Kevin D. Thompson serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing and implementing all marketing, interactive, digital, advertising, and public relations initiatives for the Sotheby’s International Realty brand.
With an extensive background working with globally recognized luxury brands, Thompson’s focus and passion are centered on creating an unparalleled customer experience through exceptional marketing and brand management. His unique perspective contributes to innovative ideas for developing systems and campaigns that complement the Sotheby’s International Realty brand vision.
Prior to joining Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, Thompson was vice president of marketing and customer experience for Simon Property Group, a global leader in retail real estate ownership, management and development. He has also held senior positions within globally recognized brands, most recently at Barney’s New York and Gucci. Thompson’s well-rounded executive leadership experience spans across an array of specialties including marketing, management, project development, operations, training, and sales forecasting, in a variety of industries, such as, luxury fashion, real estate andpublic institutions.
An active speaker at events, Thompson has delivered keynote addresses, hosted executive roundtable discussions and has been asked to lead discussions at national and international marketing conferences on a variety of topics; his core focus being the evolution of brands, their role in influencing consumer behavior and the power of brands to change the world for the better.
Thompson is a Co-founder of Ruiru Rising, a not-for-profit organization that funds higher education programs for at-risk youth in rural Kenya. A native of Canada, Thompson is a graduate of the University of Guelph in Ontario and holds a graduate degree from Simon Fraser University. He currently resides in New York State.

Alexis Thanasoulas is the Regional Director Latam for ZenithOptimedia. Born in Greece, growing up in France, working in New York, Paris, and now in Mexico City, he has always been very curious of all matters. He holds a Law Degree in Public Law and Political Science. Very fittingly, he started his career in the Digital world in New York, during the golden years of the dotcom boom (and bust). During his seven fascinating years there, he introduced clients such as Pfizer, GM, Ernst & Young, and many others to the nascent world of digital media and content planning. In 2003, he moved to Paris to manage global clients such as Renault, Richemont, Colgate-Palmolive, Armani, Sanofi, Nespresso. In January 2012, he moved to Mexico City to manage the Latin America region. With Digital as the foundation of his career, Alexis has kept the values of ROI, and the principles of performance marketing very close to his heart, to the great benefit of clients.

Mr. Arturo Duran became Chief Innovation Officer at Digital First Media, after transforming the Chief Digital Officer position that he had at the management company of the Media power houses MNG and Journal Register Co., where he has been leading the implementation of their Digital First strategy that is changing the way Newspaper companies distribute their content through the new Digital Platforms. He was part of the Team that took over The Journal Register Co. where the Digital First Strategy was created and executed. Before that, Arturo was until last April 2010, Chief Executive Officer of ImpreMedia Digital, LLC. Previously, Mr. Duran was President of Interactive and Business Integration for Canwest Mediaworks, led the growth of online revenue of that organization to a record level and converted it into the largest Canadian News and Information Network with more than 50 sites. Much of the revenue growth came from the launch of a suite of online Classifieds that quickly grew to the largest in Canada (working.com, driving.ca, remembering.ca, renting.ca etc). Mr. Duran has a long and distinguished career in the online field. He previously served in executive roles at AOL including those of Vice President, Multicultural, for AOL Media Networks, VP Marketing and Interactive Content for AOL Canada, and Director Business Development for AOL Mexico as member of the Team that launched AOL Latin America. Prior to those appointments, Mr. Duran was the Director of Business Development, Internet Division for the Polaroid Corporation. Prior to coming to live in the US, Arturo held Executive Positions at Unisys Corporation, Grupo Timon and Polaroid Mexico.Arturo is also Managing Director at the investment arm of DFM, Digital First Ventures.
Arturo Duran serves as Chief Digital Advisor to PRISA NOTICIAS AND RADIO.
Arturo serves as a Member of the Board of the former Yahoo!-Newspaper Consortium, now Local Media Consortium.
Member of the Board of MNet (Ottawa) and of Platial.com (Portland, Oregon).
Fellowship at the Media Center, Annenberg School of Journalism, Knight Foundation.
Several Advisory Board roles, among them SXSW Accelerator Program 2011.Arturo Duran was born in Mexico City, he has lived in Canada, China, Spain, France and after living in New York City, he recently moved to Silicon Valley to lead his new position.

