JOHN CECIL is co-founder of Innovate Media and currently serves as its CEO as well as an evangelist for the online video medium. Since Innovate's founding, John has managed and overseen hundreds of production projects for clients that included Canon, Bank of America, HP, Nutrisystem, eHarmony and Rhapsody and many more. Prior to Innovate Media Cecil has held positions with such media companies as Lifetime Television, A&E Television and Yahoo!. He began his career in the media business selling cable advertising locally for Comcast Cablevision in Southern California, USA. TIM MCHALE is co-founder/managing partner of Madison Avenue Consultants and MadAve Journal Publisher and MadAve Mobile and is responsible for the day to day operations of the three LLC's. Tim has planned media and serviced over 150 B2C and B2B Brands, such as Procter and Gamble, McDonald's, Anheuser-Busch, Intel, MCI, Nike, Starbucks, British Airways, General Motors, Isuzu, American Airlines, Warner Bros., General Foods, Philip Morris, JC Penney, Exxon-Mobil and AOL among others. McHale was co-founder and Chief Media Officer of Tribal DDB Worldwide, a separate division of DDB Worldwide (Omnicom). Before joining DDB, he was EVP, Director of Strategic Planning and Development at i-Traffic, a division of Agency.com (also Omnicom), also leading their business development efforts. Tim began his career as an intern at Ogilvy & Mather. Both authors boast extensive networks on Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo and other social and business networking sites that define much of the revolution in marketing in the new Internet age. They are active speakers at industry functions, guest writers for marketing publications, podcasters and bloggers. The authors touch tens of thousands of consumers annually with their various activities.
