The AlwaysOn Power Players New York City list honors the most influential people in the banking, venture capital, legal, and accounting world who support Madison Avenue entrepreneurs that are bringing massive technology breakthroughs to the digital media world. These individuals and their firms are the infrastructure workhorses behind the ideas that make New York City an incubator for success, creating strong digital media companies that are building forward-thinking, indispensable products.
Behind every successful Internet and mobile technology startup is a handful of power players guiding the founders. The Power Players NYC span a wide range of talents, from seed investors to accountants to venture capitalists to legal counsel. Smart and savvy investors like Eric Hippeau or the celebrated Bob Pittman may give your business a kick start. Super attorney Victor Boyajian might draw up and help you ink a Series A financing. Union Square's Fred Wilson might chip in some expansion capital and join your board.
This year's Power Players NYC list tops more than 100 players in nine categories and highlights a impressive range of talents available for startup entrepreneurs with the right ideas and mindsets to break away from the pack. The AlwaysOn editorial team scoured Madison Avenue to identify this year's list of people who are behind the startup founders that are creating high-growth businesses and ensuring they will offer huge upside potential for their investors.
Congratulations to this year's Power Players NYC winners. As the top venture capital-backed media companies continue to bring new, innovative products and services to the world, they're backed by the people from this list. From helping digital media pioneers provide quality content and advertisers reach engaged audiences with meaningful messages, these powerful individuals are bringing a new generation of innovation to Madison Avenue and the Global Silicon Valley.
The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:
OnMedia NYC
Where Silicon Valley Meets Madison Avenue
February 21st-22nd, 2012
Time Warner Center, New York, NY
The sixth annual OnMedia NYC is a two-day executive event, featuring New York's power players and top digital media CEOs, who will engage in high-level debates on how the Internet is disrupting the world of media, marketing, advertising, and branding. OnMedia also showcases the emerging entrepreneurial CEOs who are revolutionizing the way media is being created, distributed, consumed, and analyzed.
Click here to see current program, reserve your ticket, or learn more about this year's OnMedia NYC.
To find out how your company can join the OnMedia NYC distinguished group of sponsors and for detailed information on the CEO Showcase opportunity, please contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson (grant@aonetwork.com, 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.
For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.
Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners or clients in the digital media space, OnMedia NYC is the insider event you won't want to miss. We hope to see you there!
The conference is only two weeks away. Register today to secure your 33% discount.
Introducing the 2012 Power Players New York City
The Accountants
Andrew Cotton
Partner
Ernst & Young
Mark Davis
Principal
Deloitte & Touche
Brian Hughes
Co-Head, U.S. Venture Practice and Partner
KPMG
Sanjaya Krishna
Partner
KPMG
Darrin Stollow
Partner
Deloitte & Touche
Danny Wallace
Partner
Pricewaterhouse Cooper
The Big Media Company Players
Amy Banse
Managing Director
Comcast Ventures
Michael Barrett
CEO
Google/AdMeld
Greg Blatt
CEO
IAC Management
Ken Bronfin
President
Hearst Interactive Media
Dan Coughlin
Director of Sales, East Region
Twitter
Marc DeBevoise
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Entertainment
CBS Interactive
Scott English
