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Havas Digital
Ed Montes
Regional Manager,
North America
Edward Montes is EVP, Managing Director of Havas Digital US, the interactive network of Havas Media. He is responsible for the development and leadership of Media Contacts US and Canada, managing MC staff spread across five North American offices: New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto. Previously, Montes served as Managing Director of the Boston office, the largest of Media Contacts’ US operations. Within this role, Montes demonstrated an exceptional rapport with clients and a proven ability to not only lead the organization, but drive strategic new business objectives as well. Prior to Havas Digital, Edward worked at Yahoo! Inc. During his tenure he served as the Director of Special Projects for Yahoo!’s Media, Entertainment, Information, and Finance Groups and the General Manager of Yahoo! Delivers, Yahoo!’s direct marketing advertising product. Immediately following his tenure at Yahoo!, Montes served as a consultant to the wireless technology industry providing insights into the data application sector and the delivery of advertising to mobile handsets. Before entering the interactive industry, Montes was a Prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney’s office of Massachusetts, where he prosecuted numerous major felonies and appellate actions. Montes is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law, and a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. |
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Bill Rosen
Chief Creative Officer
Arc North America, Marketing Agency
for Leo Burnett Worldwide
William Rosen is chief creative officer of North America for Arc Worldwide, a global marketing company and a part of Leo Burnett Worldwide and the Publicis Groupe. He is responsible for the creative product across all Arc disciplines—direct, interactive, promotion and retail marketing—for clients including McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, Visa, United Airlines, Whirlpool, Coca-Cola, and Miller Brewing.
William took the top creative spot at Arc in 2004, when Frankel, a leading promotions agency he led as chief creative, merged into Arc. Since then, his team has been recognized more than 200 times with major creative awards and rankings around the world including “Best Global Promotion,” “Best New Media,” “Best Multidiscipline Campaign,” several “Best in Show” awards, and three Lions at the 2007 Cannes Festival. Promo Magazine in 2006 named Arc #2 in creativity among the United States’ top 100 marketing agencies.
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Philipp Stauffer
Senior Executive, Digital Strategy & Marketing Sciences
Accenture
Philipp Stauffer is a Senior Executive with Accenture’s Digital Strategy & Marketing Sciences practice focusing on the broader transformational aspects (consumer and enterprise space) of “digital as a platform” including eMarketing, marketing optimization and cloud computing. With Philipp’s broad international background he works globally at start-up companies, growth organizations and leading industry players. He has a significant focus in technology convergence areas as well as market and customer facing disciplines such as product, service and business model innovation, marketing, business development, channels and sales. Having over 15 years of experience in various industries including software, internet, media, communications, consumer goods, pharma/healthcare and financial services, Philipp authored multiple publications and articles such as “The Future of Enterprise Software” and “High Performance in the Software Business - No Soft Options”, as well as other contributions to articles covering the consumer internet, consumer software and marketing space. Before joining Accenture, Philipp was at Interpublic Group and also Futurebrand, a leading global marketing services firm, specializing in advertising, brand strategy and brand management, where he worked with leading global consumer companies. Philipp holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and he is currently based in Silicon Valley, California. |
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Frank Barbieri
CEO and Founder
Transpera
Frank founded Transpera with the vision of helping normal people enjoy new kinds of mobile video experiences. Frank formerly ran media products at InfoSpace and prior to that, ran the Windows Mobile Media Device and Services group at Microsoft. Frank also held a senior position at Onvia, a company he helped take public, and MSNBC where he drove the online video distribution business and interactive content division. He has most recently worked in the private equity industry doing mobile and entertainment strategy and portfolio company support. Frank started his career as a photojournalist documenting the plight of refugees globally. |
