Katie Nykanen
Chief Product Officer
Matt Timothy
Chief Revenue Officer
Jennifer Wambold
Chief Human Resources Officer
Tim Hale
Chief Talent Officer
Patrick Hanavan
Chief Client Officer, Co-Founder
Chandler Bigelow
Chief Financial Officer
Gaurav Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer
Dan Brackett
Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
Tim was named Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Reach in June 2018. In 2021 he led the acquisition of Adstream, creating the only global solution for marketers and their agencies that fully integrates creative asset management, video ad serving, linear TV delivery, talent payments and rights management in one seamless platform. As Chief Operating Officer, from the company’s launch in 2008 to 2018, Tim oversaw operations in every market. Prior to co-founding Extreme Reach, he served as SVP of Third Screen Media (TSM), one of the earliest and largest mobile ad networks. Tim has a stellar track record throughout his career of driving revenue and business growth in the advertising industry.
Tim Conley
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Jennifer Wambold
Chief Human Resources Officer
As Chief Human Resources Officer, Jennifer is responsible for team engagement, recruitment and development for our team members across all divisions, and global regions, of the company. Her success in identifying innovative, forward thinking candidates and maintaining an open, transparent company culture are hallmarks of her 25+ years of human resources experience with high growth companies. She’s been recognized for her outstanding work at Extreme Reach with numerous awards, including HR Executive of the Year, Tech Trailblazer and Ad Tech Innovator as well as being lauded for her leadership in supporting the company’s DEI initiatives. Prior to joining Extreme Reach, Jennifer led recruitment, reward, recognition and succession planning for two different Omnicom-owned agencies as well as Plymouth Rock Assurance.
Melinda McLaughlin
Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer of Extreme Reach, Melinda spearheads all aspects of the company’s global marketing and communications in addition to driving market research, product marketing, and sales marketing. She’s an award winning marketer whose career spans the evolution of the industry over the last 25+ years, spending 15 years on the ad agency side and a decade at A+E Networks. Prior to joining Extreme Reach, she was CMO of Tremor Video, a video advertising technology company for brand marketing. Melinda sees a spectacular future for brand marketing as TV and video advertising rapidly converge in a content everywhere world.
Chandler Bigelow
Chief Financial Officer
Chandler leads the global finance organization at Extreme Reach with a focus on financial strategy and planning. Most recently he was the CFO of NielsenIQ (formerly known as Nielsen Connect), and a key member of the management team transforming the global company. Prior to that, Chandler was CFO of Tribune Media Company, where he spent 21 years. During that time, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of two digital media companies, CareerBuilder and Classified Ventures (Cars.com and Apartments.com), and served on the Management Committee of two cable television networks, TV Food Network and The Cooking Channel.
Patrick Hanavan
Chief Client Officer, Co-Founder
As Chief Client Officer, Patrick oversees company relationships and enterprise solutions for the world's biggest brands, holding companies and agencies and is responsible for customer satisfaction across multiple business units. He’s worn many hats since the launch of the company, deeply involved with advancing ER’s end-to-end platform in addition to driving world class customer service. With nearly 30 years of advertising sales and account management experience, Patrick has helped hundreds of thought leaders at Fortune 100 companies transform the way they activate and execute their advertising campaigns with seamless technology solutions.
Tim Hale
Chief Talent Officer
As Chief Talent Officer, Tim oversees Talent Payment, Global Rights Management and Business Affairs solutions for our clients. His extensive career in advertising production encompassed work on flagship campaigns for iconic global brands, including McDonald’s, Anheuser-Busch, Hallmark, Sears and Kraft Heinz. In 2000, Tim founded Spotlight Business Affairs, Inc., which was acquired by Extreme Reach in 2012.
Dan Brackett
Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
Dan is Chief Technology Officer of Extreme Reach. He leads innovation and development with a customer-centric software release cycle, growing the company's industry-leading, global platform with new capabilities every two weeks. With over 25 years of experience in business and technical leadership, systems architecture, application design and agile software delivery, Dan is known for developing transformative advertising technology solutions. He is an experienced speaker and panelist with a knack for bringing clarity to complex issues, just as ER simplifies the management and delivery of creative assets in an increasingly complex media landscape.
Gaurav Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer
Gaurav was named Chief Operating Officer in 2021, having joined the company in 2018 as Corporate Development Officer. He has focused on developing and executing key strategic initiatives for Extreme Reach, fostering partnerships with industry players while also incubating and nurturing new growth opportunities. Gaurav previously spent 15 years in investment banking where he developed a passion for digital marketing in an always-evolving ecosystem. While working at Rockdale Partners and Berenson & Company, Gaurav served as an advisor to Extreme Reach and was fundamental to the success of the company’s acquisitions of both the TV Advertising business of Digital Generation in 2014 and Talent Partners in 2015.
Executive Team
Board of Directors
Chris Mitchell
Spectrum Equity
Nicolle Pangis
CEO, Ampersand
John Roland
Co-Founder
Nils Larsen
The Carlyle Group
Matt McConnell
Board Member
Michael Barach
Village Ventures
Tim Conley
President & CEO, Co-Founder
Maegan Buckler
Chief Revenue Officer
Maegan was named Chief Revenue Officer in 2019 after a decade of sales leadership at Extreme Reach in both the central and western regions of the U.S. and then as national SVP. She joined the company in 2009 as employee number 12, and one of the company’s first sales representatives. Maegan has played an instrumental role in building a customer base that now includes the top 100 leading brands and their agencies. She has a deep understanding of the challenges facing brands and their agencies in managing the exploding array of creative assets required today for omnichannel campaigns. Maegan now leads ER sales, driving high value solutions for global marketers and their creative and media agencies.
