Thursday, November 14th, 2019

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Session I: Herscher Hall, Guerin B, Webcast Live

Podcasting Talent, Networks, Distribution & Advertising, Part II

Tim Street, Vice President, Influence & Production, Authentic

Korri Kolesa, Chief Operating Officer, ART19, Inc.

Kelly Garner, Founder and CEO, Treefort

Ryan Rose, Director of Sales & Partnership Development, DAX / Global

Dave Zohrob, co-founder and CEO, Chartable.com

Jason Z. Haikara, EVP, MediaLink, Moderator

Kelly Garner is the Founder and CEO of Treefort, a Los Angeles based podcast company with a mission to expand imagination through narrative storytelling. Since launching in early 2018, Treefort produced the true-crime investigative series "Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood." The series reached #1 on Apple Podcasts in its first week, and has since garnered over 7 million downloads, was included on Apple's "Most Downloaded New Series", and was named a 2019 Webby Honoree for Best Series. Since then, Treefort has produced podcast series for LA Times Studios & Focus Features, Disney, Microsoft, and is in production on multiple original fictional and documentary series. Previous to founding Treefort, Kelly was a TV producer was Vice President of Development & Programming at Syfy Network and Wilshire Studios at NBCUniversal. As a producer Kelly has created and produced award-winning TV series for nearly every broadcast, cable, and streaming platform.

Ryan Rose, Director of Sales & Partnership Development, DAX / Global: As Director of Sales & Partnership Development, Ryan Rose leads DAX’s podcast division. Ryan created the podcast division in 2018 as a new product offering for advertisers separate from the original digital audio streaming rep firm business model. Ryan manages bringing new talent onboard for always-on podcasts such as Something You Should Know and also produces content originals such as Bronzeville and the upcoming The Undercovers, while securing sponsorships and branded content for its roster of shows.

Dave Zohrob is the cofounder and CEO of Chartable.com. Chartable offers podcast analytics, marketing, and advertising attribution tools used by tens of thousands of podcasts to help both indie creators and major media publishers understand and grow their audiences. Prior to founding Chartable, Dave started AngelList's startup recruiting platform, which has matched millions of candidates to high-tech jobs at startups around the world. Dave previously cofounded an early mobile social networking & gaming company reaching millions of users in the early days of the App Store. His favorite podcasts include 16 Minutes on the News, Caliphate, and Conversations with Tyler.

Jason Z. Haikara, EVP, MediaLink: Jason Haikara brings a wide breadth of experience to his consulting and advisory work at MediaLink including go-to-market strategy, strategic partnerships, content development and production, digital transformation and brand marketing. Haikara’s experience in the entertainment industry includes 20 years with Fox Entertainment in a variety of roles culminating in SVP of Marketing where he directed all aspects of the network’s online and digital presence, including marketing strategy, creative development, original content production and distribution and brand partnerships for such series as 24 and American Idol. During his tenure, FOX won the first-ever Primetime Emmy ® nomination for broadband content. In 2007, Haikara joined digital studio Filmaka to direct its marketing and publicity efforts and then became its co-president adding creative development and production to his responsibilities. Filmaka-produced creative was featured by Ford Motor Company in the Grammy Awards. Other clients included Microsoft, Unilever, Discover Card, Cisco, SABMiller, Red Bull and Snickers. Haikara, the Filmaka team and a trio of young Mexican filmmakers won a Webby Award for “Best Drama Series” for The Ten Commandments of La Vida Loca. Haikara is a past three-term co-chair of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Digital Committee, responsible for the launch of Emmys.com among other initiatives, and an eight-term member of its Interactive Media Peer Group Executive Committee. He began his career in marketing at Toyota Motor Sales after graduating from the University of Miami with a BA in Communications.