Board of Directors
David Hanger (Non-Executive Chairman)
David spent most of his career at The Economist holding various positions before becoming Publisher and Board Director. He is currently President of the European Federation of Magazine Publishers (FAEP) and Publisher of Prospect Magazine.
Jarvis Coffin (Chief Executive Officer)
Jarvis is a co-founder of Burst Media and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1995 and as a Director since 2000. Jarvis worked at the Los Angeles Times as Director of National Advertising, as Vice President of Sales at Business Week and at USA Today as Director of Northeastern Sales. He began his advertising career in 1979 at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample in New York.
David Stein (Chief Technology Officer)
David is a co-founder of Burst Media and has served as its Chief Technology Officer since 1995 and as a Director since 2000. In 1995, he created the Nerd World Media Internet Subject Index, one of the earliest search directories on the Internet. From 1991 until 1996, David was Director of New Product Development for Damirus Corporation, a privately owned software company located in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Felice Kincannon (Non-Executive Director)
Felice Kincannon is a management consultant with expertise in sustainability and marketing. Previously, she held senior positions at The Monitor Group, Omnicom Group and Hill Holliday.
Brian Emsell (Senior Independent Non-Executive Director)
Brian was Group Operations Director (Europe) of Diversified Agency Services, a division of Omnicom, Inc. until the end of 2007. He has been a board member of numerous Omnicom companies. Prior to working at Omnicom, he was a board member at two companies, Boase Massimi Pollit and Davidson Pearce which were listed on the London Stock Exchange. He was Managing Director of Davidson Pearce during its flotation.
Steven Hill (Chief Financial Officer)
Steve joined the Burst Media management team as CFO in September, 2008, after serving on the Board of Directors since 2002. Steve has spent the last 30 years in the publishing, cable and software industries. He served as Senior Vice President for Continental Cablevision/MediaOne and led the successful development and launch of the company's high-speed cable modem business. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of Houghton Mifflin Company where he was responsible for their general publishing businesses. Following graduation from Stanford Business School in 1975, Steven spent three years at Arthur Andersen.
Jim Garrity (Non-Executive Director)
Jim Garrity has worked for three Fortune 50 companies in his career in sales and marketing positions. His career began with IBM in sales, and left 14 years later as Director of Advertising, IBM US. At Compaq Computer in Houston he held two positions, the last being Vice President of Communications. From 1997-2007, he served as Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at First Union in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to his role with Burst Media, he serves as an advisor to a number of companies including Canoe Ventures, MarketShare Partners, The Better Advertising Project and Digitalsmiths.
Tim Trotter (Non-Executive Director)
Tim Trotter joined the board of Burst Media upon the company's acquisition of On The Phone Media (OTP). Tim has substantial experience in the UK marketing and advertising sector. He is currently the non-executive Chairman of Vislink PLC, non-executive Chairman of Flying Brands Limited, and non-executive Chairman of Smithfield Consultants Limited.
