Who Are the Power Players in New York City? Posted on January 26, 2012 Link to Article

Who Are the Power Players in New York City? Posted on January 26, 2012 Link to article

The first annual Power Players New York City competition has begun! Nominate your favorite New York-based champions of Internet and mobile entrepreneurs and check out the list of players that have already been nominated.

Behind every successful Internet and mobile technology startup is a handful of power players guiding the founders. Smart and savvy investors like Eric Hippeau or the celebrated Bob Pittman may give you a kick start, super attorney Victor Boyajian might draw up and help you ink your Series A financing, or Union Square's Fred Wilson might chip in some expansion capital and join your board. In celebration of these key insiders, AlwaysOn is seeking nominations for your favorite New York City Power Players.

The folks that have been nominated to the Power Players NYC list so far are listed below.

To nominate someone you believe in to the AlwaysOn Power Player NYC list, e-mail his or her name and why you believe he or she should make the list to AlwaysOn founder and editor Tony Perkins at [email protected]. Nominations close this week.

The winners of this competition will be officially announced in early February and many will be featured at:

OnMedia 2012 Where Silicon Valley Meets Madison Avenue February 21st - February 22nd, 2011 Time Warner Center 10 on the Park at Time Warner Center 60 Columbus Circle - 10th Floor New York, NY

For information on sponsorships or the CEO Showcase opportunities, contact Shannon Calvin ([email protected], 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson ([email protected], 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.

For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners, or clients in the digital media space, OnMedia is the insider event you won't want to miss. We hope to see you there!

Nominated Power Players for New York City to date:

The Accountants

Brian Hughes Co-Head, US Venture Practice and Partner KPMG

The Big Media Company Players

Amy Banse Managing Director Comcast Ventures

Michael Barrett CEO Google/AdMeld

Greg Blatt CEO IAC Management Ken Bronfin President Hearst Interactive Media

Dan Coughlin Director of Sales, East Region Twitter

Marc DeBevoise Senior Vice President and General Manager, Entertainment CBS Interactive

Scott English Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments Hearst Interactive Media

Jorge Espinel Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, News Digital Media News Corporation

Allison Goldberg Managing Director Time Warner Investments

Jared Hecht Co-Founder Skype/GroupMe

David Horowitz Managing Director Comcast Ventures

Rachel Lam Senior Vice President and Group Managing Director Time Warner Investments

Scott Levine Managing Director Time Warner Investments

Steve Martocci Cofounder Skype/GroupMe Jon Miller Chief Digital Officer News Corporation

Mike Perlis President and CEO Forbes Media

Andrew Siegel SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development Advance Publications

Paul Sinclair SVP, Digital Media & Business Development Atlantic Records

Lynn Tornabene Marketing Director, iAds Apple

Louis Toth Managing Director Comcast Ventures

The Commercial Bankers

Chris Lloyd Senior Vice President Comerica Bank

Mike Moretti Senior Vice President Silicon Valley Bank

Michael Selfridge Head of Growth Stage Finance Silicon Valley Bank

The Investment Bankers

Herb Allen III President Allen & Company Bill Brady Managing Director, Co-Chairman of the Global Technology Group Credit Suisse

Sanjay Chadda Partner, Managing Director Petsky Prunier

Alec Ellison Vice Chairman and Chairman of Technology Investment Banking Jefferies & Company

Tolman Geffs Managing Director The Jordan Edmiston Group

Linda Gridley President and CEO Gridley & Co.

Terence Kawaja CEO Luma Partners

Imran Khan Managing Director Credit Suisse

Ed Liu Managing Director Morgan Stanley

Andrew Malik Chairman Needham & Co.

Adele Morrissette Managing Director BMO Capital Markets

Mark Patricof Managing Partner MESA Nancy Peretsman Managing Director Allen & Co.

Brad Raymond Co-Head of Investment Banking Stifel Nicolaus Weisel

Matt Schultz Managing Director Jefferies & Co.

