Charles Ohayon
Chair
Charles Ohayon has worked in television, public relations and film since 1979. He produced commercials at Films 24 and Cléo 24 where he was President. From 1994 to 1998 he was the Director General of Programming (Television) for the Société Radio-Canada. In 2005-2006, he was the Executive Director of the Institut national de l’image et du son. Mr. Ohayon was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec and the Canadian Television Fund as well as the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. He joined in 2005 the IPF Board, as well as the Board of Cogeco Program Development Fund in 2007.
Dave Brown
Dave oversees Media & Entertainment as well as Corporate Development at Victorious, connecting the world’s top creators with their superfan communities. Prior to that he was the head of YouTube Canada and grew the business across Entertainment, Family, Sports and Music, partnerships. Prior to joining Google, he worked on the Corporate Development team at BlackBerry, focusing on M&A and strategic investments in consumer technology. A digital media veteran of more than 10 years, he has also led business development for a mobile media startup before they were acquired, and began his career in Business Development at one of Canada’s largest carriers, TELUS Communications. He is also a proud mentor at the startup incubator, INcubes.
Kasi Bruno
Kasi is a bilingual marketing leader with experience both client and agency side. With an eclectic mix of start-up, think tank and big brand experience, Kasi is a savvy trend hunter whose expertise is in cultural insight and brand strategy. She is currently the Executive Strategy Director at 180LA, a creative agency based in Los Angeles. Previously, Ms. Bruno was SVP, Head of Strategic Planning for Y&R. She’s the author of ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’ North America’s largest study on dads, and has a wide variety of published material. An avid collector of wisdom from the unleashed, she leads the Ladies Looking Back project. Kasi also teaches Consumer Behaviour and New Media at Ryerson University.
Véronique Marino
Véronique Marino is a development and strategy consultant for digital platforms. Since 2004 she has served as Director of the Interactive Media Program at INIS and in 2009 she established her consulting company, Espace Infusion, which specializes in transmedia activities. From 1996 to 1999 she was development and operations associate for Groupe Vidéotron for their portal InfiniT.com and for the first website for the broadcaster TVA. From 1999 to 2001 she continued her career at Nomino Technologies heading their language recognition database. Her qualities as a manager and her understanding of innovation let her to Nurun where she undertook the development of several projects with the Groupe Québecor. She presents workshops and participates in conferences across Canada and France. She was selected by Quebec’s Femmes du Cinéma, de la Télévision et des Nouveaux Médias as 2012 Digital Media Personality of the Year.
Steven Ord
Vice-Chair
Steven Ord is an independent media consultant with more than 25 years of media experience. He held the position of Executive Vice President, Alliance Atlantis Communications, where he was responsible for business and operational aspects of AAC’s international television distribution division and content business. Prior to AAC, Steven was Manager of Business Affairs at Telefilm Canada. He previously worked in policy consulting with Paul Audley & Associates. He is also a part-time graduate level instructor at the Schulich School of Business (York University).