Senior Vice President
Hearst Ventures
Scott English
Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments
Hearst Interactive Media
Jorge Espinel
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, News Digital Media
News Corporation
Allison Goldberg
Managing Director
Time Warner Investments
Jared Hecht
Co-Founder
Skype/GroupMe
David Horowitz
Managing Director
Comcast Ventures
George Kliavkoff
CEO
Manilla
Rachel Lam
Senior Vice President and Group Managing Director
Time Warner Investments
Scott Levine
Managing Director
Time Warner Investments
Steve Martocci
Co-Founder
Skype/GroupMe
Jon Miller
Chief Digital Officer
News Corporation
Mike Perlis
President and CEO
Forbes Media
Doug Selin
Senior Vice President Corporate Development
Viacom
Andrew Siegel
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development
Advance Publications
Paul Sinclair
Senior Vice President, Digital Media & Business Development
Atlantic Records
Lynn Tornabene
Marketing Director, iAds
Apple
Louis Toth
Managing Director
Comcast Ventures
The Commercial Bankers
Brad Ellis
Senior Vice President
Square 1 Bank
Chris Lloyd
Senior Vice President
Comerica Bank
Mike Moretti
Senior Vice President
Silicon Valley Bank
Michael Selfridge
Head of Growth Stage Finance
Silicon Valley Bank
Al Spurgin
Executive Vice President
Square 1 Bank
The Investment Bankers
Herb Allen III
President
Allen & Company
Bill Brady
Managing Director, Co-Chairman of the Global Technology Group
Credit Suisse
Sanjay Chadda
Partner, Managing Director
Petsky Prunier
Peter Cohen
Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group
Alec Ellison
Vice Chairman and Chairman of Technology Investment Banking
Jefferies & Company
Tolman Geffs
Co-President
The Jordan Edmiston Group
Linda Gridley
President and CEO
Gridley & Co
Terence Kawaja
CEO
Luma Partners
Imran Khan
Managing Director
Credit Suisse
Ed Liu
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Jay MacDonald
Managing Partner
Digital Capital Advisors
Andrew Malik
Chairman
Needham & Company
Eric McAlpine
Managing Director
The Blackstone Group
Adele Morrissette
Managing Director
BMO Capital Markets
Mark Patricof
Managing Partner
MESA
Nancy Peretsman
Managing Director
Allen & Company
Brad Raymond
Co-Head of Investment Banking
Stifel Nicolaus Weisel
Matt Schultz
Managing Director
Jefferies & Company
Kurt Simon
Co-Head, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Unit
J.P. Morgan
Brian Stengel
Managing Director, Head of the Digital Media Group
Waller Capital Partners
The Lawyers
Victor Boyajian
National Chair, Venture Capital Practice
SNR Denton
Ward Breeze
Partner
Gunderson Dettmer
Janet Cullum
Partner
Cooley
Jeffrey Klein
Partner
Goodwin|Procter
Ken McVay
Partner
Gunderson Dettmer
Babak "Bo" Yaghmaie
Partner
Cooley
Ed Zimmerman
Chair, Tech Group
Lowenstein Sandler
The Madison Avenue Insiders Insiders
Marston Allen
President, Global Business Development and Marketing
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)
Craig Atkinson
President and Chief Digital Officer
PHD
Eric Bader
President and Chief Strategy Officer
Initiative
Nigel Carr
Brand Strategist
Tim Castree
Executive Vice President Managing Director
Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG)
Alan Cohen
CEO
OMD USA
Scott Donaton
President and CEO
Ensemble
Matt Freeman
Chief Innovation Officer
McCann Erickson
Carl Fremont
Executive Vice President, Media Director
DIGITAS
Chris Geraci
Managing Director
OMD
Scott Hagedorn
CEO
Annalect Group (OMG)
Carla Hendra
Chairman, OgilvyRED
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Josh Jacobs
President
Accuen
Lance Maerov
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
WPP Group
Jean-Philippe Maheu
CEO
Publicis Modem
Greg March
Group Media Director
Wieden + Kennedy
Brian Monahan
Managing Director, Intelligence Practice
Magna Global
Rob Norman
CEO
GroupM North America
John Osborn
President and CEO
BBDO New York.
