Speakers Include:

Recognizing that consumers were migrating online for content, Rich Antoniello oversaw the Complex’s expansion onto the Web with the launch of Complex.com. In 2007, he formed Complex Media Network, which is currently comprised of 100-plus sites targeted toward men to find the latest entertainment, gaming, sports, fashion and product news. Under his direction, CMN has experienced 150-plus percent revenue growth over the past three years and has increased its audience from 9 million to 48 million unique monthly visitors and from 92 million to 518 million page views. Prior Complex, he spent four years at National Geographic Adventure magazine, where he created the National Geographic Adventure Gorge Games in association with NBC, and saw 35 percent growth in revenue year-over-year during his time there. He began his career at Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, where he handled media planning for Proctor & Gamble, Sauza and Paddington Brands.

Sheri responsible for audience products portfolio for weather.com and mobile Web, which includes local weather, interactive maps, video, social and the desktop application. She was previously vp of product & content at RMS Networks. Before that, she was a producer at The Weather Channel and a producer  at WGNX –CBS.

Janet Balis is publisher of The Huffington Post. In her role, she leads revenue strategies for the global, cross-platform brand with a focus on innovative new offerings like HuffPost Live, the new streaming video experience. Immediately prior, Balis served as head of sales strategy, marketing and partnerships for AOL, guiding solutions for key clients and agencies, trade strategy like the Digital Content Newfronts, and branded entertainment. Janet previously served as evp, media sales and marketing for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, leading revenue across broadcast, print and digital. She also served major media companies such as Warner Bros., Turner Broadcasting, and Discovery, through her company, Digital Media Strategies. Janet worked for Time Warner for over eight years, including leading sales and marketing across Time Inc.’s websites.

Carolyn Bekkedahl is the svp/digital sales at Meredith. She is be responsible for overseeing all of Meredith’s digital sales operations across AllRecipes.com and the Meredith Women’s
Network. Carolyn was most recently CRO for Gilt City, the local focused arm of the online luxury flash sale discount retailer Gilt Groupe. She also served as president of Mochila, a digital leader in premium content syndication. She originally joined Mochila as chief digital officer and was responsible for securing over 350 media brands as partners. She also served as Mochila’s  CRO, where she was successful in selling Fortune 500 brands into the contextually targeted network.

Dr. Jay Budzik brings more than a decade of unstructured information processing, product development and intellectual property management experience to Perfect Market. Over the course of his career, Jay has authored 11 patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Jay was most recently the founder and CTO at Media River Inc., which was acquired by Perfect Market in 2008. At Media River, Jay led the company’s research and development efforts and spearheaded the company’s transition from enterprise software to online marketing services. Prior to Media River, Jay was a computer scientist at Northwestern University’s Intelligent Information Laboratory, where he co-invented fundamental intellectual property incontextual search.

Jon is an entrepreneur and business manager focused on building profitable businesses in online media since 1996. At Automattic, Jon is leading initiatives to innovate in advertising across sites that are powered by WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the Web. Prior to joining Automattic, Jon ran business operations for Chai Labs, a semantic Web and advertising company that was acquired by Facebook. Previously, Jon was the first employee at PubMatic, a leader in ad network optimization. Jon has worked as an advisor to several startups.

Neil Chase consults for publishers, marketers and technology companies, with expertise in journalism, content strategy and social media. He has worked as an editor at The New York Times, CBS MarketWatch, The Arizona Republic, and The San Francisco Examiner, was a journalism professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and most recently was svp for editorial and publishing at Federated Media.

Raj Chauhan is an entrepreneurial, high-tech media executive with over 15 years experience in business development and revenue generation for online media and technology companies. His most recent role prior to joining Adslot was gm, publisher business at OpenX. Previous to that he held multiple roles at The Rubicon Project, including vp of global demand and vp North American sales. Prior experience included senior roles at Yahoo, Move and Click Agents.

Tom is charged with leading the successful execution of business strategy through industry-leading digital execution and implementation of its supporting technologies. Prior to joining the company, he was the director of new media technologies for the White House, leading the team to provide a secure, stable, and scalable infrastructure across all White House digital properties, and enabling the amplification of the President’s message.

