MDC Ventures (formerly KBS Ventures)
Managing Partner
Josh Engroff
Princeton Master's, product & marketing specialist; started 3 companies, invested in 10 as corporate VC, worked at Billboard and KBS Ventures
Princeton Master's, product & marketing specialist; started 3 companies, invested in 10 as corporate VC, worked at Billboard and KBS Ventures
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Experience
Jango
Founder
Exit
EveryScreenMedia
Founder
Marzipan
Founder
Chief Operating Officer
* Manage strategy and operations for 60-person Enterprise IoT company, overseeing the Product, Engineering, Customer Solutions, and Marketing teams * Lead product strategy... more for the application of machine learning to particular challenges of our apparel, beverage and CPG customers, such product traceability, authentication, and counterfeiting * Current customers include Moët & Chandon, Ralph Lauren, Avery Dennison, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, and Rebecca Minkoff KBS VENTURES
The Media Kitchen
Chief Digital Media Officer
Born of a creative agency and fueled by start-up technology, The Media Kitchen is today's most inventive full-service communications planning and buying agency.
Exit
EveryScreenMedia
COO
EveryScreen Media was a mobile programmatic ad buying and data management platform. Acquired by Dstillery in 2013.
Billboard
SVP, Digital
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand that publishes music news, video, reviews and, most famously, music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard... more 200. Billboard also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.
Jango.com
Founder, Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer
* Led all product development, marketing, creative, UX development, and music streaming build-out * Grew service to 15 million monthly unique users and 100 million monthly... more ad impressions * Raised $2 million in Seed and Series A financing * P&L responsibility for 20 people
Direct Revenue
Vice President, US Revenue Operations
* Managed $40 million in annual revenue for one of the largest behavioral ad networks in the U.S., achieving 50% net margins each quarter, with P&L accountability for... more 22 people * Oversaw 200 client relationships, including United Airlines, Priceline, Expedia, Cingular, Verizon, Hotels.com, Chase, T-Mobile, Travelocity, eHarmony, and Carnival Cruises
Agency.com
Client Partner
/ OMNICOM * Led key accounts with Discovery Networks, Sony Corporation, Ralph Lauren, and Honeywell * Closed over $3 million in new deal flow, growing revenue of NY office... more by 35% * Oversaw integrated staff of 20 designers, animators, technologists, and project managers
Dash.com
User Experience Lead
* Managed all user interface development of $5 million software application * Oversaw 20 engineers and U X designers
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About
Achievements
As Managing Partner of KBS Ventures, I led investments in 10 early-stage technology companies, with a specific focus on those applications of machine learning, computer vision, and augmented reality of greatest relevance to marketers.
As Chief Digital Officer of Media Kitchen, I received MediaPost's "Media All Star" award in 2016 and led the agency to two consecutive "Mobile Agency of the Year" awards, in 2015 & 2016. In 2009, as the head of digital for Billboard, I won the ASME award for best website design for Billboard.com.
I have written over 30 articles for industry publications and have a Master's Degree from Princeton University.
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Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
The Hard Thing About Hard Things