The AlwaysOn Power Players in Digital Media list honors the most influential people in the banking, venture capital, legal, and accounting world who support technology entrepreneurs that are bringing massive technology breakthroughs to the digital media world. These individuals and their firms are the infrastructure workhorses behind the ideas that make the Global Silicon Valley an incubator for success, creating strong companies that are building forward-thinking, indispensable products.

The Third Annual Power Players in Digital Media Competition Has Begun!
Behind every successful digital media startup is a handful of power players guiding the founders. This year’s Power Players in Digital Media list promises to span a wide range of talents, from seed investors to accountants to technology executives to advertising moguls to commerce experts to venture capitalists to legal counsel. The list will highlight an impressive range of talents available for digital media startup entrepreneurs with the right ideas and mindsets to break away from the pack.

The AlwaysOn edtorial team is looking for your nominations to identify this year’s list of people who are behind the startup founders that are creating high-growth businesses and ensuring they will offer huge upside potential for their investors. To nominate someone you believe in to the AlwaysOn Power Players in Digital Media list, fill in a nomination form and tell us why he or she belongs on the list.

We look forward to sifting through the nominees to find the most disruptive entrepreneurs who are shaking up the world of digital media and creating opportunity and revenue. Let the competition begin!

This year’s nominees to the 2013 Power Players in Digital Entertainment are listed below by category.

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The Accountants

Mark Davis
Principal
Deloitte Consulting

Stephanie Hollander
Partner
Ernst & Young

Brian Hughes
Co-Head, U.S. Venture Practice and Partner
KPMG

Michael Portegello
Partner
Ernst & Young

Kimberly Reinert
Partner
Ernst & Young

Darrin Stollow
Partner
Deloitte

The Attorneys

Victor Boyajian
National Chair, Venture Capital Practice
SNR Denton

Ward Breeze
Partner
Gunderson Dettmer

Janet Cullum
Partner
Cooley

Robert Darwell
Partner
Sheppard Mullin

Jeffrey Klein
Partner
Goodwin Procter

Ken McVay
Partner
Gunderson Dettmer

Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie
Partner
Cooley

Ed Zimmerman
Chair, Tech Group / Co-Founder /Managing Director
Lowenstein Sandler / GrapeArbor Angels / First Growth Venture Network

The Big Media Company Players

Rafat Ali
Co-Founder and CEO
Skift

Amy Banse
Managing Director and Head of Funds
Comcast Ventures

Paul Bascobert
Chief Operating Officer
Bloomberg Media

Tom Bedecarre
Chairman
AKQA

Pete Blackshaw
Global Head of Social and Digital
Nestle

Greg Blatt
CEO
IAC Management

Ken Bronfin
President
Hearst Interactive Media

Kevin Brown
Founding Partner
Reed Elsevier Ventures

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

Steve Huffman
Co-Founder
Reddit / Hipmunk

Abbey Klaassen
Editor-in-Chief
AdAge

George Kliavkoff
Executive Vice President and Deputy Group Head
Hearst Entertainment and Syndication

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

Jim Lazone
CEO
CBS Interactive

Scott Levine
Managing Director
Time Warner Investments

Alexis Ohanian
Founder
Reddit

Mike Perlis
President and CEO
Forbes Media

Gokul Rajaram
Product Director, Ads
Facebook

Doug Selin
Senior Vice President, Strategy, M&A
Viacom

Andrew Siegel
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development
Advance Publications

Paul Sinclair
Senior Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development
Atlantic Records

Louis Toth
Managing Director
Comcast Ventures

The Big Tech Company Players

Don Dodge
Developer Advocate
Google

Ethan McCarty
Director, Enterprise Social Programs
IBM

Stephanie Schnabel
Managing Director , Corporate Development
Accenture

Arlen Shenkman
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development
SAP AG

Bill Wheaton
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Media Division
Akamai

The Commercial Bankers

Brad Ellis
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Square 1 Bank

Chris Lloyd
Senior Vice President
Comerica Bank

Mike Moretti
Senior Vice President
Silicon Valley Bank

Al Spurgin
Executive Vice President
Square 1 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
Co-President
The Jordan Edmiston Group

Linda Gridley
President and CEO
Gridley & Co.

