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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 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 New York based CEO’ operating in the Digital Media space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
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.
Gary Vaynerchuk
Chairman & CEO of VaynerX
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations. In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s local liquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period. During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years. Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings. Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber. Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook. Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am on In addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy. Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
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About Brit + Co, Cinderella Wine, GrapeStory, Resy, American Express Global Dining Network, Vayner Media, Vayner Media, Vayner/RSE, VaynerSports, VaynerX, VCR Group, VeeFriends: VaynerX is a global modern-day marketing and communications company.
Arthur F. Muldoon
CEO & Co-Founder of ArcSpan Technologies
Arthur Muldoon is CEO and Co-founder of ArcSpan Technologies. Previously, he was co-CEO of Amnet US and the CEO and Co-founder of Accordant Media, a leading technology-driven programmatic media specialist company. Accordant Media was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in 2016. Over the past 20 years, Art has carved out a digital media career launching innovative solutions to help marketers achieve better audience engagement. Earlier, Art was SVP, Global Data Platforms at Aegis Media; SVP of Client Services and Analytics at BzzAgent; and General Manager, Client Services, Avenue A | Razorfish. Art also led the launch of an e-commerce business at Corbis Images in Seattle and was a corporate strategy consultant in the Media, Entertainment and Telecoms group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles. Earlier, Art was a Corporate Finance Analyst at Lehman Brothers in NYC, focused on high tech. Art holds a BA from Trinity College (CT) and an MBA from the Kellogg School, Northwestern University. He resides in New York City with his wife and two young daughters.
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About ArcSpan Technologies: ArcSpan Technologies is a B2B audience data technology company building an enterprise-class addressable audience data monetization platform.
Bill Koenigsberg
President, CEO & Founder of Horizon media
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About Horizon media: Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
Joey Levin
CEO of IAC
Appointed to the position in June 2015, Levin is responsible for the strategic leadership of IAC and its operating businesses. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of IAC. Prior to this, Joey Levin was the CEO of IAC Search & Applications, overseeing the desktop software, mobile applications, and media properties that comprise IACs Search & Applications segment and was responsible for setting overall strategy and maximizing opportunities across IACs Search and Applications brands. In November 2009, Levin was appointed as CEO of Mindspark Interactive Network, a consumer software company that builds, markets and delivers a wide range of consumer software products. Prior to this, Levin served as Senior Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance for IAC, and has held various roles within IAC since joining the company in 2003.
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About IAC, TurnKey Vacation Rentals: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Dan Porter
CEO and Co-Founder of Overtime
Dan Porter is CEO of Overtime. Previously, Dan was Head of Digital at WME | IMG; CEO of the social games company OMGPOP; and SVP Corporate Development managing investments for Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. Dan started out working with bands at RCA Records, was a public school teacher and President of the Teach For America program and President of Ticketweb which he sold to IAC. He has an AB from Princeton University and an MA from New York University and has studied at Berkelee College of Music as well as at INSEAD.
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About Inside Startups, Overtime, VentureCrushFG: Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Ryan Harwood
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PureWow
Ryan Harwood is the CEO at Gallery Media Group.
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About Gallery Media Group, PureWow: PureWow is a digital media company that specializes in women’s lifestyle content, covering fashion, beauty, tech, recipes, health & more.
Robert Bowman
CEO & President of MLB Advanced Media
Bob Bowman was appointed President, Business & Media of Major League Baseball by Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. on December 4, 2014. He directs revenue-generating and media rights activities across all MLB entities while continuing to oversee MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM) and MLB Network. Bowman has been President & Chief Executive Officer of MLBAM, the league’s world-class technology company, since its inception in 2000. Bowman joined MLBAM in 2000 following two years of work in the Internet space. He took on oversight of MLB Network in 2014. MLBAM was created in January 2000, when the owners of the 30 Major League Clubs voted to follow the recommendation of Commissioner Selig and centralize all of Baseball’s Internet and Interactive Media operations under one roof. MLBAM operates the official League site, MLB.com, as well as each of the 30 individual team sites. It also develops, deploys and distributes the highest grossing iOS app, At Bat, as well as manages live video content for dozens of clients. In 2014, MLBAM captured, encoded and distributed 30,000 live video events. MLB.com is an award-winning multimedia business at the forefront of the digital revolution. Prior to joining MLBAM, Mr. Bowman was President and Chief Operating Officer of ITT Corporation, one of the world’s largest and preeminent conglomerates. He joined ITT in 1991 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Sheraton, the Boston-based global hotel network. In 1992, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the parent company before being named President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995. Following the trivestiture of the Company’s business divisions in 1995, Mr. Bowman successfully oversaw the growth and operations of the $8 billion conglomerate until its merger with Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 1998. During his tenure, Mr. Bowman and the senior management team at ITT created more than $25 billion of value for the company’s shareholders. Before joining ITT, Bowman served as Treasurer for the State of Michigan from 1983-1991. The youngest State Treasurer in the nation at the time of his appointment, during his eight-year term, the State’s pension system grew from $6 billion to $19 billion in asset value, and improved the State’s credit rating from BBB to AA. Immediately prior to his appointment in Michigan, Bowman also worked as a municipal finance investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Company, and from 1979 to 1981 he served in the U.S. Department of the Treasury as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance. In that role, he worked on both the New York City Loan Guarantee Act and the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act. A native of Milwaukee, Bowman graduated from Harvard College in 1977, and received his M.B.A. from The Wharton School in 1979. Bowman serves as President of the Michigan Education Trust and is a member of the Board of Directors of Take-Two Interactive Corp., and ViaSat, Inc.
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About MLB Advanced Media, Openwave Systems: MLB.TV is a website that offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics related to baseball.
Steven Swartz
President & CEO of Hearst Communications
Steven R. Swartz became president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation on June 1, 2013. Before his promotion to CEO, Swartz, a member of the Board of Directors of Hearst Corporation and a trustee of The Hearst Family Trust, was president and chief operating officer of the Corporation. He was president of Hearst Newspapers, the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories, from 2009 to 2011, and executive vice president of the Group from 2001 to 2008. Hearst Newspapers, with more than 4,700 employees across the nation, publishes 15 dailies and 36 weeklies in cities including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand. Before joining Hearst in 2001, Swartz was president and chief executive of SmartMoney, the magazine, website and custom publishing business launched by Hearst and News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit. Prior to becoming CEO in 1995, he had been the magazine’s founding editor since 1991. Under his leadership, SmartMoney magazine won two National Magazine Awards and was Advertising Age’s Magazine of the Year. Swartz began his journalism career as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in 1984 after graduating from Harvard. He served as an editor on the Journal’s Page One staff from 1989 to 1991. Swartz is a member of the ESPN board of directors and is a director of the Associated Press. He is also a member of the board of visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and chairman of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund.