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Mitch Berman
CEO
ZillionTV
Mitchell Berman’s 25 years of executive management and entrepreneurial leadership in multimedia entertainment and technology include a combination of powerhouse television brands and rising television technology start-ups. Under his global leadership, Mitch has spearheaded the launch of consumer entertainment services spanning cable, DBS, IPTV, Broadband, P2P, VoIP, wireless, interactive television, video-on-demand (VOD), and digital advertising insertion. |
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Ramneek Bhasin
Chief Strategy Officer
VuCast Media
Ramneek is a seasoned executive with deep experience in both startups and F100 class companies with a global perspective (including a special emphasis on Asia-Pac). Areas of expertise include web/enterprise software, media, consumer mobile and wireless. Most recently, Ramneek Bhasin founded Mobio Networks, Inc. -- a venture backed company focused on the next generation of mobile platforms and consumer wireless services. Before that, Ramneek was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Storm Ventures, CEO and co-founder of Vialto Corp. and successfully led Vialto’s efforts in its acquisition by Cisco Systems Inc. Ramneek also cofounded WSB Technologies, and has worked for Schlumberger, Digital Equipment (acquired by Compaq/HP) and Synercom Technologies. Ramneek is a Charter Member of TiE and the Chair of its Wireless SIG. He has an MS from LSU, a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, India and has co-authored US Patent 6,891. |
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Brian Bos
SVP, Convergence Director
Mindshare | Team Detroit (Ford)
Brian Bos, Vice President, Convergence Director for Mindshare – Team Detroit., is responsible for the planning and buying of all Interactive Television, Video Game and Mobile Marketing campaigns on behalf of the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury automotive brands.
Before joining Mindshare in 2005, Brian was a Manager of Emerging Technology at GM Mediaworks where he led ground breaking Emerging Media campaigns for Pontiac, Chevrolet and Cadillac, winning Digital Hollywood’s award for the Best On Demand Advertising Technology & Programming Innovation for the 2004 launch of the Cadillac CRX.
An Emerging Technologies veteran, Brian has 12 years experience marketing automotive brands in Emerging Media and 15 years in interactive advertising. His vision of how to approach consumers via these channels is sought out by the press and advertising industry and he has been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Financial Times, Ad Age, Brandweek and Automotive News.
Bos holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications from Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University in Detroit.
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Randall Brown
Director of Marketing
Gatorade |
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Angela Courtin
SVP of Marketing, Entertainment and Content
MySpace
Angela Courtin serves as SVP of Marketing, Entertainment and Content for MySpace, the world’s premiere social network. In this newly created role, Angela is responsible for leading the marketing, branding, promotions, events, content and entertainment teams for MySpace with the objective of increasing growth and public awareness and driving revenue through marketing programs for the company. Prior to Joining MySpace Angela served as Vice President, Integrated Marketing, for MTV Networks, responsible for overseeing the West Coast department. In this role she served as the liaison with production and series development as well as the West Coast client base. An accomplished, creative, and vision-oriented marketing executive, Angela has developed key relationships with clients and production to create rich product integrations, branded entertainment and game-changing marketing executions. Her background in development and production have been key in understanding the creative dynamic in achieving authentic integration experiences for the audience, the client and the narrative. Angela also served as Associate Producer on HBO’s Big Love and also worked for Knollwood Productions in Development. Her MTV trajectory would intersect in 2004 when she served as Vice President of Rock the Vote, where she partnered with MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign and corporate America to bring civic participation and voter empowerment to young people across the country. Her work in politics spans the beltway, from the Human Rights Campaign to the Democratic National Committee.
