Stephen has more than 15 years of marketing and client management experience. With Compete, he has management oversight of Compete’s award-winning consumer services and emerging vertical markets. Stephen also oversees marketing of Compete’s intelligence and targeting services to fortune 500 companies. Previously, Mr. DiMarco was a co-founder of the Internet strategy consulting firm ZEFER and directed business development and marketing initiatives for News Corporation, where he negotiated multi–million dollar distribution agreements for the company’s cable programming subsidiaries. Prior to News Corporation, Mr. DiMarco managed the creation of consumer campaigns for Comedy Central, a joint venture between Time Warner and Viacom.

Stephen holds a BS from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Scott is a veteran in online marketing with deep experience in advertising, digital media and Web technology and over 20 years of experience in sales, operations and management. Over the past decade, Scott has been working with world-class brands to help them improve their business performance through the online channel. With Compete, Scott oversees the company’s operations including sales, marketing, client services and engineering. Prior to joining Compete, Mr. Ernst served as Vice President of Sales, Corporate and Business Development for Personify, a web analytics and behavioral profiling software company. Previously, Scott was Vice President of Sales at AdKnowledge, a marketing software and interactive media management firm, which was later acquired by CMGI/Engage.

One of the television industry’s most respected executives and involved with some of television’s biggest hit series, Peter Tortorici has served as President of two Broadcast Networks, developed and produced top-rated shows, created new business ventures for some of Hollywood’s most prolific Studios and production companies and authored many of the new relationships between Brands and Content that drive contemporary media.

Tortorici was executive vice president, and then president of CBS Entertainment.  During his tenure, he co-lead a team that guided the network to achieve #1 status in primetime, daytime and late night schedules for three consecutive seasons, from 1991 to 1994.  As President, he was instrumental in developing such Emmy Award-winning series as Northern Exposure, Picket Fences, Murphy Brown, and Chicago Hope.  In addition, he supervised, CBS Productions, and turned out several highly successful programs including Touched By An Angel, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Tortorici later joined the Carsey-Werner Co. as Executive Producer. He supervised on-going production of the company’s network shows including the Emmy Award-winning, 3^rd Rock From The Sun and developed new programs including the launch of Cosby.  He also created the company’s consumer products division and launched their first on-line initiatives.

Tortorici served as President and CEO of Telemundo Network in 1998-99.  He crafted and supervised the successful re-launch of the U.S. Hispanic network.  He later joined with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Television as an independent producer.  His Peter Tortorici Productions produced two critically acclaimed Prime Time series; Body & Soul on Pax TV, and Significant Others with NBC/Bravo.

Tortorici joined MindShare and founded MindShare Entertainment in 2003.  He later established similar units at MEC and MediaCom and formed and founded GroupM Entertainment as a worldwide content producer. Currently serving as CEO of GroupM Entertainment Worldwide, Tortorici provides global leadership to GroupM’s content initiatives. He has been honored industry wide and in particular by both AdAge and Business 2.0 for innovation, leadership and accomplishment in the emerging area of Branded Entertainment and Brand Funded Content.

Elizabeth is responsible for global digital marketing, social media, marketing communications, public relations, corporate communications and reputation management on behalf of the Four Seasons brand.  With an ever-expanding portfolio of hotels in more than 35 countries, building the brand’s reputation and leadership in the luxury sector through strategic marketing activities is both challenging and rewarding.

“I started my career in retail operations many years ago, and gained a real appreciation for the work and attention to detail that make great customer service possible,” says Elizabeth.  “Four Seasons, with its combination of quality, top talent and a passion for excellence, is a dream brand to promote, because it truly does bring the best to bear in creating memorable experiences for our guests the world over; experiences that are rooted in an  exceptional service culture.”

 Her scope of responsibility encompasses the company’s brand-level communications activities in interactive, digital, advertising, promotions, direct marketing, and the Four Seasons magazine and newsletters.  Elizabeth also oversees strategic media relations outreach; crisis management; corporate social responsibility initiatives and reputation management. 

 She joined Four Seasons in 1999 from Hill & Knowlton Canada, where she was Vice President and Practice Leader for the Marketing Communications group.  Prior to Hill & Knowlton, Elizabeth was an Account Director with Strategic Objectives Inc., an award-winning consumer media relations boutique agency.  She began her marketing career managing media and employee communications for a women’s wear retail chain.

 Elizabeth graduated from Ryerson University with a business degree in retail management.  Before focusing on communications and public relations, she worked in operations as a sales trainer and sales manager in the retail sector.  

 When she’s not at the airport suffering through another security line, Elizabeth lives in Toronto with her husband.  Her favourite pastimes include cooking up a storm for family and friends, reading the Sunday papers, and spending time in the garden.