With over 15 years experience in digital marketing. He has been responsible for the eMarketing, content and communication strategy for TV Azteca, Grupo Mabe, and GE Apliances. He currently holds the position of eHub Manager for Latin America for the Consumer Business Group at 3M developing eCommerce, eMarketing, Social Media, CRM and strategic alliances within and outside the company. It is also a consultant on digital marketing for and jury at IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) in Mexico City.

thinker responsible for activating and accelerating mobile revenues across Telefonica’s markets. Charlie’s role is commercially driven, identifying the strategic levers that will drive greatest impact and leading initiatives that drive accelerated revenue growth. He leads the team responsible for sales strategy, sales effectiveness, trade marketing and best practices that drives the local Telefonica businesses across Europe & Latin America.
Charlie has over 15 years experience helping brands make the most out of mobile and integrated communications and over 5 years at the forefront of the mobile marketing industry. He joined Telefonica from Proximity London (part of the BBDO Group) where he was Digital Strategist. Prior to Proximity, Charlie worked in digital media agencies for brands including Proctor & Gamble, Masterfoods, Beiersdorf, British Gas, BT and many more.
Charlie is widely recognised as one of the global leaders in the industry, frequently called on by trade press for insights into mobile marketing and a regular contributor and evangelist at global industry conferences—from MMA’s Forums in London to IAB Conecta Mexico. He personally has received a number of accolades such as ‘The Drum top 50 Mobile influencers’ and was a founding member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Mobile Steering Board.

I started my career as Intern for Nike North American company in the city of Guadalajara. Through this project, the company opened area “Market Research” gradudada me one time. I was 2½ years as Consumer Insigth Coordinator reporting directly to the Director of Marketing for the company. After I got the opportunity to launch a new brand for Nike in Mexico, the share of casual clothing “Nike Sportswear. In this position he was responsible for designing the strategy of launching the brand in Mexico and coordinate all consumer experiences with this brand category. A year later addition to carrying category
“Sportswear” also put me in the category of “Running” second largest category of the business. In late 2009, the company Estee Lauder Companies hired me as Product Manager for brands Tom Ford Estee Lauder and where I was in charge of generating strategies for product, price and distribution of new releases for brands. A year and a half, I was given the opportunity to take the position of Marketing Manager for these same brands, now under the supervision of the product areas, media and trade marketing. I spent two years in that position where among other things we position the brand Estee Lauder in a market of younger women through various digital strategies, social media and events at point of sale. In the same way we implemented a change in overall brand image, much more modern and close to the young consumer.
In the month of February 2013, I was given the opportunity to move to the regional structure of the company, now as Regional Director Marcadotencia Latin American brands Estee Lauder, Tom Ford and adding the fragrance brand ADF in which are the Fragrances Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Michael Kors, among others. In this position I have aimed to align strategies Marketing, Trade Marketing, Digital and Prices of brands in more than 12 countries highlighting Mexico, Chile and Brazil.

Eduardo A. Gamarra received his Ph.D. in political science from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1987. He has been affiliated with Florida International University since 1986 where he is currently a tenured-full professor in the department of politics and international relations. Gamarra is the founder of Integrated Communications and Research (ICR), a strategic communications, market research and public opinion polling firm
that serves clients in the United States and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Gamarra has worked closely with media outlets including radio, television and newsprint. He has been quoted in papers ranging from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal to El Tiempo de Bogota, El Mercurio de Chile, Clarin de Buenos Aires, and La Razon de La Paz, Bolivia. Gamarra often serves as political analyst for CNN en Español, Univision, Telemundo, Caracol, RCN, and Al Jazeera on Latin American and Caribbean issues. He has appeared on programs such as Nightline, The McNeil Hour, ABC News, NBC News and CNN in English. He is also regularly interviewed in radio programs including the BBC and National Public Radio.

