Dirk AschmoneitDirector of Food & Retail Marketing
JENNY CRAIG, INC. ![]()
Dirk Aschmoneit is currently a Director of Marketing, Food & Retail at Jenny Craig - a division of Nestle Nutrition, where he has worked since 2004. He manages a $500 million group of food and non-food products. His duties include product development, assortment, merchandising for 500+ stores in the...
President
Communications Two Group ![]()
Louis Bilka is the President of Communications Two Group, a direct response consulting company. He is responsible for recommending and implementing mailing list, credit card inserts, newspaper inserts, space advertising, radio and television spot buying and informercials. Communications Two Group also...
Gregory BirgeFounder and Managing Director
F5 Digital Consulting ![]()
Specializing in consumer engagement, consumer marketing and digital/technology marketing projects, Mr. Gregory Birge has 14 years of expertise involvement in strategic planning, marketing and brand communications with industry leading companies like Apple, Packard Bell, Philips, NEC, Sony Music and...
President
Cherins & Co ![]()
Bob Cherins is currently the President of Cherins & Co LLC, a full service marketing, advertising and direct marketing strategic consulting agency. He has also taught a masters course in direct, digital, and database marketing at NYU. He is experienced in all media forms - digital, online & offline,...
President
MARC ![]()
Tracey Clanton is the President of MARC- Marketing Aimed 2 Reach Consumers. MARC is a consulting firm operating as a full service Agency providing Marketing, Advertising and Media for retail clients. Recently, Tracey held the position of Group Account Director at The TRUE Agency directing all ofthe...
Vice President- Strategic Business Development
GUITAR CENTER, INC. ![]()
Alan Cohen is the Vice President, Strategic Business Development at Guitar Center, a multi-channel music retailer specializing in musical instruments, digital music distribution, and social communities. He is responsible for identifying and managing a portfolio of music and media focused ventures.Previously,...
Thomas DePaoliPresident & Marketing Consultant
MERCURY SOLUTIONS ![]()
Tom DePaoli is the Principal of Mercury Advising, an online marketing and market research firm that provides service in search engine marketing, retail and B2B e-commerce, web analytics, and affiliate lead generation. Prior to Mercury Advising, Mr. DePaoli served as Director of Online Marketing atThe...
C.J. DeSantisFounder & Principal
MARKETING Synthesis, LLC ![]()
C.J. DeSantis is the Founder and Principal of Marketing Synthesis, LLC. He currently consults in the online advertising field, with a specialty in search engine marketing (SEO&PPC) and online education sector. He is also serving as an expert witness in a lead generation trial, and has offered a deposition...
David DiamondPresident
David Diamond Associates ![]()
David Diamond is the President of David Diamond Associates in New York, NY since 2002. David Diamond Associates is a strategic marketing consulting firm with clients in the packaged goods, retail and marketing services industries. Mr. Diamond previously worked in emerging media and promotion as President...
Chief Executive Officer
ForProfitEDU.com ![]()
Tom Ferrara is Chief Executive Officer of FF Ventures, an incubator and consultancy firm, where he has worked since May 2008. He is the Owner of the For profit and Career Education Industry Blog and the Creator of the LinkedIn networking group For Profit Education. Previously, Mr. Ferrara was the Founder...
Principal
JRFindlay Consulting ![]()
Russell Findlay is Principal of JRFindlay Consulting and was most recently (10/08) Director of Marketing at PepsiCo. There he was responsible for brand building, advertising, media, innovation, promotions, etc. Previously, he was a Vice President of Field Marketing at Pepsi Bottling Group, PepsiCo's...
Chief Executive Officer and Chief of Innovation
Adzone LLC ![]()
Robert Friedman is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Adzone, with over two decades of entrepreneurial enterprising and private client consulting. He is a NextGen specialist in the fields of outdoor advertising and digital media networking. As an inventor and pioneer in the fields of digital media, digital...
Martin GrossmanConsultant
Independent Consultant - Author ![]()
Martin Grossman is a member of the Career College Association and a consultant specializing in For-Profit Postsecondary Education. He was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Investor Relations for ITT Educational Services, a company providing technical education services, until September of...
President and CEO
National Supermarket Retail Cooperative ![]()
George Gue is the President and Chief Executive Officer at National Supermarket Cooperative Corporation based in New York City. Until January 2005, Mr. Gue was Division President for the Raleigh Division of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. At Winn-Dixie, he was responsible for the operations of 125 Stores in...
Laura HansenFormerPresident
DIRECT RESPONSE CORPORATION ![]()
Laura Hansen is currently a consultant to corporations in the area of contact center and CRM initiatives. From 2000-2004 Ms. Hansen was President/CEO of the Direct Response Corporation. Ms. Hansen has over 20 years of experience in the marketing of cable television and the call center industry tosupport...
Graydon HauserPresident
Personalized Printing and Mailing Inc. ![]()
Graydon Hauser is the President at Personalized Printing & Mailing, Inc., a company specializing in direct mail, envelope and commercial print production. He is an authority on production issues, equipment, industry trends, manufacturing methods, statistical analysis and market segmentation methods...
Ralf HirtVP International
Glam Media Inc. ![]()
Ralf Hirt is the Vice President- International at Glam Media, a Web 2.0 distributed media firm. He previously spent nine years at DoubleClick in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong as the Vice President- Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Senior Director- Publishers, Managing Director- AsiaPacific,...
Independent Consultant
Kaufmann & Associates ![]()
Robert Kaufmann has worked as an independent consultant at Kaufmann & Associates, consumer packaged goods consultant since 2004. His focus is in business and new product development, sales, and marketing. He has experience with private label sales, co-packing, dairy, specialty, snack, cracker, diet,...
Emilie KellyDirector
VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ![]()
Emilie Kelly is Marketing Director with Valassis Communications, Inc. Prior she acted as an independent media consultant to the consumer, communications, media, travel and hospitality industries. She's worked with Valassis Inc, DISH Network, Comcast, Direct TV, TIG Global, Vail Resorts, Sirius Satellite...
Mike KellyManaging Partner
Brand Value Advisors LLC![]()
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Mike Kelly is a Managing Partner at Brand Value Advisors in New York, a brand consultancy firm specializing in advising Private Equity, M&A, Hedge Funds and VC on marketing issues in due diligence, monetizing new revenue streams, research and marketing operational issues. His areas of focus include...