Seth Demsey, svp of global advertising products and strategy, is responsible for the strategic vision and advertising products and platform development across AOL and AOL Networks. Since joining AOL, Seth has launched AOL’s mobile offerings and AOL Network’s platform solutions AdLearn Open Platform and Marketplace by Adtech. Prior to joining AOL, Seth served in senior positions at Google and Microsoft.

Jeff Dossett serves as evp of revenue for Demand Media. He leads the teams responsible for developing innovative branded advertising, content and integrated community engagement solutions. He is also responsible for securing strategic partnerships with leading brands, content publishers and online distribution networks. Prior to joining the executive team at Demand Media, Jeff was chairman & CEO of AdventureLink, a search and e-commerce start-up backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Allegis Capital and The Mail Room Fund (with funding partners Venrock, Accel Partners and the William Morris Agency). Jeff joined AdventureLink from Yahoo. Prior to Yahoo, he spent 17 years with Microsoft, most recently as executive producer and general manager of Microsoft’s MSN Media Network in the United States.

Raymond Faust is responsible for national and emerging media sales at the Star Tribune, including creating and selling multi-platform ad programs to national advertisers and agencies. he joined the Star Tribune in August 2010. Prior to that, he was advertising director, Central U.S. with Media Networks Inc. (MNI), a Time Inc. company that sells customized magazine and digital media on a geo-targeted basis. He spent the past eight years with MNI, most recently running the Midwest and Southeast Regions, and was instrumental in leading the company through digital and print sales integration in 2006. Prior to Media Networks, Raymond worked in Chicago at USA Weekend Magazine, published by Gannett, developing major CPG and retail accounts in the Midwest. Previous to that he was Midwest Manager at Hachette Filipacchi for the Special Interest Publications group at Women’s Day Magazine.

As entertainment evangelist at Tumblr, David is responsible for inspiring, teaching and championing creators of every shape and size to excel on the platform, whether that’s the next SXSW indie darling or fall TV breakout hit. Prior to joining Tumblr, David served as vp of digital marketing at Lionsgate, where he ideated and executed on a series of innovative theatrical campaigns, including the universally praised social media campaign for The Hunger Games. Across his eight years in the entertainment space, David has picked up a slew of industry awards, ranging from the Webby to the Shorty to the Gold Key Art, Hollywood’s highest honor, for two years straight. He was recognized by iMedia as one of their Top 25 Internet Marketing Leaders and Innovators for his work on viral sensations such as The Last Exorcism ChatRoulette Girl and the infamous Stallone Expendables YouTube Takeover. In his spare time, David serves as a mentor at Start Engine, a rapid accelerator for LA-based tech startups, and obsessively catalogues his favorite GIFs over on his Tumblr at www.dch.tumblr.com.

As a CEO and independent director, Peter has been part of four profitable exits in the last seven years totaling more almost $700 million in value. Peter joined Answers Media Group as president and COO on an interim basis in the spring of 2012. Answers is a dynamic media company that lives at the intersection of search and social with 100M Web visitors, 40M MAUs on social, and 20M monthly users on mobile. In addition to working with Answers Media, Peter is actively investing in the sectors that are transforming media and advertising including the intersection of the social web with media and advertising; lightweight content models; as well as advanced ad targeting techniques. He was previously CEO of IAC Media and Advertising, About.com, Goodmail Systems, AllBusiness.com and DevX. He has also played a role in five major revolutions in media and technology including: home video games; personal computers; cell phones; Windows computing and the internet. Peter currently works with Lending Tree, Function (x), Travora, Social Chorus, AdZerk, Mahalo, PublishThis, Mowingo and Kyck. He has served on the board of directors of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Online Publishers Association.