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David Currie
President
Catapult
David, an Australian expat, joined Catapult New Business in the U.K. before becoming Catapult New Business U.S. General Manager in 2004, and President in 2007. Like most who find themselves in business development, David originally wore the Account Management hat before being handed the new business torch relatively early on in his agency career, finding a new passion and niche in hunting out those elusive opportunities, building successful relationships both pro-actively and organically in the Australian, U.K. and now U.S. marketplace. Those skills transferred seamlessly into the outsourced new business model, representing and ultimately consulting with more than a hundred different agencies varying in type, discipline and size from the small to the very large, and having a footprint in all of the major holding companies. |
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Lee Hamilton
Chief Technology Officer
Wyndstorm
Lee has over 20 years of experience launching new companies and major corporate initiatives based on leading edge Internet and wireless technologies. Lee was the Technology Director for the Telecommunications Group at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), leading projects to define the 21st century communication services strategy for major corporations like Metricom, Sprint PCS, Pfizer, and Verizon. B.A. University of Rhode Island, and M.A. University California. |
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Gary Hebert
Senior Product Planner, WMC Division
Microsoft Corporation
Gary Hebert is responsible for planning and incorporating advertising features and capabilities into Windows Media Center, part of Microsoft’s Connected TV initiative. He has over 10 years experience leading the development of digital marketing solutions and has served on the IAB’s Digital Video Committee, Rich Media Task Force and Measurement Guidelines Task Force. In his role with Windows Media Center, Gary works closely with agencies and clients to provide guidance and direction for monetizing the integration of broadband and broadcast video within the Windows Media Center application. Prior to joining Microsoft, Gary worked at the Walt Disney Internet Group, where he managed advertising revenue operations in support of ESPN.com, ABC.com, ABC News.com and Disney Online. Gary holds an MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business. |
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John Heinen
President and COO
New Vision Television-Station Group Operator
John Heinen has over 27 years experience in the broadcast and advertising industry, with a long-standing background encompassing advertising, marketing, research, programming and station management for broadcast television companies on both the local and national levels. John partnered with Jason Elkin on the first New Vision, New Vision I and New Vision II, to generate increases in profitability unrivaled in the industry. Jason and John have worked closely together for more than a dozen years. In New Vision I, John acted as a Senior Vice President, helping to shape strategies on local news, programming, network relations and promotion. In New Vision II, John served as President and Chief Operating Officer, helping to guide the Company to a 177% increase in enterprise. John has held senior executive management positions for several major television stations and broadcast television companies, including Gannett, New Vision Television and Raycom Media. When New Vision was acquired by Ellis communications, John became an active part of the larger company. Working as a Senior Vice President for Ellis Communications, John oversaw the re-packaging of programming and news products until the company was acquired in 1996 by Raycom Media. At Raycom, John became a Regional Vice President and oversaw the sale of certain broadcast assets to Media General in 1997. John founded BrandImage, Inc. and co-founded Alchemedia, Inc., a software and media applications firm that successfully supervised the development of a new video and Internet protocol patent. |
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Danny Johnson
CEO and Founder
Creative Asylum
Danny Johnson is the CEO and Founder of Creative Asylum, an Emmy-award winning agency that creates integrated marketing campaigns (using digital, content and print mediums), for leaders in the entertainment, hospitality and lifestyle industries.His background includes more than a decade of strategic and creative marketing efforts for entertainment companies and major brands, ranging from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers, to Hilton Hotels, Subway, Harley-Davidson, Coca-Cola, and Mattel, among many others.
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James Johnston
Partner
Davis & Gilbert
James Johnston is a partner in the Entertainment, Media & Publishing and Advertising, Marketing & Promotions practice groups of Davis & Gilbert. Mr. Johnston represents media companies, television and motion picture producers, agencies and advertisers in connection with all aspects of motion picture, television, entertainment, advertising, promotions, and marketing industries. Mr. Johnston’s practice focuses on the intersection of the entertainment and marketing fields, where he advises clients on regulatory issues, intellectual property matters and deal structures for branded entertainment projects and properties. Among the projects Mr. Johnston has advised on recently are: the Mission G sports and entertainment web portal; Blush featuring Max Factor on Lifetime Television; and the Tecate Premios Deportes awards program, conceived by Heineken USA and airing on Univision. In the general entertainment field, Mr. Johnston's work includes negotiating motion picture and television acquisition, production and distribution agreements; affiliation agreements; talent agreements; license agreements, including licenses for Internet, mobile and other interactive exploitation; and live event programming, sponsorship and other cross-promotional agreements. In the advertising and marketing fields, Mr. Johnston's practice extends from providing advice on the content of advertising and marketing materials, to providing advice on complex regulatory issues and negotiating agreements for the advertising, marketing and promotions industry.