Mihir Jobalia
Managing Director and Group Head, Technology
KPMG

Terence Kawaja
CEO
Luma Partners

Imran Khan
Managing Director
Credit Suisse

Ed Liu
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

Jay MacDonald
CEO and Managing Partner
Digital Capital Advisors

Andrew Malik
Chairman
Needham & Company

Conor Moore
Partner
KPMG

Adele Morrissette
Managing Director
BMO Capital Markets

Mark Patricof
Managing Partner
MESA

Nancy Peretsman
Managing Director
Allen & Company

Brad Raymond
Co-Head of Investment Banking
Stifel Nicolaus Weisel

Matt Schultz
Managing Director
Jefferies & Company

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

Brian Stengel
Managing Director, Head of the Digital Media Group
Waller Capital Partners

Tim Walsh
Partner
KPMG

The Madison Avenue Insiders

Craig Atkinson
Chief Operating and Digital Officer
PHD

Eric Bader
President and Chief Strategy Officer
Initiative

Tim Castree
Chief Operating Officer
MediaVest USA

Alan Cohen
CEO
OMD USA

Scott Donaton
President and CEO
Ensemble

Carl Fremont
Executive Vice President, Media Director
DIGITAS

Chris Geraci
President of National Broadcast
OMD

Scott Hagedorn
CEO
Annalect Group (OMG)

Carla Hendra
Global Chairman, OgilvyRED
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Josh Jacobs
President
Accuen

Lance Maerov
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
WPP Group

Jean-Philippe Maheu
CEO
Publicis Modem

Greg March
Director of Media Strategy and Digital Activation
Wieden + Kennedy

Victor Monahan
Managing Director, Intelligence Practice
Magna Global

Rob Norman
Chief Digital Officer
GroupM North America

John Osborn
President and CEO
BBDO New York

Katrin Ribant
Co-Founder and CEO
Datorama

Amanda Richman
President, Digital
MediaVest

Doug Scott
President
OgilvyEntertainment

Robin Steinberg
Executive Vice President, Director of Publishing Investment and Activation
MediaVest

Steve Stoute
Founder and CEO
Translation

Hagen Wenzek
Chief Technical Officer
IPG Mediabrands

Dawn Winchester
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Services Officer
R/GA

The Non-Profit Organizations

Lisa Baird
Chief Marketing Officer
US Olympic Committee

Randy Rothenberg
President and CEO
IAB

The Private Equity Partners

Lee Fixel
Managing Director
Tiger Global

Matt Freeman
Operating Partner
Bain Capital Ventures

Scott Friend
Managing Director
Bain Capital Ventures

Bradford Woloson
General Partner
JMI Equity

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

Peter Chernin
Managing Director
The Chernin Group

Jeff Clavier
Founder and Managing Partner
SoftTech VC

David Cohen
Founder and CEO
TechStars

Peter Currie
Managing Director
Currie Capital

Owen Davis
Managing Director
NY Seed

Chris Dixon
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

Mike Duda
Managing Partner
Consigliere Brand Capital

Esther Dyson
Founder
EDventure Holdings

Caterina Fake
Founding Partner
Founder Collective

Bernard Gershon
Founder and President
Gershon Media

Michael Lazerow
CEO and Co-Founder
Buddy Media

Ted Leonsis
Venture Advisor
Revolution Ventures

Nihal Mehta
Founding General Partner
ENIAC Ventures / India Internet Group

Heidi Messer
Co-Founder and Chairman / CEO
Collective[i] / World Evolved

Bob Pittman
CEO
Clear Channel Communications

David Rose
Founder and CEO
Gust (fomerly Angelsoft)

Fred Seibert
Founder and Executive Producer
Frederator Studios

Martin Varsavsky
CEO
Fon

Ed Zimmerman
Chair, Tech Group / Co-Founder /Managing Director
Lowenstein Sandler / GrapeArbor Angels / First Growth Venture Network

The University Players

Sree Sreenivasan
Chief Digital Officer
Columbia University

The Venture Capitalists

Brian Ascher
Partner
Venrock

Jim Barnett
Partner
Shasta Ventures

Larry Bohn
Managing Director
General Catalyst Partners

Roelof Botha
Partner
Sequoia Capital

Liza Boyd
Partner
Highbridge

Jim Breyer
Managing Director
Accel

Brad Burnham
Managing Partner
Union Square Ventures

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

Jon Callaghan
Partner
True Ventures

Marissa Campise
Vice President
Venrock

Shawn Carolan
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Steve Case
Managing Director
Revolution Ventures

Navin Chaddha
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund

Tim Chang
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund

Matt Cohler
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

Kevin Commoli
General Partner
Accel Partners Europe

Ronald Conway
Angel Investor
SV Angel

David Cremin
Founder and Managing Director
DFJ Frontier

Jeffrey Crowe
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners

Byron Deeter
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Thanasis Delistathis
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
New Atlantic Ventures