As svp of digital advertising strategy at Forbes Media, Mark Howard heads up digital ad strategy, focusing on leading the introduction of the company’s new advertising products to the marketplace. Previously he was svp of digital ad sales. He has also held the position of vp of digital advertising sales for Forbes Media, responsible for leading the global sales team in its online sales efforts, as well as leading the Western region team in its integrated sales efforts. He was also charged with developing the corporate digital sales strategy, which included new product development, creation and development of audience extension programs and strategic planning. Mark joined Forbes Media as a regional sales manager in 2002. During his time at Forbes he has held the positions of West Coast digital sales director and West Region director of integrated sales. Prior to joining Forbes Media, he held sales positions at Inc. and Fast Company magazines, as well E-Trade Financial. He began his career as a media planner at Anderson & Lembke.

Paul Krasinski is svp of publisher solutions at Visible Measures. Paul comes to Visible Measures as a thought leader in digital audience measurement. Prior to Visible Measures, he served as CEO of Umbel, svp of digital media and analytics at Arbitron (acquired by Nielsen) and COO at Ando Media (acquired by Triton Media Group). In these positions, Paul developed the deep understanding, insight and industry relationships required to revolutionize digital audience measurement.

Chris Lambiase is svp, group publishing director of Rodale. In this role, he leads Rodale’s print and digital advertising sales and marketing efforts across all Rodale titles. He continues to serve as the day-to-day publisher for Rodale’s Active Living Group titles and oversees Rodale’s Sports Marketing and Events Group, as well as Rodale Grow, Rodale’s custom publishing and content solutions division. Since joining Rodale in 2004 as the publisher of Bicycling, Chris was promoted to vp and publisher in 2006 and served as vp and group publisher of Running and Cycling, since 2008. He previously served as publisher of Backpacker and Organic Gardening. Chris started his publishing career at the Wall Street Journal and ascended to the role of president and CEO of SmartMoney, originally a joint venture between Dow Jones & Company and Hearst.

Paul is responsible for developing a more effective means for the 2 million+ publishers that make up the ShareThis network to deepen user engagement and increase monetization through our arsenal of social sharing tools. He most recently served as vp, business development for the CBSNews.com and CNET brands at CBS Interactive, focusing on product strategy and partner development around technology, content and e-commerce. Prior to that, he worked in both business and product development roles for CNET Networks, building a reseller network for consumer electronics content in Europe and North America.

Tom Lorek is director of strategic partnerships for Metamarkets, a company focused on real-time analytics for media companies in the RTB or programmatic trading market. At Metamarkets, Tom drives the strategy for technology partnerships as well as product enhancements to better address customer needs and deliver value. Prior to Metamarkets, Tom led the real-time bidding operations for PubMatic. Tom’s ad technology experience began with behavioral players NebuAd and Claria where he worked in business development, both as the trafficker and operations expert for NebuAd’s Right Media buying and as the dedicated lawyer for Claria’s strategic partnership and patent prosecution efforts.

Ryan Mannion joined Politico prior to its 2007 launch. As CTO, Ryan is responsible for the technical operation of the company but also focuses on innovative strategy, which includes consumer-facing products such as Web and mobile devices,  as well as the system infrastructure and scalability. Ryan has over 12 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in strategy, leadership, software development and design. Before joining Politico, he worked on projects at Northrop Grumman and NASA.

Michael Moreau, vp of digital at GateHouse Media since in 2011, is responsible for digital strategy, operations, product, development, programmatic trading and ad technology. Prior to GateHouse Media, he was co-founder and COO of ReviNet, a sell-side adverting platform acquired by PubMatic in May 2011. He also worked for seven years at Boston.com

Mary Murcko was named president of national sales of Gannett in February 2012. She is responsible for growing national advertising revenue across Gannett’s digital and publishing businesses. Mary oversees sales for USA Today and USA Weekend, Gannett Digital and U.S. Community Publishing’s national efforts. Most recently, Mary was executive vice president and group publisher of Rodale, leading digital and print advertising sales and integrated marketing efforts, with responsibility across all Rodale magazines and their digital properties, including Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention and Runner’s World. Prior to serving as executive vice president and group publisher of Rodale,  Mary achieved success increasing advertising revenue and brand awareness at Rodale brands Prevention, Organic Gardening, Women’s Health, and Best Life from 2004-2010. Under her watch as senior vice president and publisher of Prevention, the magazine grew 12 percent in advertising pages.  Before joining Rodale, Mary gained recognition within the women’s category as associate publisher of W and publisher of Elegant Bride, which she launched at Fairchild Publications. Previously, she spent seven years as general manager/group publisher for Hachette Filipacchi Post in Bangkok, Thailand, where she launched Elle, Cleo and Elle Décor into the Thai market. She also worked in ad sales for New York and Self magazines.