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Jason Lopatecki
Chief Strategy Officer
TubeMogul
Jason co-founded Illumenix, a first-to-market video analytics startup that measures in-player audience engagement. At Illumenix, Jason grew the business from a concept to a successful product launch and an early leader in the video analytics market. Prior to Illuemnix, Jason was an early member of IPTV/Communications startup Calix Networks. At Calix Networks, Jason helped lead the development of multiple successful products, from inception to marketplace. Jason has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley. |
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Mark Loughney
Director - Sales and Strategy Research
ABC
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Rob Moore
VP,CTO EA SPORTS
As VP, Chief Technology Officer of EA SPORTS, Rob Moore is responsible for developing and acquiring technology used in top-selling games like Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NBA Live, NCAA Football and Tiger Woods Golf. Rob also manages the Technology Licensing Group that develops Virtual Playbook and other products powered by EA SPORTS intellectual property. Prior to joining EA, Rob developed graphics hardware and software for the Nintendo GameCube game console at Nintendo of America in Seattle, WA. Rob also worked as a Design Engineer on various graphics processors
while at Silicon Graphics in Mt. View, CA including the Nintendo 64 game
console. Rob graduated with a BSEE from the University of Florida and
joined General Electric Aerospace in 1989 as an Edison Engineer where he
developed graphics computers for multi-million dollar flight simulators.
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Erik Nielsen
Executive VP
Trailer Park
Erik Nielsen recently joined Trailer Park as EVP, Executive Director. Trailer Park is the largest Entertainment Marketer in the US and Erik’s division is responsible for campaign creation and brand development for both the studio and consumer brand sectors. Erik was previously SVP, Director of Brand Strategy at Young & Rubicam’s BrandAsset™ Consulting group - a firm that oversees the world’s largest and longest running brand study. Erik has advised the direction for numerous, iconic brands including XBOX, MySpace, Yahoo, Verizon, MasterCard, Nintendo, Nike, Range Rover, Microsoft, Chili’s, and others. Erik helped to found Y&R Brands’ Seattle Office, establishing the strategic services offering for Y&R’s Microsoft account; one of the largest accounts in the agency’s history. In 2003, Erik co-founded McNulty Nielsen, Inc. (MCN), a Los Angeles based entertainment production company that was one of the first to receive a content development deal from MySpace. Before creating MCN, Erik created and launched the board game, LINQ™, which has sold under every major retail outlet in the US and began distribution in Germany in 2007. Erik began his career at Accenture where he specialized in the telecommunications industry as a technology consultant. He received his B.A with majors in both Economics and History from U.C. San Diego, where he served as Student Body Vice President, and was named Undergraduate Research Scholar, graduating with Honors. Erik is passionate about understanding how brands react & behave when faced with new environments and his blog, “BraveNewBrand.com” is an ongoing research effort into how Web 2.0 & social media impacts today’s brand marketers.
