Laura Summers's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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National Sales Manager @ Tech TV Launched new cable channel with over 20mm in ad revenue in first three years. From January 1999 to May 2004 (5 years 5 months) San FranciscoChief Growth Officer @ Spokin Responsible for leading and growing new business and establishing the vision, direction and strategy for Spokin to achieve its business goals. From 2019 to December 2019 (less than a year) Greater Chicago AreaChief Sales Officer @ Holler Holler creates and delivers useful, entertaining, expressive, branded and original visual content that adds texture and emotion to messaging environments. Leveraging a team of cognitive AI scientists, digital animators, and media industry veterans, Holler aspires to reimagine how we communicate online by delivering relevant visual content at the right time within the context of a conversation. With upwards of 170 million content recommendations served each day, the company is scaling swiftly Chief Founding Member @ Chief Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. It is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders — rising VP level through CEO — to strengthen their journey into the C-suite, cross-pollinate power across industries, and effect change from the top-down. Launched in January 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, in its first 6 months it grew membership to over 700 of the most formidable senior leaders in New York, representing over 500 companies, and a waitlist of over 5,000. Chief is currently headquartered in New York and accepting members to its waitlist nationwide. Strategic Advisor @ Open Communities Open Communities, is a private, not-for-profit, Chicago-area agency dedicated to promoting inclusive and diverse northern suburbs. Open Communities provides direct service to persons with housing needs through fair housing discrimination investigation, foreclosure prevention and anti-predatory lending counseling, landlord/tenant advice, and the facilitation of Homesharing matches; and acts as the primary north suburban organizer and advocate for the preservation and expansion of fair and affordable housing. From April 2020 to August 2020 (5 months) Greater Chicago AreaStrategic Advisor @ FitSphere FitSphere is an online fitness platform that offers yoga and HIIT workout videos that incorporate fit spheres to build muscle, burn fat, and increase cardiovascular activity for an optimal workout. FitSphere was founded by Liv Lo who has created a unique global fitness community that focuses and promotes physical and mental well-being. From April 2020 to August 2020 (5 months) Greater Chicago AreaConsultant @ POKER POWHER For reasons ridiculous, poker has always been a man’s game. Well, that game is over. Time to make room at the table for women. No need to scooch over. We’re flipping the table. And bringing our own chairs. We’re teaching women how to play poker. Not just for money but for a pot of skills way more valuable: Confidence, risk assessment, discipline, strategic thinking. Things you don’t always learn in school, which is dumb because they’re the things women need to win in the game of life. We’re POKER POWHER. And we’re not bluffing. From April 2020 to July 2020 (4 months) Chicago, Illinois, United StatesVice President, Global Advertising Sales @ CBS Interactive Lead 50+ employees in US, EMEA & APAC, selling video, mobile, display and programmatic advertising across 25+ websites for multiple sectors; CPG, Telco, Tech, B2B, Entertainment, Auto, QSR, News, Retail and Gaming. From 2012 to November 2018 (6 years) ChicagoVice President, Advertising Sales, West & Midwest @ CBS Interactive Led 20+ person team selling video, mobile and display advertising on 10+ websites focused on tech, games, news and B2B. Hired leaders in key roles and grew revenue significantly. From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) ChicagoSenior Director, Advertising Sales, West & Midwest @ CBS Interactive Built midwest sales team that exceeded targets and drove new revenue from several categories; auto, financial, pharma/health, retail, CPG, Tech, telco and entertainment. From 2006 to 2010 (4 years) ChicagoDirector, Advertising Sales, Midwest @ CNET Networks Opened CNET Chicago office. Created a new revenue stream in the midwest and built an internship program. From October 2004 to January 2006 (1 year 4 months) Chicago