Archive for the 'CEO SPOTLIGHT' Category

CEO Spotlight: Waltely Longo, TV Mulher & Mãe, São Paulo

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month we welcome Waltely Longo, CEO, TV Mulher & Mãe, and Director of Subway Link Group, São Paulo, Brazil I believe your company started as a production firm. How did you get into the DOOH field? In fact my original initiative was TV Mulher & Mãe (Woman & Mom TV), an exclusive TV channel […]

Sticky: CEO Spotlight – Lorne Abony, Mood Media Corporation, Toronto

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Lorne Abony, chairman and CEO, Mood Media Corporation, Toronto How did you personally get into this field? Tell us a bit of your own background and what propelled you in this direction. I founded a number of start-ups in growth industries over the years, including online pet supply business Petopia.com in […]

CEO Spotlight: David Paolo, GoGo Cast, Cranston, Rhode Island

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome David Paolo, CEO, GoGo Cast Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island. Your company has an interesting name. Why was it chosen? Do you find it a strong brand name and why? Our company name is very interesting and always generates an inquiry from people to learn more. Our name is derived from the […]

CEO Spotlight: Mike Brown, Panel Media Group, New York

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Mike Brown, CEO, Panel Media Group, New York City. Give us a little on the history of Panel Media Group, including who founded it and when, how it evolved from its initial plan, and who owns it now. Panel Media was founded in 2005 by a group […]

CEO Spotlight: Andrew Wood, Al Barq Digital, Dubai

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Andrew Wood, CEO, Al Barq Digital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al Barq Digital is the first media brand launched by Abu Dhabi Media Digital Out of Home (AD Media DOOH), an umbrella company operating in the UAE and wider Middle East region. How did someone with such […]

Sticky: CEO Spotlight: Niko Drakoulis, Akoo International, Elmwood Park, Illinois

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Niko Drakoulis, Founding Chairman and CEO, Akoo International, Elmwood Park, Illinois First of all, you have the word International in your corporate name. Have you expanded beyond the U.S.? Do you plan to? When and where? We have aggressive international expansion plans in 2011-2012. This year, Akoo […]

CEO Spotlight: David Courtney, JiWire, San Francisco

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome David Courtney, CEO, JiWire, San Francisco How did you get into this field? Tell us about your background. Is there anything or anyone that particularly inspired you? I’ve had varied experiences throughout my career, always trying to stretch my horizons and gain new perspectives. I began my […]

CEO Spotlight: Jean-Charles Figoni, iDklic, Brussels

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Jean-Charles Figoni, CEO, iDklic, Brussels, Belgium. I notice that you have a lot of pharmaceutical clients, but also Mercedes-Benz. How did the company get started and how did you personally get involved with the digital out-of-home sector? Back in 2005, someone sent me an article about the […]

CEO Spotlight, Mutsuo Hoshino, PAS Communications, Tokyo

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Chris Phelan

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Mutsuo Hoshino, one of Japan’s innovators in the Digital Out Of Home industry. Pas Communications is one of Japan’s oldest and most established OOH Big Screen media owners. Founded in 1991, the companies shareholders include Panasonic, Dentsu (Japan’s largest advertising agency), and Canon Marketing. We spoke with […]

CEO Spotlight: Robert Davis, Everwell TV, Atlanta

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Robert Davis, President/CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Everwell TV/MediVista Media, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. You have 20 years of major experience in the health and TV production sector, having worked for or produced for such companies as Newsweek Productions, Time-Life Medical and CNN Medical News. You also write medical […]