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About Hearst Communications: Hearst is large private diversified media, information, and services company with more than 360 businesses
Anda Gansca
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Knotch
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About Knotch: Knotch is the content intelligence platform for brands. We pair performance data with consumer sentiment in real time.
Chris Stang
Co-Founder & CEO of The Infatuation
Chris Stang is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Infatuation,and also serves as CEO of Zagat. Since its inception in 2009, Stang has been the architect of The Infatuation’s editorial voice, creative vision, and marketing strategy. Today his role still encompasses all those things, but also includes pushing the company forward into new arenas, including the development of The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON food festival, and leading the company’s recent acquisition of Zagat from Google. He was nominated in 2015 for a James Beard Award for Humor Writing, and in 2019 the Financial Times called him “arguably the most influential restaurant reviewer in America.” Prior to taking on The Infatuation full time, Chris was the Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Records, working closely with many of the label’s biggest acts including Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Skrillex, Gnarls Barkley, and the Panic! At The Disco.
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About The Infatuation, Zagat: The Infatuation is a website, app, newsletter, and recommendation platform that helps users find restaurants for every situation.
Michael Barrett
Chief Executive Officer of Magnite
Michael Barrett joined Magnite as Chief Executive Officer in 2020.
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About Ichabod Farm Ventures, Magnite: Magnite is a sell-side advertising platform that provides technology for publishers to monetize their content across all screens and format.
David Steinberger
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Comixology
David Steinberger is the co-founder and CEO of comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform that features content from Marvel, DC and 75 top comic book and graphic novel publishers. The comiXology platform includes a top ten grossing iPad app, as well as iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire and Windows 8 apps, and a web store and reader at www.comixology.com. He designed comiXology’s Guided View, the reading technology that transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience and defines the digital comic experience. A long time comic fan and passionate entrepreneur, David’s inspiration for comiXology was shaped at the NYU – Stern’s 2007 Business Plan competition while he pursued his MBA. David also holds a Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music, and an Advanced Certificate from The Juilliard School. David’s currently reading Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness from IDW Publishing.
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About Amazon, Comixology: Comixology delivers a cloud-based digital comics platform that enables users to discover, buy, and read comics.
Shawn Frayne
Co-Founder & CEO of Looking Glass Factory
Shawn Frayne is the CEO and co-founder of Looking Glass Factory, a Brooklyn-based startup that makes the Looking Glass, a desktop holographic display for 3D creators that groups of people can see and touch without VR or AR headgear. His favorite hologram is the shark that tries to swallow Marty outside the Holomax theatre in Back to the Future II. Shawn has his B.S. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Looking Glass Factory: Looking Glass Factory is building the holographic future, starting with the Looking Glass, the world’s best selling holographic display.
Howard Yeh
Co-Founder, CEO & Board Director of HealthCare.com
Howard Yeh Online marketing entrepreneur and investor. President and Founder of HealthCare.com (Healthcare, Inc.). Founder of ContactUs.com, Inc. (2012), former co-founder of BrokersWeb (a 2x Inc 500 performance marketing company). Former venture capitalist at VantagePoint Capital Partners. Former investment banker at Merrill Lynch. Howard blogs at www.howardyeh.com.
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About HealthCare.com: HealthCare.com is an insurtech platform that allows users to analyze health insurance options that are available in their area.
Ronn Torossian
CEO and Founder of 5W Public Relations
Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 20 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America’s most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals. Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has led the company’s growth, overseeing more than 200 professionals in the company’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. With clients spanning corporate, technology, consumer and crisis, in addition to digital marketing and public affairs capabilities, 5WPR is regularly recognized as an industry leader and has been named “PR Agency of the Year” by the American Business Awards on multiple occasions. Throughout his career, Torossian has worked with some of the world’s most visible companies, brands and organizations. His strategic, resourceful approach has been recognized with numerous awards including being named the Stevie American Business Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year, the American Business Awards PR Executive of the Year, twice over, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semi-finalist, Metropolitan Magazine’s Most Influential New Yorker, a 2020 Top Crisis Communications Professional by Business Insider, and a recipient of Crain’s New York 2021 Most Notable in Marketing & PR. Torossian is known as one of the country’s foremost experts on crisis communications, and is called on to counsel blue chip companies, top business executives and entrepreneurs both in the United States and worldwide. Torossian has lectured on crisis PR at Harvard Business School, appears regularly on CNN & CNBC, is a contributing columnist for Forbes and the New York Observer, and has authored two editions of his book, “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results With Game-Changing Public Relations,” which is an industry best-seller. A NYC native, Torossian lives in Manhattan with his children. He is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and active in numerous charities.
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About 5W Public Relations, JetSmarter: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
Neil Vogel
Chief Executive Officer of Dotdash
Neil Vogel is the CEO Dotdash.
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About Diskbase, Dotdash, FirstMark, The Balance, VeryWell: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Andre Swanston
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tru Optik
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About Tru Optik: Tru Optik is the Only Audience Measurement and Data Management Platform Built for OTT
Ashwini Anburajan
Founder & CEO of Social Data Collective
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About Social Data Collective: Social Data Collective allow consumers to trade data from a variety of sources for high quality products and services offered.
Lance Johnson
CEO of Recurrent Ventures
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About Recurrent Ventures: Recurrent is an innovative digital media company that helps brands to grow, and connect with consumers.
Seth Besmertnik
Founder & CEO of Conductor
Since founding Conductor, Seth Besmertnik has led the company through multiple financing rounds and extraordinary growth, including Conductor’s successful spin out from WeWork in 2019. Conductor has been nationally recognized as a best place to work for 7 years running, and Seth was named Marketing Technology CEO of the year in 2019. Today, a growing list of the world’s greatest brands, like Citibank, SAP, and CVS, partner with Conductor to humanize marketing and deliver greater value to their customers. Seth speaks at industry events and universities as an expert in customer-first marketing, people-first culture, and entrepreneurship. You can watch his most recent keynote here, follow him on Twitter, or get to know him better on Instagram. You can read his point of view on a variety of topics here, including this post on modern leadership.
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About Conductor: Conductor is a content intelligence platform that enables marketers to create great content, drive qualified traffic, and increase ROI.
Peter Clark
Chief Executive Officer of Forward Media
As CEO of Forward Media, Peter is focused on leading the agency’s growth, product strategy, and overall strategic direction to build a world-class results-based business performance media agency. Peter leverages his experience to drive innovation and a culture that is laser focused on achieving measurable results for our clients. His vision is to build an environment where the people, processes, and products work in full alignment toward achieving success for our employees and partner clients. His goal is to build a team that cultivates a client-first organization and where innovation and technology combine with a drive to succeed. Prior to founding Forward Media Peter had a 25-plus-year career in the advertising, media, and creative industry, both running agencies and at the holding company level.
