MEDIA | CONSUMER

  • HEAD OF DATA SCIENCE

    AMIT BHATTACHARYYA

    Vox Media is a leading digital media company based in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Amit Bhattacharyya brings his experience as the lead of Data Science practice at Teachers Pay Teachers to his role as Head of Data Science for Vox Media. Prior, Amit spent nearly 10 years as a Quant in the financial services industry and earned his PhD in Physics from Indiana University.

  • CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT OFFICER

    KEN JUDY

    The Daily Beast is the online news source that delivers reports and opinions on politics, pop-culture, and world news. As Chief Technology Officer, Ken Judy is responsible for the roadmap and execution in design, product, and engineering for the consumer facing properties of The Daily Beast.

  • VP OF PRODUCT

    LAURA DANSBURY

    Patch is a network of hyperlocal websites covering community news in 1,200+ towns across America. As VP of Product, Laura Dansbury sets the strategic vision and direction for Patch’s product offerings with a focus on modernization efforts and new product development.

MEDIA | ENTERPRISE

  • SVP OF MARKETING, CREATOR PROJECT

    Daniel Ghosh-Roy

    CafeMedia is the exclusive network for the world's best independent publishers, providing the technology and services to help grow their businesses and maximize success. They manage digital advertising sales and technology, empowering creators to make a living doing what they love – producing great content. As SVP, Creator Project Dan oversees the further development of new initiatives and key capabilities required to support creators including web3, content, and brand strategy. Prior to joining Dan has served as a Senior Executive in the Media & Entertainment industry with a focus on Marketing, Media, Partnerships, Analytics, Strategy, Development & Operations.

  • SVP OF OPERATIONS, CREATOR PROJECT

    Samyr Laine

    CafeMedia is the exclusive network for the world's best independent publishers, providing the technology and services to help grow their businesses and maximize success. As SVP, Operations for the Creator Project Samyr is responsible for the development and execution of web3 strategies to help the highest quality creators connect with their most passionate fans. Prior to joining CafeMedia Samyr was Senior Vice President, Operations & Strategy at Westbrook.

  • CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    DAVID ROWLEY

    CafeMedia is the exclusive network for the world's best independent publishers, providing the technology and services to help grow their businesses and maximize success. As Chief Technology Officer, David Rowley oversees the growth and expansion of the company’s technology products and teams. Prior, David was the CTO for Ask Media Group.

  • EVP OF DATA & ANALYTICS

    JOLINE MCGOLDRICK

    CafeMedia is the exclusive network for the world's best independent publishers, providing the technology and services to help grow their businesses and maximize success. As Executive Vice President of Analytics, Joline McGoldrick oversees the growth and expansion of CafeMedia’s analytics practice. Prior to joining CafeMedia, Joline held the position of SVP, Data Insights & Research at VidMob and was VP of Research at Kantar Millward Brown Digital where she lead Kantar Millward Brown’s Digital Center of Excellence, an internal think tank that studies digital trends and best practices. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Adweek, AdAge, the Economist, and the New York Times and she has spoken and moderated at conferences, such as ARF, MRIA, OMMA, SWSW, MRMW, and AdTech.

  • CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    STEPHANIE DOLGINS

    CafeMedia is the exclusive network for the world's best independent publishers, providing the technology and services to help grow their businesses and maximize success. As the first-ever Chief Marketing Officer for the company, Stephanie Dolgins leads all marketing for CafeMedia and AdThrive in support of the company’s mission to build a creator-first future for the open web.

  • HEAD OF DESIGN

    BRYAN MEDWAY

    Frame.io, the platform that leading media companies use to streamline their video review and collaboration process with teammates, clients, and a variety of stakeholders. As Head of Design, Bryan Medway helps lead design strategy and execution while growing their design team. Bryan most recently was leading Experience Design for Adobe’s Creative Cloud platform in San Francisco. *Frame.io was acquired by Adobe for $1.28B in 2021.*



  • VP OF PRODUCT

    SOCKYUNG 'SOX' HONG

    Frame.io, the platform powering the future of creative collaboration, hired Sockyung 'Sox' Hong as their first VP of Product. He will help lead product strategy and execution while growing their product team. Sox brings a strong design pedigree to product management which can be seen during his nine-year tenure as SVP of Product for Vimeo. Sox led over 40+ employees across Product Management, QA, design, Messaging, and Community Teams. *Frame.io was acquired by Adobe for $1.28B in 2021.*