As the Official Interactive Event of Advertising Week 2006 the MIXX Conference and Expo is THE preeminent event for marketing and agency professionals and the publishers and technology firms who help drive their efforts.  By combining the industry’s most prominent and influential speakers, the most pressing and innovative topics, and highly productive networking opportunities, MIXX delivers an unparalleled conference experience and is the ONE event that must be on your schedule to attend.

Conference attendees will enjoy keynotes, panels, breakouts, proprietary IAB research presentations, forecasts, and an exhibit hall filled with an all-star line-up of vendors showcasing the latest advertising and marketing solutions. Additionally, small breakout sessions will enable personal and structured networking for participating publishers.

Held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York, the two-day event culminates with a spectacular multi-media creative awards show, MIXX Awards.

MIXX Awards, dedicated to celebrating and rewarding excellence in interactive advertising campaigns, is the only awards show that judges all facets of a marketing campaign — including creative development and execution, ROI, media placement and integration. The coveted MIXX Awards are judged by an independent panel of highly acclaimed brand marketers who have direct control and influence over some of the largest advertising budgets in the industry.
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MIXX Advisory Board
An all-star MIXX of marketers, agencies and publishers program this blockbuster conference.

Lee Barstow – Director, Novartis
Karen Benezra – Editor, Brandweek
Mary Bermel – Director, Interactive, HP
Michael Burgi – Editor, Mediaweek
John Carter – Business Intelligence Manager, Philips
David Cohen – SVP, Interactive Media Director, Universal McCann
Alan Feldenkris – CEO, Brand New World
Matt Freeman – CEO, Tribal DDB
Adam Gerber – VP Advertising Products & Strategy, Brightcove
Joe Gillespie – Chief Marketing Officer, CNET Networks
Jack Haber – VP, e-Business, Colgate Palmolive
Taddy Hall – Chief Strategy Officer, Advertising Research Foundation
Louis Jones – EVP, Managing Director, Media Contacts
Stephen Kim – Research, MSN
Tim Kopp – VP, Global Interactive Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company
Bob Liodice – President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of National Advertisers, Inc.
David Madden – EVP, Sales and Marketing, WildTangent
Mari Kim Novak – Industry Relations Director, MSN
Alan Schulman – Chief Creative Officer, Brand New World
Mark Stephens – Senior Manager, Motorola
Catharine P. Taylor – Editor, Adweek
David Verklin – CEO, Carat Americas, Chairman, Carat Asia Pacific
James Warner – President, Avenue A/NYC
Dawn Winchester – EVP, Chief Client Services Officer, R/GA

R Lee Barstow currently is the Director of Interactive Media Marketing and Business Development for A&E Television Networks, where he leads the development and optimization of driving revenue and profits across new technologies and platforms for the networks of A&E, History and Biography Channels.

Mr. Barstow is a twelve year veteran of Interactive Strategy across several industries, most recently in the Pharmaceutical Industry with Novartis leading the New Channel Development efforts related to e-Marketing and Relationship Marketing for the Cardiovascular Franchise. Prior to joining Novartis, Mr. Barstow was at Bayer Healthcare where he was a member of the Global and then US Brand teams for the launch of Levitra, focused on Consumer and Health Care Professional Marketing initiatives in the Online and Direct Response area's. He was also involved in the integration and optimization of the first National Football League (NFL) sponsorship within the Pharmaceutical Industry for Levitra.

Before moving to the healthcare industry, Mr. Barstow founded the development of the digital strategy in 1994 for the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) then proceeded to lead New Media Marketing, Sales, Business Development and e-Commerce ventures for a number of sports, media and entertainment properties including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), select America Online Greenhouse Properties, and USA Television Networks.

Mr Barstow earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communications from Babson College and currently resides in Stratford, CT with his wife and two daughters.