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About Forward Media: Performance Digital Media Agency
Michael Provenzano
Co-Founder/ CEO of Vistar Media
CEO & Co-Founder of Vistar Media
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About BrandVerge, Vistar Media: Vistar Media turns movement data into actionable insights about consumer behavior.
Simon Mansell
CEO of TBG Digital
Simon founded TBG in 2001 and has grown it into a global force known for delivering results and defying clients’ expectations.
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About TBG Digital: TBG Digital, a Facebook ad optimization platform, enable social network advertisers monitor and optimize global scale campaigns.
Pete Cashmore
Founder & CEO of Mashable
Pete Cashmore is the founder and CEO of Mashable, the leading source of news, information & resources for the Connected Generation. Pete founded Mashable in 2005 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland when he was 19. His passion for sharing how web tools and social networks were transforming human interactions and reshaping cultures drove him to create Mashable. Always an entrepreneur, Pete has continued to push Mashable to evolve from a tech blog to a global media company built around technology. He leads Mashable’s strategy and his innate sense of the web and its community, are core to the company’s operations and future growth. He has been described as the “Sage of Media” and considered one of the most influential voices of his generation– on and offline. Pete was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2012. He was featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list, named one of Ad Age’s 2011 influencers, and was named a Young Global Leader by The World Economic Forum.
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About Mashable: Mashable is a media company for the connected generation and voice of digital culture.
Henry Blodget
CEO & Editor of Business Insider
A former top-ranked Wall Street analyst, Blodget is often a guest on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and other networks. He has contributed to The Atlantic, Slate, The New York Times, Fortune, New York, the Financial Times, and other publications. He has written extensively about technology and investing and is the author of “The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer’s Guide to Investing.” He is a member of the International Media Council and Technology Pioneers selection committee of the World Economic Forum.
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About Business Insider: Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news.
Kunal Gupta
Founder & CEO of Polar
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About Polar: Polar provides digital media technology to publishers and advertisers.
Fred D’Alessandro
Founder and CEO of Diversified Systems
Before founding Diversified, Fred worked as a broadcast engineer, and it was then that his fascination with technology and new applications began. This interest in applying technology to communications problems led him to seek a wide variety of projects that covered the full spectrum of needs in the communications industry. His vision was to build a world-class design and integration team that would offer a wide variety of experience from multiple disciplines. This is Diversified’s edge—using our varied experiences to design unique solutions for our clients’ unique needs, both nationally and internationally. Fred’s current responsibilities include corporate planning, strategic market development, creating and maintaining partnerships, overseeing operations, and managing customer and manufacturer relationships. With more than two decades of experience in the executive management of project system integration, Fred has the knowledge and skills needed to keep Diversified at the forefront of the systems integration industry.
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About Diversified Systems: Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group, and Skyweb Digital Media are now unified as one company, Diversified.
Mukesh Sehgal
Founder, President & CEO of RSG Media
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About RSG Media: RSG Media is a media-tech supplier specializing in rights management, whose customers include industry-leading TV networks, studios.
John Laramie
Chief Executive Officer of Project X Media
John Laramie is the President, CEO and Founder of ADstruc, the leading buying platform for the outdoor advertising industry, where he oversees all of the company’s business operations and sales. He graduated from Loyola University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Concentration in Marketing. John, a two-time entrepreneur, is an active member of the New York Tech Community and enjoys playing ping pong and tennis. John was also featured in Business Week’s Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2011 and Silicon Alley’s 2011 and 2010 Top 100 People in NYC Tech. In 2007, John started his own consulting agency, the JFL Group, where he helped develop the brand behind Naked Ping Pong, the group that is now known as SPiN New York (www.spinyc.com), a 13,000-square-foot table tennis social club. Previously, John worked at The Beanstalk Group, the world’s leading brand licensing agency. In his 4 years with the company, he carried out strategic licensing programs that generated over $400 million a year in retail sales on behalf of Ford Motor Company, NBC Universal, Harley-Davidson and Nestle Purina, among others.
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About ADstruc, Project X Media: Project X Media uses its industry leading technology platform to launch Out-of-Home advertising campaigns.
Richard Awdeh
CEO of CheckedUp
Richard Awdeh, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of CheckedUp, is a dedicated medical technology entrepreneur & highly regarded surgical ophthalmologist who founded CheckedUp in 2012 to create a pathway of revolutionizing the way doctors care for their patients, and empowering patients’ decisions through point of care education. In addition to his work at CheckedUp, Dr Awdeh continues his surgical practice at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, as a Cornea-Refractive Surgeon and Professor. He also has served as Chairman of the FDA Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee. In 2010, he founded a medical technology incubator, Cirle, that develops state of the art medical devices for use in ophthalmic surgeries. The company maintains a robust research and development pipeline, and developed a 3-dimensional surgical navigation system for eye surgery, which has recently been registered with the U.S. FDA. Previous to CheckedUp, Dr Awdeh attended Emory University where he obtained his BBA in Finance and Computer Science. After completing business school, he went on to Yale University School of Medicine to obtain his M.D. He practiced medicine at Duke University as an Ophthalmologist before moving to Miami, FL to begin his practice at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the country’s #1 Eye Hospital by US News & World Report for 15 years. Dr. Awdeh serves on the Yale University CBIT Board of Directors and lectures at the Yale University School of Management on Healthcare Innovation and New Venture Creation. He is widely published and lectures around the world on ophthalmic disease and interventions. In his personal time, Dr Awdeh enjoys traveling, visiting his twin nephews, and supporting non-profit benefits such as St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Seed Global Health, and Amigos For Kids.
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About CheckedUp, Miami Marlins, University of Miami, University of Miami Health System: CheckedUp is a Health-decision technology and patient education platform.
Jeremy Frommer
Founder & CEO of Creatd
Jeremy Frommer is an American financier and entrepreneur based in New Jersey. His career includes over two decades on Wall Street, working as a hedge fund and portfolio manager, and on the sell-side of the financial industry, building and selling two financial services companies. He is CEO of Jerrick Ventures Inc., a company that acquires, develops and produces content across all forms of media. Frommer is depicted in Michael Lewis’ novel Flash Boys. In 2012, Frommer discovered the “Guccione Collection,” a large collection of unpublished works and photos owned by Bob Guccione, the founder of the Penthouse empire. Frommer graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany, with a B.A. in philosophy, and studied at the London School of Economics.
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About Creatd, Vocal: Creatd is an IT company that provides technologies that solve problems for the creative community.
Simon Isaacs
CEO of TaskForce
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About Fatherly, TaskForce: TaskForce is a creative agency working with the intersection of art and social justice.