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Emily O’Halloran
Global Managing Director of Digital Advertising
Accenture Media & Entertainment
Emily O’Halloran is a senior executive in Accenture’s Communications & High Tech global market unit. She specialized in helping clients deploy the most effective technology, optimize efficient operations and maximize revenues within the area of Digital Advertising. Focusing on the Media & Entertainment practice at Accenture, she is the Global Managing Director of Digital Advertising, where she helps companies with their online presence and digital businesses supported through advertising. She has 14 years of experience running various projects that define and implement digital advertising strategies, expand into new sales and business models, implement portal and digital content management systems, and transform end-to-end business processes. Ms. O’Halloran also helps to develop leading practices for online advertising and digital content and services solution development and management. She holds a MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Management Information Systems and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin. Emily currently lives in New York City, New York. |
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Brian O’Rourke
Senior Producer
TBWA/Chiat/Day
Even with over 20 years of production experience, Brian O’Rourke still approaches every project with unbridled enthusiasm as he transforms concepts into reality. Creatives and Clients alike have referred to him as the Swiss Army knife of producers based on his fusion of knowledge, ingenuity, experience and hard working spirit. Beyond his desire to enhance the creative product past budgets and schedules, he has a long history at every level of production and management. Growing up in Silicon Valley, he began working at a local cable access TV station at fourteen, producing everything from live multi-camera broadcasts to magazine shows. One of the shows, Modern Madness, won a Cable Ace Award. He managed interns from local universities such as Stanford and San Jose State. Soon after, he cut his teeth working long days at KNTV (an ABC affiliate in San Jose at the time) producing and writing live news shows and on-air promotions. After graduating with a double major in Film and English from Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), he freelanced in the trenches on the production company side as a Production Coordinator before making the full-time leap to advertising. Hired as an in-house commercial Editor at Kresser/Craig in Santa Monica, he cut spots for Albertsons, Arco Gasoline and Kinko’s. Soon he became manager of the Editorial Department consisting of three edit bays and steady revenue stream. |
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Andrew Rosenman
Interactive Advertising Products
Comcast Cable
Andrew Rosenman is the founder and President of Arise Communications Inc., a New York strategic consulting concern in specializing in emerging technologies and their application to brand advertising. Arise delivers innovation and monetization strategies to media owners, distributors and licensees. Clients include Comcast Cable, Comcast Interactive Media, Rogers Communications, AKQA / Weiden + Kennedy, & The Designory Inc. Andrew has throughout his career worked with leading automotive, technology, and household brands to deliver breakthrough, first-in-class advertising solutions utilizing new technical platforms. Andrew is an interactive marketing veteran dating back to 1994 as a Producer for Magnet Interactive Studios in Washington D.C. He has worked for multiple global clients in international locales including Paris, Geneva, Barcelona and Singapore. Educated at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, he has also served as an instructor on the faculty of the New York University School of Marketing Communications. |
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Lynn Rowe
CEO
One World Technologies
With thirty years in the broadcast and telecommunications industry, Lynn currently owns and operates One World Technologies, Inc. of Boca Raton, FL. One World Technologies, Inc. is a full service consulting and integration firm specializing in the planning, design, implementation and management of broadcast, cable, satellite, DTH, multimedia and interactive networks, applications, systems, new ventures and special events. Mr. Rowe has been responsible for a variety of industry milestones and projects |
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Tom Sahara
Sr. Director of IT and Remote Operations
Turner Sports |
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Bill Sanders
President
Pervasive Media
Bill previously was Vice President of Mobile Networks Programming and Digital Product Development at Sony Pictures Television International. In that role, he drove the strategic planning and implementation of Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) emerging digital network business, through both the expansion of SPTI network brands and opportunities into ubiquitous mobile and online destinations, and the digital exploitation of network-derived products. Prior, he served as president of Pervasive Media where he consulted businesses which focused on entertainment content for mobile devices; in particular, video for cell phones. Prior to that position, Sanders was senior vice president for Big Ticket Television, a Paramount/Viacom company, where he oversaw all current network and syndicated programming and spearheaded Big Ticket’s entry into enhanced television. Throughout his career, Sanders has served as vice president of original programming for HBO and supervising producer for the channel’s award winning comedy series “Dream On”. In addition, he has held positions at Universal Television, Warner Brothers Television, and ABC. Sanders has a bachelor of arts degree in communication from Stanford University. |
