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Jeff Burkett
Senior Director, Product Strategy and Operations
The Washington Post
Burkett is responsible for The Washington Post’s overall digital monetization strategy, as well as the operations teams. Burkett works closely with editorial, marketing, sales and technology staff to leverage the full potential of the Post’s audience, focusing on strategic initiatives that are well ahead of the curve. Under his leadership, The Post has executed successful strategies for native, mobile, programmatic, social, and video across desktop and all mobile platforms.
Session: Table Setting: Will Google AMP Help or Hurt Publishers?
Kate Harris
Director of Product
The New York Times
In her role as Director of Product, Kate Harris has worked to bring The New York Times experience to a suite of platforms including emerging third-party experiences like Google AMP. Prior to joining The Times, Kate did stints in mobile product strategy at HUGE Inc., strategic partnerships and new product incubation at Google and emerging media at Conde Nast. In a former life, she worked in strategic development at a startup and statistical modeling at a consulting firm. Kate earned her MBA at NYU Stern with specializations in Product Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and her B.A. at Tufts University where she focused on American Studies and Economics.
Session: Behind the AMP Effort: A behind-the-scenes look from product and development teams
Kellen Henry
Assistant Editor
The New York Times
Kellen Henry is an assistant editor on The New York Times digital platforms team, where she represents the newsroom and readers in digital product design and development, shepherding news priorities in mobile apps and working with external technology partners to shape the off-platform Times experience. Before joining The Times in 2014, Kellen worked as a producer for mobile apps and digital products at the Associated Press, as a founding producer on Bloomberg Government's web team and as an online desk assistant at PBS NewsHour. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from West Virginia University and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Session: Behind the AMP Effort: A behind-the-scenes look from product and development teams
Kimberly Lau
VP and General Manager
The Atlantic Digital
Kim joined The Atlantic in 2012 to oversee its digital initiatives, including audience engagement and expansion; strategic content and business partnerships; mobile, social media, and video product development; and new distribution and syndication platforms. Before joining The Atlantic, Kim was Vice President of Business Development for Hearst Magazines Digital Media. She holds two degrees from the University of Virginia, a B.A. in Economics and an MBA from the university’s Darden Graduate School of Business.
Session: Measurement, Monetization and What's Next
Andrew Montalenti
Co-Founder & CTO
Parse.ly
Andrew Montalenti is a technologist with more than a decade of experience in software engineering. He earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from NYU. After graduating, he acted as a technical lead on a small software team within Morgan Stanley. Prior to founding Parse.ly, he built large-scale web applications and systems through a boutique software engineering consultancy he owned and operated. His team served several clients, ranging from startups to large organizations. A dedicated Pythonista, JavaScript hacker, and open source advocate, Andrew is also a published technical author and editor. When he's not obsessing over media and analytics, you'll find him reading about philosophy or economics.
Session: Measurement, Monetization and What’s Next
John Ore
SVP, Product
Business Insider
John is the senior vice president of product at Business Insider. He and his team are responsible for charting the strategic direction of the company's properties and products across platforms and geographies worldwide.
John has held a variety of senior product management positions in a career spanning over 20 years at companies such as MCI Telecommunications, Sendmail, and, most recently, at CBS Interactive.
He has a degree from the University of California and has worked in Atlanta, San Francisco, Emeryville, and New York City.
John has held a variety of senior product management positions in a career spanning over 20 years at companies such as MCI Telecommunications, Sendmail, and, most recently, at CBS Interactive.
He has a degree from the University of California and has worked in Atlanta, San Francisco, Emeryville, and New York City.
Session: Behind the AMP Effort: A behind-the-scenes look from product and development teams
Josh Schwartz
Chief Data Scientist
Chartbeat
Josh Schwartz is Chief Data Scientist at Chartbeat, where he develops infrastructure and algorithms for our next generation of products. In a prior life, he researched machine learning, optimization, and computer vision at MIT, Cornell, and the University of Chicago. In another prior life, he was a moderately successful coffee entrepreneur and a slightly less successful bicycle racer.
Session: Measurement, Monetization and What’s Next
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