David Shing is AOL’s Digital Prophet, working across the globe to identify new opportunities for the business. He regularly speaks at conferences worldwide, discussing the latest trends and the future of the web, providing his insight on the evolving digital landscape Prior to moving to New York, David was based in London as VP Media & Marketing for AOL Europe. While there, he focused on providing AOL users with the best possible experiences through content, partnerships and design. David joined AOL in 2007 as European Marketing Director. Prior to that, he spent more than 15 years helping build successful web technology start-ups and multimedia businesses in the US and Australia.

Stewart Pearson believes one thing about business: its purpose is to make and keep a customer. With degrees in statistics and economics specializing in China, Stewart sees that the future of marketing lies in the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. Expert in consumer insights and behaviors, Stewart serves as Wunderman’s chief client officer, responsible for guiding the architecture of the teams that serve many of our global clients, including a lead role in Wunderman’s global Nokia business.

An agency veteran who understands the complexities of global business, Stewart has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the U.S. He joined Wunderman in 2000 as CEO of Wunderman’s Europe, Middle East/Africa region based in London, and was responsible for a client roster that included growing business from Ford, IBM, Citibank, Unilever and Xerox, and new business from Philips, Motorola and Lufthansa. From 2004 to 2007, he served as global lead on Microsoft, an account in which he was involved from start, architecting the “Team Microsoft” model and establishing Wunderman’s presence in Seattle.

Before Wunderman, Stewart held a number of positions at FCB, including chief operating officer Worldwide and FCB Direct in New York and regional director, Integrated Marketing in Hong Kong.

Earlier in his career he worked for an independent agency and sold the business to the Ogilvy Group and also worked for Ogilvy & Mather Direct (now OgilvyOne) supervising pan-European business for Xerox, Unilever and American Express. With venture capital and an entrepreneurial spirit, Stewart formed another independent agency and consultancy in London, Pearson Paul Haworth Noland, and as CEO built a team of 80 with clients including Apple, Coca-Cola, Financial Times, Heinz and Peugeot.
Stewart began his career in the U.K. at Reader’s Digest Association as an analyst and then music marketing manager. He doubled that business in three years through direct response print and TV, and also worked frequently in the U.S. and across Europe.

When he’s not meeting clients somewhere, Stewart makes his home in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two daughters, and tries to keep up with them on skis, surfboards and horses.

Bill is Chief Revenue Officer at SessionM responsible for advertising sales, mobile commerce, and the growth of SessionM’s mobile publisher network. Prior to joining SessionM, Bill was at WildTangent where he managed a global ad sales organization, launched a leading in-game ad platform, and built a network of game publishers and developers reaching over 150 million monthly unique users. Bill has been a pioneer of new advertising models that have fueled award winning campaigns for major global brands like Unilever, P&G, and Levi’s. During his 10 year tenure at WildTangent, Bill also served as General Manager of Advertising Platforms as well as Creative Director. Prior to WildTangent, Bill was Director of West Coast Sales at News Corporation’s News Digital Media (now Fox Interactive Media). He was a charter member of the IAB Games Committee and also serves on the IAB Mobile Committee and the IAB Sales Executive Council.

He is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter.

Before assuming leadership of the Media Innovation Group, he served as Executive Vice President of 24/7 Real Media. Jon is a leading figure in the media industry’s effort to balance the benefits of data-driven marketing with the imperatives of individual privacy. He has a B.A. from Tufts University, an MBA in Strategic Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the George Washington School of Law.

Nick entered the WPP Kantar family as the founder and CEO of Dynamic Logic, which was acquired by Millward Brown in 2005.  In 2007, he helped launch Safecount, an innovative “green” data collection platform that serves the market research industry and increases user privacy controls. In 2008, became the global digital strategist for Millward Brown. Kantar tapped Nick to be the Chief Digital Officer for the group in 2009.  In 2011, Nick was appointed to co-chair the WPP Data Alliance which serves as a data strategy team across WPP operating companies and clients.

Edwin Wong is Senior Director, B2B Strategic Research & Insights at Yahoo! Inc. In this role he leads research efforts to identify key trends in consumer behavior and help advertisers and marketers capitalize on these trends to effectively connect with their core audiences.

His key studies have included Advertising by Mindset, Yahoo!’s Connectonomics, a co-authored study with Forrester Research, “Watching the Web: How Online Video Engages Audiences,” Yahoo!’s Life Series, a partnership work with the Consumer Electronics Association, Engaging Brand Advocates through Search & Social Media, The Rise of Citizen 2.0 – Radically Rethinking Democracy in the Digital Age, and Passionistas. Sarah Cox

Edwin has been published in the Journal of Social Psychology and was a 2010 finalist for the ARF’s Great Mind Award.

