Mr. Palmieri is a successful entrepreneur in the internet space – most notably in the mobile ecosystem.  He was the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Millennial Media (NYSE:MM) from 2006 to 2014, a market leading advertising technology company.  He led the company from concept to several hundred million USD in revenue, operations on three continents, a successful IPO, and operation and growth as a public company.  Prior to Millennial Media, he held management positions at Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Advertising.com (AOL), and Tessco Technologies (NASDAQ: TESS). He has been a frequent guest on CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg Television, as an expert in user data, and the secular trend of mobile computing. Mr. Palmieri is the former Global Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association, and served on the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.  He is a current national judge for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year program, was a winner of the award in the technology category in 2011, and was named Executive of the Year in 2011 by the American Business Awards.   Mr. Palmieri is a graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University, where he serves as a Trustee. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and 2 children.  

Michael Flannery serves as both a General Partner at Grit Capital Partners, and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Redwood Partners and Redwood Technology Ventures. He focuses on technology investments in marketing technology, Fintech, and e-commerce.  Some of his current investments include iFundWomen, Dubset, Alef, Measurence, and Jackpocket.  

For over 20 years, Michael has advised global entrepreneurs, corporate executives and venture capitalists on strategic growth, talent strategy and executive search.  Redwood Partners uses rich data and look alike success modeling to target and select talent for boards and executive operating roles.  Since 2000, Redwood has operated an accelerator and has been successful making direct investments in seed-stage companies to compliment its deep experience in talent and venture development.  Michael is dedicated to the growth and acceleration of women entrepreneurs, and currently serves on the board of iFundWomen and the Female Entrepreneurs Fund.  Michael is an alumnus and past Trustee of Cazenovia College. He splits time between New York City and Saratoga, NY where he resides with his wife and two children. 

Cheryl is a General Partner at BlueRun Ventures, a Menlo Park, CA- based early stage venture capital firm focused on seed and series A opportunities. Her background includes mergers and acquisitions along with brand management and marketing. She brings a diverse skillset to investing in and supporting early stage opportunities across consumer and enterprise applications. Some of Cheryl’s investments include Hello Heart, Sendwithus, and ZeeMee. Cheryl is an advisor to Stanford’s Biodesign program and the class for mobile health. She is also an advisor to L’Oreal’s Women in Digital Program.

Prior to BRV, Cheryl has worked across innovation and retail marketing roles at Clorox and The Sharper Image. She also worked on over 20 M&A transactions at Broadview International. Cheryl has a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management where she was a Forte Foundation Scholar.

Lasse Hamre is the Executive Vice President of Engineering / Technology for iHeartMedia, a multi-platform music platform with over 110+ million registered users since the launch in 2011. Lasse oversees the teams responsible for client development, platforms, and infrastructure for iHearRadio.

Prior to iHeartRadio, Lasse was the EVP of Engineering/co-founder of Thumbplay, a ringtone and music delivery company which was acquired by Clearchannel in 2011. Lasse has been working in the media/technology space since 2001 and is also a tech investor and advisor for early startup companies in varied industries. Lasse holds a Master of Engineering in Telecom and Bachelor in Information systems from University of Colorado, Boulder.

As general manager of IBM Watson Content & IoT Platform, Cameron Clayton oversees a portfolio of cognitive businesses within IBM, including Watson Advertising, Watson Content, Watson Media, Watson IoT Platform and The Weather Company. These businesses create decision support offerings and enterprise IoT solutions for a number of industries and marketers, including aviation, transportation, retail, insurance, media, energy & utilities, oil & gas, consumer packaged goods, quick service restaurants and more.

Clayton was most recently CEO and general manager of The Weather Company, where he oversaw the company’s valuable portfolio of consumer products and digital businesses including The Weather Channel® (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com) as well as its business solutions unit. The product portfolio includes the No. 1 weather application on all major platforms, a top-20 website, the world’s largest network of personal weather stations, and top solutions for industries such as aviation, energy, insurance, media and more. Clayton was instrumental in orchestrating IBM’s acquisition of The Weather Company in 2015.

Clayton joined Weather in 2004 as manager of business development, developing distribution relationships for weather.com, and has risen through the digital ranks since then. Before the IBM acquisition in 2016, Clayton served as president of the product and technology division of The Weather Company, seeking opportunities, accelerating growth and building products our daily users – both professional and consumer – love.

Clayton serves on the Ad Council board of directors, the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) board, and also participates in several other digital industry groups. A native of New Zealand, Clayton has been in the United States since 2001 and lives in Atlanta with his family.

Founder Are Traasdahl has more than 17 years’ experience in mobile and digital content. He is the Founder and CEO of Tapad.  In 2016, Telenor Group acquired Tapad for $360M, making it the fifth largest venture-backed M&A exit in New York since 2009. He is a frequent contributor for outlets such as CNBC and Bloomberg News, and he has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Ad Age and other major news outlets. He was named Global Startup Awards’ Founder of the Year in 2016 and EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014. He was also named one of Business Insider’s “Most Important People in Mobile Advertising: 2013.” Traasdahl also currently holds several board positions and heads Spring Capital, an investment holding company. Prior to Tapad, he founded Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment service that he grew to more than $100 MM in revenues in less than 3 years before he exited the company (the company, later acquired by Clear Channel, is now called iHeartRadio).

Martin Bradley O’Connor, II, Esq. is the managing partner of O’Connor, Morss & O’Connor, P.C. founded in 1903. Martin’s practice involves counseling his clients, their family offices and their closely-held businesses regarding strategic planning, ownership and wealth management issues. His varied professional experiences have resulted in a practice representing individuals and entities in the entertainment, sport and financial sectors.

Martin has served as a director of public companies, and serves as a director and trustee of closely-held companies, charitable organizations, foundations and professional boards. He also serves as an independent trustee of numerous multigenerational trusts and charitable trusts. The vast majority of Martin’s clients and their matters are private. However, a few of Martin’s recent public activities are as follows:

Martin was a Director of Rentrak Corporation, a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ (RENT) from 2010 until its merger with comScore (SCOR) in January, 2017. He was also a Director of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ (CIDM) until his resignation in July, 2016. Martin also served as a director of Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. NASDAQ (DCIN) a motion picture exhibitor which was acquired by Carmike Cinemas Inc. (CKEC) in August, 2014.

Martin is a graduate of the Pingry School, The Johns Hopkins University, and The Seton Hall University School of Law. Martin resides in Harding Township, New Jersey with his wife, Jane Sarkin, and their daughters, Kate and Lauren.