Archive for the 'CEO SPOTLIGHT' Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

CEO Spotlight – Raúl Nuñez, ViuOne, San Salvador

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Raúl Nuñez, COO, ViuOne, San Salvador, El Salvador We don’t seem to have much background on you before you sort of ‘came out of the woodwork’ with the public announcement that ViuOne had chosen Aerva as its software partner for your network. I do know you worked [...]

CEO Spotlight – Jim Harris, The Wall Street Journal Office Network, New York

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Jim Harris, CEO, The Wall Street Journal Office Network, New York You have had an interesting career as a consultant and founder of several companies. It seems that, in particular, you brought a lot of Equity Office Media Network’s offerings and experience into what you offer at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]