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Check out our latest, special episode of Marketing for the Now dedicated to Platforms and Culture!
Hear from industry leaders and top brands as we discussed what it really means to be consumer-centric.
Featured speakers included…
- Jon Morgenstern SVP, Head of Investment VaynerMedia
- Fernando Machado Chief Marketing Officer Activision Blizzard
- Omar Raja Commentator for ESPN Digital and Social Content
- Will Guidara Restaurateur, Eleven Madison Park, The #1 Restaurant in the World, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’
- Tressie Lieberman Vice President, Digital Marketing and Off-Premise Chipotle Mexican Grill
- Rekha Rao CEO Hello Products
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Fernando is a global marketer with a passion for growing brands and businesses. Fernando is one of the most awarded marketers in the world and is known for pushing the creative boundaries to drive business growth.
Fernando joined Activision Blizzard as CMO during 2021. He is now responsible for marketing some of the most exciting titles in the gaming industry (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, among others). Fernando is also the executive sponsor of the LatinX network at Activision Blizzard.
Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Fernando spent 7 years at Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons). His focus was to infuse the brands with purpose (incl. ESG), improving product quality, modernizing design, and inspiring the organization around tech, digital and brand development.
Prior to joining Restaurant Brands International, Fernando worked for 18 years at Unilever. Starting as an intern, he moved up the ranks working different product categories and brands, including Dove where he led the groundbreaking "Real Beauty Sketches".
Fernando joined Activision Blizzard as CMO during 2021. He is now responsible for marketing some of the most exciting titles in the gaming industry (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, among others). Fernando is also the executive sponsor of the LatinX network at Activision Blizzard.
Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Fernando spent 7 years at Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons). His focus was to infuse the brands with purpose (incl. ESG), improving product quality, modernizing design, and inspiring the organization around tech, digital and brand development.
Prior to joining Restaurant Brands International, Fernando worked for 18 years at Unilever. Starting as an intern, he moved up the ranks working different product categories and brands, including Dove where he led the groundbreaking "Real Beauty Sketches".
Jon Morgenstern is the SVP, Head of Investment at VaynerMedia, leading our media buying discipline with an emphasis on in-platform practitionership and biddable media excellence. Jon is the team's technical lead in navigating critical media ecosystem changes, from privacy-related disruption to large-scale shifts in consumer attention. He is tasked with ensuring our media organization consistently stays ahead of the curve in driving performance outcomes and adopting new innovations.
Jason Loomis is SVP, Head of Media at The Sasha Group. Prior to the Sasha group he spent 7 ½ years at VaynerMedia, the flagship agency within the VaynerX portfolio, as VP of Media. While there he oversaw a media group that managed integrated media investment for Fortune 500 consumer brands and B2B clients with total annual media investments surpassing $50MM annually.
Jason was instrumental in growing the initial media team at VaynerMedia, joining as the second member of the team and helping to guide the group to manage over $25M in their first 3 years and grow the team from 2 to 20.
Prior to working in the VaynerX world, Jason worked in the music industry, helping independent musicians hone their digital strategy and presence.
Jason is an avid whisky connoisseur and lover of Bluegrass.
Jason was instrumental in growing the initial media team at VaynerMedia, joining as the second member of the team and helping to guide the group to manage over $25M in their first 3 years and grow the team from 2 to 20.
Prior to working in the VaynerX world, Jason worked in the music industry, helping independent musicians hone their digital strategy and presence.
Jason is an avid whisky connoisseur and lover of Bluegrass.
Omar Raja serves as a commentator for ESPN’s digital and social content. In addition to being the leading voice behind ESPN’s SportsCenter Instagram account, Raja’s role includes multi-platform talent appearances across shows like Hoop Streams, The College Football Playoff Show, and SportsCenter. He is also responsible for strategic social programming across ESPN’s social platforms, bringing industry-leading expertise in user-generated content strategy and social community building to expand ESPN’s reach to the next generation of sports fans.
A prolific restaurateur, Will has been immersed in the restaurant industry since the age of thirteen. Under his leadership his restaurant Eleven Madison Park received numerous accolades including four stars from the New York Times and three Michelin stars. At EMP, he discovered the remarkable power of giving people more than they expect and used this idea of Unreasonable Hospitality to turn a struggling two-star brasserie into the #1 restaurant in the world, the highest ranking on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. This radical reinvention was a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room, creating memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality and is the focus of his National Bestseller, Unreasonable Hospitality.
Rekha Rao is currently the CEO of hello products. In this role, she sets the strategy, manages the P&L, and runs the day to day operations of hello. She continues to cultivate the agile and entrepreneurial mindset of the hello team while accelerating growth. She is inspired to work on such a distinct, fun, people-centric brand with so much potential. Colgate Palmolive acquired hello Products in Jan 2020 for those exact reasons. She has been with Colgate Palmolive for 20+ years, holding a variety of brand management roles with escalating responsibility. She was awarded The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business award and is a trained Design Thinking Catalyst. She is married and has a 17 year old daughter & a 12 year old son. She loves to travel (58 countries & counting) & cook vegetarian food reflecting different cuisines. Rekha is passionate about creating motivating team environments & culture. She truly believes in the power of a friendly brand + culture.
Tressie Lieberman is Vice President of Digital Marketing and Off-Premise for Chipotle. She is focused on expanding access to real food with new ordering channels such as delivery and catering. She is passionate about breaking through in culture and growing community engagement by leading Chipotle Rewards loyalty program, CRM, metaverse, social media and influencer relationships.
Lieberman also held leadership positions at Snap Kitchen and Taco Bell. She has achieved accolades such as being named on the Nation’s Restaurant News Power List, Advertising Age Women to Watch and Business Insider’s Top Influencer Marketers. She develops future leaders through the Chipotle women’s employee resource group.
