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Jim Harris, Wall Street Journal Office Network

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Next up in our CEO Spotlight is Jim Harris, CEO of the Wall Street Journal Office Network – whom we will feature as usual, the last Friday of every month.
Also lined up for the first part of the year is Raul Nunez from ViuOne in El Salvador SA!
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CEO Spotlight – Gaurang Shah, Digital Signage Networks India. Mumbai

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Gaurang Shah, President & CEO, Digital Signage Networks India, Mumbai

You started your company with your twin brother at the young age of 24 in 2006. Where did you get the knowledge and experience to make such a leap of faith into the digital signage world?
After graduating from [...]

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CEO Spotlight – Lon Troxel, PlayNetwork, Redmond, Washington State

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Lon Troxel, Executive Chairman and CEO, PlayNetwork, Redmond, Washington State.

I believe PlayNetwork now has 65,000 locations in 60 countries. Prior to acquiring Channel M in Oct./09, how many locations did you have worldwide and in how many countries? What did each company offer in services in this [...]

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CEO Spotlight – Alan Phillips, Thinking Screen Media, Wellesley, MA

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Alan Phillips, Founder and President, Thinking Screen Media (formerly known as FrameMedia) in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

You started FrameMedia in Jan./07 to offer FrameChannel for in-home use, and quickly commercialized with SignChannel. Was the in-home product a ‘test run’ for the commercial product? What was your plan when you [...]

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CEO Spotlight – Rob Gorrie, Adcentricity, New York

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Rob Gorrie, Founding President, Adcentricity in New York.

You worked mainly in the online advertising and Web development business prior to Adcentricity. What drew you to the DOOH sector and what did you learn from your previous positions that you are able to apply to Adcentricity?
My family owns [...]

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CEO SPOTLIGHT – Masafumi Yumikake, COMEL Co. Ltd., Tokyo

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Masafumi Yumikake, President and Chief Executive Officer of COMEL Co. in Tokyo.

What is your background and how did you get into the digital out-of-home advertising and information business?
I joined International Telecommunication Japan Co., Ltd. (now SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp.) in 1993, holding positions in corporate sales, personnel affairs, [...]

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CEO SPOTLIGHT – Peter Bowen, SeeSaw Networks, San Francisco

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Peter Bowen, Chief Executive Officer of SeeSaw Networks in San Francisco.

You spent about 25 years in the packaged goods field with Procter & Gamble and mainly in senior roles and as president of various H.J. Heinz companies. Was there anything about these companies as an advertiser and [...]

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CEO SPOTLIGHT -Aileen Lee, Danoo, San Francisco

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month in the ‘CEO Spotlight’, we welcome Aileen Lee, CEO of Danoo in San Francisco .

You came from a career in the world of investments. What intrigued you to enter the DOOH sector and what has compelled you to stay?
Yes, I joined Danoo from Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm that is an [...]

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CEO SPOTLIGHT – Micky Fung, Touchmedia, Shanghai

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month in the ‘CEO Spotlight’, we welcome Micky Fung, President of Touchmedia in Shanghai.

First of all, congratulations on receiving the Red Herring Award, considered the world’s leading award for New Technology Companies. It must be quite an honor for someone who has been described as a ‘brash New Yorker’ and who ‘talks like a [...]

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CEO SPOTLIGHT – Alberto Montezuma, Ya Mogu, Rio de Janeiro

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month in the ‘CEO Spotlight’, we welcome Alberto Montezuma, Chief Executive Officer of Ya Mogu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Your network integration systems are now in bars, coffee houses, foodcourts, bookstores, corporate intranets, and I believe that you are getting into transit. Which do you see as having the greatest growth potential for Ya Mogu, [...]

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