Wong received his BA from Pomona College.

Jack Flanagan leads the sales efforts at Bluefin Labs, bringing over fifteen years of traditional and digital experience with him. Previously, he was the Chief Revenue Officer at Ace Metrix where he led the sales efforts to TV advertisers and marketers that allowed them to understand the creative effectiveness of their ads and their competitors in near real time. Before that, he led the sales efforts at comScore for the syndicated Media Metrix service with responsibility for North America, South America and Europe. Jack earned his BA in Marketing from Loyola College in Maryland.

Julie Bowerman is currently Group Director Digital Platforms for Coca-Cola North America.  Her team’s key responsibilities are focused on leveraging marketing technologies to build consumer loyalty and advocacy, advancing the company’s practice in mobile and precision marketing, and innovating in digital to fuel our pipeline of marketing capability.

Julie’s tenure with Coca-Cola is long and broad.  She joined the company in 1994 and started on the bottling side of the business commercializing our brands within the local markets and then moved into customer management, field marketing and marketing asset activation roles.  One of her largest accomplishments was building the strategy and implementation plan for the first ever CPG loyalty marketing program, now known as My Coke Rewards which her team still manages today.  Today the program has become a core pillar to how Coke has evolved in our approach to reach consumers in a digital world and has resulted in many industry awards and recognition such as, 2011 Tempo Award winner for best creative and marketing for My Coke Rewards, 2011 finalist for Colloquy International Loyalty Innovation (winner to be announced Sept 2011), 2010 winner DMA Echo International Awards, 2009 & 2008 Coke Global Marketing award for best in class marketing.

Prior to Coca-Cola, Julie spent time on the agency side working at J. Walter Thompson.  Externally Julie sits on the board of the Atlanta Marketing Association and her family resides in Atlanta.  She has her under-graduate from the University of Dayton and post graduate degree from Michigan State University.

Lauren joined Google in 2006 and has held various positions within Google’s advertising sales organization. Currently, Lauren is a Social Solutions Specialist responsible for connecting users and advertisers with Google+ to drive strategy, innovation, and development. Her team is responsible for soliciting feedback and collaborating with product teams to develop business plans and emerging features for the Google+ platform. Previous to working with the Google+ team, Lauren was part of the Agency Business Development Team focusing on Performance Media Agencies.

A passionate storyteller and avid technology buff, Kunal has a wide range of experience crafting compelling strategies for a variety of brands. As Director of Strategy at Possible Worldwide, he oversees the strategic planning, social media and emerging media disciplines across the agency. By understanding the intersection of culture, business and creativity, Kunal is keenly aware and able to identify and leverage insights that drive client business forward. Prior to ZAAZ he was a leading strategic voice at Razorfish, Campbell-Ewald and Y&R, helping create marketing campaigns for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Ford, Levis, Disney, MillerCoors, Audi, and the US Navy. Kunal is also a regular speaker at industry events as well as colleges and universities, covering a wide range of topics including social media and consumer culture.

Amy Cole handles Business Operations at Instagram, a mobile photo-sharing platform for capturing, filtering and sharing photos.  Instagram has already grown to over 30 million registered users, including fashion brands, media and celebrities.  Amy manages partnerships and works with many of the brands and organizations using the platform. Prior to Instagram, Amy held positions in Business Development at Sephora, Brand Management at Del Monte and Product Development at Chrysler.

Michelle Eule is SVP, Digital Solutions at Dynamic Logic.  In her role, Michelle leads a team that is responsible for developing and evolving Dynamic Logic’s digital media offer, including AdIndex®, LinkSelect for Digital, MarketNorms®, custom solutions and external partnerships, as well as the introduction of new solutions. Michelle joined Dynamic Logic in 2002. Prior to joining, she managed a research laboratory for a professor at Columbia Business School, with whom she studied marketing and organizational behavior from a social psychological perspective.

Michelle has been a speaker at many industry events, including conferences hosted by The ARF, OMMA, AMA, Ad:tech, and OPA, and has been a guest lecturer at Baruch College and NYU. Michelle was a judge for the 2008 IAB MIXX awards and the 2009 Effie awards, and is a member of the Research Committee for the Advertising Council.

Michelle received her M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business and her B.A. in psychology from Barnard College.

Mike Farah is the President of Production for Funny or Die, overseeing the creative day-to-day operations for the premiere comedy site, along with Funny or Die’s television and feature projects. With Funny or Die for nearly three years, Farah has the produced the award-winning video “Prop 8: The Musical”, the Ron Howard directed “Presidential Reunion”, and Marion Cotillard’s “Forehead Tittaes”, among many others. Under Farah’s leadership, Funny or Die’s creative team produces over 20 original videos a month.  He is also one of the executive producers of “Funny Or Die’s Billy on the Street,” airing on Fuse.