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Kevin Schaff
Founder and CEO
Thought Equity Motion
As CEO of Thought Equity Motion, Kevin leads the company’s corporate strategy, drives product direction and positioning, raises funds, and generates awareness for Thought Equity Motion among industry analysts and potential partners. Kevin is a well-regarded entrepreneur who has successfully founded, financed, operated and sold companies from the beginning of his career. He brings decades of experience in the advertising, marketing and business realms and his leadership efforts have been recognized by publications such as CIO, Small Business Computing, Advertising Review, Yahoo Magazine, and others. Prior to founding Thought Equity Motion, Kevin founded UPDATE Systems, Inc., an Internet e-communication company focused on delivering e-mail marketing and promotion software to aggregators of small business. In 1999, Kevin successfully negotiated the sale of UPDATE Systems to Webb Interactive Services (Nasdaq: WEBB), a leading provider of infrastructure services for local Internet commerce. Kevin was also the President of Wind River Communications Inc., a nationally competitive design and Internet development firm formed in 1993. Under his direction, Wind River experienced growth of more than 100% each year for five consecutive years and served clients such as USWEST, Motorola, Coopers & Lybrand, and Macy’s. In 1999, Kevin successfully negotiated the sale of Wind River. Kevin received a BA in Marketing Communications from the University of Wyoming. |
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Jamie Shortill
Senior Director
William Morris Agency
Senior Director, William Morris Agency: Jamie Shortill is a Senior Director in the Consulting Division at The William Morris Agency where he focuses on branded entertainment, content strategies and digital initiatives across all platforms within the entertainment sector for WMA’s roster of corporate clients. Prior to WMA, Mr. Shortill was a Principal in the Media & Entertainment practice of a publicly-traded management consulting firm – engaged in strategy work, business modeling and technology solutions for several of the world’s largest media conglomerates. Mr. Shortill holds an MBA from Thunderbird – The American Graduate School of International Management and an Honors B.A. in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. |
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Michael Stroud
CEO
iHollywood Forum
Michael Stroud is CEO and Co-Founder of iHollywood Forum Inc., the leading producer of conferences and forums on digital and wireless entertainment. He has been a professional business journalist for 25 years. He covered technology as a senior writer at Investor’s Business Daily, and focused on business and entertainment issues as a Los Angeles entertainment correspondent for Bloomberg News. He later covered broadcast networks as the Los Angeles bureau chief for Broadcasting and Cable, and spent four years as a correspondent for Wired.com, covering digital entertainment. Stroud is now an independent journalist covering technology, entertainment and the wireless industry. His articles have appeared in The New York Times and Business 2.0. Stroud received a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from the University of California, Berkeley; he speaks fluent Mandarin, having lived in Taiwan for five years.
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Philipp Stauffer
Senior Executive, Digital Strategy &
Marketing Sciences
Accenture
Philipp Stauffer is a Senior Executive with Accenture’s Digital Strategy & Marketing Sciences practice focusing on the broader transformational aspects (consumer and enterprise space) of “digital as a platform” including eMarketing, marketing optimization and cloud computing. With Philipp’s broad international background he works globally at start-up companies, growth organizations and leading industry players. He has a significant focus in technology convergence areas as well as market and customer facing disciplines such as product, service and business model innovation, marketing, business development, channels and sales. Having over 15 years of experience in various industries including software, internet, media, communications, consumer goods, pharma/healthcare and financial services, Philipp authored multiple publications and articles such as “The Future of Enterprise Software” and “High Performance in the Software Business - No Soft Options”, as well as other contributions to articles covering the consumer internet, consumer software and marketing space. Before joining Accenture, Philipp was at Interpublic Group and also Futurebrand, a leading global marketing services firm, specializing in advertising, brand strategy and brand management, where he worked with leading global consumer companies. Philipp holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and he is currently based in Silicon Valley, California. |
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Scott Susskind
Chief Technology Officer
Interpublic Emerging Media Lab
In his role of CTO, Scott brings his 20 years of senior IT, engineering and AV experience to bear on developing unique emerging media solutions. Combining this role with his position within McCann Worldgroup's Business Information Solutions group gives him a balanced perspective on the real-world emerging technology issues facing our clients' businesses.
A self-proclaimed AV geek, Scott, along with Michael Malfesi, co-designed the hybrid-media infrastructure that powers the Lab. Creating the Lab provided some unique insights on how digital content can be generated, delivered and consumed. The knowledge gained is regularly put into practice as the physical foundation for incubating pilot tests for our clients.