Karen Benezra is the editor of Brandweek magazine, a unit of VNU Inc., where she oversees coverage of the marketing industry in both print and online formats. She was named to the post in 2001 after spending a year as executive editor overseeing news operations. Previously, she was national news editor at sister publication, Adweek. With over 16 years in business journalism, Benezra has reported on a range of industries, including beverages, packaged goods, restaurants, licensing, toys and entertainment. Before joining Brandweek in 1994, she was a business writer and marketing columnist at Gannett Suburban Newspapers (White Plains, NY). She frequently comments on advertising, brand identity, marketing and media topics for a host of news outlets. Benezra earned a BA in political science and journalism from Brooklyn College and holds a master's degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Mary Bermel is Director, Global Interactive at Hewlett Packard. She joined HP in 2000 via the Compaq merger and is responsible for the interactive programs associated with HP's brand campaigns highlighting partnerships with customers, digital photography and enterprise services. The group manages relationships with leading internet players such as Yahoo, the Walt Disney Internet Group, MSN, eBay and AOL. Mary also oversees the development of leadership practices in interactive marketing for HP including rich media, metrics, behavioral targeting, and search and she represents interactive on HP's worldwide advertising council.

She has spoken at a number of industry events on the topics of consumer control, metrics, search and online creative.

Prior to HP, Mary was Director of Interactive Marketing for Digital where she launched Digital's first foray into online advertising. She started her career at IBM in sales and marketing working on the gamut of technology offerings from PCs to mainframes.

A 12-year veteran of Mediaweek, Michael Bürgi joined the VNU-owned weekly in 1993 as a reporter covering the cable industry. Advancing steadily through the ranks, Bürgi moved up to senior editor in 1995, took on a larger role as news editor in 1997, was promoted to managing editor in 1999, and in 2002 became executive editor. In September 2003, he took on oversight of all day-to-day editorial operations, and was promoted to editor in March 2004.

Bürgi started his career in 1987 after graduating from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He joined TV business monthly magazine Channels in fall 1987 as an associate editor, where he reported and edited on several different beats, including technology, sales and marketing, as well as the cable industry. In 1991, he took a reporter position at Multichannel News, covering the advertising side of the cable business, but three months later was hired away by Inside Media. There he spent the next year covering the programming and ad-sales sides of the cable network business, until he joined Mediaweek.

Bürgi lives with his wife and two daughters in Aberdeen, N.J.

As an Internet-industry veteran, grounded in traditional marketing and media, David began his career at NY1 News. He then went on to work at a traditional media planning and buying boutique, where he began his own interactive division in 1996. In 1998, David joined Thunder House as their second media employee and head of the media department. With industry consolidation in the late 90's, Thunder House was rolled into Zentropy Partners, where David rose to become the North America Media Director.

Now at Universal McCann, David plays a pivotal role in integrating digital media into clients overall communications plans. David oversees all digital media strategy, planning, buying, and analysis operations for the New York office. Current client responsibilities include: Johnson & Johnson, Intel, Sony Electronics, Wendy’s International, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Kohl’s, Avaya, and Bacardi. David is on the IAB Agency Advisory Board and writes a bi-weekly column for ClickZ (www.clickz.com), a division of Jupitermedia Corporation.

Alan Feldenkris is the CEO of Brand New World – the company devoted branding and creative solutions for advanced media. A 20-year veteran of both traditional and interactive advertising, Alan Feldenkris has served as an executive in both agency and client side roles.

Most recently, Alan served as Vice President of Interactive Marketing for AOL where he was responsible for managing key strategic partnerships with such major brands as Philips, Gateway and BarnesandNoble.com. Alan also managed marketplace development and partnerships for AOL’s Shopping channel, one of the busiest online commerce destinations. As a seasoned leader in e-retailing and e-commerce, Alan has been actively involved, and has appeared at as a speaker at the national e-Retailing conferences.

Alan has also worked for leading national advertising agencies in account leadership roles, consistently winning highest praise from clients for his trustworthiness, dedication and understanding of their business needs.

