Omnicom Group company, NBC and Conde Nast. In addition, Chris worked for multiple startups in the digital space where he was helping to pioneer app development, next-generation messaging and voice services, and location based services. Chris has spoken at many industry events including SXSW, Paid Content, Mobile Marketing Association events, ad:tech, DigiDay, Internet Retailer Web Design & Usability Conference, BusinessInsider, Mobile Marketer Summit, and Media Post’s Mobile Summit. Chris received his B.A. in Economics from UCLA and a MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
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About HYPE – Sports Innovation, National Hockey League: National Hockey League, L.P. operates as a hockey league for ice hockey teams in North America.
Brian Jennings
Executive VP Marketing of National Hockey League
Brian Jennings is Board Member at The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).
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About National Hockey League: National Hockey League, L.P. operates as a hockey league for ice hockey teams in North America.
Anthony G. Ambrosio
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer of CBS Corporation
Anthony Ambrosio serves as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer for CBS Corporation. In this role, he manages all Human Resources functions for the company; directs administrative areas, including real estate, facilities management, security and other corporate services; and oversees labor relations functions. Ambrosio joined CBS in March 1985 in Recruitment and Placement, and held increasingly senior Human Resources positions in Compensation, Policy, HRIS and Benefits functions. Prior to the merger of CBS Corporation with Viacom in May 2000, he served as Vice President, Human Resources, CBS Corporation. After the merger, Ambrosio was named Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for CBS, Infinity Broadcasting and Viacom Outdoor.
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Donna Osiri
Vice President of Strategic Sourcing of CBS Corporation
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Laksh Nathan
Senior VP, Business Delivery Services of CBS Corporation
As the senior vice president of Business Delivery Services at CBS Corporation, Laksh Nathan is responsible for all of the corporation’s Workplace/End User Services, Enterprise Solutions and Data Science/Analytics teams and also supports the IT client relationships across the many divisions that make up CBS Corporation. Over the last 10 years, Laksh has worked across the company to implement common IT enterprise platforms across finance, human resources, legal and business intelligence. In the last year, he led the effort to transform end-user experience across traditional corporate and interactive cultures. By modernizing their IT staff and leveraging collaborative technologies, CBS is achieving their goal to make technology seamless for the end user.
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Tom Shilen
Sr. VP, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer of CBS Corporation
Tom Shilen is Sr. VP, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer @ CBS Corporation.
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About CBS Corporation: CBS Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
John Cimperman
Executive Vice President of Match Marketing Group
John Cimperman is a Executive Vice President at Match Marketing Group.
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
George Conboy
SVP Strategy of Match Marketing Group
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
Brian Kittelson
SVP, Shopper and Commercialization of Match Marketing Group
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About Match Marketing Group: Match Marketing Group is an integrated shopper marketing and retail solutions provider.
Todd McCormack
Senior Corporate Vice President of IMG Worldwide
Todd is a Senior Corporate Vice President at IMG Media, the media arm of IMG – the world’s premier sports and entertainment marketing company and the largest independent producer and distributor of sports programming in the world. Todd led IMG’s initial foray into New Media in 1995, serving as the Chief Executive Officer of TWI Interactive, an independently financed IMG company that exclusively managed IMG’s new media rights from 1999 through 2003. TWI Interactive was re-integrated into IMG as a wholly owned business prior to the sale of IMG to Forstmann Little in 2003. From the creation of signature web sites to advanced media applications for wireless and broadband operators, IMG Media pioneered many industry firsts during the decade of Todd’s leadership. He personally led the development and execution of interactive media initiatives for The All England Club (Wimbledon), the Royal & Ancient Golf Club (The Open Golf Championship), Tiger Woods and many of the company’s other 60+ clients around the world Prior to overseeing IMG’s entrée into the digital media business, Todd launched and directed IMG’s Corporate Consulting business and established many of the Company’s non-sports activities, most notably the development of the Company’s relationship with The Nobel Foundation. Todd also served on the IMG’s Board of Directors from 2003-06. Although the McCormack family sold its controlling interest in IMG to Forstmann, Little in 2004, He continues to spearhead special projects and support the company’s digital media business. Todd received his BA from Duke University and a Masters in Education from Shady Hill School/Lesley College. He also serves as a founding board member of Partners In Health, a global charity committed to providing healthcare to people in impoverished settings.