Scott is an avid outdoorsman and amateur chef. He can often be found, spatula in-hand, exploring the national forests of North America with his two children. |
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Carnet Williams
Founder and CEO
Sprout
Carnet is co-founder and CEO of Sprout, a rich interactive content authoring platform for building and publishing Flash widgets, social ads, or any Flash files without programming. Prior to Sprout, Carnet built and sold several Facebook applications, founded ChipIn a widget fundraising service, was a professional snowboarder, and ran International Trade Policy for The Nature Conservancy. Carnet has over a decade of experience in the high-tech and internet industries and was the Director of Business Development at TurboLinx, a Linux OS and enterprise solutions startup, and co-founded NetCorps, a nonprofit technology assistance organization in Oregon. Carnet graduated from the University of Berkeley and has a law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. |
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Jason Yim
President and Creative Director
Trigger
Jason Yim, President and Executive Creative Director of the Interactive Agency, Trigger LLC, brings fourteen years of digital marketing experience to ad:tech. Previously the Founder and President of Media Revolution, Yim has worked with China for seven years, including the establishment of Trigger’s wholly-owned studio in Shanghai. Yim’s past and current clients rank among the biggest brands across a number of industries, including Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Disney, Cartoon Network, Red Bull, Jenny Craig, Nike China and Turner India. Trigger’s robust portfolio includes Web, Games, Social & Media, and Mobile projects for campaigns such as Angels & Demons, 2012, Hancock, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man 3, Cars MMO and Franchise sites, Stand Up to Cancer, and WB India. In addition to developing projects from concept through execution, Yim keeps an eye on the importance of technology and competition. In Q1 of 2009, Yim expanded Trigger’s Mobile team of iPhone game and full application programmers to additional Smartphone programmers for the BlackBerry and Android. As these two devices build up their App Stores and media services, Yim ensures that Trigger’s clients will be at the forefront. Other new client offerings for 2009 include “Trigger Replay,? the agency’s own advanced tracking and reporting product for interactive games. |
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Sallie Olmstead
Executive Vice President
Rogers & Cowan |
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Shelly Palmer
Host
MediaBytes |
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Frank Barbieri
CEO and Co-Founder
Transpera |
Ramneek Bhasin
Chief Strategy Officer
VuCast Media |
Mitch Berman
CEO
ZillionTV |
Brian Bos
SVP, Convergence Director
Mindshare - Team Detroit |
Randall Brown
Director of Marketing
Gatorade |
Angela Courtin
SVP, Marketing, Entertainment and Content
Myspace |
David Currie
President
Catapult |
Lee Hamilton
Chief Technology Officer |
Gary Hebert
Senior Product Planner,
Windows Media Center Division
Microsoft Corporation |
John Heinen
President and COO
New Vision Television-Station Group Operator |
Ralf Jacob
Senior Vice President of Developer Services/Engineering
Move Networks |
Danny Johnson
CEO and Founder
Creative Asylum |
Jim Johnston
Partner
Davis & Gilbert |
Jason Lopatecki
Chief Strategy Officer
TubeMogul |
Mark Loughney
Vice President Sales and Strategy Research
ABC Television Network |
Ed Montes
Regional Manager, North America
Havas Digital |
Rob Moore
VP, CTO EA Sports
Electronic Arts - Tiburon |
Erik Nielsen
Executive VP
Trailerpark |
Emily O’Halloran
Global Managing Director of Digital Advertising
Accenture Media & Entertainment |
Brian O’Rourke
Senior Producer
TBWA/Chiat/Day |
Vivek Pendharkar
CEO
VuCast Media |
Bill Rosen
Chief Creative Officer
Arc North America, Marketing Agency for Leo Burnett Worldwide |
Andrew Rosenman
Interactive Advertising Products
Comcast Cable |
Lynn Rowe
CEO
One World Technologies |
Tom Sahara
Sr. Director of IT and Remote Operations
Turner Sports |
Bill Sanders
President
Pervasive Media |
Kevin Schaff
Founder and CEO
Thought Equity Motion |
Jamie Shortill
Senior Director
William Morris Agency |
Michael Stroud
CEO
iHollywood Forum |
Philipp Stauffer
Partner
Digital Transformation & Marketing Sciences |
Scott Susskind
Chief Technology Officer
Interpublic Media Lab |
Carnet Williams
Founder and CEO
Sprout |
Jason Yim
President and Creative Director
Trigger |
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