Matt runs Tribal DDB Worldwide’s global network. Under Matt’s leadership, Tribal DDB Worldwide has become one of the largest and most award-winning interactive agencies in the world. Tribal DDB consistently ranks as one of the Top-10 companies in the interactive industry as measured by revenue, media clout and creativity.

Matt was a founding partner and Chief Creative Officer of DDB Digital in the US, one of the six companies that combined to form Tribal DDB Worldwide and has helped drive the organization’s profitable growth and expanded relations with clients including PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson and McDonald’s.

Matt’s work has won every major industry award including Cannes Lions, Art Directors Club, New York Festivals, ANDYs, Effies, and “Best of Show” at the One Show Interactive. He has served as a judge for the Cannes International Advertising Festival and has served as interactive chairman of the Clio Awards, the One Show and the International Andy Awards.

Matt has also been recognized by publications including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, CNBC, CBS MarketWatch, Forrester Research, AdAge, Adweek and Creativity. Matt is the founder and chairman of the IAB’s Agency Board, is an active member of the AAAA’s Interactive Committee and was recently inducted into the AAF Hall of Achievement. Prior to his life in advertising, Matt worked for MTV, wrote for several magazines and was a prep school English teacher. He has a B.A. in English and art history from Dartmouth College and attended the School of Visual Arts. Matt lives in New Jersey with his wife Robin and sons Sawyer, Colby and Wes.

Adam is responsible for developing and implementing advertising products, strategies, and initiatives at Brightcove by working collaboratively with publishers, affiliates, and marketers to identify next-generation consumer touch-point opportunities. He also represents Brightcove in industry consortiums and standards committees. Adam is widely recognized as a leader in interactive media and new media advertising with over 15 years of agency media planning and buying experience - almost half focused on emerging platforms.

Adam brings extensive agency/marketer expertise to Brightcove's executive team. He joins Brightcove from Mediavest Worldwide, where he led emerging media and advanced TV initiatives on behalf of some of the largest global consumer packaged goods marketers including Proctor & Gamble. Prior to joining Mediavest, Adam held positions at DMB&B, J. Walter Thompson, AOL, Ammirati Puris Lintas, and Mediaegde:cia working with Fortune 100 companies including UPS, Unilever, Burger King, and AT&T.

Adam has been recognized by Mediaweek as a Media All-Star, and he serves on a number of industry advisory groups and standards committees. His extensive industry leadership through various organizations and events positions him as an ideal evangelist for the transition to the distributed video model Brightcove is developing. A 1990 graduate of Boston University with degrees in both Journalism and International Relations, Adam lives in Manhattan with his wife Sarah and son Maxwell.

Joseph Gillespie brings to his position as chief marketing officer at CNET Networks more than 20 years of sales, marketing, and operations experience, spanning online, television, events, and print media. In this capacity, Joe is responsible for the company's sales and marketing departments, developing go-to-market brand management and sales strategies in support of the company's long-term growth objectives.

Joe joined CNET Networks in mid-2004 with an existing passion for the company's CNET.com Web site, which had been his home page for more than eight years. Since joining CNET Networks, Joe has helped it achieve its objective to expand into new audience and customer segments, including its success in attracting credit card, hotel, and consumer electronics advertisers. He also spearheaded CNET Networks' "different kind of media company" corporate-positioning initiative, introduced in early 2005.

Prior to joining CNET Networks, Joe served as executive vice president, chief operating officer, and acting chief executive officer of Vulcan Ventures' TechTV. Before working at TechTV, he was an executive vice president of corporate sales and marketing for Ziff-Davis, Inc., when it was a Softbank company. Joe spent his early career in sports media with companies including CBS Sports, National Broadcasting Company, and Sports Information Database, Inc. He earned his BA in Journalism/Communications from Rutgers College and is a current member of its advisory board. Joe is also a member of the CMO Council.

