Ed Sussman
CEO
Ed Sussman, CEO of Buzzr, is the former president of Inc.com and FastCompany.com. He was EVP at Mansueto Ventures, the holding company for Fast Company and Inc. Magazines, leading digital, biz dev, and events. At Buzzr, Ed led the paid marketing campaign for Dance.com, making it the biggest dance website in the world in just three months. He has been executive editor at Inc. Magazine, senior editor at Worth and P.O.V., and a reporter at the Wall Street Journal Europe.
ExperienceInc.com & FastCompany.com (President); Mansueto Ventures (Executive VP of Fast Company & Inc. brands); Inc. Magazine (Executive Editor); Worth Magazine (Senior Editor) Written for WSJ, FT, Reader’s Digest`
PIA CATTON
Chief Content Officer
Pia Catton, Chief Content Officer of Buzzr, was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal for seven years, covering everything from dance to Broadway to horse racing. Pia served as the editor-in-chief for media website Dance.com a Buzzr client. She was previously the Features Editor at both Politico and the New York Sun.
ExperienceWall Street Journal (Reporter); Politico (Feature Editor); New York Sun (Features Editor); Dance.com (Editor-in-Chief)
MANUELA HOELTERHOFF
Editorial Strategist
Manuela Hoeltefhoff, Editorial Strategist, is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for cultural criticism. She ran the cultural coverage of the Wall Street Journal for almost two decades. Manuela then spent a decade at Bloomberg Media, where was the editor of Muse, covering the arts, culture, architecture, the built environment, cars and more.
ExperienceWall Street Journal (Arts + Culture Editor, winner of the Pulitzer Prize); Bloomberg News (Arts + Culture Editor). Founding editorial team of SmartMoney and Conde Nast Traveler.
TAUB SWARTZ
Chief Financial Officer, and Paid Media Analyst
Taub brings Buzzr his experiences from a 20+ year career at Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter ,and Kidder Peabody in NYC and London. He is deeply involved in business modeling and analytics for Buzzr clients. Taub received his MBA degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University and prior to that earned his BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Taub lives in NYC with his wife, two daughters and two dogs!
ExperienceMorgan Stanley (Vice President; Executive Director); Kidder Peabody (Vice President)
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