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 Broadcasting 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.
Freddy Flaxman
Chief Operating Officer of The Weather Channel
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About The Weather Channel: The Weather Channel is a news website reporting weather conditions of various locations around the world.
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.
Burton Jablin
Chief Operating Officer of Scripps Networks
Burton Jablin is COO of Scripps Networks Interactive, managing key business functions, including sales, programming, digital, distribution and strategy. Jablin previously served as President of Scripps Networks, named to that role in 2013. As President, he was responsible for the management and development of the company’s portfolio of lifestyle media networks – HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great AmericanCountry – digital content businesses and all other related operations. As part of the original team that launched HGTV in 1994, Jablin supervised production of the network’s original programming slate – first as Executive Producer, then as Vice President of Programming. Upon his promotion to Senior Vice President of Programming and Production in 1997, Jablin oversaw the development, budgeting, production and scheduling for HGTV’s programming and on-air promotion. His role with HGTV expanded in 2000 when he was named the network’s Senior Vice President/GeneralManager, and then again one year later when he was elevated to President. Preceding his current role, Jablin served as President of Scripps’ Home Category business for four years,where his management was instrumental in positioning the company as leading on-air and online content destinations for the home and garden category. Prior to HGTV, Jablin worked for more than 10 years in television news. He began his career as a Researcher at WBBM-TV in Chicago, eventually working his way up to Executive Producer of late night news and special events programming for the CBS-owned station. Jablin then served as ExecutiveProducer for Fox-owned KTTV in Los Angeles.
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About Scripps Networks: Scripps Networks Interactive develops lifestyle content for TV, internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and other media platforms.
David Cramer
Chief Operating Officer of NextVR
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About NextVR: NextVR is a technology company that captures and delivers live and on-demand virtual reality experiences.
George Grobar
COO of Penske Media Corporation
George Grobar is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PMC with responsibility for overseeing the company’s operating units and business plans. George joined PMC in 2009 and in addition to his role as COO is also currently a Director on the PMC Board. George joined PMC as Chief Financial Officer and was actively involved in integrating several new acquisitions into the company, building the PMC joint venture operations in India, and playing a lead role in the integration of the Variety operations. George has over 25 years of financial and operational experience in new media, consumer products and technology enterprises at PMC, The Walt Disney Company, and Unisys Corp. Prior to joining PMC, George was the Senior Vice President of Disney Mobile, reporting to the President of The Walt Disney Internet Group. George led the launch of a new strategic business from the ground up, competing with major players for share of mobile phones in the family market. Before moving to Disney Mobile, George held several senior positions in Disney business units including Vice President of Disney Ecommerce, Vice President of GO.com Mail and Website, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Disney Direct Marketing and Walt Disney Art Classics, and the Director of Business Operations & Control for Division Controllership. Prior to The Walt Disney Company, George was with Unisys for 8 years, working in the Corporate Treasury organization and progressing to Senior Manager roles in Finance and Product Management in the manufacturing, software development, and hardware engineering groups in Southern California. George has a B.A. degree in Economics and English, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan.
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About Penske Media Corporation: PMC is a Leading Digital Media and Publishing Company
Greg Ellis
COO & VP Business Development and Sales of Dacast
Greg Ellis currently is Vice President, Sales and Business Development at DaCast, a cloud based video streaming platform. He has 25+ years of technology and sales management in broadcast and video content delivery at a variety of companies including Ipera, Awind (Barco), Macrovision (Rovi), and Hughes Communications. Prior to that, he was a satellite systems engineer at Hughes where he was involved in the cable TV business. Greg has both BS & MSEE degrees from the University of Kansas.
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About Dacast: Dacast offers API-based and easy-to-use streaming solutions to host, manage, monetize and deliver OTT video worldwide.
Albert Marko
Co-Founder and COO, Board Of Directors of Favore Media Group
Albert Marko was a Co-Founder and COO of Favore Media Group, where he managed business operations including business development, human resources, sales, communications, and privacy. Albert Marko is an international operations professional with over 10 years building and managing software and scientific products, with extensive experience leading product development for complex medical software and artificial intelligence programs. Prior to joining Favore Media Group, Albert was COO of Bluwave Software, where he oversaw product development, marketing, strategy, revenue, and business operations. Previously, Albert served as the Director of Business Development and Operations Manager for Vectra Networks and Liquid Light Corporation. Albert is currently a board advisor the Malmgren Strategic Institute and runs his own research firm call Northwest Meridian which caters to governments, political parties and the financial sector.
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About Favore Media Group: Favore Media Group is a media company and publisher network focused on product discovery.
Sean Heiney
COO & Founder of SignalWire
Led, developed, launched and marketed new products at CUDA to over 300M in revenue and IPO. Built and sold security SaaS company Periscan. 18 years startup experience.
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About Rentr, SignalWire: SignalWire is an API and products platform that brings broadcast and enterprise-grade communications to anyone around the world.