Jack Haber is Vice President, e-Business for Colgate, responsible for leading all Colgate internet activities globally, including online marketing, all company web sites, global corporate portal, e-commerce and e-business applications, etc.

Mr. Haber had been Vice President, General Manager of U.S. Oral Care where he led the U.S. launch of Colgate Total toothpaste and led Colgate’s business to market leadership for the first time in over 35 years.
Mr. Haber joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1981 in the Corporate New Ventures and Acquisitions Group where he was responsible for the development of new business opportunities for the Company. He then progressed through increasingly responsible Marketing positions in the US and in Europe and in Global Marketing, where he led the development and worldwide launch of Colgate Total toothpaste.
Mr. Haber was chosen as Brandweek Marketer of the Year in 1998, and was also selected as one of Advertising Age’s top 100.

Ridgway “Taddy” H. Hall is the Chief Strategy Officer for the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF). He is a recognized authority in the fields of Innovation and Strategy and has held senior management positions in US and Latin American companies in both private equity investment firms and operational companies.

Prior to joining the ARF, Taddy collaborated with Harvard Business School Professor and innovation authority, Clayton M. Christensen, on the publication of The Innovator’s Solution, (sequel to The Innovator’s Dilemma) as well as on the growth of a related consulting practice.

Taddy’s additional experience includes managing the successful growth of database marketer, WebMiner; directing international operations for Latin America’s largest independent search engine, Guby Network; launching the highly successful Internet Business Services Division for the nation’s largest specialty autoparts distributor, Keystone Automotive; and from 1994 to 1997 Taddy lived in Santiago, Chile where he worked as CEO of Au Bon Pain, Chile.

In addition to his operating experience, Taddy has 5-years of private equity investing experience with Advent International, working in the Boston headquarters (1989-1992) and Buenos Aires (1997-1999).

Taddy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University. At Harvard Taddy worked in an independent researcher position with Competitive Strategy authority, Professor Michael. E. Porter, to develop and implement strategies for competitive inner city economies.

Louis Jones is responsible for the development and leadership of Media Contacts US, one of the most sophisticated and fastest-growing digital marketing organizations in the world. Media Contacts US has offices in San Francisco, New York and Boston, serving numerous clients across many industries including Fidelity Investments, Vonage, Royal Caribbean, Goodyear, Barclays Global Investors, and ING Direct.

Louis was most recently SVP and Group Director on the Volkswagen account for MPG and has been a part of the MPG family since May 2001, when he was hired to run its San Francisco office. In September 2002, he moved to Washington DC to run that office while continuing to manage the San Francisco office.

Prior to joining MPG in 2001, Louis was Executive Director of Organic Online in San Francisco, where he led all marketing activities for Organic’s West Coast clients and helped draw clients like The Gap, Inc., Washington Mutual and Sprint PCS to the company. He also served as Managing Director at Young & Rubicam in San Francisco, dedicated to the Clorox media unit.
He spent his first ten years in advertising at J. Walter Thompson in New York, rising to Deputy Media Director, and worked with clients such as Warner-Lambert (now Pfizer), Nestle, Kellogg’s, The Wall Street Journal, Weight Watchers, Boston Market, Reynolds Metals, Prodigy, and The American Red Cross.

Jones is a member of the AAAA Advanced Television Committee and serves on the Advisory Boards of Google and Advertising.com.

Stephen Kim is Director of Media Research for MSN and is responsible for leading the company’s efforts to expand understanding of the effects of online advertising. Most recently, MSN led a consortium of marketers and researchers in developing the groundbreaking Advertising Accountability Study, which demonstrated Online advertising’s efficacy and cost efficiency in driving offline sales in the consumer packaged goods category. Stephen is presently Chair of the Internet Committee at the Media Ratings Council and Co-Chair of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Research Council.