Evan Neufeld is the principal analyst and co-founder at Storyline Development, a strategy, content development, consulting and investment entity that helps small and medium-sized business understand and profit from the changes in consumer behavior, product development and marketing brought on by new and evolving technology. Key clients have included The Kantar Group, AARP, Focalyst, Points North, Warner Music Group, Verizon, M:Metrics, Time Warner /AOL, Google, Disney, Comcast and TV Guide. Neufeld has worked at comScore, The NPD Group and Jupiter Research.

Janet Paskin joined Bloomberg Businessweek from the Wall Street Journal, where she served as digital editor, overseeing the online and mobile presence for its Money & Investing bureau, including WSJ.com’s Markets Pulse Web app. Prior to the Wall Street Journal, she was with SmartMoney, first as a senior writer for the magazine from 2006 to 2009, and then as managing editor of SmartMoney.com from 2010 to 2012. In 201,1 she led the site’s redesign and increased traffic to SmartMoney articles by 40 percent. In between her SmartMoney posts, she was managing editor at Bundle.com, joining the personal finance startup six months prior to launch to develop and implement its editorial strategy. She was also a reporter at Money magazine from 2005 to 2006.

Will Pearson is the president and co-founder of Mental Floss. The “Titan of Trivia,” as he’s been called by Newsweek, launched mental_floss magazine in 2001 from his dorm room at Duke University. Since then, the company has launched a highly successful website (4 million uniques), debuted an iPad edition in October 2012 with over 100,000 downloads to date, published 11 best-selling books, a series of board games, a line of t-shirts — some crowd sourced from reader submissions — and a family of other fun products. @MentalFloss was recently measured by TrackSocial as one of the top 10 most engaging brands on Twitter..

Robyn is the chief technology officer and head of product for Mashable. Prior to Mashable, he was the head of product at Next Issue Media, the magazine and newspaper consortium (funded by News Corp, Conde Nast, Time Inc, Meredith and Hearst), where he led the development of a digital newsstand. Prior to that, he headed up product strategy and technology for NBC Local Media, where he led the relaunch of the local media digital sites (nbcnewyork.com, nbcchicago.com, etc.).

Matt Sanchez is co-founder and chief executive officer at Say Media. As the leader of Say Media, he drives the company’s efforts to develop advertising and publishing solutions that are transforming the media industry, while setting the strategic business direction. He also continues to guide the development of Say Media’s suite of advertising products and the technology behind its content platform. Matt co-founded VideoEgg, which became Say Media, in 2010 with the acquisition of Six Apart, with two Yale classmates. Under Matt’s leadership, the company pioneered the industry’s first ad-in-video model. Prior to creating VideoEgg in late 2004, he co-founded MediaLiquid, a production company that focused on helping non-profits develop cost-effective public service announcements.  Matt is a member of Young President’s Organization and serves on the board of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society.

Qasim Saifee is the general manager of OpenX Market, the company’s global real-time bidding enabled ad exchange. From 2005-2008, Qasim was at Yahoo,most recently as senior director of the Advertiser Marketplaces Group, providing strategic guidance and analytical support to drive operational decisions for the Advertiser Marketplaces. Previously at Yahoo, Qasim was director of display marketplaces. Prior to Yahoo, Qasim was a consultant at Bain & Company. Prior to Bain, he was a senior analyst in the corporate strategic planning and business development group at The Walt Disney Company, where he researched, planned and executed new business initiatives and major transactions.

