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Introducing The Jury Members For WAT Awards 2013
The nominations for WAT Awards 2013 are now open.
WAT Awards is an initiative whose aim is to reward the pioneering work done by Digital Media professionals and companies in the country.
We would like to introduce the jury behind WATAwards 2013. So here goes,
Neville Taraporewalla
Country Director-Advertising and Online, Microsoft
With 24 years of work experience, Neville has been an early adopter of the internet and have seen the evolution of the digital space since 1995 in India. Having held various leadership roles in Media Publishing ,Entertainment & New Media Industry Neville had the opportunity to be a co founder of the Internet Industry body in India – The Internet & Mobile Association of India( IAMAI) in 2003.
With 13 years of top general management experience at the highest level, Neville have the experience of managing high performance sales teams and driving the P&L for companies. These responsibilities coupled with functional experience in managing digital content , sales, marketing, mobile media ,technology and cross media platforms have led to a proven successful track record of creating value for companies like Publicitas Digital,Yahoo!, Mid Day Multimedia Ltd & The Times of India Group in key Leadership roles. Neville also have a significant role to play in 2 leading start ups , one around online sales and the other around digital content services. Neville will be also joining us as a keynote speaker at WAT Summit 2013.
Suresh Reddy
Chairman and CEO Of Ybrant Digital
Suresh is responsible for strategic direction and expansion efforts at Ybrant Digital. Prior to co-founding two successful companies USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies, he worked in various roles across different industries in Fortune 500 companies, such as Caterpillar, Chrysler, SBC(PacBell) and Charles Schwab.
Suresh holds an M. S. in Engineering from the Iowa State University and a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Suresh Reddy will also be delivering the keynote address at WATSummit 2013.
Sunil Kamath
Vice President for South Asia, Opera Software
Sunil Kamath is the Vice President for the South Asia region at Opera Software. His current responsibilities include planning and executing growth strategies for Opera’s business in South Asia, across desktop, mobile, TV & device offerings. His role also involves building commercial opportunities with telecom operators, digital advertisers and content partners, as well as driving Opera’s distribution strategy with OEMs, ODMs and chip-set manufacturers for mobile products.
With industry experience of more than 12 years, Sunil brings with him a wealth of experience and insights from the Indian telecom and mobile domains. Prior to joining Opera Software, Sunil actively worked in the mobile value-added and mobile payments businesses at Obopay and OnMobile, among others.
Amit Tripathi
The Managing Director of id8labs.com
Amit began his entrepreneurial pursuit at the age of 20, when he founded an online education company. Subsequently, in the year 2000 Amit entered into a Joint Venture with the Percept Group, and was the Managing Director of WebPercept, which he subsequently acquired and rebranded as id8labs. He brings with him a rich source of knowledge in diverse fields and is a keen student of the ever evolving Digital World.
In the role of an Evangelist, Amit is also an Angel Investor and has over the last couple of years invested / supported multiple entrepreneurial pursuits, The Digital Marketing Training Institute (DMTI) being one of them, which focuses on building the next breed of Indian Digital Professionals and has already trained over 250 Professionals so far. Amit supports multiple Entrepreneurship Programmes and activities across various Management Colleges and Industry Bodies which focus on growing Entrepreneurship in the country.
Nishad Ramachandran
Digital Experience Marketing at Hansa Cequity
Nishad Ramachandran is creative technologist who has spent over 20 years in advertising and digital marketing. He runs the Digital Experience Group at Hansa Cequity. In an earlier avatar Nishad was the head of iContract- voted by peers as India’s No 2 digital agency at the annual Brand Equity Annual Agency reckoner. In 2008, Nishad represented India as a jury member of the Cannes Advertising festival. Nishad is an avid blogger who writes a monthly blog on Digital Marketing for Campaign India and occasional stories on how digital and social media is transforming society and human behavior on First Post.
Anuj Kumar
Co-founder & CEO, Affle
Anuj Kumar was among the first to join the Affle founding team beginning 2006, while the company was in early stages of inception. Having worked with large companies in the areas of marketing, advertising and technology he took the plunge to become a co-founder at Affle. Serving as the Executive Director for South Asia region, Anuj played a pivotal role in building & growing Affle. He forged important relationships, integral to Affle’s business and to its success as a mobile media company. At an industry level Anuj played a key role in growing the mobile advertising industry in the region. In 2011, Anuj was promoted to the position of CEO of Affle.
Over the last five years, under his leadership, his team has implemented hundreds of campaigns for over 200 brands from a wide variety of sectors and forged successful strategic alliances and partnerships with several top companies in the Digital Media & Telecom domain. Anuj is a regular speaker at industry events in Asia. Prior to co-founding Affle, Anuj has worked with large global brands like ESPN STAR Sports, GroupM, Mindshare and JWT.
Dinesh Swamy
Digital Creative Leader at BDDO PROXIMITY
Swamy has worked on the brands such as MTV, Mercedes Benz, Honda, Reliance Mobile, LIC, Bank of Baroda, Volkswagen, Idea Cellular and recently on Parle, Renault and Hero MotoCorp. His work on a number of notable campaigns has won accolades for the agency contributing more than 31 awards at various award shows both nationally and internationally. Under his creative leadership, Idea cellular won the digital brand of the year at Campaign India Digital Media Awards 2010.
The last date to submit your nominations for WAT Awards is 20th January, 2013
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2012-12-12 05:01:11
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