Attention Span Media

Donald Armstrong

Polar Capital Group

Donald has been the acting CFO for a number of high-growth Internet start-ups as well as the Managing Director of Polar Capital Group and Greenwich Investment Resources, which he started with his brother Tim (CEO of AOL). Previously, he was a financial analyst at Boston Trust & Investment Management, United Asset Management, State Street and Fidelity. Donald received a BA and MBA from Boston College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Alex Kruglov

Hulu

Alex is a director of content acquisition at HULU, where he is responsible for negotiating US and international content acquisition deals with TV, cable, film and independent producers. Previously, he worked in digital strategy at Sony, in finance at Fox Searchlight and was a McKinsey analyst. Alex received his MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from Brown University.

Scott Roberts

LinkedIn

Scott oversees business development and partnering strategy for LinkedIn's Hiring Solutions, Marketing Solutions and online businesses. Between 2007 and 2009 he led LinkedIn’s company-wide partnering efforts focused on driving user engagement, revenue and new user growth. Among the numerous deals Scott has led and completed for LinkedIn: partnerships with Twitter, Microsoft, The New York Times, CNBC, Amazon and Google. Previously, Scott worked at Yahoo!, where he shepherded a massive content-integration deal with a consortium of major newspapers and helped launch Yahoo! Voice. He is a graduate of Yale University and sits on the board of trustees of San Francisco’s Live Oak School.

Brian Shin

Visible Measures

Brian Shin is the founder and CEO of video analytics company Visible Measures. Brian has co-founded several successful Internet software companies, including web-based collaboration technology vendor Creative Aspects, acquired by WebMD; and The Cambridge Intelligence Agency, a Web-based e-mail response management solution provider. Brian holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management as part of a dual-degree Harvard-MIT Biomedical Enterprise Program.

Paul Irving

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Paul is Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Member of Board of Directors at Milken Institute. He spent 2010 as an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. Previously, he was Co-Chairman and Senior Corporate Partner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, advising company boards of directors and senior executives, sophisticated investors and entrepreneurs, in corporate matters including M&A, capital markets and formation, governance, contract relationships and regulatory challenges. Prior to serving as Manatt's Co-Chairman, Mr. Irving was the firm's CEO and Managing Partner, a member of its Board of Directors and Chairman of its Compensation Committee. Mr. Irving received his JD from Loyola Law School and his B.F.A from New York University.

Brian Taptich

Zynga

Brian is VP of Strategy at Zynga, focusing on international expansion. Prior to Zynga, Brian was a partner at Davis Shapiro Media Advisors (DSMA) where he worked with a range of leading digital media technology startups backed by leading vc firms. Prior to DSMA, he was GM and VP at BitTorrent, and VP of marketing and business development at Electronic Arts. He has worked for Allen & Company and venture capital and co-founded cross-platform media company alarm:clock worldwide. He began his career as an editor with Red Herring magazine. Brian holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Dave Goetsch

CBS/Big Bang Theory

David Goetsch is currently a co-executive producer of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Previously, he wrote on Third Rock From The Sun and was its executive producer in its final season. He helped to create the animated show Game Over and has written for many networks. He is a graduate of Yale University and teaches a course on webisode creation and production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.