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 Register today to secure your ticket for OnMedia NYC at the lowest possible rate while tickets are still available! 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 Register today to secure your ticket for OnMedia NYC at the lowest possible rate while tickets are still available! 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! .