Mark Jenney
CEO at RVshare
Mark is the co-founder and CEO of RVShare, a startup that aims to connect RV owners to RV renters. A high-school dropout, he was quick to find interest in entrepreneurship and has already founded more than 20 companies. It all started in 2012 when Mark bought an RV but soon realized that it mostly sits unused. This led him to discover the untapped market of peer-to-peer RV rentals. Today, RVShare is the world’s largest P2P RV rental service, serving more than 60,000 RV owners across the United States. His team has also expanded its RV inventory by introducing newer models such as luxury motorhomes, travel trailers, and others and continues to be on the growth trajectory.
Markos Moulitsas
Founder and Publisher, Daily Kos
Markos is popularly known for co-founding SB Nation, a sports blogging network currently owned by Vox Media. After serving as a board member for Vox, Markos founded Daily Kos, which is the US’s largest partisan liberal media outlet. He has also written columns for ‘The Hill’ for almost 9 years. Markos completed his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Journalism from Northern Illinois University. He later studied law at the Boston University School of Law.
Marlo Anderson
Founder of National Day Calendar and Technology Talk Show Host
Marlo is best known for being the founder of the National Day Calendar. National Day Calendar is followed by more than 20,000 media outlets including Elvis Duran, Ellen Degeneres, Fox & Friends, and Good Morning America. Affectionately called the ‘Guru of the Geek’ by his followers, Marlo also hosts the radio show ‘The Tech Ranch’. Marlo has a passion for startups and he has been directly involved in the establishment of Pakkage, Talking Trail, Zoovio, Awesome 2 Products, Q1 Network, amongst many more. He currently hosts The National Daily on Q1 Network where listeners are educated about the history and importance of different National days.
Matthew Fishman
Director, Digital Strategy & Ad Operations at WWE
Matthew has more than a decade-long experience in ad operations, marketing, and sales. Some of his most notable roles include working for Conde Nast as a Marketing Analyst, Associate Director of Revenue Operations & Planning at Thrillist, and Director of Revenue Operations at Group Nine Media. Matthew currently serves as a Director of Digital Strategy and Ad Operations at World Wrestling Entertainment. He completed his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Muhlenberg College. He later studied at the Columbia Business School.
Maurice de Kunder
Web Developer, SEO Specialist, and Owner at ART-NOW B.V.
Maurice holds nearly twenty years of experience in web development. He is also equally proficient in SEO and completed his Masters in Business Communication and Digital Media from Tilburg University. At ART-NOW, he combines artificial intelligence with old paintings to produce sharp and high-quality art that is affordable. These art pieces are actively shipped to customers in the Netherlands. Maurice has also served 14 years with de Kunder Internet Media which also owns the ART-NOW website.
Mayank Chowdhary
Founder & CTO at 10times.com, oDASH, FLOOR
Mayank is a serial entrepreneur who loves to build and scale products to solve business problems which lead to sustainable growth. His startup 10Times helps people by connecting them to the right opportunities. With dedicated engagement and management tools (oDASH), 10Times focuses on events (300000+). It is used by millions of users every day to decide which event to visit, whom to meet in over 10,000 cities across 150+ countries. Mayank is an alumnus of IMT Ghaziabad where he completed his Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration with a concentration in IT and Marketing.
Megan Hong
Director of Yield Management at Manta
Megan is an Ad Ops specialist holding experience in Programmatic, Yield Management, and Account Management. At her role as Manager of Programmatic Supply at TextNow, she has been instrumental in achieving 40% year-over-year revenue growth by overseeing and advising the advertising operations team. She has also contributed to launching new revenue streams for the business which now accounts for over 5% of total revenue. Megan has a Masters in Business Administration from Syracruse University.
Michael Dorf
Vice President, Revenue Operations at Univision Communications Inc.
At Univision, Michael and his peers focus on creating and broadcasting media for the Hispanic American community. Univision is one of America’s top television networks providing exclusive content in Spanish. One of their most notable achievements include becoming the most-visited Spanish language website. Before Univision, Michael served as the Executive Director of Media Operations at FreeWheel. He has also worked at Conde Nast, Maker Studios, and Yext. Micheal is an alumnus of Penn State University where he completed his BA in Business and Telecommunications.
Mike Nelson
Global Director of Growth & Partnerships at Lonely Planet
At Lonely Planet, Mike Nelson is responsible for commercial strategy, forecasting, and performance monitoring of anything that integrates into Lonely Planet’s websites and apps. Among others, some of his most notable achievements include overhauling Lonely Planet’s online shop, improving the booking process, and launching a new content review format. Before joining Lonely Planet, he taught classes at the University of Utah and co-founded ReallyGoodEmails.com in 2015. Since its launch, the website has gained 1 million unique visitors per year, with 10% month over month growth. He also received an Executive MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Mindy Nelson
Director of Digital Operations at Andrews McMeel Universal
At Andrews McMeel Universal, her role includes revenue operations (programmatic advertising, subscriptions & e-commerce), digital content operations & customer experience. She works with product owners to project revenue, monitor KPIs, make strategic recommendations, and help ensure the overall success of the sites. Some of the brands she is directly responsible for include GoComics, Dilbert, the Far Side, and others. Her prior experience involved digital business development, sales, and managing special projects for artists and authors. She has a Bachelor of Science & Public Affairs Degree from Indiana University Bloomington.
Mukul Kumar Sharma
Chief Operating Officer at PINKVILLA
Mukul is a renowned leader in the business and growth ecosystem for Indian startups. Before his stint as the COO of Pinkvilla, a premier Bollywood news, and fashion website, he served as the Business Head of koimoi.com, India’s top Bollywood entertainment website. He also founded Hues of Aspiration, where he built a team of content creators and SEO experts from scratch. Mukul has completed his Bachelor’s in Mass Communication from the University of Calcutta. At Pinkvilla, Mukul handles business strategy, leads teams, and ensures legal compliance apart from contributing to product management, and other departments..
Nadav Krauze
CEO and Owner at BTECH Holdings
Nadav founded BTech Holdings LLC which is headquartered in the USA. The business specializes in the implementation of out of the box and custom solutions that can drive greater success for website owners. From Sales to order fulfillment management, customer support to contract management, suppliers to the inventory, the solutions provide clear visibility and growth for people managing websites. Nadav had earlier worked with SPREO (Chief Operating Officer), MTS – Mer Telemanagement Solutions, and Vidyo CRM. He is an alumnus of Gutman.
Nicholas Gaudiuso
Director of Programmatic Revenue at CBS Local
He manages programmatic, native, and indirect partnerships from prospecting to contract negotiation as well as implementation and optimization at CBS Local. Nicholas is an alumnus of New York University where he completed his Bachelor’s in Communications and Journalism. Before CBS Local, he served as the Interactive Sports Producer and Affiliate Coordinator for NBC Universal. Under his leadership of the production department, the team generated content for over 150 affiliated websites. He has also managed digital campaigns and strategically overseen the Ad operations department.
