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omni-net.com
Omni-nets office staff:
Richy Glassberg; President & CEO:
Richy Glassberg is building an effective team of experienced
professionals to manage and grow the client base of
Omni-net.com into the leading consultative online advertising and
marketing network. Glassberg was SVP and general manager of
Turner Interactive Sales, where he headed up all online activities for
CNN.com, CNNSI.com, CNNFN.comCartoonNetwork.com and
WCW.com. Glassberg joined Turner Broadcasting Sales in 1990
where he managed accounts for TNT and TBS in both New York
and Los Angeles. He was promoted to senior AE for CNN and
Headline News and was instrumental in the creation of Turner
Interactive Sales. Prior to joining Turner, he was in ad sales for MTV
Networks. A founding member of the Internet Advertising Bureau, he
serves on the IAB Board of Directors. Glassberg is a member of the
FAST Forward Steering Committee, a broad-based Internet industry
coalition dedicated to accelerating the development and use of
digital advertising. He also serves as vice chairman of the
Interactive Media Liaison Committee for ABC Interactive.
Contact:
rglassberg@omni-net.com
Direct Dial: 212-378-6466
Robert Chmiel; COO, Enhanced Services, Parent
Company of Omni-net:
Robert Chmiel brings more than 15 years of financial and
operational experience with Fortune 500 companies to Omni-net.
He was Chief Financial Officer for barnesandnoble.com, the $65
million online bookselling division of Barnes & Noble, Inc. before its
merger with Bertlesmann. Prior to Barnes & Noble, Mr. Chmiel spent
over six years with the Walt Disney Company, most recently as Vice
President, Finance and Operations for Disney Online and was
instrumental in its start-up. Mr. Chmiel's background includes
extensive capital markets experience with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
and Prudential-Bache. He started his career with the Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation and holds an MBA from the Wharton School
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Contact:
rchmiel@omni-net.com
Direct Dial: 212-378-6463
R. Scott Ford; SVP Network Sales and Business
Development:
As SVP, Network Sales and Business Development, Scott Ford
develops partnerships with sites within the network. Ford comes to
Omni-net from DejaNews.com, where he was EVP in charge of
advertising sales and business development. He opened
DejaNews's business office in New York, oversaw strategic
partnership negotiations and created a national sales force for the
Austin, TX-based leader in Internet discussion. Ford has extensive
sales experience in both print and broadcast. Prior to his position at
DejaNews, he was the publisher of The Atlantic Monthly. He
managed the New York sales staff of U.S.News & World Report and
worked on the launch of Fast Company Magazine. He has also held
sales positions of increasing responsibility with Conde Nast, Fox
Broadcasting, CBS and Time, Inc.
Contact:
sford@omni-net.com
Direct Dial: 212-378-0503
Thomas J. Mannion; SVP Advertising Sales:
As SVP Advertising Sales, Tom Mannion manages day-to-day sales
operations, working closely with agencies and clients to build the
Omni-net.com business. He comes to Omni-net from Point Cast,
where he was responsible for directing all aspects of the sales
efforts for the company in the Eastern United States, including
hiring, training development and implementation of sales strategy.
Prior to joining PointCast, from 1984 through 1994, he held several
key sales positions for CMP Publications, one of the industry's
leading publishers of new media trade magazines. In 1994, Mr.
Mannion was named National Sales Director for Interactive Age, the
first interactive publication targeted at the business community,
where he was responsible for all aspects of the sales process.
Contact:
tmannion@omni-net.com
Direct Dial: 212-378-0519
Richard LeFurgy; Omni-net Advisory Panel;
Chairman of the Board, Internet Advertising
Bureau; Chairman, FAST Forward Steering
Committee:
Mr. LeFurgy is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Internet
Advertising Bureau, and was a founding member in 1996. The
group, with over 300 member companies, is dedicated to promoting
the use and marketing effectiveness of Internet media. LeFurgy also
serves as Chairman of the FAST Forward Steering Committee, a
broad-based Internet industry coalition that was formed in August
1998 to accelerate development of online marketing.
LeFurgy, a 20-year advertising industry veteran, was one of the
early evangelists of the Internet's tremendous advertising and
marketing value. He began working in online media in 1996 and
built Starwave's online advertising sales operation. In 1998,
LeFurgy combined the ad sales operations of ESPN, ABC and
Disney Online, and oversaw advertising sales for a diverse group of
leading destination sites, including: ESPN.com, ABC.com,
ABCNews.com, Disney Online, NBA.com, NFL.com, NASCAR
Online and Mr. Showbiz. Prior to the online world, he was EVP,
Senior Partner and on the Board of Directors at NW Ayer & Partners
in New York (17 years). |
