Management
Management Team
Will Margiloff |
Bryan Wiener |
Scott Levine |
Craig Pohan |
Eric Bamberger |
Christopher Hansen
Will Margiloff
Founder/co-CEO
Will Margiloff is CEO and Founder of Innovation Interactive. With over thirteen years of Internet marketing experience, Will brings unparalleled innovation and expertise to the company and the industry. As one of the early pioneers in the Internet marketing field, he has helped to revolutionize the online landscape, pioneering the use of Paid Placement, Interstitials, Site Take-Overs, Alternative Display ads and Image Based Contextual Marketing. Will has worked extensively with top consumer brands such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Gillette, P&G, Mastercard, SBC and Visa, as well as leading high-tech companies including AOL, AT&T, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Intel. He is a regular speaker at industry events and investment conferences focused on the Internet advertising industry and is frequently quoted in publications ranging from Dow Jones to Ad Week.
Before founding Innovation Interactive through a management buyout from Net2Phone in May of 2002, Will was the SVP of Advertising Sales at Net2Phone. At Net2Phone, he founded and ran the Internet Sales group from 2000-2002. Prior to that, he was the VP of Sales and Marketing for theglobe.com. Before the theglobe.com, Will was the Vice President of East Coast Sales for 24/7 Media.
He holds a B.A. in History from Hobart College.
Bryan Wiener
co-CEO
Bryan Wiener is co-CEO of Innovation Interactive and CEO of digital agency 360i. Under his leadership, 360i has cemented its reputation as a leading "next generation digital agency," as pronounced by Adweek, helping clients like NBC Universal, Reckitt Benckiser, Colgate, Office Depot and others engage their target audiences across the ever-changing digital landscape. Mediaweek has named Bryan a Top 50 person in media two years running for his visionary leadership within the industry and recently named him a Media All-Star.
Bryan's background includes a series of senior management positions at Net2Phone Global Services, a pioneer in VoIP communications technology. Prior to that, he served as General Manager at TheGlobe.com and Director of Business Development at Standard and Poor's. He currently serves on the AAAA National Board of Directors and is a member of several other industry advisory boards including the AAAA Digital Board and IAB Agency Advisor Board. He is also an advisor to NYU's Media & Entertainment Student & Alumni Associations.
Bryan holds a MBA from the Stern School of Business at NYU and a BA in History from Syracuse University. Follow Bryan on Twitter at @bwiener.
Scott Levine
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Levine joined Innovation Interactive in June 2004 as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for managing financial operations, reporting, budgeting and financing for the company. Scott brings more than 20 years of business experience, including 10 years in the accounting and finance field primarily with middle market public and private companies.
Before joining Innovation Interactive, Scott was Chief Financial Officer of iVillage, a leading Internet-based content source for women and the number one women's community online since January 2001. As CFO at iVillage, Scott was responsible for overseeing accounting, finance, MBA, human resources and facilities as well as acting as the Chief Operating Officer for one of its subsidiaries during 2002 and 2003.
Before joining iVillage, Scott was Controller of Fundtech Ltd., a financial software company. From April 1997 to July 1998, Scott was the Controller of AmeriCash, LLC., an operator of a network of automated teller and electronic commerce machines, which was sold to American Express. Prior to AmeriCash, Scott was employed by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P, where he served as the Auditor for iVillage.
Scott is a Certified Public Accountant and received his MBA in Accounting from Baruch College in 1993 and his BA in Communication from the State University of NY at Buffalo in 1987.
Craig Pohan
Chief Technology Officer
Craig Pohan joined the company in early 2005 as Chief Technology Officer, focused on defining the company's technology strategy, and supporting the company's initiatives as it continues to grow organically and through acquisitions. As Innovation Interactive grows and diversifies its suite of performance-based products, Craig ensures complete technical integration between product lines, allowing for a holistic approach to managing online campaigns. By continually refining and standardizing the company's accompanying robust reporting systems to track online campaigns across all product lines, Craig is also systematically building technology that allows for easy integration of new products, whether acquired or developed internally. Craig is also Chief Technology Officer of 360i, Innovation Interactive's search marketing arm.
Before joining the company, Craig held a number of executive positions at Ask Jeeves, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Software Development, where he lead all major technology projects involving portal (iWon, Excite, MyWay) and search (MySearch, MyWebSearch) and ad serving (MaxOnline, AJinteractive) functionality. Craig was an integral member of the senior management team for the Irvington, NY based Interactive Search Holdings (ISH) prior to the Ask Jeeves, Inc. acquisition. Before joining Ask Jeeves, Mr. Pohan held various positions at UBS and Accenture.
Eric Bamberger
Vice President, Direct Marketing
With more than 10 years of experience in interactive advertising sales, Bamberger brings deep client relationships and a solid understanding of the industry. One of the company's founding employees, Eric Bamberger owns full P&L responsibility for Innovation Interactive's Direct Marketing unit.
Before joining Innovation Interactive, Bamberger was responsible for daily management of all advertising related revenue at Net2Phone across multiple US offices. Bamberger directed the advertising sales efforts of the organization, reinforcing the interest of advertisers on Net2Phone by presenting unique, innovative and strategic techniques for advertising sales and packaging on the web.
Before joining Net2Phone, Mr. Bamberger was the Director of National Advertising Sales at theglobe.com. Prior to theglobe.com, Bamberger was a senior sales representative from Interactive Imaginations, which later evolved into 24/7 Media.
Bamberger holds a B.A. in Speech Communications from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Chris Hansen
Vice President, Performance Marketing
Chris Hansen oversees performance marketing at Innovation Interactive. In this role, he spearheads innovations in performance-based display across the company's divisions, including oversight of performance advertising programs at digital agency 360i and product innovation at Netmining, the company's behavioral marketing platform. Prior to Innovation Interactive, Chris formed the Advertising Operations group at Net2Phone, one of the first providers of VoIP technology. Before Net2Phone, Chris worked at 24/7 Media as Director of Traffic for 24/7's Direct Marketing Team where he managed advertising programs for many of the company's largest clients, including Capital One and Providian. While there, he also managed the 24/7 Advertising Network, helping grow the network's revenue yield and advertising inventory.
Chris holds a B.A. in Political Science and Art History and resides with his wife and three children in Brooklyn, NY.
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