Emilio C. Sanchez is the Business Development Director for EFE News. His media experience in the U.S. and Latin American markets spans 25 years as the US Managing Editor for EFE in Washington and for Latin America in Miami. He is a member of the George Washington University’s Council for Media and Public Affairs. In 2012, Emilio was awarded Top Digital Media Professional by Portada Magazine as the CEO of La Vox Media Group.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Erich leads MediaMath’s sales and account management business.Erich was part of the founding team at MediaMath, and created the company’s first sales and account management practices servicing what would be the world’s first adopters of programmatic technology. In 2011, Erich moved to London to establish MediaMath’s business outside of the US. In this role, he grew and led a team which focused on business expansion in EMEA and APAC, and developed these regions into substantial contributors to MediaMath’s ongoing success. Now CRO, Erich is continuing to drive MediaMath’s international expansion and leading the teams that bring the fruits of MediaMath’s global technology to clients around the world.
Alongside his business accolades, Erich held the position of Executive Director for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, before co-founding Hope for Vision, an organisation devoted to the treatment and cure of blinding eye diseases. Following this in 2005, as the executive director of media solutions at [x+1], he was part of the team that launched the fastest-growing business unit within the firm.
Erich earned a bachelor’s degree in political philosophy and classical piano from the University of Virginia and holds joint British and American citizenship.

Fernando Monedero is currently responsible for the day to day operational, financial, new business and client management of the Miami office of IPG Mediabrands. Earlier in his career Monedero held leading positions at MEC as LATAM Regional Digital Director, working on translating MEC’s global digital vision and increasing their digital footprint across the region and Havas Media, leading different departments, such as Social Media (Socialyse), SEM, Mobile Marketing (Mobext), the ADT/DSP (Affiperf) and Data & Analytics team for communication strategies and cross media analysis with clients in the U.S. Domestic and Hispanic markets and designed and implemented Pan Regional campaigns for Latin American advertisers.

Suarez-Davis is Vice President, Global Media and Digital Strategy at Kellogg Company. In this role, he is responsible for global media strategy and all forms of digital marketing – consumer and shopper. Jon leads an internal center-of-excellence
team focusing on building integrated marketing services capabilities that enhance the effectiveness of marketing investment.

Jon Suarez-Davis joined Kellogg Company as Senior Director, Global Digital Strategy in October, 2009. A new role in the organization, Jon was charged with building digital marketing capabilities and best-practices across paid, owned and earned channels.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Mr. Suarez-Davis was Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy at Leo Burnett. Jon was a member of the leadership team responsible for the global Kellogg account; specifically, he had management oversight for all Publicis digital agencies working on Kellogg: Starcom Digital, Arc and Digitas.

Prior to Leo Burnett, Mr. Suarez-Davis played a leadership role in building Biggs|Gilmore – now VML – into one of the most awarded and recognized digital agencies in North America. As Vice President, Strategy, Jon led the strategy group responsible for developing integrated marketing communications for Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, DuPont and Kellogg.

Mr. Suarez-Davis began his career at A Eicoff & Co, a division of Ogilvy & Mather, in direct marketing media and account management roles. Mr. Suarez-Davis earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in communications from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Direct Marketing

Institute at DePaul University, Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
Jon is a member of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Board of Directors, and BrightRoll/Yahoo and Brand Innovators advisory boards, as well as a frequent speaker at industry events including ANA, IAB and OPA. The Internationalist named him an Internationalist of the Year in 2014, as well as their “100 Marketing Leaders” list in 2013 and 2014.