Kurt Simon Co-Head, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Unit J.P. Morgan

The Lawyers

Victor Boyajian National Chair, Venture Capital Practice SNR Denton

Ward Breeze Partner Gunderson Dettmer

Ken McVay Partner Gunderson Dettmer

Babak "Bo" Yaghmaie Partner Cooley

Ed Zimmerman Chair, Tech Group Lowenstein Sandler

The Madison Avenue Insiders Insiders

Nigel Carr Senior Partner and Group Planning Director Ogilvy & Mather Carl Fremont Executive Vice President, Media Director DIGITAS

Carla Hendra Chairman, OgilvyRED Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Lance Maerov Senior Vice President, Corporate Development WPP Group

Jean-Philippe Maheu CEO Publicis Modem

Greg March Group Media Director Wieden + Kennedy

Katrin Ribant Executive Vice President, Data Platforms Havas Digital Global

Doug Scott President OgilvyEntertainment

Hagen Wenzek Chief Technical Officer Mediabrands (The Interpublic Group)

The Secondary Market Players

Dan Burstein Managing Partner Millennium Technology Value Partners

Adam Oliveri Managing Director, Private Company Market SecondMarket Sam Schwerin Managing Partner Millennium Technology Value Partners

Barry Silbert CEO SecondMarket

The Super Angels and Incubators

John Borthwick CEO Betaworks

David Cohen Founder and CEO TechStars

Owen Davis Managing Director NY Seed

Chris Dixon Founding Partner Founder Collective

Mike Duda Managing Partner Consigliere Brand Capital

Esther Dyson Founder EDventure Holdings

Caterina Fake Founding Partner Founder Collective

Michael Lazerow CEO Buddy Media Sam Lessin Founder/Employee Drop.io/Facebook

Heidi Messer Co-founder, Chairman/CEO Collective[i]/World Evolved

Bob Pittman CEO Clear Channel Communications

David Rose Founder and CEO Gust (fomerly Angelsoft)

David Tisch Managing DIrector TechStars

Martin Varsavsky CEO Fon

Ed Zimmerman Managing Director/Founder GrapeArbor Angels/First Growth Venture Network

The Venture Capitalists

Brad Burnham Partner Union Square Ventures

Jeff Bussgang General Partner/Founder Flybridge Capital Partners/First Growth Venture Network

Marissa Campise Vice President Venrock Roger Ehrenberg Founder and Managing Partner IA Ventures

Stuart Ellman General Partner RRE Ventures

Deborah Farrington General Partner StarVest Partners

Ross Goldstein Co-Founder and Managing Director DFJ Gotham Ventures

Bob Goodman Partner Bessemer Venture Partners

Rick Heitzmann Managing Director FirstMark Capital/NYC Entrepreneurial Fund

Eric Hippeau Partner Lerer Ventures

Jeff Horing Managing Director Insight Venture Partners

Amish Jani Managing Director First Mark Capital

Habib Kairouz Managing Partne Rho Ventures

Josh Kopelman Partner First Round Capital Josh Kushner Founder Thrive Capital

Ken Lerer Managing DIrector Lerer Ventures

Jeremy Levine Partner Bessemer Venture Partners

Jordan Levy NY Partner SoftBank Capital

Mark Mackenzie Partner Veronis Ventures

Chip Meakem Managing Partner Tribeca Venture Partners

Howard Morgan Partner First Round Capital

David Pakman Partner Venrock

Alan Patricof Managing Director Greycroft Partners

Bo Peabody Managing General Partner Village Ventures

Jim Robinson IV General Partner RRE Ventures Bijan Sabet General Partner Spark Capital

Daniel Schultz Co-Founder and Managing Director DFJ Gotham Ventures

Ian Sigalow Partner Greycroft Partners

Fred Wilson Managing Partner Union Square Ventures

The AlwaysOn Hall of Fame

The winners of this competition will be officially announced in early February and many will be featured at:

OnMedia 2012 Where Silicon Valley Meets Madison Avenue February 21st - February 22nd, 2011 Time Warner Center 10 on the Park at Time Warner Center 60 Columbus Circle - 10th Floor New York, NY

For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at [email protected].