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 Marketing 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.
Tony Delmercado
COO of Hawke Media
Passionately curious builder with thoughts on how it can be done better. Client relations, team management, witty banter.
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About Hawke Media: Hawke Media provides a host of services that help businesses strategize and realize their potential.
Bill Davies
COO and CFO of Jack Morton Worldwide
Bill Davies leads Jack Morton’s global operations and finance organization including information technology, real estate, insurance and legal. He led the deployment of a cutting-edge global integrated financial system that is utilized by Jack Morton operations around the globe. Bill joined the company in 2002 as EVP, Chief Financial Officer and in 2011 he expanded his role to COO. In his capacity as COO, Bill is responsible for Jack Morton’s corporate development and also oversees Jack Morton’s operations in Detroit. He is responsible for Jack Morton’s merger and acquisition activity and the development and expansion of Jack Morton’s global affiliate program. Bill previously served as Senior Vice President for The Interpublic Group of Companies’ (IPG) Advanced Marketing Services group. Prior to that he worked as CFO of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, one of the world’s leading public relations firms. Bill joined founder Larry Weber at The Weber Group in 1990, where he implemented comprehensive financial systems through a period of significant growth which culminated in Weber’s 1996 acquisition by McCann-Erickson World Group. Bill is a graduate of Brown University.
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About Jack Morton Worldwide: Jack Morton Worldwide is an American multinational brand experience agency.
Elliot Schneier
COO and Co-founder of Startups.com
In 1999 Elliot started his first business as a student earning a Marketing/Visual design degree at Florida State University. The opportunity came to fruition while Schneier was tending bar at a high end Martini lounge. Legwork marketing and Promotions focused on branding, web design and marketing literature. Employing students and using school facilities for development allowed for a very competitive pricing model. Elliot was swept into the accelerating commercial real estate market after college. He joined Marcus and Millichap 2004 as an investment specialist. By the time he left Marcus he was ranked 11th in the nation amongst 2000 brokers in total investment properties sold. Elliot and his partner left Marcus to start Capital Commercial Partners Elliot and partner Rick Geisenfeld wanted to find a niche in the multi-family market. In total CCP was involved in 500M dollars in commercial real estate transactions. Schneier was pulled back into technology by Affordit.com co-founder Wil Schroter. It was Elliot and Wil’s goal to provide a simple weekly payment system that would allow the under banked to buy online. Affordit was backed by some very notable entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in Northern and Southern California. Upon leaving his post at Affordit Elliot stepped in as interim president of Boundarylessbrands.com. Boundaryless was a company that offered brick and mortar retailers an online outlet through a revenue sharing model. During this same time period Schneier served as an advisor to daily deal site bulx.com. Bulx and Boundaryless were both acquired in 2011. Elliot went from consumer facing web companies to an international manufacturing business. He was tasked with building out a deliberate and scalable business development process at the worlds largest private super abrasive company. Schneier is currently the COO of fundable.com and a proud partner of Virtucon Ventures. Elliot is passionate about helping start ups grow.
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About Fundable, Startups.com, Virtucon Ventures, Zirtual: Startups.com helps over 1 million startup companies find customers, funding, mentors, and world-class education.
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.
Drew Arnold
COO of Blu Mint Digital
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About AirPatrol, Blu Mint Digital: Results-driven digital marketing for online businesses.
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.
John McLaughlin
COO of Critical Mass
As Chief Operations Officer, John is charged with overseeing the efficiency of the Agency’s process and quality of its work product. Since joining Critical Mass in 1999, he has progressed through several roles in the organization. Through his experience leading individual projects, large-scale client teams and entire offices, John has developed a great understanding of the challenges facing complex organizations and enjoys identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for improvement. With a Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing from Northwestern University, John believes in the power of data and analytics to drive business and organizational decisions. He also holds a degree in journalism with a concentration in advertising and business administration from Ohio University. His free time is occupied by baseball, cheesy science fiction novels and chronicling the adventures of his 2-year-old son.
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About Critical Mass: Critical Mass is a digital experience design agency with a relentless focus on the customer.
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.
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Clement Connor
COO of SiO Digital
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About SiO Digital: B2B Lead Generation Agency combining Inbound Marketing, Sales Intelligence, Ai-powered SEO/PPC and Marketing Intelligence.
Jasdeep Garcha
COO of Matcha
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About Matcha: Matcha provides the tools and resources to make it easy to have a high-performing blog.
Thomas Burg
Chief Operating Officer of ShareIQ
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About ShareIQ: ShareIQ is a SaaS platform helping brands optimize their earned media marketing.
Thomas Burg
Chief Operating Officer of ShareIQ
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About ShareIQ: ShareIQ is a SaaS platform helping brands optimize their earned media marketing.