Barone will be responsible for directing the digital media team, which includes media, paid search, analytics, reporting and strategy, and will play a large part in integrating digital strategy and defining customer experience across all media channels.
Barone was most recently at Ogilvy & Mather, where he was one of the founding members of the Neo@Ogilvy organization, and managed digital and direct media for companies such as HSBC Direct, United States Marine Corps, British Telecom, Yahoo, FEMA and Goldman-Sachs. Perviously, he was the SVP and group media Director at Foote, Cone & Belding, where he led an 18-person integrated media team on a $150 million Quest Communications project.--Tanya Irwin