Don Scales
CEO, Investis Digital of Investis Digital
Don Scales is the CEO of Investis Digital, a global digital communications company that helps world-class businesses manage their corporate brands. He is an interactive industry veteran, with more than 25 years as an executive manager. Before joining iCrossing, Scales was CEO at Agency.com, where he managed all aspects of the agency’s worldwide operations. He had also served as Global COO, North American President, and Western Regional President. In addition, Scales served as Managing Director of Igate Capital, an Internet-centric holding company that focuses exclusively on e-services. In its fifth anniversary issue, BtoB Magazine named Scales one of the top 25 newsmakers for 2000-2005. He was also named to BtoB Magazine’s list of Who’s Who in Search in 2009. Scales is a member of the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas and a member of the Internet Task Force for Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. He has dual undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mathematical Physics, and a master of science in chemical engineering from Rice University; he also has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Investis Digital: Investis Digital is a digital communication company that provides its clients with SaaS platform to manage their digital ecosystem.
Rick Greenberg
CEO of Kepler Group
CEO of Kepler Group, an independent tech- and analytics-driven digital agency delivering cross-channel impact for leading advertisers worldwide. 20 year marketing and business veteran across brand management (Procter & Gamble, Unilever), management/marketing consulting (Rosetta, First Manhattan Consulting Group), marketing technology (MediaMath), and marketing services (Align Response, Cordiant, Madison Direct Marketing).
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About Kepler Group: Kepler provides global digital & database services to Fortune 500 clients.
Alex Blumberg
Co-Founder and CEO and Podcast Businessman of Gimlet Media
Alex Blumberg is a CO-Founder and CEO and Podcast Businessman at Gimlet Media. He received a B.A. from Oberlin College and is currently an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University. From 1999-2014 he was the producer for the public radio show This American Life and his stories were regularly featured on the show. From 2007-2014 he was the executive producer of the television version of This American Life. Prior to This American Life, he worked as a freelance radio reporter, contributing to This American Life, the Savvy Traveller and Chicago Public Radio. In 2008 he collaborated with National Public Radio economics correspondent Adam Davidson to co-host the Planet Money podcast, which posts new episodes twice weekly. In August 2014, he started Gimlet Media along with Matthew Lieber. Initially pitched as the American Podcasting Corporation (APC), Gimlet Media is a podcasting business. Blumberg documented the startup process in the first season of a podcast hosted on Gimlet Media, titled StartUp. The second season follows “Dating Ring”, another startup company. Apart from StartUp, Gimlet Media has launched several other podcasts, including Mystery Show, Surprisingly Awesome, and Reply All. The company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. After raising most of its initial capital from investment firms Betaworks, Lowercase Capital, and Knight Enterprise Fund, Gimlet invited the listeners of its shows to help raise the last $200,000 through crowdfunding platform Alphaworks. In December 2015, Gimlet closed a Series A round of funding that raised $6 million at a $30 million valuation.
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About Gimlet Media: Gimlet Media is a developer of a digital media network platform that focuses on producing quality narrative podcasts.
John Shankman
Founder and CEO of Hashtag Labs
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About Hashtag Labs: Hashtag Labs builds products for and services online publishing companies and digital advertisers.
Brian Hanly
Founder, CEO of Bullish Studio
With more than a decade spent at the forefront of new media, Brian specializes in leading and building innovative partnership efforts across digital, social, experiential, TV, and agency services to grow brands and publishers. As an eight-figure, top international revenue contributor at VICE Media—which reached a $5.7 billion valuation during his tenure—he forged unique, culture-defining partnerships with global brands such as Airbnb, Google, and Unilever among others. Currently, Brian is the Founder and CEO of Bullish, a new money media company.
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About Bullish Studio: A creator focused content studio for the freshest voices in money and culture.
Nancy Marzouk
CEO & Founder of MediaWallah
Nancy founded MediaWallah in 2013. She saw a gap and pitfalls in how marketers were leverage their data and the need to connect fragmented data to an individual to drive better cross channel media plan results in real-time. As CEO & Founder of MediaWallah, she is responsible for all aspects of the company’s vision, strategy, and execution. Over the past 17 years Nancy Marzouk has been recognized as a thought leader and revenue powerhouse in digital marketing and ad tech. Her strategy and tactics have helped many digital companies grow into major acquisition targets. She was most recently the CRO at TagMan (acquire by Ensighten) where she managed sales, marketing, product implementation, client management, and business development. Nancy has a strong reputation in the digital media industry and has held other executive roles at IgnitionOne (acquired by Dentsu), x+1 (acquired by Rocket Fuel) , DRIVEpm (acquired by Microsoft) and Ask Jeeves ( acquired by IAC/Interactive Corp). Nancy is a battle-tested digital expert with a wealth of ad tech and online marketing knowledge. She frequently spoke at serval OMMA events, Digiday events, at the iMedia Agency Summit, Web 2.0, Ad:tech and many other prestigious event. She also has write Op-ed pieces for publications such as Adweek and been quoted in industry trades such as Ad Exchanger, ClickZ and Mediapost.
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About MediaWallah: MediaWallah offers a highly scalable cloud based user mapping Data as a Service (DaaS) platform for large brands.
Joe Zawadzki
Co-Founder & CEO of MediaMath
MediaMath CEO Joe Zawadzki is a respected pioneer in the online marketing industry, known especially for establishing the demand-side platform sector. With his deep experience in audience targeting and optimization, ad networks and exchanges, and real-time bidding Joe is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences, roundtables and major events. After a decade representing buyers at top-tier agencies and Fortune 500 companies, Joe Zawadzki saw the need to reshape the online marketing landscape by integrating technology, data, analytics, and marketing best practices into a single media platform. He founded MediaMath in 2007, launching a technological revolution with the first demand side platform (DSP) and today, the MediaMath Marketing Operating System, TerminalOne, powers the marketing practice of more than 3,500 brands. Previously, Joe was founder, president and chairman of Poindexter Systems / [x+1], incubated Right Media, and as managing member of Occam’s Razor, shaped AOL’s yield management and DoubleClick’s buy-side optimization strategy. His early career was spent as an investment banker, where he developed his expertise in quantitative analysis and market dynamics, and he remains an active New York technology investor whose portfolio includes AppNexus, AdSafe, 33Across, C3Metrics, Hashable, Accordant and Spruce Media. Joe holds several patents in the area of online methods for dynamic segmentation and content presentation. He is a graduate of Harvard University and was a Teaching Fellow in cosmology, set theory and the history of science. He lives in New York City with his wife, Daria, and their children Dune and Jack, born on the summer and winter solstices respectively.
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About MediaMath: MediaMath develops and delivers digital advertising media and data management technology solutions to advertisers worldwide.
Brad Smith
Founder & CEO of Simplecast
Brad Smith joined Simplecast as Founder & CEO in 2016. Brad Smith is an entrepreneur and professional daydreamer, who splits his time between the concrete jungle of Manhattan and the foothills of the much-less-anxious Catskill Mountains. Brad is the founder and CEO of Audios Ventures, the home of Simplecast; a podcasting platform empowering audio creators with the tools they need to share their stories, evolve their craft, and connect with a world of listeners. He has dedicated his career to supporting creators. Brad is the founder of content incubator, Wayward Wild, the publisher of The Great Discontent magazine, and founder of Virb, a DIY website builder for creatives which was acquired by GoDaddy in 2013. Brad is survived by a pair of running shoes, several books he never published, and more Post-it™ pads than any human should ever own. He is available select speaking engagements, friendship, and dinner. Always dinner.