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About CVP Management, IMG Worldwide, Partners In Health: IMG Worldwide, Inc. is engaged in sports, entertainment, fashion, and media businesses in the United States and internationally. IMG
Joseph Chang
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President of Nu Skin Enterprises
Joseph Y. Chang, also known as Joe, Ph.D., has been the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. since February 2006. Chang is the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin International, Inc. He served as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Pharmanex LLC. He served as the President of Pharmanex division, a natural healthcare division at Nu Skin Enterprises from April 2000 to February 2006. He served as a Senior Pharmaceutical Executive at two major pharmaceutical companies, Wyeth-Ayerst Research and Rhone Poulenc Rorer, where he was involved in researching natural products for arthritis and cancer treatment. He served as Vice President for Clinical affairs and Pharmacology of Pharmanex from 1997 to April 2000. He served as the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Binary Therapeutics Inc. from 1994 to 1997 and at OAS from 1991 to 1994. He served as a Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from November 1998 to October 24, 2013. He served as Lead Independent Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2010 to February 2013. Early in his professional career, he was The Arthritis Foundation fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public. He is a member of New York Academy of Sciences, and American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. A prolific author, he has published numerous articles, reviews and books on pharmacological research during his 20 years in the healthcare industry. He serves on the Board of Directors of a major trade association (CHPA) related to consumer health products in U.S. He had co-edited a textbook on inflammation and developed a series of monographs on botanical products as a source of information for consumers and health professionals. He also holds several patents on new drugs. He received a B.S. degree from Portsmouth University and obtained his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of London and conducted post-doctoral research at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Matthew Dorny
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Nu Skin Enterprises
Matthew Dorny was appointed vice president and general counsel for Nu Skin in 2003. From 1998 to 2003, Dorny served as the assistant general counsel for Nu Skin Enterprises. Prior to joining Nu Skin Enterprises, Dorny was a securities and business attorney in private practice. Dorny received a bachelor of arts, master of business management and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Utah.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Jeremy Kaplan
VP, Editor in Chief of Digital Trends
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About Digital Trends: Digital Trends is an online publisher focused on the lifestyle aspect of consumer electronics and autos.
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
Peter Bordes
Vice President, Events & Sales of CoinDesk
Peter Bordes is the Head of Events & Sales at Messari.
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About CoinDesk, Messari, Stetson Real Estate: CoinDesk provides news and analysis on the trends, changes, technologies, companies, and people in the Bitcoin and digital currency world.
Hayley Romer
SVP and Publisher, The Atlantic of Atlantic Media
Hayley is VP and Publisher of The Atlantic. In the role, she oversees the national sales and marketing teams, leading advertising efforts for The Atlantic brand across its print and digital platforms. Prior to joining The Atlantic in May 2012 as Associate Publisher, Hayley spent five years at the Condé Nast Media Group. As Executive Director of Corporate Sales, she managed an integrated team on accounts ranging from Finance to Luxury to Technology across titles such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. Before joining Condé Nast in 2007, Hayley managed the luxury account list at Forbes Media.
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About Atlantic Media: Atlantic Media is dedicated to equipping opinion leaders with breakthrough ideas and original insights.
Tom Shoop
Executive Vice President & Editor in Chief, Government Executive Media Group of Atlantic Media
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
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About Atlantic Media, Nextgov: Atlantic Media is dedicated to equipping opinion leaders with breakthrough ideas and original insights.
Haixia Wang
VP Research of Skift
Haixia Wang is the VP of Research at Skift. Skift Research is the premium paid subscription product of Skift. As the Head of Skift Research, Haixia manages a team of analysts who provide actionable data and insights to clients across various travel sectors. Prior to Skift, Haixia worked as a Research Director at Gartner, assisting clients through research and inquiries in marketing strategy and digital marketing. Before Gartner, Haixia served as VP Forecasting and Head of APAC at eMarketer. She built and grew eMarketer forecast into one of the most widely used data sources for the advertising market. Haixia holds a Ph.D in Sociology.
