Meet the judges behind the DMA 2011 competition
Sarah Locke founded Braben in 1994 as the first full-service, specialist public relations consultancy for the media industry. Braben was one of the first companies to adopt a fully integrated approach to digital PR across its B2B, B2C and Corporate PR services. Sarah has a huge passion for media and how social media and online [...]
Russell Clark was the Art Editor at Dennis Publishing’s iGizmo, one of the most popular consumer digital magazines on the planet, and the first title to showcase how ground breaking digital magazines can be. Russell’s work on iGizmo and subsequently as Group Art Editor at Dennis Publishing set a standard for interactive magazine design. He [...]
Rishi Khiani is the CEO of Indiatimes, flagship brand of the digital arm of Times Group – India’s largest media house. A cross media veteran, he created UrbanEye Media in 1998, a digital marketing agency that rolled out solutions for the world’s leading brands such as Nike, FIFA, MTV, Universal and The US Army, before [...]
Richard Ayers is Head of Digital at Manchester City FC. Since his early days as a radio and TV journalist, Richard launched BBC News online in ’97; ran Tiscali’s award-winning portal for seven years; launched the Guardian’s video service and controlled Trinity Mirror’s network of regional news websites until taking his current position as a [...]
Peter Bale, recently appointed as Vice President and General Manager of CNN International Digital, was previously with Microsoft as International Programming Director, responsible for content on MSN properties outside the United States. A former Reuters correspondent and editor he was also a founder of FTMarketWatch.com and Online Editorial Director of Times Online for News Corporation.
Ivan Fernandes is Global Director, Social Media Technology for Mediacom. Previously Head of Planning for MediaCom Digital Investment in the UK, Ivan was responsible for helping domestic clients understand the nature and the impact of the social media conversation around their brand, and recognises the importance progressions in digital media has on today’s businesses.
David Schlesinger has been the Chairman of Thomson Reuters China since February 2011, and is the Group’s senior representative in the region. He is an Advisory Board member of the International News Safety Institute and on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists, as well as Honorary President of the International Network of Street [...]
Gavin Drake is Vice President of Marketing for Quark, best known for its flagship product — QuarkXPress. Gavin has more than 16 years experience in marketing to the publishing industry, and as part of the Quark leadership team, is now driving the next revolution in publishing, enabling new standards in XML-based publishing across print, the [...]
Peter Houston
Peter Houston is the Director of Content for Advanstar Communications in Europe and has worked in magazine publishing for more than 20 years. He speaks regularly at industry events on the development of digital magazines and writes about the future of the medium at the Flipping Pages Blog (www.flippingpages.org.uk).