Peter Sniderman
Chief Operating Officer of Litton Entertainment
Pete Sniderman, Litton’s Chief Operating Officer, has overseen the company’s expansion and growth through his leadership of several divisions including corporate and advertising sales partnerships, international sales, programming acquisitions, network partnerships and the creation of Litton’s news division, Litton News Source. In addition, Sniderman also leads the company’s innovative public service platforms as well as Litton’s international sales and marketing initiatives.
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About Litton Entertainment: Litton Entertainment is a TV producer and distributor that specializes in children’s television and family entertainment programming.
Choi Hyuk Jun
Chief Operating Officer of Spoon Radio
Cofounder of Plugger
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About Mykoon co.,ltd., Spoon Radio: Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.
Shariyka Romero
COO of Ikohaus
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About Ikohaus: Ikohaus provides NFTart
Shariyka Romero
COO of Ikohaus
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Marcellus Jones
COO of Qoobex
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About Qoobex: Qoobex is a global 3-D VR network that allows millions of people to watch and share natively-created 3-D and Virtual Reality content.
Ernie Sanchez
Co-Founder & COO of Cinnafilm
As Chief Operations Officer, Ernie has responsibility for all IT, HR, Product Support, Marketing and Sales for Cinnafilm. Although the majority of his professional career has been in sales-oriented positions, he has a strong engineering and project management background well-suited for the operational tasks of Cinnafilm. Ernie also has twenty-four years of experience with studio and stage audio technologies and has worked as a composer, arranger, producer and musician across many music genres, scoring multiple independent films. Having been in sales for over twelve years as a highly recognized Senior Consulting Account Manager for numerous technology solutions companies, including Applied Innovation, Sprint, and Forysthe, Ernie was very successful in growing sales both in green-field and established accounts. Ernie graduated from New Mexico State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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About Cinnafilm: Cinnafilm provides image processing solutions for broadcasting, film, & multimedia delivery.
Teodros Gessesse
Co-founder / COO of LiveFromMe
Teodros has a track record of growing and managing technology based firms in the software and marketing industries. He is the COO and co-founder of LiveFrom.Me. Teodros is also the co-founder and board member of Intellimedia Networks specializing in enterprise grade application platform development for content delivery. His experience includes managing SaaS and software product lines at VBrick Systems, social video distribution product management at Videoshare and innovative marketing tools development at Sybase and Kanda Interactive. Teodros has developed business relationships and integrated solutions with technology partners including Adobe, Akamai, PayTech, EMC, Telestream, Microsoft and Apple focusing on products in the financial, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, media, government, and higher education markets.
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About Intellimedia Networks, Inc., LiveFromMe: LiveFromMe allows users to broadcast life, as it happens, from any mobile device or tablet.
David P. Bevins
COO of Connoisseur Media
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About Connoisseur Media: Connoisseur Media is a radio station holding company based in Westport,
Jamie Power
Chief Operating Officer of one2one Media
Addressable Television Lead at MODI Media – WPP’s new Advanced Television group. MODI plans and implements Addressable TV, Hyper-local TV and Interactive TV campaigns. My focus is leveraging data to advance consumer targeting, improve return on marketer investments and to deepen consumer engagement via message relevancy. As data and technology drive enormous change in the structure and economics of television our clients benefit from MODI’s expertise. We champion client’s initiatives to maximize learning, drive ROI and deliver the best results.
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About one2one Media: Addressable TV media-buying startup.
Phil Ovitt
COO of Sparksight
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About Sparksight: Sparksight is a creative agency that blends commercial expertise with artistic nuance.
Gay Gabrilska
Chief Operating Officer of Gravit8 Marketing
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About Gravit8 Marketing: Gravit8 Marketing is an end-to-end mobile marketing technology company.
Jesse Sisgold
President & Chief Operating Officer of Skydance Productions
Jesse serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Skydance Productions, helping to guide the company’s strategic direction and manage its day-to-day operations across all divisions. Prior to joining Skydance, he was the managing shareholder of Sisgold P.C, his own boutique entertainment and corporate finance law firm in Beverly Hills. Jesse previously worked at the prestigious boutique law firm Valle Makoff LLP, and before that was trained at the global law firm Heller Ehrman LLP. In addition to his practice, Jesse also helped to create and launch the cutting-edge graphic novel company Anomaly Productions. Jesse lives in Pacific Palisades with his wife, Kristina, and daughter, Eleanor.
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About Skydance Productions: Skydance Productions is an American film and television production company based at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California.
Bruce G. Beasley
President & COO of Beasley Broadcast Group
Bruce Beasley is Board of Director at Radio Advertising Bureau.
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About Beasley Broadcast Group: Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. has proudly served listeners and advertisers in large and small communities across America since 1961.
Jenny Mirkovic
Chief Operating Officer of AirVuz
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About AirVuz: AirVūz is an aerial video and photography sharing platform and global community for drone pilots and aerial media enthusiasts.
Alan Saperstein
COO of Onstream Media
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About Onstream Media: Onstream Media provides on-demand internet broadcasting, corporate web communication, and virtual marketplace technology services.