People on the Move
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
  • Christopher Kobran
    Digg
    Christopher Kobran joined Digg as eastern sales director in its New York office. Prior to Digg, Kobran was director of media services for Clearspring Technologies and CNET Networks.
  • Kevin Rettig and Scott Fiaschetti
    Questus
    Questus New York hired Kevin Rettig as director of media and Scott Fiaschetti as director of research.
  • Laurie Schuster
    Doremus
    Doremus named Laurie Schuster head of digital strategy. Schuster previously served as director, digital strategies at (RED), New York, where she launched digital initiatives to engage consumers in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
  • Bill Cafferata
    Mediacy
    Mediacy hired Bill Cafferata as national accounts manager of Mediacy Outdoor. He previously worked at Titan Worldwide selling transit and billboards at their global headquarters in New York, as well as at their New Jersey office.
  • Enzo Villani
    Villani Advisors
    Enzo Villani, the former chief strategy officer and founding member of DF King Worldwide has launched a strategic consulting and M&A boutique called Villani Advisors.
  • Ronald Baldwin, Jr.
    JBI
    JBI hired Ronald Baldwin, Jr. as chief financial officer.
  • Corey Kronengold
    Twistage
    Video platform provider, Twistage, has hired Corey Kronengold as vice president, communications. He will continue to write and edit the OnlineVideoWatch.com blog. Previously, he was senior director, marketing & communications at Tremor Media.
  • Rob Norman
    GroupM North America
    Rob Norman was named CEO of GroupM North America as part of an executive restructuring in which he will share management responsibilities for the company with Rino Scanzoni, GroupM's chief investment officer. Norman succeeds Marc Goldstein, who will leave his role as GroupM NA CEO on March 31.
  • Geoffrey Melick
    Tribune Company
    Tribune Company hired Geoffrey Melick as senior vice president/health, responsible for developing advertiser solutions and new advertising and marketing products related to the healthcare industry.
  • Paul Nguyen and Jason Rappaport
    McCann Erickson Los Angeles
    McCann Erickson Los Angeles named Paul Nguyen as senior vice president, creative director, and Jason Rappaport as vice president, associate creative director. The appointment reunites Nguyen and Rappaport, who worked together as a creative team for several years at TBWA/Chiat/Day in Los Angeles. Nguyen was most recently creative director at TBWA/Chiat/Day in Los Angeles. Rappaport joins McCann Erickson from Ground Zero, where he served as senior writer, working on 2K Sports, ESPN, Partnership for a Drug Free America and Oberto Beef Jerky.
  • Sandra Luciano and Jason Gerdon
    Integrated MarketingWorks
    Integrated MarketingWorks hired Sandra Luciano as creative director and Jason Gerdon as assistant account executive.
  • Niccolo de Masi
    Glu Mobile
    Glu Mobile named Niccolo de Masi as president and CEO. Most recently, de Masi served as chief executive officer and president of Hands-On Mobile, a mobile technology company and developer and publisher of mobile entertainment.