Prior to joining MSN, Stephen was Chief Research Officer at Media Metrix, a provider of online audience panel measurement. During his six years with Media Metrix, Stephen was responsible for working with a wide range of clients in the publisher and advertising agency community to help those companies understand how to use online research to increase the effectiveness of their internet activities. More recently at Media Metrix, Stephen was also responsible for overall product development and strategy, focusing on the role of audience measurement in the rapidly changing online media marketplace. Before joining the online world, Stephen was an attorney with the law firm of Morrison & Foerster specializing in the regulation of new technologies and the use of statistics in complex litigation.

Stephen holds an M.A. in Communications Research from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. At the Annenberg School, Stephen’s graduate work focused on media effects research, particularly within the political and health education sectors. Stephen also holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. At the Law School, Stephen was an Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, where he published an article examining the communications and regulatory issues surrounding television violence.

Tim Kopp has broad-based experience in Finance, Technology and Marketing. He is currently Vice President of Worldwide Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola Company. Specifically, the scope of work includes gaming, mobile, web, CRM and managing key partnerships. Prior to this, Tim worked at Proctor & Gamble for nearly eight years, and was one of the founding members of the Interactive Marketing Community and most recently led the Interactive Marketing Program for the entire Global Beauty Care business.

Tim has worked with top global leaders in Marketing, Media, Market Research and Technology to drive organizational change. He has a passion for working with partners to drive Innovation, Marketing Accountability and Measurement.

Bob Liodice, who currently serves as president and chief executive officer of the Association of National Advertisers, Inc. (ANA), first joined the organization in 1995. He was previously executive vice president, responsible for member relations and business development with a primary focus on strengthening relationships with ANA member companies and broadening the membership base. Prior to the ANA, Bob was vice president of global marketing and sales for Grupo Televisa, a major worldwide broadcaster. Previous experience includes more than 15 years in marketing and financial management at Kraft General Foods, including having served as category marketing manager for the Jell-O and Bakers brands. He is also a member of the board of directors of The Advertising Council, Advertising Research Foundation, National Advertising Review Council, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, and the Advertising Educational Foundation.

Bob holds bachelor degrees in accounting and management and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.

David Madden has been with WildTangent since March 2000 and is responsible for the sales and marketing of WildTangent’s products and services and for its business development efforts. A media industry veteran, Mr. Madden has over a dozen years of experience in the print, cable, broadcast and interactive media industries. Prior to WildTangent, he was the Executive Vice President of Sales for News Digital Media, the Internet Division of News Corporation. At News Digital Media, Madden ran sales and marketing for the digital properties of Fox Sports, Fox News and Fox Entertainment and was tasked with cross-media integration around such properties as the World Series and Super Bowl. Previous to News Digital Media, Mr. Madden was the Associate Publisher of Runner’s World magazine. At Runner’s World, he oversaw sales and marketing of for the U.S. and overseas editions. Under his guidance, Runner’s World was a top 10 consumer title for advertising sales growth. Mr. Madden is the Chair of the IAB Interactive Games Committee and sits on the IAB Board of Directors. Mr. Madden received his B.A. degree from Princeton.

Mari Kim Novak has recently joined MSN as Industry Relations Director. She currently manages MSN's day to day relationship with Major advertising marketing, direct marketing and media industry associations as well as develops strategies for driving MSN's presence through the media industry. She was most recently Senior Vice President of Strategic Client Development with Millward Brown, Inc. where she concentrated on a family of special business development assignments across business units with emphasis on Millward Brown client opportunities related to cross media marketing, industry studies, interactive advertising, and traditional advertising agencies relations.

Previous roles include 5 years with Media Metrix and several years with Grey Advertising. Mari Kim relocated her family to London to be the Managing Director of Media Metrix UK and help open the European Operations for Media Metrix, Inc, Prior to moving to London, Mari Kim was Vice President of Account Development in New York. At Grey she was Director of New Media Research and Strategy, where she led all new media research and strategic projects for Grey Interactive client base, most notably Procter & Gamble, Dell Computers, and Sprint Business.