Elisabeth DeMarse
Chairman, CEO, and President
The Street

Harry Demott
Managing Director
Raptor Group

Keval Desai
Partner
InterWest Partners

Roger Ehrenberg
Founder and Managing Partner
IA Ventures

Stuart Ellman
General Partner
RRE Ventures

Bill Ericson
General Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures

Deborah Farrington
Founder and General Partner
StarVest Partners

Peter Fenton
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

Peter Flint
General Partner
Polaris Venture Partners

Norm Fogelsong
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners

David Golden
Managing Director
Revolution

Josh Goldman
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners

Ross Goldstein
Co-Founder and Managing Director
DFJ Gotham Ventures

Bob Goodman
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bing Gordon
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Mike Gordon
Managing Director
Meritech Capital Partners

Bill Gurley
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

Rick Heitzmann
Managing Director
FirstMark Capital / NYC Entrepreneurial Fund

Eric Hippeau
Partner
Lerer Ventures

David Hirsch
Partner
Metamorphic Ventures

Sonja Hoel Perkins
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Jeff Horing
Managing Director
Insight Venture Partners

Ben Horowitz
Co-Founder and General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

Eric Jackson
Managing Member
Ironfire Capital

Brian Jacobs
Founder and General Partner
Emergence Capital

Amish Jani
Managing Director
FirstMark Capital

John Jarve
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Jeff Jordan
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

Habib Kairouz
Managing Partner
Rho Ventures

Josh Kopelman
Partner
First Round Capital

Josh Kushner
Founder
Thrive Capital

Aileen Lee
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Warren Lee
Partner
Canaan Partners

Ken Lerer
Managing DIrector
Lerer Ventures

Rich Levandov
Partner
Avalon Ventures

Jeremy Levine
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Jordan Levy
NY Partner
SoftBank Capital

Ping Li
General Partner
Accel Partners

Mark Mackenzie
Senior Thematic Analyst, Venture Capital – Telecom, Media, and Technology
AllianceBernstein

Vineet Madan
Senior Vice President
McGraw-Hill Education

Om Malik
Founder
GigaOm

Stephen Marcus
Partner
New Atlantic Ventures

Paul Matteucci
General Partner
USVP

Chris McKay
Managing Director
Granite Ventures

Chip Meakem
Managing Partner
Tribeca Venture Partners

Mary Meeker
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Chris Moore
Partner
Redpoint Ventures

John Moragne
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Trident Capital

Allen Morgan
Venture Partner
Mayfield Fund

Howard Morgan
Partner
First Round Capital

Alan Murray
Partner
Coriolis Ventures

Jack Myers
Chairman
Media Advisory Group

Dan Nova
Partner
Highland Capital

David Pakman
Partner
Venrock

Eric Paley
Managing Partner
Founder Collective

Satya Patel
Former Principal
Battery Ventures

Alan Patricof
Managing Director
Greycroft Partners

Bo Peabody
Managing General Partner
Village Ventures

Shervin Pishevar
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Scott Raney
Partner
Redpoint Ventures

Jeff Richards
Partner
GGV Capital

Nathan Richardson
CEO
#waywire

Bryce Roberts
co-founder and Managing Director
Reilly AlphaTech Ventures

Jim Robinson IV
General Partner
RRE Ventures

Dan Rosensweig
CEO
Chegg

Bijan Sabet
General Partner
Spark Capital

Ann Sarnoff
Chief Operating Officer
BBC Worldwide America

Tige Savage
Managing Director
Revolution Ventures

Daniel Schultz
Co-Founder and Managing Director
DFJ Gotham Ventures

Mark Siegel
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Ian Sigalow
Partner
Greycroft Partners

Evangelos Simoudis
Senior Managing Director
Trident

David Skok
General Partner
Matrix Partners

James Slavet
Partner
Greylock

David Sze
Partner
Greylock

Robert Theis
Managing Director
Scale Venture Partners

Samit Varma
Partner
Anthem Venture Partners

Robin Vasan
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund

Pravin Vazirani
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Dominique Vidal
Partner
Index Ventures

Albert Wenger
Managing Partner
Union Square Ventures

Sharon Wienbar
Managing Director
Scale Venture Partners

Fred Wilson
Managing Partner
Union Square Ventures

Geoffrey Yang
Founding Partner
Redpoint Ventures

Marc Yi
Managing Director
Intel Capital

David Zilberman
Partner
Comcast Ventures

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