Todd Sawicki has 15+ years of Internet startup experience as a founder and executive focused on monetization, marketing and business development. Todd is actively advising digital media startups including Hark, iSocket, Zemanta and Refer.ly advising them on their distribution and monetization strategies. Previously, Todd was CRO for Cheezburger, where he led its commercial operations while developing its native advertising products and strategy, launched and managed its mobile apps and helped the company grow from 6M to 25M monthly uniques. Previously, Todd was part of the founding team and vp of marketing & business development for Lookery, a social advertising startup. Todd is on the board of advisors for a number of digital media startups, including Empower.me, EveryMove, BuddyTV and Wetpaint. He is investor in 500startups and Founders Co-op.

John Shankman became the publisher of The Awl in August 2011. Previous stints include account director at The Huffington Post, regional sales manager at Federated Media and account executive for infoUSA.

Ira joined Taboola in 2011 and is svp publisher operations. In this role he is responsible for evangelizing Taboola’s content discovery tools to strategic publishers and managing publisher relations. Ira is a veteran in the Internet space. Prior to Taboola, he had a number of senior roles at NYTimes.com. Most recently he was vp product for NYTimes.com including mobile, video, social, email, classified and editorial products. Prior to this role he was director of business development at NYTimes.com. Ira’s first role in the Internet space was as director of business development at theglobe.com. Prior to that he had roles in investment banking and in film production and distribution at New Line Cinema.

Prior to joining CPX Interactive, Jonathan Slavin was managing director & president of Ad Pepper Media USA, where he grew revenue by over 500 percent and propelled semantic targeting into a widely accepted media practice. Slavin held roles as vp, Sales East Region for Photobucket (Fox Interactive Media) where he led East Coast sales and partnership efforts, increased revenue by 200 percent, and contributed to Photobucket’s integration into Fox Interactive Media post-acquisition. His earlier career included senior-level positions at Washington Post. Jonathan is now the CRO  of CPX Interactive, where he oversees all aspects of revenue, account management, business development and marketing.

Emily Smith leads the growth and development of LA Times’ digital portfolio. She is responsible for overseeing product and business development of content deployment across platforms and determining the most effective ways to secure revenue through these efforts. Previously, she was vice president and general manager at Disney Interactive Media Group. Prior to Disney, she worked at iVillage and AOL, developing editorial and interactive products. She began her career at SYBEX Inc.

Mark is CEO and co-founder of LiveRail. In this role, he leads the strategic direction for the company, ensuring superior service for clients and a thriving work environment for employees. Prior to founding LiveRail, Mark started Cleartide, an Internet strategy and development consultancy. As founder and managing director, he provided clients Web design, development and cutting-edge online marketing strategies.

Ben Trenda is CRO at isocket, which is bringing programmatic efficiency to the buying and selling of premium Class 1 media. Previously, Ben ran the marketplace at Rubicon Project, where he led the development of Rubicon’s RTB and Private Marketplaces platform. Prior to that, he was the vp of global alliances and agency partnerships at AOL, where he created partnerships with the largest global agencies and media companies. Before that, Ben held various leadership positions at GoTo.com, Overture, Yahoo and Advertising.com.

Henk Van Niekerk is the vice president of business development of Adap.tv. Henk leads the team that seeks out and develops new relationships with online video publishers and major content partners, both locally and abroad, to increase the adoption and usage of Adap.tv’s online video advertising and monetization platform and services.

With 10 years of experience launching digital media startups and monetizing online content,
Rebecca Watson is one of the leading revenue-focused executives in Silicon Valley.
Currently, she serves as vice president of business development for RadiumOne (formerly
gWallet), a network that helps online publishers and mobile app developers monetize their
audience through new advertising formats. Previously, she was the director of business
development at Real Girls Media, where she helped launch the company’s owned and operated site DivineCaroline.com and led all syndication, licensing, content sourcing and partnership development. Additionally, she founded the Real Girls Network, a premium ad network connecting women’s sites with Fortune 500 brands.