Farah, 32, also produced the feature film ”Answer This!”, starring Chris Gorham, Arielle Kebbel and Chris Parnell, written and directed by his brother, Chris Farah. ”Answer This!” was acquired by Wrekin Hill is currently in its theatrical release.

Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Indiana University, Mike began his career at United Talent Agency, and headed up feature film development for Craig Brewer and Stephanie Allain at their Paramount based production company. In November 2010, The Hollywood Reporter named Farah one of the top 35 Hollywood executives under 35.

Andrew Steele serves as Creative Director of Funny or Die, and is the executive producer of HBO’s “Funny or Die Presents,” and Comedy Central’s “Jon Benjamin Has a Van.” Steele spent 12 years writing for “Saturday Night Live,” the last four as head writer.  During his tenure on the show, he won both Emmy and Writer’s Guild Awards.

Prior to his time on ‘SNL,’ Steele worked with John Stewart’s MTV and Paramount TV’s talk shows, as well as for MTV, Comedy Channel and Nickelodeon.

Most recently, he produced and wrote the upcoming Spanish-language feature, “Casa de mi Padre,” starring Will Ferrell, Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal.  It opened in theaters nationwide on March 16, 2012.

Eric Papczun traded his computer geek card for a button-down collar and a finance degree at Kent State University when he realized that showing off his Atari 800XL computer was not going to get him a date in the 80s.  After that, it was all kismet as he found himself in leadership and entrepreneurial roles in the exploding early days of the tech industry.

At the age of 21, Eric’s first business was a building a credit union from the ground up for students at his college, which ultimately become a successful venture that still exists today. He leveraged his experience into a consulting career training other credit unions to achieve a sales and service culture, and then jumped into retail entrepreneurship with a specialty website and physical store selling high-end golf memorabilia called Golf Links to the Past. Having “skin in the game” with his own business meant that Eric had to learn internet marketing as the tactics themselves were being invented and perfected. He started with banners and paid search in the very early days of search advertising, then taught himself search engine optimization (SEO) tactics. He eventually sold the company, but found himself hooked on internet marketing and ready for a new challenge. He joined Performics in 2005.

Prior to President of Performics US, Eric managed general operations and led the optimization services group which includes search engine optimization (SEO), content marketing, strategy and optimization, and feed marketing. In his previous role as vice president of client services, Eric led a number of Performics’ dedicated account teams in strategy, project management and analysis of clients’ performance marketing programs. He was also the architect of Performics’ modern day SEO practice and assembled the experts who identify important technical, content and linking roadblocks that impede the navigation and ranking of a Web site and its relevant content.

Eric has earned accolades as a thought leader for the search industry. He frequently speaks at major conferences such as SES, SMX and Pubcon and is a regular contributor to publications including Search Engine Land, DMNews and others.

Social links: http://www.linkedin.com/in/papczun and Twitter @ericpapczun

Nathan Coyle is the General Manager for Cambio, an interactive entertainment experience, connecting teens and young adults to their favorite celebrities and musicians. This iconic destination delivers an experience fusing information, social interaction, exclusive video and compelling entertainment content together to bring its passionate audience from fans to friend. As General Manager, Coyle oversees Cambio’s vision and all aspects of its operations.

Prior to joining Cambio, Coyle was a Business Development Agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the leading entertainment and sports agency. In this role, Coyle worked to identify and create opportunities within the emerging digital media marketplace for CAA clients. Coyle helped establish new revenue models and negotiated cross-platform distribution for digital media projects, in addition to developing opportunities for corporate brands to collaborate with artists in new and effective ways through original content. Coyle created direct relationships for a multitude of Fortune 100 brands, including Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, Kraft and Sony, with such high-profile content creators as Overbrook Entertainment, Broadway Video, Jonas Brothers and Playtone, among others.

Before CAA, Coyle was a Lead Strategist at Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve, a marketing consultancy and trend-forecasting firm based in New York City. At BrainReserve, Coyle provided Marketing and Business Strategies for a range of Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Yum! Brands. Among other programs, Coyle helped the Tylenol brand create non-traditional marketing programs that wove the brand into the culture. The Tylenol work earned an Effie Award for marketing effectiveness in 2006.

Leading up to his time at Faith Popcorn’s company, Coyle was a Strategic Planning Director at New York City advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi and BBDO.

In his spare time, Coyle enjoys following contemporary art, travel and exploring Los Angeles.