Due to these numerous positions Mari Kim has had a great opportunity through out her career to work with and learn from many of the best in areas of advertising, media and marketing.

She currently resides in Gillette, NJ with her family.

Alan Schulman is Chief Creative Officer of Brand New World – the emerging media solutions group. An industry leader in the development of Advertising for new and emerging media platforms, Alan most recently served as Senior Vice President/Creative Director of Universal McCann Futures – the emerging advertising group of Universal McCann North America. There he was responsible for the extension of traditional advertising into broadband, Video on Demand and Wireless media for such global brands as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, SONY, L’OREAL, Johnson & Johnson and many others.

In his role as an industry leader in ‘Advanced Media”, Alan serves on the AAAA Advanced Television Committee, the National Television Academy’s New Media Committee as well as Interpublic’s Convergence and Branded Entertainment Advisory Committee. He has been refered to as the “Creative Director of the Future” by Advertising Age, and was recently named one of the “100 most influential in media” by MEDIA Magazine.

Having served as both a Traditional Brand Marketing and Interactive Creative Executive, Alan has successfully launched advertising campaigns for broadcast, cable, satellite and internet network brands throughout the world including Disney/ABC, SKY, Bell Globe Media of Canada, Discovery Networks, AOL Time Warner, VIACOM Telefonica and COX Cable.

Prior to joining Universal McCann, Alan spent 2 years as global executive director of the Media & Entertainment practice for FutureBrand Worldwide – the global brand consultancy of the McCann-Erickson Worldgroup. Prior to joining FutureBrand Worldwide, Alan spent five years as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Pittard Sullivan New York – the former Hollywood-based media & entertainment branding specialists. Prior to his experience in emerging media, Alan served as worldwide creative director for Foote Cone & Belding advertising unit on the Citicorp Diners Club Card, Cadbury Schweppes and Coors Brewing.

Alan has been a noted speaker on emerging media for numerous Media and Entertainment-related organizations including the CES, NAB, NATAS, CTAM, Kagan World Media, Promax/BDA, the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS), the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), MIP-COM, NATPE and the Country Music Association.

He has won many awards across the branding, advertising, and digital spectrum including Clio, AICP, AIGA Brand Design 2000, ADDY, TELE, and ProMax/BDA. Most recently, he was an EMMY nominee for outstanding technical achievement in the enhancement of a television program for his role as Creative Director on ABC eTV’s THE VIEW 'His & Her Body Test.'

In addition, Alan is an avid jazz guitarist who has appeared with such noted jazz artists as Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Anita Baker and Michael Feinstein.

Mark Stephens is the Senior Manager: Marketing Effectiveness Lead For Motorola Mobile Devices, Global Marketing & Communication, Strategy & Operations team. To this end, he is the architect of several key initiatives meant to drive the development and accountability infrastructure & culture within the Motorola marketing organization: menu of metrics, pay-for-performance, marketing mix and cross media optimization.

While currently focused on marketing communications, Mark’s background is in Market Research and new product development strategy. Prior to life at Motorola, he worked as a consultant for several Fortune 500 clients such as Siemens (Siemens Canada, ICN, Medical Systems, Nuclear Medicine), Honeywell, John Deere, Caterpillar, Nalco, Boise Cascade, and Exxon Mobile.

Catharine P. Taylor is co-editor of AdFreak, the blog about the intersection of media, advertising and pop culture that Adweek launched in November of last year. In addition to blogging, she also is a frequent contributor to Adweek and Mediaweek, writing about online marketing and media, which she has been covering for more than a decade. Before being named a Contributing Editor at Adweek, she served as Interactive Editor at different times for both Adweek and Advertising Age, and was the VP of Communications Strategy for Organic at the height of the Internet boom in 2000.

