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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 San Francisco based CEO’ operating in the Direct Marketing 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.
Jonathan Nelson
CEO, Omnicom Digital of Omnicom Group
Jonathan Nelson co-founded Organic, the very first digital agency, in 1993, and served as Organic’s CEO for seven years. Currently, Jonathan is CEO of Omnicom Digital where he oversees strategy for Omnicom’s digital assets globally. Described as a “serial entrepreneur,” Jonathan has played a critical role in founding and building a number of companies. In 1999, Jonathan took two companies public: Accrue Software, Inc., a web measurement and analysis company that he founded in 1995, and Organic. Later, he guided Organic through its subsequent re-privatization. Jonathan is widely recognized as an industry thought leader, appearing in print in The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Newsweek, and Adweek and on television on CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC. His numerous accolades include being named one of the top 100 young innovators of the century by MIT’s Technology Review in 1999, and one of the top entrepreneurs of 1997 by Red Herring Magazine. He was inducted to Advertising Age’s Hall of Fame in 2001 for his “indelible imprint” on the Internet industry. Jonathan sits on numerous boards in the media and finance industries. A passionate musician, he is the co-owner of two San Francisco venues and co-produces San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass annually in Golden Gate Park.
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About Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Suresh Mathai
CEO of ContinuumGlobal
Suresh Mathai is the CEO of Continuum Global, Inc, a Silicon Valley based digital marketing services firm that helps leading brands improve and scale their marketing using data, analytics and technology. With 600 professionals and a client list that includes Google, YouTube, Fry’s, Bank of the West, VMware, etc., Continuum is a rapidly growing company that is focused on helping its clients drive revenue and improve returns on marketing investment. Suresh has a unique background and experience across the spectrum of Marketing Services as well as Technology/Data businesses in Silicon Valley as well in the Asia Pacific region. He has co-founded, built and sold two successful technology companies. Previously, he worked with J Walter Thompson & Rapp Collins based in Hong Kong, with responsibility for the Asia Pacific region. He served on the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and is an investor and advisor to technology and data companies.
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About ContinuumGlobal: Digital Marketing ▪ Data & Technology Solutions ▪ Strategic & Outsourcing Services
Timothy Dwight Wardlaw, Jr.
CEO of Aviata
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About Aviata: Aviata is a marketing automation platform that enables companies to engage via mobile and in-device communications.
Jon Cole
Chief Rally Officer (CEO) of Rally
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About Blink Hospitality, Brave the Storm, ProTripper, Rally, RallyPay: RallyPay and Rally.org leverage innovative data and payment tools to connect donors to causes and organizations with their clients
Diane Dietz
CEO of Rodan & Fields
Diane M. Dietz was appointed a director of Whirlpool Corporation in February 2013. She is a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee and the finance committee of the board of directors. Dietz is the president and chief executive officer of Rodan & Fields, LLC, a leading premium skincare company, a position she has held since January 2016. Dietz served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Safeway, Inc., a leading food and drug retailer, from July 2008 to January 2015. Prior to her position at Safeway, Inc., Ms. Dietz was employed with Procter and Gamble, where she ran a broad range of brand management and marketing functions across the P&G organization, and held positions of increasing responsibility starting in 1989 until her departure in 2008. Dietz holds a bachelors degree in marketing and economics from Northern Illinois University.
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About Rodan & Fields: Rodan & Fields is a premium skincare brand that offers unparalleled beauty personalization from its R+F Independent Consultants.
Will Baron
CEO & Co-Founder of Dealyze
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About Dealyze: Dealyze is a customer loyalty and automated marketing platform for multi unit franchises and SMB’s.
