Webinar: The State of Video for 2018

David Berkowitz is the Head of Marketing at Storyhunter, the video production marketplace and platform. Previously. he served as Chief Strategy Officer at social listening firm Sysomos. Prior roles include posts with agencies MRY, 360i, and iCrossing, along with leading media relations at eMarketer. He has contributed more than 500 columns to Advertising Age, MediaPost, VentureBeat, Mashable, Adweek, and other publications, while appearing regularly in the press. He has penned his Serial Marketer blog since 2005, and he has spoken at more than 300 events globally.

Jaron is the founder and CEO of Storyhunter, a company that provides a range of services for video journalists, documentary filmmakers, and digital publishers. Storyhunter’s premier service is the Storyhunter Network, an online portal dedicated to video journalism. Video makers use Storyhunter.tv to pitch stories, showcase their work, and reach audiences worldwide. Fortune 500 companies, media organizations, and non-profits use the Storyhunter system to crowdsource premium, factual stories from around the world.

Leveraging the collective knowledge base of the Storyhunter global community, Jaron facilitates the production of international television series and feature length documentaries. He also advises multinational corporations, government institutions, and non-profits on a range of topics related to communications, politics, and new media.

Before founding Storyhunter, Jaron was one of the pioneers of “solo video journalism”. With just a backpack, video camera, and laptop, he produced, filmed, and edited award winning documentaries and news reports from all over the world. Jaron produced, filmed, and edited two feature-length documentaries, Grassroots and Disengagement. His videos and writing have been published in the New York Times, Time, PBS, Documentary International Magazine, Haaretz, Sun-Sentinel, Current TV, CNN, and on his personal blog.

A self-described “conversation architect,” Linda joined Havas PR North America in October 2015 as Executive Vice President to lead the agency’s digital/social and measurement practice. She specializes in providing senior-level strategic counsel and tactical implementation to clients on their brand, messaging and overall marketing and communications strategy, incorporating PR, media relations, social media, content partnerships, influencer marketing, thought leadership and advertising. Her work includes a variety of sectors including financial services, economic development, pharma, and corporate responsibility.

Prior to joining Havas PR, Linda held several executive level positions at Citi, including managing director and global head of content marketing and social media for Citi’s Global Consumer Bank; president and CEO of Women & Co., an award-winning financial lifestyle community for women; Director and Portfolio Manager of Social Awareness Investments at Citigroup Asset Management; and Senior Vice President and Head of Environmental Affairs at Citi predecessor, Salomon Inc.

Linda has been featured in Ad Age, Business Insider, Digiday, HuffPost and Social Media Today, among others. Her honors include a 2014 Fox Information Technology Distinguished Alumni Award from the Fox School of Business at Temple University, 2014 Pinnacle in Leadership Award from the Girl Scouts of Greater New York, and 2013 Changing the Game Award from Advertising Women of New York (now known as She Runs It).

Linda serves as a capstone mentor and advisory council member for the Fox School of Business M.S. in Digital Innovation in Marketing program. She currently serves on the board of directors of New York Women in Communications (and is a past president) and Servo Annex, a digital consultancy.

Paul Kontonis is Chief Marketing Officer at WHOSAY, a Viacom company. WHOSAY is the brand-trusted influence marketing firm, and Kontonis is responsible for overseeing all of the the company’s B2B marketing, communications, social media and editorial strategy. Kontonis is a 25-year digital media veteran with an industry leading expertise in the B2B marketing, branding, content marketing, and the cross-platform video distribution and monetization of original digital content.