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About Simplecast: Simplecast is a podcast management platform for creators to publish and distribute podcasts and subsequently analyze how they are consumed.
William Johnson
Co-Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen
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About Nielsen: Nielsen provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy.
Ross Clark
CEO & Co-Founder of Sanctuary
Ross Clark currently works as the CEO and Co-Founder for Sanctuary. He previously worked at EPIX as the Senior Vice President.
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About Sanctuary: Sanctuary is a mystical products and services company that provides illuminating experiences to millennials.
Kevin McCoy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Monegraph
Kevin McCoy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art Professions at NYU and a practicing artist working and exhibiting internationally with his partner Jennifer McCoy. His artworks take many diverse forms including video sculpture and installation, photography, long-form film, curatorial practice and performance, kinetic sculpture and software-driven on-line projects. Thematically, his work explores changing conditions around social roles, categories, genres and forms of value. His primary research questions ask ‘What counts as new,’ ‘How is meaning established,’ and ‘How are cultural memories formed’. He has worked collaboratively with Jennifer McCoy for many years to try to answer what it means to speak together, often finding that experience outstrips available modes of presentation and discourse. To these ends their work has adopted many methodological approaches: exhaustive categorization, recreation and reenactment, automation, miniaturization, and most recently remote viewing and speculative modeling. In New York City, his work has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, P.S.1, Postmasters Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum, and Smack Mellon. International exhibitions include projects at the Pompidou Center, the British Film Institute, ZKM, the Hanover Kunstverien, the Bonn Kunstverein, and F.A.C.T. (Liverpool, UK). Grants include a 2002 Creative Capital Grant for Emerging Fields, a 2005 Wired Rave Award, and a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. Articles about his work have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Flash Art, Art News, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Newsweek. Residencies include work at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. His artwork is represented by in New York by Postmasters Gallery and in Geneva by Gallerie Guy Bartschi and can be seen in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and MUDAM in Luxembourg. His teaching engages both undergraduate and graduate students in studio art and related arts professions and addresses practical and theoretical uses of digital media technology together with surveys of related theoretical and philosophical texts. The current semester’s coursework can be found at mccoyspace.com/nyu .
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About Monegraph, New York University: Monegraph is a platform that helps digital creators to construct licenses for the commercial use of their digital work.
James Slezak
CEO and Co-Founder of Swayable
James Slezak is Co-Founder and CEO of [Swayable](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/swayable). He was previously Vice President and Chief of Operations of NYT Global at [The New York Times](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/newyorktimes), a company that creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website. Prior to those positions, he co-founded New Economy Lab and Peers.org. Slezak was also a project lead at McKinsey & Company as well as a partner of Purpose.com. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Experimental Physics from Cornell University.
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About Swayable, Tunism: Swayable is a data platform that predicts changes in consumer opinion and intentions
Tom Pachys
CEO and Co-Founder of EX.CO
Tom Pachys is co-founder and CEO of EX.CO. Tom’s entrepreneurial spirit started early in life when he began coding at an early age. He eventually joined the elite technology intelligence unit followed. He then join Sundaysky as one of the first team members following by his own tech startup.
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About EX.CO: EX.CO is a technology company used by brands & publishers to turn content into engaging and interactive experiences driving results.
JB Perrette
President And Chief Executive Officer – Discovery Networks International of Discovery
Named Chief Digital Officer at Discovery Communications in October 2011, JB Perrette oversees a combined team of more than 300 employees, leads the company’s digital strategy, including Discovery’s U.S. websites, Interactive Technology, Digital Operations and Programming group and digital distribution efforts. He is also responsible for Discovery’s Information Technology services division, Discovery Commerce, including Licensing and Home Entertainment, as well as Footage and Music Services. Prior to joining Discovery, Perrette spent 11 years with NBCUniversal, most recently serving as President, Digital and Affiliate Distribution and Content Distribution Strategy, leading North American distribution of television and film content across digital platforms. He coordinated NBCU’s overall content distribution strategy, and was responsible for NBC’s broadcast network distribution. He also helped launch new digital channels Sleuth, Chiller and Universal HD and played a leadership role in developing the industry-leading digital venture, Hulu. Perrette’s previous roles at NBC Universal included President of Affiliate Distribution, SVP of New Media Distribution; CFO of NBC Universal Cable; and VP of NBC Business Development. Before joining NBC in 2000, Perrette worked for GE Capital, and at CS First Boston in London and Tokyo. Perrette’s industry and civic commitments have included board positions with A&E Television Networks, Hulu, the Peacock Equity Fund and Citizen Schools New York, a non-profit devoted to expanding the learning day for middle school students in low-income communities. Perrette received his BA from Hamilton College and currently resides in New York City with his wife, Amy and their son.
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About Discovery: Discovery is a multinational mass media factual television company covering science, history, geography, survival, and more.
Nick Chen
Co-founder & CEO of Pico
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About Pico: Pico is the business platform for creators.
Gil Becker
President & CEO of AnyClip
Gil Becker, Chief Operations Officer of myThings, is responsible for the company’s overall operational leadership, including product development, data strategy, performance, delivery and creative execution. Prior to his current role, Gil served as a COO of Market.com, a global service corporation for e-commerce, payments and marketing solutions, where he established and successfully led several operational and development centers worldwide. Gil previously served as COO at Safecharge, a global world leader Payment Provider, and as an Executive VP Product Marketing and Project Management at Metalink (NASDAQ:MTLK), a leading Wireless and Wireline Home Network solutions provider. Gil holds a BSc. in Communication Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University and an MBA degree from the Technion.
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About AnyClip: AnyClip is The Visual Intelligence Company™
Jeremy Fischbach
CEO of MyNeighborhood
Jeremy Fischbach is the co-founder and CEO of ‘Happy’ (www.happytheapp.io), a start-up that aims to change the culture of support in the United States by significantly expanding the number of people who can provide and receive the critical component of mental health, emotional support. Jeremy has a BA in psychology from Princeton and a JD from NYU Law School.
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About MyNeighborhood: MyNeighborhood is a local social network with the purpose of bringing people together that help and support themselves in the time of
Will Dean
Co-Founder & CEO of Electric Gamebox
Will Dean is a Co-Founder of Immersive Games Lab and the Founder of Tough Mudder Inc. Dean came up with the idea for a series of a military obstacle course challenges while completing his MBA at the Harvard Business School. Since launching in 2010, Tough Mudder has attracted more than three million participants worldwide and generates annual global revenues in excess of $100m. In 2017, Dean was made MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his charitable contributions to sport. He chairs the advisory group for the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Bristol University (his undergraduate alma mater). He lives in London with his wife and two children.
