At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Content Creators space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Elizabeth Ostrander
Chief Operating Officer of CoVenture Holding Company
Elizabeth Ostrander is the Chief Operating Officer at CoVenture.
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About CoVenture Holding Company: CoVenture provides equity and/or debt financing to tech-enabled companies in areas such as financial services, media, and platform economies
Yuval Tal
Chief Operating Officer of StreamElements
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About StreamElements: StreamElements provides content creators the tools they need to engage, grow, and monetize their audiences.
Jim Spare
President & COO of eko
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Ben Conway
COO/Co-Founder of VNTANA
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About VNTANA: Democratizing 3D for the world through the only automated 3D Collaboration Platform.
Josh Warrum
Chief Operating Officer of Project X Media
Josh Warrum is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at ADstruc.
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About ADstruc, Project X Media: Project X Media uses its industry leading technology platform to launch Out-of-Home advertising campaigns.
Brian White
COO of ZergNet
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About ZergNet: Content Recommendation that promotes links to your articles on hundreds of partner sites in a private network.
Ryan Schram
Chief Operating Officer of IZEA
As Chief Operating Officer and Director, Ryan Schram provides organizational and operational leadership for IZEA, servicing the needs of its team members, brand partners, and social influencers across the globe. Placing company culture and creativity at the center of his approach, Mr. Schram is responsible for the IZEA’s overall operational environment; including the Company’s global client development, marketing communications, campaign fulfillment and influencer ecosystem organizations. He also leads the company’s corporate business development growth strategy domestically and abroad. Schram was appointed to IZEA’s Board of Directors in November 2012. Nearing 15 years of experience in the consumer marketing and technology space, Ryan has an established track record of driving growth, efficiency and profitability for leading-edge companies. In addition to his responsibilities at IZEA, Schram presently serves as an independent Board Member of payment systems innovator Protean, Inc. and as a Senior Advisor at StageLeap, a leading customer experience consultancy firm. Prior to joining IZEA in September 2011 as its first-ever Chief Marketing Officer, Ryan served as Group Vice President at Pleasant Ridge-based ePrize (now HelloWorld), the prominent digital engagement agency that was acquired by private equity firm Catteron Partners in August 2012. Previous to ePrize, Mr. Schram held a variety of leadership positions at CBS/Westwood One and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment. His work has been regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, AdAge, PROMO and AdWeek.
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About IZEA: IZEA creates marketplaces that connect brands with influential content creators and publishers at-scale.
Terri Feldman Lubaroff
Chief Operating Officer & Head of Content of Legion M
Terri Lubaroff serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Legion M.
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About Agency for Dispute Resolution, Legion M: Legion M is a fan-owned entertainment company producing a slate of movies, TV, and digital content.
Roberto Facundus
COO & General Counsel of Tongal
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About Tongal: Tongal is an online platform for content creation, used by studios, brands, and talent from all over the world.
Anas Bouassami
COO & Cofounder of Snipfeed
Anas Bouassami is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Snipfeed.
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About Snipfeed: Where creators build empires.
Lisa Zeeveld
COO of BELAY, Inc.
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About BELAY, Inc.: Growing Organizations. Virtually.
Mick Wiskerchen
Chief Operating Officer of ClickBank
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About ClickBank: ClickBank is an online marketplace that connects digital content creators with affiliate marketers offering digital information products.
Daniela Meymar
Co-Founder & COO of Social Piper
Social Media Expert and responsible of several global brands business results achievements.
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About Social Piper: Social Piper is an AI-powered social media management platform for small businesses.
Steven Wang
Co-Founder & COO of RillaMarks
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About RillaMarks: RillaMarks redefines the creative process by delivering creator-focused solutions to empower the creative community.
Kola Aladesanmi
Chief Operating Officer of Nerveflo
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About Nerveflo: Nerveflo is a digital content distribution platform where creators can put their unique content.
Yasmeen Kadouh
Co-Founder & COO of Thawra Network
Yasmeen Kadouh is a Co-Founder and COO at Thawra Network.
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About Thawra Network: Thawra Networks seeks to revolutionize the experiences of Arabs and Muslims in America through identity-affirming content and stories.
Daniel Russell
Chief Operating Officer of Go Fish Digital
Daniel is the COO at Go Fish Digital and a licensed attorney. During his marketing career, he’s helped structure market research programs for global companies like Whirlpool and Zynga, managed SEO audit projects for Wikipedia.org and The New York Times, and consulted General Electric and Monster Beverage Corp on their online ad campaigns and web presence. Daniel is frequently invited to speak on topics such as CRO, Reddit, and A.I. at the marketing industry’s top conferences including MozCon, Internet Summit, Google I/O Extended, and INBOUND. He’s also been a featured expert in interviews for Search Engine Journal and the Time for Marketing, Growth Hacking, and Marketing Agency Leadership podcasts. Before joining Go Fish Digital, Daniel was the founder of Attentiv (a communication software), a law clerk at Magruder (a corporate litigation law firm), a sales manager at Qualtrics (a UX software, now part of SAP), and a risk management analyst at Marubeni-Itochu (a Japanese trading conglomerate). Daniel was a Fulton Scholar Award recipient at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a degree in Economics and History. He later received his J.D. from the George Mason School of Law where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy. Daniel was admitted to the Maryland bar in 2015.
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About Go Fish Digital: Go Fish Digital is a digital marketing company focused on search engine optimization and online brand management.
Kerry Nagle
COO, Straighterline of SalientMG
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About : SalientMG is a strategic marketing firm; growth-stage tech companies hire us to launch and accelerate their marketing programs.
Audrey Marshall
Co-Founder / Chief Operating Officer of Thematic
My name is Audrey and I’m the Co-Founder / COO of Thematic. My partners, Michelle Phan and Marc Schrobilgen, and I have been connecting content creators with music artists for the past 10 years and decided to productize this manual process in order to service the larger creative economy with an automated platform. My background is in entertainment PR (via Chapman University) and I have led digital strategy for music artists, content creators, and brands, including campaigns for Macy’s, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, American Cancer Society, and the L’Oréal luxe family of brands, among others. Certified across the board with YouTube, I have a specific focus on digital rights management for music assets and have helped develop and manage some of the leading beauty, lifestyle, and dance channels on YouTube.
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About Thematic: Thematic is a marketplace enabling creators to use great songs from real artists in their videos.
Alicia Rius
Co-founder & COO of SoundStorming
Alicia Rius, with an MA in International Marketing, is a creative entrepreneur that has has successfully planned and launched global advertising campaigns for well-known international brands such as Yamaha, Phillips, Canon, and ING Global. Her experience as a business developer has helped brand growth by establishing new business and partnership opportunities in addition to identifying creative and target marketing strategies.
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About SoundStorming: SoundStorming is a platform for exclusive artist-fan engagement during the creative process.
Michael Baron
COO of VisionRave
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About VisionRave: Visionary Streaming Experiences