TIM ARMSTRONG
President, Advertising and Commerce, North America, & Vice President, Google Inc.

Tim Armstrong presides over Google’s North American advertising sales and operations teams. His team, located in cities across the U.S. and Canada, provides customers with local partnerships as well as centralized sales and services. They work with some of the world’s most widely recognized brands and advertising agencies, as well as some of the fastest growing medium-sized companies.

Tim has been named one of the top “100 People to Know” for global media by Media Magazine and was awarded a Media Maven Award by Advertising Age in 2004. He also sits on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), KnowledgeStorm Inc., and Associated Content Inc.

JOANNE BRADFORD
Executive Vice President of National Marketing Services, Spot Runner

Joanne Bradford, a veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the media industry, is responsible for leading the national advertising business unit of Spot Runner, the first Internet-based ad agency that makes it easy and affordable for local businesses to advertise on TV.

She joined Spot Runner from Microsoft, where she served as corporate vice president and chief media officer of MSN Media Network. In this role, she led global product and platform development, content and programming, business development, product management, marketing, and branded entertainment. Prior to that, Bradford served as Microsoft’s corporate vice president of global sales and marketing and chief media revenue officer for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions across all Microsoft properties. Bradford was vice president and director of North American Advertising Sales at BusinessWeek magazine before joining Microsoft in 2001.

Bradford’s many accolades throughout her career include being named one of BusinessWeek’s Media Up-and-Comers, Advertising Age’s 2003 “Women to Watch,” the “Chairman’s Award,” an internal Microsoft honor bestowed on exceptional employees, and a McGraw-Hill “Excellence in Management” award in 2000

VICTORIA COLLIGAN
Founder

Victoria is the co-founder and president of Ladies Who Launch, a lifestyle- and business-focused media company that provides a social network for entrepreneurial and creative women. She is the creator of Ladies Who Launch Online and the Featured Lady stories. She is also co-author of the book Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship and Creativity as a Lifestyle.

Victoria has been featured on “The Today Show,” in The New York Times, and in many other media outlets. Prior to starting Ladies Who Launch, Victoria worked as director of content and business development for Amsale, a high-end wedding gowns designer, where she relaunched their Web site, started an online magazine, and developed numerous strategic partnerships. Victoria began her career as a corporate lawyer at Kelley Drye and Warren in New York. She holds a JD / MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and a BA with honors from Brown University.

DANA SETTLE
Partner, Greycroft LLC

Prior to joining Greycroft, a venture capital partnership formed to invest in promising digital media companies, Dana spent several years as a venture capitalist and advisor to startup companies, first as a Venture Partner with Mayfield, where she focused on early-stage companies in the mobile communications and consumer Internet markets, and later as a Partner with VSP Capital.

As a venture capitalist, Dana invested in and advised several portfolio companies, including MobileStar (sold to TMobile), Revenue Science, Trigo (sold to IBM), Truveo (sold to AOL), and Doppelganger. Dana’s additional experience includes investment banking at Lehman Brothers in the media and communications group and international business development at McCaw Cellular Communications.