Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome David Leider, CEO, Gas Station TV, Birmingham, Michigan. You have a background that was largely in advertising and, I believe, Yahoo! Where did you get the idea for GSTV? In the late 90’s, a few companies and major oil tried to execute a content and ad delivery system at the pump. [...]
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
I’m reading pp 55 to 57 of DOOH INSIGHTS: 2008 to 2012 and looking at a wonderful advert opposite that, ‘Meet your new salesperson‘ for America’s #1 Video Network At The Pump. Online readers will have to wait though, until the end of this month to see the last CEO Spotlight of the year, with [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Ahmad Ouri, CEO and President, IZON Media†, nee Premier Retail Networks (PRN), San Francisco Why did you re-brand PRN to IZON Media? The re-brand reflects the company’s new culture of innovation and the dedication to leverage our vast footprint along with the latest in online, social, and mobile technologies to engage [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Tim Bleakley, CEO, Ocean Outdoor, London, U.K.. You promote Ocean Outdoor as a ’boutique’ media company. In light of your growth and expansion in several cities beyond London, do you feel that this designation still applies? Please explain. Yes, I think it does still apply. CBS Outdoor handles 100,000+ panels, JCDecaux [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Gerry Thorley, CEO, EYE Corp Pty Limited, Pyrmont, Australia Your company seems incredibly advanced, with all your measurement systems, your new Amplify and associated publications. I know that you are owned by The Ten Network. What roles have the parent company and television network played in the development, influence and growth [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Chris Lanman, Senior Vice-President, DigiCast Networks, San Francisco. What is your personal background? How did you get into digital out-of-home and, especially, Digicast? After graduating from university, I moved out west to pursue a career in the high tech industry and spent the first nine years of my career working for [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Lazar Demişulam who is the CEO of Digiboard, based in Istanbul, Turkey. You came from many successful years building the toy business for Lego and Hasbro and then moved to digital signage in 2002 with the idea that it will be one of the most important communications tools of our lives. [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Rishi Shah who is the CEO of ContextMedia, Chicago. The health network sector seems to be among the fastest growing digital out-of-home networks. What factors to you see accounting for that? The health sector is indeed growing very fast and at ContextMedia we’ve seen over 100% year-over-year growth for more than [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Felipe Forjaz who is the founder and CEO of Elemidia Group, based in São Paulo, Brazil. You have 7,000 screens in eight different sectors. Where do you see the greatest growth potential? In Brazil, as cities are growing and getting more vertical, corporate buildings are still an interesting opportunity for growth, [...]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Chris Polos. While not technically a CEO, as vice-president of media at global payments giant VeriFone Systems Inc., Polos is the driving force behind one of the largest digital out-of-home networks worldwide. Why did you join the DPAA? The ad supported digital signage industry is still young and growing. We joined [...]
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