Chief Revenue Officer
Maegan Buckler
Louisa Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Mark
Chief Strategy Officer
Melinda McLaughlin
Chief Marketing Officer
Daniel was named Chief Strategy Officer with Extreme Reach’s acquisition of Adstream in 2021. As CEO of Adstream, he had responsibility for all facets of the business. His proven executive management track record includes over 20 years of experience in the media and technology industry. Prior to being CEO, Daniel served for nine years as CFO, with responsibility for the company’s overall financial strategy and raising over $100M of capital that funded Adstream’s expansion from start-up to an industry leader with offices across all continents of the globe. Earlier, Daniel was at Sony Music, where he helped redefine the business to incorporate new revenue streams, including digital and live performance.
Chief Strategy Officer
Daniel Mark
Board of Directors
Michael Kreger
Partner,
Gamut Capital Management
Stan Parker
Founding Partner,
Gamut Capital Management
Sam Powell
Partner,
Gamut Capital Management
Ed Wilson
Co-Founder
Exec. Chairman, CoxRep & Gamut,
Founder & CEO,
Dreamcatcher Media
Tim Conley
Co-Founder,
Extreme Reach
Doug Knopper
Board Member
Kevin Barth
Advisor,
CoxRep & Gamut
John Batter
CEO,
MarketCast
Sam Powell
Principal,
Gamut Capital Management
Stephen Robinson
General Counsel &
Chief Privacy Officer
As General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Stephen leads the Legal, Contracts, and Privacy teams at Extreme Reach, while also serving as Data Protection Officer. Stephen's tenure at ER began in 2014 with the acquisition of BrandAds, where he spent three years as General Counsel and was part of the founding team. His focus includes leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives, managing the legal and contract function, litigation management, commercial real estate transactions, M&A matters, and employment legal issues. Stephen’s 20+ years of legal experience includes roles at Reed Smith and Oracle. He earned his JD at Stanford Law School, where he was both a Board Member and Editor of the Stanford Technology Law Review.
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer
Stephen Robinson
Melinda McLaughlin
Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer of Extreme Reach, Melinda spearheads all aspects of the company’s global marketing and communications in addition to driving market research, product marketing, and sales marketing. She’s an award winning marketer whose career spans the evolution of the industry over the last 25+ years, spending 15 years on the ad agency side and a decade at A+E Networks. Prior to joining Extreme Reach, she was CMO of Tremor Video, a video advertising technology company for brand marketing. Melinda sees a spectacular future for brand marketing as TV and video advertising rapidly converge in a content everywhere world.
Chief Marketing Officer
Melinda McLaughlin
Brian Wallach
Chief Digital Officer
Brian joined Extreme Reach in April 2023, as the company’s first Chief Digital Officer. He is responsible for steering all aspects of ER’s next generation digital video solution and market position. Previously, Brian was GM and Head of Revenue for Freewheel Media / AudienceXpress, a Comcast company. His 20+ years of leadership experience in the media and technology space, also include The Walt Disney Company and AOL. Brian has built his career on empowering clients on both the buy- and sell-sides to maximize their linear and CTV advertising, as well as growing and leading high-performance teams across the ad tech ecosystem.
Chief Digital Officer
Brian Wallach
Chief Revenue Officer
Maegan Buckler
Maegan was named Chief Revenue Officer in 2019 after a decade of sales leadership at Extreme Reach in both the central and western regions of the U.S. and then as national SVP. She joined the company in 2009 as employee number 12, and one of the company’s first sales representatives. Maegan has played an instrumental role in building a customer base that now includes the top 100 leading brands and their agencies. She has a deep understanding of the challenges facing brands and their agencies in managing the exploding array of creative assets required today for omnichannel campaigns. Maegan now leads ER sales, driving high value solutions for global marketers and their creative and media agencies.
Chief Revenue Officer
Maegan Buckler
Daniel was named Chief Strategy Officer with Extreme Reach’s acquisition of Adstream in 2021. As CEO of Adstream, he had responsibility for all facets of the business. His proven executive management track record includes over 20 years of experience in the media and technology industry. Prior to being CEO, Daniel served for nine years as CFO, with responsibility for the company’s overall financial strategy and raising over $100M of capital that funded Adstream’s expansion from start-up to an industry leader with offices across all continents of the globe. Earlier, Daniel was at Sony Music, where he helped redefine the business to incorporate new revenue streams, including digital and live performance.
Chief Strategy Officer
Daniel Mark
Chandler leads the global finance organization at Extreme Reach with a focus on financial strategy and planning. Most recently he was the CFO of NielsenIQ (formerly known as Nielsen Connect), and a key member of the management team transforming the global company. Prior to that, Chandler was CFO of Tribune Media Company, where he spent 21 years. During that time, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of two digital media companies, CareerBuilder and Classified Ventures (Cars.com and Apartments.com), and served on the Management Committee of two cable television networks, TV Food Network and The Cooking Channel.
Chief Financial Officer
Chandler Bigelow
Louisa was named Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Reach in May 2023. A global award-winning leader, she joined ER from Wavemaker, where she served as CEO, The Americas Region. She is a highly respected thought leader, a grounding force in an ever-changing industry, and a champion of female leadership, diversity and inclusion. Her success leading organizations and launching in new markets, reflects her strength in helping marketers navigate disruption to make better business decisions. Previously, she was COO at Carat USA and earlier held a number of executive and global positions across the Dentsu Aegis Network in London, Sky, AOL and CNET.
Chief Executive Officer
Louisa Wong