Jorg Nowak joined YuMe to lead efforts for the Latin American expansion. With more than 14 years of experience in the media industry, Jorg’s background spans the US, Europe and Latin America. He was integral in the launch of Univision.com, which quickly became the leading digital destination, both online and mobile, for US Hispanics. During his tenure as SVP & General Manager at Univision, Jorg led the digital efforts, overseeing the online and mobile business units. In addition, Jorg oversaw the launch of Univision Ad Network (UPG), E-Commerce Business Group and Univision’s digital video destination. Prior to launching Univision Interactive, Jorg got his start in media working for a streaming video startup.

Keith “Kit” Sanderson, founder of Spanish Fitness Media, has served the Latin American Fitness Market for the past 15 years. In 2010, he launched Spanish Fitness Publications, and Spanish Fitness Media.

Mr. Sanderson began his new companies by acquiring the exclusive rights to publish the Spanish-language version of North America’s most famous fitness & bodybuilding publication, “Muscular Development.”

Kit set out to align MD’s content to fill the needs of the LatAm fitness consumers in Spanish and Portuguese, with a more urban/contemporary feel and sporting the new banner, “MD Latino.” He ended up building a large and highly engaged community of influencers enabling MDL to take its place as LatAm’s premier bodybuilding and fitness platform.

Today, MDL is culturally integrated throughout Latin America. MD Latino has grown to a 240-page magazine serving 18 countries with a combined readership per edition of more than 1.6 million. MDL’s digital is comprised of 11 websites and a YouTube channel with over 2,000 videos and more than 7.5 million views.

MDL is also exploding in social media and participates as a media partner in the most prestigious bodybuilding competitions throughout LatAm and the USA. With the ability to offer a menu of marketing opportunities including: print, digital, video, mobile, experiential and live streaming of events, to its clients, Kit Sanderson has enabled MDL to become a formidable 360 cross media platform.

The future looks strong for Spanish Fitness Media. The fitness vertical is growing rapidly. Similarly, MDL is pushing the envelope by endeavoring to connect new brands (not traditionally associated with the fitness vertical) with its vibrant audience of influencers. MDL wants to help its clients build muscle into their marketing and demonstrate how its “super premium” impressions continue to impress.

Born in Barcelona, Spain, but raised in Mexico. Studies in Industrial Engineering both in the Universidad Panamericana Mexico City and in the University of Illinois at Champain-Urbana and a degree in management in Mexico City.
Currently Marketing Director for Bayer Consumer Care Mexico, #1 OTC Company in Mexico and LATAM. Previous roles include Mkt Director for Merck Consumer Care and a 12-year career in P&G Marketing with local, regional and global roles in brands such as Gillette, Always, Charmin, Downy, Febreze, Olay and Head & Shoulders. Passionate about family (married w/ 2 kids) and sports, building high performing teams, networking and coaching. Conferences in different Mexico City Universities about Marketing, Management and Brand Building.

Rubén Leo is currently Genomma Lab International’s Director of Marketing, Digital and Market Research. He is responsible for Mexico’s business through a balanced strategy (OTC and Personal Care), reinventing GLI’s marketing strategies and consumer communications. He joined the company in this role in May 2014.
Former P&G employee (+9 years) with 10 years of CPG industry experience in the Brand Building and Consumer Insights areas. Latin America markets experience that spans from Upstream Brand Strategic Planning for Beauty and Personal Care categories to Shopper/Customer Insights.

Tomas Salvagni is the Manager of the Commercial Division at AGEA. He is responsible for the advertising and marketing of newspapers Clarín, Olé, La Razón and Muy and the magazines Viva, Elle, Shop and the different sub-products of these editions both in paper and digital. On his position he leads about 260 people among the following areas: Commercial Edition, Commercial Planning, Marketing, Commercial Digital Strategy.He is constantly working to adapt the area organization to the changes that the advertising market is experiencing last years, combining customers and agencies needs with the huge effectiveness of the media.
He is Vocal at the IAB Directive Commission, and President of the Media Commission at the IAB Argentina. Mr. Salvagni is 46 years old; he is married, and has 5 children. He graduated as
Company Administrator and has a Master in International Management at Thunderbird University, Arizona.