Katrin Ribant
Executive Vice President, Data Platforms
Havas Digital Global
Amanda Richman
President, Digital
MediaVest
Doug Scott
President
OgilvyEntertainment
Robin Steinberg
Executive Vice President, Director of Publishing Investment and Activation
MediaVest
Steve Stoute
CEO/Founder
Translation
Hagen Wenzek
Chief Technology Officer
IPG Mediabrands
Dawn Winchester
Chief Marketing Services Officer
R/GA
The Secondary Market Players
Dan Burstein
Managing Partner
Millennium Technology Value Partners
Adam Oliveri
Managing Director, Private Company Market
SecondMarket
Sam Schwerin
Managing Partner
Millennium Technology Value Partners
Barry Silbert
CEO
SecondMarket
The Super Angels and Incubators
John Borthwick
CEO
Betaworks
David Cohen
Founder and CEO
TechStars
Owen Davis
Managing Director
NY Seed
Chris Dixon
Founding Partner
Founder Collective
Mike Duda
Managing Partner
Consigliere Brand Capital
Esther Dyson
Founder
EDventure Holdings
Caterina Fake
Founding Partner
Founder Collective
Bernard Gershon
President
Gershon Media
Michael Lazerow
CEO
Buddy Media
Sam Lessin
Founder/Employee
Drop.io/Facebook
Nihal Mehta
Founding General Partner
ENIAC Ventures/India Internet Group
Heidi Messer
Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO
Collective[i]/World Evolved
Bob Pittman
CEO
Clear Channel Communications
David Rose
Founder and CEO
Gust (fomerly Angelsoft)
Fred Seibert
Founder and Executive Producer
Frederator Studios
David Tisch
Managing DIrector
TechStars
Martin Varsavsky
CEO
Fon
Ed Zimmerman
Managing Director/Founder
GrapeArbor Angels/First Growth Venture Network
The Venture Capitalists
Brad Burnham
Partner
Union Square Ventures
Jeff Bussgang
General Partner/Founder
Flybridge Capital Partners/First Growth Venture Network
Marissa Campise
Vice President
Venrock
Harry Demott
Managing Director
Raptor Group
Roger Ehrenberg
Founder and Managing Partner
IA Ventures
Stuart Ellman
General Partner
RRE Ventures
Deborah Farrington
General Partner
StarVest Partners
Ross Goldstein
Co-Founder and Managing Director
DFJ Gotham Ventures
Bob Goodman
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners
Rick Heitzmann
Managing Director
FirstMark Capital/NYC Entrepreneurial Fund
Eric Hippeau
Partner
Lerer Ventures
David Hirsch
Partner
Metamorphic Ventures
Jeff Horing
Managing Director
Insight Venture Partners
Amish Jani
Managing Director
First Mark Capital
Geoff Judge
Partner
iNovia Capital
Habib Kairouz
Managing Partne
Rho Ventures
Josh Kopelman
Partner
First Round Capital
Josh Kushner
Founder
Thrive Capital
Warren Lee
Partner
Canaan Partners
Ken Lerer
Managing DIrector
Lerer Ventures
Jeremy Levine
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners
Jordan Levy
NY Partner
SoftBank Capital
Mark Mackenzie
Partner
Veronis Ventures
Chip Meakem
Managing Partner
Tribeca Venture Partners
Howard Morgan
Partner
First Round Capital
David Pakman
Partner
Venrock
Alan Patricof
Managing Director
Greycroft Partners
Bo Peabody
Managing General Partner
Village Ventures
Jim Robinson IV
General Partner
RRE Ventures
Bijan Sabet
General Partner
Spark Capital
Daniel Schultz
Co-Founder and Managing Director
DFJ Gotham Ventures
Ian Sigalow
Partner
Greycroft Partners
Fred Wilson
Managing Partner
Union Square Ventures
The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:
OnMedia 2012
Where Silicon Valley Meets Madison Avenue
February 21st - February 22nd, 2011
Time Warner Center
10 on the Park at Time Warner Center
60 Columbus Circle - 10th Floor
New York, NY
For information on sponsorships or the CEO Showcase opportunities, contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson (grant@aonetwork.com, 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.
For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.
Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners, or clients in the digital media space, OnMedia is the insider event you won't want to miss. We hope to see you there!