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About Electric Gamebox, Tough Mudder: Electric Gamebox delivers immersive team adventures in the world’s smartest room
Snigdha Sur
Founder & CEO of The Juggernaut
Snigdha Sur is Founder at The Juggernaut.
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About The Juggernaut: The Juggernaut is a digital media publication focusing on South Asian stories.
Geoff Bartakovics
Co-founder and CEO of Tasting Table
Geoff Bartakovics (born 1977) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the cofounder and CEO of Tasting Table,[1] a digital media brand targeted toward influential foodies. Bartakovics is also a board member or advisor to a number of other digital brands and start-ups, including Trigger Media Group, Inside Hook, Pixafy and Gathered Table. Before launching Tasting Table in 2008, Bartakovics was a business manager in asset-backed finance at UBS Investment Bank. He studied English literature at the University of Chicago, and studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Hamburg as a Fulbright Scholar. In 2012, he was named one of Out magazine’s OUT 100
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About Artifact Ventures, Pixafy, Tasting Table: Tasting Table is the modern media brand for a new generation of food & drink enthusiasts.
Michelle McCormack
CEO & Founder of Casting Coin
Michelle M. McCormack is the Founder & CEO Casting Coin.
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About Casting Coin: Booking Cool Models, etc from NYC to LA and Revolutionizing The Production Process.
Michael Rothman
Co-Founder, CEO of Fatherly
Michael is the co-Founder, & CEO at Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for men entering parenthood.
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About Fatherly: Fatherly operates as a digital media brand for dads.
Lee Firestone
CEO of OpenReel
Lee Firestone is the CEO at OpenReel.
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About OpenReel: Global enterprises use OpenReel to remotely film and collaborate on HD video projects via mobile device or webcam from over 125 countries.
Marc Hustvedt
CEO of FBE
Co-founder of Tubefilter. Founding member of the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV.org) Angel investor, entrepreneur and web television producer.
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About FBE, Reach Agency: FBE has pioneered the digital revolution for over a decade.
John West
Founder & CEO of Whistle
John West, the founder, chairman & CEO of Whistle Sports, is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience launching and building companies. In 1989, West started Enstrat, an environmental services company, which was sold seven years later. In 1996, West joined Mitchell Madison Group, a management consulting firm, and was subsequently elected partner. In 1999, he founded and became chairman of Silver Oak Solutions, a financial software and advisory company that was acquired by CGI, a publicly traded IT outsourcing company, in 2005. In 2008, he formed Whistle to provide young sports fans with engaging content across social media platforms. West holds a BS in engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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About Whistle, Whistle: Whistle is a global sports and entertainment company that creates, curates, and distributes positive brand safe original content.
Will Margiloff
CEO of IgnitionOne
Will Margiloff serves as CEO of IgnitionOne. Margiloff is charged with the overall vision and strategic direction of IgnitionOne’s services and Digital Marketing Suite. With digital marketing experience stretching back to 1995, Margiloff brings unparalleled innovation and expertise to the company and to the industry. As one of the early pioneers in the Internet marketing field, he has helped revolutionize the online landscape, leading the use of new online advertising formats and technologies.
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About IgnitionOne: IgnitionOne is a marketing technology and services that offers cloud-based customer intelligence solutions to enterprise marketers.
George Pyne
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Bruin Sports Capital
George Pyne is an international business executive and founder of Bruin Sports Capital, an investment firm that utilizes private funds to acquire and build the most innovative businesses across the global sports, entertainment, media and lifestyle landscape. Since its founding eighteen months ago, Bruin’s portfolio of companies has grown to include more than 1,000 employees across twenty-four offices in nine countries and spans three powerful core platforms – Experiences & Hospitality, Marketing Services and Sports Media & Technology. Pyne is also Non-Executive Chairman of Courtside Ventures, a venture capital fund launched by Bruin that invests in early-stage technology and media companies with a focus on sports.
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About Bruin Sports Capital, Courtside Ventures: Bruin Sports Capital seeks to invest in companies that operates in the media, sports, marketing, and branded lifestyle sectors.
Brian Shimmerlik
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Vengo
Brian Shimmerlik is a Co-Founder of Vengo Labs LLC and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Brian started his career in finance, where he managed J.P. Morgan’s exposure to interest rate risk. He invested Emigrant Bank’s capital in hedge funds and valued the bank’s private equity investments. Unhappy with life in finance, Brian went back to business school, where he developed the vision for Vengo. Mr. Shimmerlik has a BBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan & an MBA from NYU Stern.
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About Vengo: Vengo is a software and media company that engages consumers and collects data by combining interactive digital media.
Paul Roberts
Founder, Chairman, CSO & CEO of Kubient
Paul Roberts is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Kubient.
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About Kubient: Kubient’s Audience Cloud marketplace is a single point of entry for advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize and connect audiences.
Francesco Baschieri
CEO of Voxnest
Technology entrepreneur, investor and advisor Francesco Baschieri is the founder and CEO of podcast technology platform Spreaker and President of parent company, Voxnest. In his current role, he is spearheading the growth and development of Voxnest’s comprehensive suite of professional solutions for creating, distributing, managing, monetizing and advertising in podcast content. He holds a Master of Engineering, Computer Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy and currently resides in New York.
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About Voxnest: Voxnest develops podcasting technology that helps podcasters and podcast business create, manage, distribute and monetize their content
Greg Alkalay
Founder & CEO of batteryPOP
Greg Alkalay is the Co-Founder and CEO of batteryPOP, the online and mobile video network exclusively for 6-11 year olds, where kids are in command of what “POPS.” Recently named among Café Mom’s Top 10 Mom-Approved Sites, the network features curated and unique content ranging from cartoons, live action series, and exclusive interviews covering top trending celebrities and topics for kids. A veteran of the children’s entertainment industry, Greg launched batteryPOP after 12 years with Nickelodeon. Most recently, he served as Head Writer for Nick On-Air Promotions and Nick@Nite Creative Advertising, where he honed in on crafting content that truly resonated with youth audiences, focusing on show launches, custom branded content, and original short form programming. A Princeton University graduate, Greg’s passion for youth entertainment is further inspired by the enthusiasm of his own two children, Harper (3) and Dylan (6 months).
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About batteryPOP: batteryPOP is an online platform that features a variety of videos, cartoons, blogs, and games for children.
