We have
this crazy idea. We think the people who work on your pitch
should also work on your business.
Meet your team.
Mark Kahn,
Chairman
mkahn@marketmakerinteractive.com
Mark served as the Vice President of Business Development at MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIVA), a pay-per-click search network, where he was responsible for growing MIVA’s core revenue-generating relationships. Mark previously served as Vice President of Corporate Development at MIVA. Mark has held senior business development, marketing and corporate development positions at iVillage, B2B Video Network, CBS News and The News Corporation companies including, News America Publishing, News America New Media, Kesmai Corporation, American Sky Broadcasting, Delphi Internet Services and TV Guide. Mark has also managed over $500 million in M and A transactions. Mark earned his BA from Connecticut College.
Dan Ballister
Chief Strategy Officer
dballister@marketmakerinteractive.com
Dan has a deep operational background in the interactive space over the last 10 years, with a wide range of experience in the portal space, paid search, local marketing, CRM, business development, mobile, broadband video, advertising sales, content syndication, video games, and cross-platform media planning.
Before joining MMi, Dan ran the Interactive Marketing and Sales division of the National Basketball Association, developing cross-media platforms for leading global brands like Coca-Cola, McDonalds, T-Mobile, Gatorade, Nike, Nokia, and Fedex. Prior to the NBA, he served as Vice President of Sales at Findwhat.com/Miva, where he launched the agency sales division, and grew the advertiser base to over 20,000 advertisers and $120M in sales. Earlier, Dan served as Vice President of Sales at Go2Net/InfoSpace, where he guided the Go2Net/Infospace portfolio of vertical portals, search engines, and information directories from the 88th to the 9th largest network in the U.S.
Prior to Go2Net/Infospace, Dan held several sales management positions within Cendant Inc., including the Cendant Interactive Services division, which maintained exclusive local ad sales responsibility for Microsoft’s Sidewalk.com online city guide network. He served five years in the U.S. Navy in San Diego as a surface warfare officer, and holds a B.S. in Physical Science from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
Brian McNamee
Managing Director | Creative Director
bmcnamee@marketmakerinteractive.com
Brian recently served as creative director at Draft/FCB working on Qwest Communications. His prior work experiences include serving as art director at Ogilvy & Mather’s OgilvyInteractive unit, working on such brands at Goldman Sachs, Motorola, DHL, DuPont, and American Express to name a few. During Brian’s tenure at Ogilvy and Mather he has won numerous industry awards including The Art Director’s Club, ADDY Award, NY Festivals New Media Award, London International Advertising Award, Echo Award, and Web Award. Brian has also been recognized by Ogilvy and Mather by winning the ’02 Stan Winston Award for Best Integrated Campaign for his work on Motorola and the ’05 Ogilvy 360 Award for his work on DHL.
Brian graduated from Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.
Dan Savage
VP Media & Analytics
dsavage@marketmakerinteractive.com
Dan Savage is a 20-year veteran of trade magazines, directories, and online publishing, Dan spent 10 years with Thomas Publishing (Thomas Register) in
New York helping to guide the company's internet strategy, ultimately serving as CEO of ThomasB2B.com.
In September, 2005, Dan founded TradeComet.com which launched several new web brands including Sourcetool.com, SourcingToday.com, and VEChannel.com.
In the pre-Internet days, Dan worked at Ziff-Davis, McGraw Hill, and Reed Business, helping to launch PC/Computing Magazine and Client Server Today.
Dan also worked at Byte Magazine for several years.
Dan is a 1971 graduate of Harvard College and a 1980 graduate of Harvard Business School.
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