David Verklin joined Carat in 1998 as CEO of Carat Americas and in late 2005 was appointed as Chairman of Carat Asia Pacific. In his role, David oversees the operations of Carat in the US, Latin America, Canada and Asia Pacific. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Aegis Group plc (Carat’s holding company).

Under David’s leadership, Carat Americas has grown into the world’s leading media & communications company that brings brands and consumers together. Carat’s diverse product offering is structured around three core strategic business units; Planning & Buying, Diversified Marketing Services, and Marketing Analytics & Consulting. Carat’s diverse product offering is unlike any other in the marketplace with offerings such as full service digital, word-of-mouth, Sports Marketing, Event Sponsorship and Experiential marketing.

Carat Americas has become the fastest growing company within the industry with media billings approaching $6.5 billion annually. Carat Americas has over 300 clients including Pfizer, P&G, Revlon, Motorola, adidas, Philips, Hyundai, Kia, Honeywell, Fed Ex, Ameriprise just to name a few, and within three years of opening was awarded the US Media Agency of the Year by AdAge.

David is a recognized leader in the media services industry and currently sits on the Board of the American Advertising Federation, the Ad Council, the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Virginia Commonwealth University's AdCenter, as well as the New York Multiple Sclerosis Society. Writing about David, Ad Age asks the question, “…is there a single other human being who has been as much of a leader, visionary, a force for change and a voice of optimism in the media and marketing industries over the last 15 year?”

David began his career at Young & Rubicam, New York. He helped create Hal Riney & Partners in San Francisco, first serving as its Media Director and later managing the entire agency as its Managing Director. Under his leadership Hal Riney grew into one of the largest privately held advertising agencies in the United States. David is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He lives with his wife and their three children in Connecticut.

Jim Warner is the Executive Vice President of Avenue A | Razorfish, the largest interactive agency in the United States, a division of aQuantive, Inc. the digital marketing services and technology company. Prior to the acquisition of SBI.Razorfish, Jim was President of Avenue A/NYC, which he led since 2000.

Avenue A | Razorfish’s clients include AstraZeneca, Verizon Communications, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, JP Morgan Chase, Ralph Lauren/Polo, Victoria’s Secret, Smith Barney, Capital One and Forest Laboratories.

Jim brings extensive experience in the media and entertainment industries to Avenue A. He has led large organizations and also served as a strategic advisor. During eight years at CBS, Jim served as President of the CBS Television Network and President of the CBS Enterprises Division. He was also President of the Primedia Magazine Group, where he was responsible for over 200 consumer, business and special interest publications. Prior to working at CBS, Jim was Vice President at HBO and held positions in the programming, business development and international areas. Prior to joining Avenue A/NYC, Jim ran a digital consulting firm, Third Floor Enterprises, which provided services for traditional media and new media companies. Jim is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Business School.

Dawn joined R/GA’s senior management team in 1999. She founded and continues to lead the account management discipline at R/GA. An experienced marketer, Dawn specializes in developing integrated cross-media programs that deliver brand and business results.

Previously, Dawn held the position of VP, Management Supervisor at APL Digital, the interactive marketing unit of global advertising network Ammirati Puris Lintas, where she oversaw a wide variety of online advertising and promotional programs. Before APL Digital, Dawn was the founder and director of BK&S Interactive, the interactive marketing division of New York advertising agency BK&S, where she developed interactive strategies and oversaw the creation of Web sites, CDs and kiosks. Dawn holds a B.A. in literature from New York University.

R/GA, a leading interactive advertising agency, is known for results-driven marketing programs delivered through creative excellence and innovative technology solutions. The company is at the forefront of creating interactive experiences, from digital signage, point-of-sale, IM and mobile applications to online advertising and marketing programs. R/GA clients include Bank of America, Lowe’s, Purina, Subaru, Target and Verizon. R/GA has headquarters in New York City and is an Interpublic Company.