Suzanne Xie
Founder and CEO of Hullabalu
Suzanne Xie is the Founder and CEO of Hullabalu, a NYC-based startup creating the next generation of family media. Their first interactive story features a purple panda named Pan and have hit #1 in 38 countries in App Store Books. They are venture backed and have support from some of the top angels in Silicon Valley and New York. She started her first startup, Weardrobe, one of the largest online fashion communities for street style and fashion photos, which was acquired by Like.com and subsequently Google. Weardrobe won the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator competition at SXSW and a spot in the first Facebook Rev Fund. Previous to Weardrobe, Suzanne worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and UBS Investment Bank. She graduated from University of Chicago with degree in Economics.
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About Hullabalu, Stripe: Hullabalu, a children’s media company, develops interactive storytelling apps for mobile devices.
Vivek Shah
CEO of Ziff Davis
Vivek is the CEO of J2 Global. He is a former CEO of Ziff Davis Media, Inc, a digital media company specializing in the technology market. Prior to this position, he was Group President, Digital at Time Warner Inc. During his 15-year tenure at Time Warner Inc., Shah oversaw some of the company’s largest digital properties, including Time.com, CNNMoney.com, and SI.com; served as the President of Fortune and Money magazines; he was the chief architect of CNNMoney.com, the web’s largest financial publisher. Shah has been named Online Publisher of the Year by MIN and Innovator of the Year by BtoB’s Media Business. He was also named to Folio Magazine’s Thirty under 30 lists and Crain’s Forty under 40 lists.
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About NetShelter – Data Powered Media, Ziff Davis: Ziff Davis (Nasdaq: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company
Jason Wachob
Founder & Co-CEO of mindbodygreen
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About mindbodygreen: Mindbodygreen is an independent media brand dedicated to wellness.
Thomas P. O’Regan
Chief Executive Officer of Madison Logic
Tom O’Regan is Chief Executive Officer at Madison Logic, the global leader in account based marketing. In this role, O’Regan leads all company initiatives with an emphasis on positioning Activate ABM™ as the only truly global account based marketing platform built for B2B marketers. Before joining Madison Logic in 2014, O’Regan was CEO and Principal of TOR Media Group, a boutique firm providing investment and programmatic trading solutions to clients in the online ad tech industry. Prior to TOR Media Group, O’Regan served as President and Chief Revenue Officer of Martini Media, the leader in engaging the affluent and influential online. At Martini, O’Regan achieved record growth, increasing revenue 4x, and received numerous awards.
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About Madison Logic: Madison Logic helps B2B marketers convert their best accounts faster.
Marcia Favale
Founder & CEO of Blingby
Blingby CEO and Founder.
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About Blingby, NSBA, PTTOW!, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Women in PropTech: Video and Live-Streaming Interactive Technology that also offers programmatic-ready ad units
Mike Henry
CEO of OpenSlate
Mike Henry founded OpenSlate in 2012, and has grown the company to be the leader in social video brand safety and contextual analytics. Under his leadership, OpenSlate has established a data-driven approach to measuring content quality, brand safety and subject matter. Mike has an extensive background in digital advertising, video platforms and premium content. Previously, Mike was SVP, Sales, for Veoh Networks, where he led the company’s monetization strategy and built the ad sales and marketing teams. Before Veoh, Mike held several key posts at Dow Jones & Company, including SVP of Dow Jones Integrated Solutions, the company’s cross-platform global advertising division. He was also VP, Ad Sales, at The Wall Street Journal Online, where he built the company’s first online sales, sales marketing and ad operations teams.
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About OpenSlate: OpenSlate is the premier global source of brand safety and contextual analytics for digital video content.
Michael S. Leeds
CEO of CMP Media
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About CMP Media: CMP is a leading publisher of magazines and newspapers about technology, designed for the builders, the sellers or the users of technology.
Myles Peacock
Chief Executive Officer of CreativeDrive
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About Accenture Interactive, CreativeDrive: CreativeDrive is a creator, designer and manager of digital content for ecommerce applications.
James Belfer
Co-founder and CEO of Cartuna
James Belfer founded Cartuna in 2015 to service a gap in the marketplace for a centralized adult animation destination for digital and mobile audiences. James Belfer began his career in media producing and investing into independent film in 2009. This resulted to 9 feature film credits under his company Dogfish Pictures. In 2012 he launched an accelerator program for content creators producing a variety of projects such as feature films, digital series, graphic novels, social media series, and more. In 2013 he received his MBA from NYU Stern in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Digital Marketing, and Business Analytics. He is also a former associate of TechStars Boulder.
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About Cartuna, Dogfish Pictures, New York University: Cartuna is a digital and mobile media company producing and distributing animation for adult audiences.
Peter Robert Casey
CEO of JDS Sports, LLC
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About JDS Sports, LLC: JDS SPORTS is a next-generation sports media and technology holding company.
David Gaines
CEO & Founder of Media by Mother
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About Media by Mother: Media by Mother is an independent creative company that delivers business planning and media execution.
Michael Seidler
Founder + CEO of Madison Alley Global Ventures
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About Madison Alley Global Ventures: Preeminent strategic M&A and capital advisory firm for digital marketing, advertising, media and technology companies.
Amnon Siev
Co-Founder & CEO of GeoEdge
Amnon Siev is the Chief Executive Officer at GeoEdge, the world’s leading ad verification provider for the online and mobile advertising ecosystem. Amnon became Chief Executive Officer in July 2010. Prior to his current role Amnon was the Vice President of Product Management at GeoEdge. Amnon has been part of the Internet and IT industries for more than 16 years working in a variety of leadership roles in Product Development and Management. Amnon’s expertise is in the internet and telecom sector, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to Startups, where he specializes in introducing new solutions to the marketplace. Amnon has a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Ben Gurion University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the NYU Stern School of Business.
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About GeoEdge: Ad Security & Verification for the online, mobile and video advertising ecosystem
William C. Anderson
Publisher and CEO of The Christian Post
Will Anderson Christian Post Will Anderson has served as the Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Christian Post since 2010. Mr. Anderson previously worked in the sales and editorial departments, where he started with the company, while also leading as campus ministry director on several college campuses in the U.S. As Publisher of The Christian Post, he led the publication to become the #1 Religion/Spirituality website in the world, according to ComScore, the leading Internet analytics firm. Mr. Anderson lives with his wife, Jenny, in New York City.
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About Christian Media Corporation, The Christian Post: The Christian Post is a christian newspaper featuring world Christian news, Christian news sites and religious news.
Mike Warsinske
CEO of OverAd Media
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About NetLevel, OverAd Media: OverAd Media focusing on cutting edge digital assets which will define the next generation of internet and mobile media.
Sachin Kamdar
Chief Executive Officer of Parse.ly
Sachin managed teams with as many as thirty people through various leadership roles over the past several years. He graduated with a bachelor’s in Economics from NYU and a master’s in Education from Pace University. After graduating from NYU, Sachin was an NYC Teaching Fellow, using cutting edge technology to educate students in math and economics at an alternative high school in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He then started an EdTech consulting company that built, implemented and managed systems across schools in NYC. Sachin enjoys listening to live jazz, exploring Brooklyn, and never having a steady sleep schedule.