Rick Webb currently serves as a consultant to Tumblr on marketing and revenue, a mentor to Tech Stars NY, and as a venture partner at Quotidian Ventures. Finally, Rick is the founder and CEO of Secret Clubhouse, a tech coworking space in Williamsburg, NY. In 2001, Rick co-founded The Barbarian Group, an award-winning digital ad agency. He served as its COO for the first 10 years of the company’s existence. Webb left in 2011 to pursue angel investing in, and writing on, technology and advertising. He is an angel investor in Foursquare, Branch, Circa, Percolate, Docracy and others, along with two TechStars graduates, Nestio and Timehop. He is an advisor to several other tech startups and marketing services companies, including Sherpaa, Hard Candy Shell and Small Girls Big Business PR. Rick serves a board member of the VCU Brandcenter, and was named as Creativity Magazine’s 50 most creative people in marketing (2008).

Kristine Welker was named CRO of Hearst Magazines Digital Media in 2010. She  is responsible for the branding, marketing and monetization of the company’s magazines sites, social extensions and pure-digital destinations. Under her leadership, the team has launched industry award-winning campaigns recognized by OMMA, the Webby award-winning site Real Beauty, and received Hearst’s Tower Award for excellence. Before joining HDM, Kristine was the founding publisher of Hearst’s CosmoGIRL Magazine, which launched in 1999. She spent eight years with CosmoGIRL, which was among the first brands to launch with a companion website and mobile platform. In 2004, she was named vice president. She can be credited with growing CosmoGIRL beyond the pages of the magazine through its website and innovative initiatives including the annual “Born to Lead” awards, an event that recognized young people and their accomplishments; the “Kiss of Approval” awards, highlighting the best in beauty, fashion and entertainment and the first-ever CosmoGIRL “Born to Lead Design Search,” a joint project with the Fashion Institute of Technology. Prior to her move to Hearst, Kristine worked at Ladies Home Journal from 1988 to 1999, where she held various positions in advertising, from sales manager to ad director. Prior to her publishing career she worked at Wells Rich Greene Advertising.

Paul plays a key role at Rocket Fuel by building powerful partnerships with supply-side, brand-assurance and first-party data vendors. He has driven the launch of Rocket Fuel’s Audience Accelerator division, which puts advanced audience targeting and optimization tools in the hands of ad networks and large publishers. Prior to Rocket Fuel, he led network development for Tribal Fusion, leading its 300 percent increase in premium brand publishers and propelling the company to its standing as the second largest U.S. ad network in the comScore Media Metrix. Before Tribal Fusion, Paul was the director of business development for Nimblefish, contributing to product design and strategy while earning three consecutive Sales Rep of the Year awards, selling integrated online/offline marketing systems to major brands like Microsoft, Sony and Lowe’s. Previously, Paul co-founded and acted as CEO of BizMailers.com,  which was later acquired by Lexar Media.

In her current position, Bridget Williams specializes in content partnerships, strategic revenue, yield optimization, email operations, social platforms and analytics. Prior to Business Insider, she was president of Split Rock New Media for four years. Previous to Split Rock, she served as vp of platform sales for ShortTail Media, vp of business development for SharedBook Inc. and sales manager of New York TImes Digital.

Nikao Yang is svp of new business development and marketing at AdColony, where he leads all aspects of business development, marketing and corporate strategy. He helped launch AdColony and was the first business executive hired to establish and grow business development, marketing, publishing, advertising sales and operations for the company. Prior to joining AdColony, Nikao served in key marketing and strategy functions at Toyota Motor Sales, USA, playing a leading role in the launch of the first-ever Toyota Rewards Visa Card and acclaimed marketing initiatives for the Scion brand. Before joining Toyota, he served as an investment banker in the Media and Entertainment Industries Group for SG Cowen.

Richard is an online media dynamo with 10+ years experience in all things revenue management, digital business operationalization and yield optimization. He is currently director of advertising solutions at WebMD. Previously he wasdirector of revenue operations for Conde Nast.

Dave joined Infolinks in 2012 as CEO. Prior to joining Infolinks, Dave was COO for Inadco. From 2007 through 2010, he was vp & gm for display advertising at Yahoo. Dave joined Yahoo through the acquisition of BlueLithium, where he served as svp & am. As a founder of AdKnowledge in 1995, Dave pioneered ad serving technology and is credited by Wikipedia as co-inventor of the ad server. The company was sold to CMGI in 1999.