Speakers

Industry pioneers, visionaries and leaders will fill the stage to take an in-depth look at the emerging mix of mobile marketing and advertising. Attendees will learn and gain key insights from speakers who lead innovative brands, run top carriers, design and manage cutting-edge platforms, and create dynamic integrated content and branded content through the power of mobile media and marketing.

Digiday’s conferences are editorially programmed to provide honest dialogue about important issues facing digital media -- with a specific focus on brands, advertisers and agencies. Digiday welcomes speaker submissions for those willing to take a stand on important, and sometimes controversial, topics. To be considered as a speaker, please provide your name, title and company, along with links to the most relevant content highlighting your positions on industry issues. Please note which conference for which you’d like to be considered.

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Speakers Include: 

	Sean Atkins, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Discovery Communications Sean Atkins oversees the product, marketing, development and production aspects for MyDiscovery. Prior to joining Discovery Digital Media, Atkins ran West Coast operations for Discovery Studios--Discovery Communications--full-service production house that develops and produces original, multiplatform programming. While with Discovery Studios, Atkins managed development and production of all programming out of LA, and supervised key programs for numerous Discovery networks. Prior stints include Senior Vice President of Digital Media at HBO, head of programming and development at Yahoo! Entertainment, and acting-COO for Vulcan Programming. During this time, Atkins also served as Executive Vice President of A. Smith & Co. Atkins has also held positions with Warner Bros., Mediaconnex and Disney/ABC Cable.
	Chris Babel, CEO, TRUSTe Chris possesses over a decade of experience building online trust, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of VeriSign's worldwide Authentication Services business, where he was responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, product and support. He previously managed VeriSign's SSL and Managed Security Services business. In these roles he helped grow the businesses though the launch of new products to enterprise and small/medium businesses, international expansion in EMEA and Asia and through acquisition and integration of a number of companies. Chris also spent time in Corporate Development and as Chief of Staff to the CEO where he led strategic planning and execution of over 20 acquisitions. Prior to joining VeriSign, Chris served as an Associate in Morgan Stanley's Technology Mergers and Acquisitions group and its Corporate Finance group working on transactions like Netscape's sale to AOL.
	Cass Baker, EVP, Leapfrog Online He has more than 15 years of experience in digital, direct and database marketing. Beginning in 2008, he and his team pioneered the use of mobile as a proven, quantifiable sales channel for some of today's most powerful brands. Prior to Leapfrog Online, Cass was a Director at Leo Burnett's Technology Group Chicago office, where he led business development and directed over half of the agency's clients. In addition, Cass worked in account roles at Townsend Agency, Jack Levy Associates and Lee Hill Dialogue Marketing. He is an active member in the IAB, CADM and CIMA.
	Craig Besnoy, Managing Director-North America, Netbiscuits He is responsible for the generation of new business for Netbiscuits in North America. His mission is to ensure that the company continues to grow from strength to strength in all sectors of the mobile market across the region. Craig has worked for over a decade in the digital music and entertainment business in the United States. Prior to joining Netbiscuits, he served as Vice President of Business Development for the Universal Music Group, where he developed its mobile strategy and direct-to-consumer initiatives for popular artists.
	Paul Bremer, Chief Revenue Officer, Rhythm New Media As an accomplished and well respected expert in digital media, Paul leads Rhythm's brand sales strategy and national sales team. Paul brings 15 successful years of digital advertising sales and management to his role as chief revenue officer. Before joining Rhythm, Paul Bremer co-founded Inflection Point Media in 2008. In addition to a series of management and sales positions with WebMD, Lycos, and The Wall Street Journal, Paul previously directed national sales teams at Internet Broadcasting and with NBCOlympics.com.
	Chris Cunningham, CEO, Appssavvy Since appssavvy's founding in early 2008, Chris has focused on creating a great company by bridging the gap between developers and publishers of social media applications, such as LivingSocial, Flixster and Zynga, and the advertiser and agency community. Prior to appssavvy, Chris was global vice president of sales at Freewebs. In addition, he was vice president of sales at Bolt Media and director of sales for Digital Music Network and Music Vision.
	Leslie Dunlap, Vice President, Privacy, Policy and Trust for Yahoo Leslie Dunlap previously spent over 10 years as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. on behalf of Yahoo. She is a specialist in Internet and technology policy, with over 20 years experience in the formation of law and regulation. Dunlap spent nearly eight years on the legislative staffs of Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Rep. Rick White (R-WA). She was heavily involved in the early formation of Internet legislation in the areas of consumer protection, intermediary liability, data security, child protection and privacy, as well as related telecommunications industry issues. In 2001, Dunlap joined Yahoo! Inc. As the second lobbyist on-board, she helped shape positions and execute strategy for a wide variety of Internet policy issues. She represented these positions before Congress, independent agencies, and the cabinet agencies of the Administrations of Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama.
	Margaret Keene, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, LA Prior to joining Saatchi, she spent nearly two decades at TBWAChiatDay, where she won her first awards for the Apple "Think Different" campaign. She helped introduce the iMac to the world, then iTunes, then the iPod. She helped bring The Beatles to iTunes. She also worked on Levi's, Taco Bell, Nissan, Infiniti and Pedigree. She created The Pedigree Adoption Drive-- a global initiative activated in 27 countries.
	Patrick McCormack, Vice President of Mobile Sales and Strategy, The Weather Channel Companies Patrick McCormack leads the teams responsible for the company's mobile and tablet strategy and oversees the company's team of mobile sales managers. He most recently served as general manager of mobile in the Digital Media Group for the National Football League (NFL) where he led the mobile and tablet business. Prior to working for the NFL, Mr. McCormack spent over ten years at Accenture in management consulting and business development, where he most recently served as senior manager of their media and entertainment consulting practice.
	Rob Roy, VP & GM, eCommerce & Interactive Marketing, Time Warner Cable Rob Roy uses strategic planning to drive revenue and margin growth across multi-channel formats for Time Warner Cable. Prior, he was the Director and GM for mygofer.com of the Sears Holdings Corporation. Before that, he worked at Circuit City from 2004 to 2008, most recently as a Senior Category Manager of New Business and Firedog Services on circuitcity.com.
	Angela Steele, CEO, Ansible As the CEO of Ansible, Angela is charged with evolving Ansible's full service mobile agency capabilities in the areas of strategy, analytics, creative, technology and media. Her well rounded background includes broad global account management married with mobile specific leadership that enables her to build Ansible for the future of marketer needs as mobile becomes consumers' lead device. Angela joins Ansible from Publicis Groupe's SMG where she most recently served as the agency's Global Account Director on the P&G business.
	Matt Szymczyk, CEO, Zugara As co-founder and CEO of Zugara, Matthew drives the firm's strategic vision for a roster of globally recognized brands and is currently overseeing Zugara's launch of Augmented Reality based products for online shopping, gaming and video conferencing. Matthew's core industry passions include Interactive Video, Augmented Reality and Mobile Marketing.
	Jon Vlassopopulos, CEO, skyrockit Jon Vlassopulos is CEO of skyrockit, a leading mobile entertainment studio. He is recognized as a digital media and advertising visionary, having consistently created successful industry firsts throughout his career in the areas of mobile, Internet, television, music and gaming.
	Brian Wong, CEO, Kiip Brian Wong is the founder of kiip (pronounced "keep"), a mobile rewards network, backed by True Ventures. He was an early Bachelors of Commerce graduate from the University of British Columbia, graduating at the age of 18, after skipping four grades in elementary and high school. Kiip has raised over $4.4 million in funding to date and is redefining the advertising industry through a "moments"-based value model, versus the traditional attention based screen estate model.