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About Parse.ly: Parse.ly is an engagement analytics platform aimed at online publishers.
Patrick Kritchever
Founder & CEO of Stranded
Patrick Kritchever is the CEO & Creative Director of Stranded Media. A digital and creative marketer with Startup experience in technology, fashion and beauty, Patrick heads the creative process, product strategy, business development and provides guidance to the team throughout the project life cycle. In addition to his responsibilities for the agency, Patrick oversees brand positioning and content strategy for our editorial divisions Stranded NYC and Stranded Espana. Patrick is a regular speaker and contributor for Open Source Fashion a fashion tech community focused on education and growth consulting. During his free time, Patrick channels his inner geek by consuming comic news and movies. He currently resides in SoHo, New York City.
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About Stranded: Like gravity, digital is a force of attraction.
Cosmas Wong
Founder and CEO of Grey Jean Technologies
Partner at ENSO Financial Management
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About gny.io Limited, Grey Jean Technologies: Grey Jean Technologies offers retailers with Genie, an application that provides marketing services and analytics.
Ruthie Schulder
CEO and Cofounder of The Participation Agency
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About The Participation Agency: Creative agency that brings together live and digital experience.
Michael Kempner
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations
Michael W. Kempner is the Founder, President, and CEO of MWW, a public relations firm he founded in 1986. He is board member of Goodwill Industries International and a Founding Board Member of ConnectOne Bancorp. He served on the White House Council for Community Solutions from 2010 to 2012. In 2013, he was named Agency Leader of the Year by PR News, Executive of the Year by American Business Awards, and Agency Professional of the Year and Communications Professional of the Year by Bulldog Stars of PR. Mr. Kempner received a B.S. from American University.
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About MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations: One of the top mid-sized public relations firms & one of the 5 largest independent agencies in the US, with European headquarters in London.
Seth Kean
Chief Executive Officer of ROI Influencer Media
Seth has been making media companies successful for the past 17 years, working within Conde Nast, The Walt Disney Company and Metacafe. Most recently, Seth was the SVP of Sales for myYearbook and Brand Engage, which were acquired for $100 million dollars and $190 million dollars respectively. Seth specializes in the intersection of influencer marketing, social video and digital media advertising for Fortune 1000 brands.
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About ROI Influencer Media: The Influencer Analytics Company
Aaron Edwards
Co-Founder – CEO of THE CHARLES GROUP
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About THE CHARLES GROUP: A full-service creative agency located Downtown in New York City. We create unique, captivating campaigns and strategies.
Megan Cunningham
Founder/CEO of Magnet Media
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About Magnet Media: Magnet Media is a firm that produces and distributes digital content for companies as a way of reaching prospective customers.
Charles Saracino
Founding Partner & CEO of X-Factor Communications Holdings
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About X-Factor Communications Holdings, X-Factor Communications Holdings: X-Factor is a SaaS-based platform providing interactive digital media network software and services.
Kevin Rowe
Founder & CEO of Rowe Digital, LLC
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About Rowe Digital, LLC: Rowe Digital is an enterprise SEO firm in New York that has developed some of the most innovative SEO/SEM programs.
Rudi Ernst
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO of Pixia
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About Pixia: Industry leader in high-performance scalable data access solutions
Anna Ratala
Co-Founder & CEO of Zvook
Anna Ratala is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of venture-backed podcasting startup Zvook. Previously founder and Head of tech startup event Slush Singapore. Strong B2B sales background, experience in building and leading teams.
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About Zvook: Zvook is a smart platform that matches brands with podcasts.
Eric Herd
CEO of ThePostGame
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About ThePostGame: ThePostGame is a consultancy and studio that helps sports properties navigate and monetize their assets more effectively in digital
Bill Day
CEO of Telaria
Mr. Day is one of the co-founders and former CEO of [About.com](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/about-com). Most recently he served as Chief Media Officer of the global search engine marketing firm [Marchex](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/marchex). Mr. Day’s digital media experience ranges back to his role as CEO of MeMedia, (formerly WhenU) the behavioral targeting firm and as a senior member of the Prodigy team, responsible for building many of the online services we find common today. In September 2008 he took over as CEO at [ScanScout](/organization/scanscout).
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About Telaria: Telaria is data-driven software platform built to monetize & manage premium video inventory with the greatest speed, and control.
Dani Pascarella
Founder & CEO of Invibed
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About Invibed: Invibed makes business and personal finance relevant, accessible, and entertaining to millennials.
Mikhail Damiani
CEO & Co-Founder of Blue Bite
Mr. Mikhail Damiani is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Blue Bite, LLC. Mikhail directs all aspects of Blue Bite’s business and operations. This includes building the management team, strategic partnerships, sales, and client management. Prior to Blue Bite, he was an investment banking analyst at GCA Savvian, where he worked on various technology M&A and capital raising transactions totaling over $1Bn. Mikhail received his B.S. degree in Finance and Management from The Stern School of Business at New York University.
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About Blue Bite: Blue Bite connects brands and customers through products by transforming them into a content channel to deliver digital experiences.
Benjamin Morse
Co-Founder and CEO of Orson & Co.
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About Orson & Co.: Orson & Co. is a content-led technology company that creates e-books, classic fiction to modern memoirs, for iOS devices.
Zach Seward
Chief Executive Officer of Quartz
He is the CEO at Quartz.
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About Quartz: Quartz is a digitally native news and online media outlet for business people in the new global economy.
Melissa Mahler
CEO & Founder of Pro Player Insiders
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About Pro Player Insiders: Pro Player Insiders is a multimedia platform.
Kevin Akeroyd
Chief Executive Officer of PR Newswire
Kevin Akeroyd oversees the Cision executive management team across operations globally. He has more than 25 years of experience in reshaping modern digital, social and mobile marketing globally. Prior to Cision he was general manager and senior vice president at Oracle Marketing Cloud. Akeroyd and Oracle created the Enterprise Marketing Platform category and led it from the onset. Prior to Oracle, he held senior leadership positions at several companies, including Data.com, Salesforce.com, RR Donnelley, and Jigsaw. Akeroyd holds a BA in business from the University of Washington and completed the Executive Program in strategy and organizations at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About PR Newswire: PR Newswire offers news and information distribution services for professional communicators.
Steve Dunlop
Founder and CEO of A Million Ads
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About A Million Ads: A Million Ads provides dynamic audio advertising for users of digital radio and streaming services.
Jeff Lacava
CEO / Founder of TotalHousehold Inc
CEO & Founder of TotalHousehold.
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Marc Milberg
Co-Founder & CEO of Playy
Marc Milberg is the Sr. Manager & Product Marketing at Curb Mobility.
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About Curb, Curb, Playy, Playy: Playy is a mobile application where users can record video and synchronize it with crowdsourced, local music.
