Archive for the 'CEO SPOTLIGHT' Category

It’s Books Next For Our CEO Spotlights

Saturday, July 27th, 2019

Maddie Cotterill

As regular readers will know, on the last Friday in every month we feature in our CEO Spotlight, the biggest, brightest and most innovative DOOH media owners. This year we featured Simon Wall, Tractor Outdoor, Phil Daniel, Admedia, Managing Director Sales and Marketing, Chad Harris, Las Vegas Billboards and Phil Clemas, LUMO Co-Founder and CEO and John Partilla, […]

CEO Spotlight: John Partilla, Screenvision Media, New York

Friday, July 26th, 2019

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With Cinema continuing to be a vibrant and vital medium as robust attendance, compelling industry innovations and with growing advertising sales, this month, we welcome back John Partilla, CEO of Screenvision Media, New York. We first interviewed John back in April, 2016. It’s been three years since your last CEO Spotlight. At that time, Screenvision […]

CEO Spotlight: Phil Clemas, LUMO Digital Outdoor, Auckland, NZ

Friday, June 28th, 2019

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Phil Clemas, CEO and Co-Founder, LUMO Digital Outdoor, Auckland, New Zealand

. Please tell us the history of this young company and why you decided to launch it. Why did you decide to focus exclusively on large format digital outdoor screens? Most of my career has been in and around media sales […]

CEO Spotlight: Chad Harris, Las Vegas Billboards, Nevada

Friday, May 31st, 2019

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month we welcome Chad Harris, Owner-Operator, Las Vegas Billboards, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA With Las Vegas Billboards being a family-owned firm founded in 1987 by your father, Dave, you grew up in the business. Tell us about that, and what other experience you gained before launching the Digital Out-of-Home sector within Las Vegas Billboards? […]

CEO Spotlight: Phil Daniel, Admedia Ltd., London, U.K.

Thursday, May 9th, 2019

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Phil Daniel, Managing Director, Sales and Marketing, Admedia, London, U.K.. You have been with Admedia for more than eight years, holding two other positions prior to becoming managing director, sales and marketing. What is your earlier background and what attracted you to the company?
 Having worked in various non-media roles after […]

CEO Spotlight: Simon Wall, Tractor Outdoor, Cape Town, South Africa

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Simon Wall, Managing Director, Tractor Outdoor, Cape Town, South Africa. After your education in South Africa, you gained a lot of business experience in Asia and the Far East. What drew you there and what drew you back to South Africa? My first position in Out-of-Home was in sales/business development for […]

CEO Spotlight: @DPAAorg Chairman François de Gaspé Beaubien

Sunday, October 28th, 2018

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome back François de Gaspé Beaubien, Chairman and Chief Coaching Officer of ZOOM Media, Executive Chairman of Ayuda Media Systems, Executive Chairman of Hivestack (majority owner of all three) and Chairman of the Digital Placed based Advertising Association – we first interviewed François back in July 2008, Ed. Since the last time […]

CEO Spotlight: Ben Walker, Shopper Media Group, Sydney, Australia

Monday, July 30th, 2018

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Ben Walker, CEO, Shopper Media Group, North Sydney, Australia. Shopper media network was launched in 2015. Tell us your background and how you got involved in the digital space. I have been involved in the Out-of-Home advertising industry in Australia for more than 18 years, having worked at many of the […]

CEO Spotlight: Jeroen Hillenaar, Hillenaar Outdoor, Leiderdorp, NL

Friday, June 29th, 2018

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month we welcome Jeroen Hilllenaar, CEO and Founder, Hillenaar Outdoor, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands What is your background, and, prior to founding Hillenaar the first time in 1990, what drew you to the Out-of-Home business? I started my media career at Lintas SSC&B, now known as Lintas: Worldwide. Lintas was one of the first advertising […]

CEO Spotlight: Candice Simons, Brooklyn Outdoor Advertising

Friday, May 25th, 2018

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we introduce Candice Simons, Founder, President and CEO, Brooklyn Outdoor Advertising, Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Could you tell us your own background and why did you decide to focus on the Out-of-Home sector? I am currently the president and CEO of Brooklyn Outdoor and J’adore Detroit, a lifestyle blog – with the recent addition […]