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Michelle Jaconi
Vice President and Executive Editor of Independent Journal Review
Prior to joining the world of #Yolo, Vines and GIFs, Michelle spent six years at CNN, where she founded CNN’s Cross Platform Programming unit, leading political coverage across CNN’s television networks, digital properties and mobile apps. In that role, Jaconi led editorial partnerships with companies such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter. Also in her six years at CNN, Michelle launched and led programs in every television day-part, including State of the Union and Inside Politics. She also worked extensively with CNN.com, launching next generation programming, video franchises and co-writing a daily newsletter during the 2012 presidential campaign. Prior to joining CNN, Michelle spent 12 years at NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert, the longest-running television program in the world. She still considers herself a Russert girl and smiles at every opportunity to reminisce about the beloved newsman from Buffalo. Throughout her career, Michelle has earned multiple awards, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Media for producing the Meet the Press senate debate series, a Peabody for her help in producing CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring, and back-to-back Emmy Awards for presidential election nights, at two different networks, CNN and NBC. Michelle has been described in the press as being “ecstatic” about campaign season and that somehow is an understatement. If you ever are in a room with Michelle, there is a good chance she’ll ask you to weigh in on the political debate of the day, which is why she finds herself at home at IJ. Michelle loves learning from everyday Americans and finds great joy in driving her pick up truck, simply because people tend to smile at a girl in a truck. Click here to view my Vine list on Why I Joined IJReview.
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About Independent Journal Review: The Independent Journal Review, an American news platform, provides its users with informative content such as political and cultural news.
Michelle Jaconi
Vice President and Executive Editor of Independent Journal Review
Prior to joining the world of #Yolo, Vines and GIFs, Michelle spent six years at CNN, where she founded CNN’s Cross Platform Programming unit, leading political coverage across CNN’s television networks, digital properties and mobile apps. In that role, Jaconi led editorial partnerships with companies such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter. Also in her six years at CNN, Michelle launched and led programs in every television day-part, including State of the Union and Inside Politics. She also worked extensively with CNN.com, launching next generation programming, video franchises and co-writing a daily newsletter during the 2012 presidential campaign. Prior to joining CNN, Michelle spent 12 years at NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert, the longest-running television program in the world. She still considers herself a Russert girl and smiles at every opportunity to reminisce about the beloved newsman from Buffalo. Throughout her career, Michelle has earned multiple awards, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Media for producing the Meet the Press senate debate series, a Peabody for her help in producing CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring, and back-to-back Emmy Awards for presidential election nights, at two different networks, CNN and NBC. Michelle has been described in the press as being “ecstatic” about campaign season and that somehow is an understatement. If you ever are in a room with Michelle, there is a good chance she’ll ask you to weigh in on the political debate of the day, which is why she finds herself at home at IJ. Michelle loves learning from everyday Americans and finds great joy in driving her pick up truck, simply because people tend to smile at a girl in a truck. Click here to view my Vine list on Why I Joined IJReview.
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About Independent Journal Review: The Independent Journal Review, an American news platform, provides its users with informative content such as political and cultural news.
Mark Ellis
Senior Vice President Corporate Sales of Time Inc.
Mark Ellis serves as Senior Vice President Corporate Sales for Time Inc. His responsibilities include leading integrated, digital and agency sales teams, with the mission of growing revenue by providing multi-brand, cross platform, data driven, holistic and agnostic Time Inc solutions to the largest marketers and advertising agencies in North America. He rejoined Time Inc in September 2014 after a 15-year hiatus, during which time he held a variety of senior level positions. Most recently he was Vice President North American Sales and Global Partnerships at Yahoo, a position Ellis held since March 2011. In that role he led the North American field sales team and focused on building solutions for the top marketers and advertising agencies across North America. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President North American Sales at AOL from February 2004–March 2011, where he managed field sales, mid market sales, account management and the agency development teams. Other prior roles include Senior Vice President Corporate Sales at IMG from 2001-2004 and Senior Vice President Sales at digital sports startup Quokka Sports from 1999-2001. Earlier in his career he held various management positions at Time Inc, including Publisher of Time IncNew Media, Sports Illustrated Custom Publishing Director and Detroit Manager for Sports Illustrated. Ellis earned an undergraduate degree in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Detroit. He is a Detroit native, based in New York City. He is married, the father of 3 children and serves on a variety of advisory boards and industry organizations.
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About Time Inc.: Time Inc. is a media company publishing over 90 magazines, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and many more.
