Dave Brown

Dave is the CEO of Omnia Media, one of the largest digital studio and distribution networks, globally. Omnia Media delivers over two billion video views per month, creating and distributing original IP to engaged communities across gaming, lifestyle and music. Prior to Omnia Media, Dave led Entertainment Partnerships and Corporate Development at Victorious, a digital-native mobile talent platform.  He was the Head of YouTube Canada for several years, growing content partnerships across all verticals and pioneering several formats and initiatives in North America for YouTube.  A digital media veteran of more than 12 years, he has also led business development for a mobile media startup before they were acquired, and began his career in Business Development at a wireless carrier, cultivating content partnership agreements for mobile distribution. He is also a proud mentor at the startup incubator, INcubes.

Véronique Marino

Vice-Chair

Véronique Marino cofounded Les Productions numériques LACOGENCY in 2016, an agency specializing in discoverabilty and digital content strategy. Véronique Marino is a specialist in cross-platform digital development and strategy in the culture and entertainment industry.  From 1996 to 1999 she was the 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.  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. She regularly presents workshops and participates in conferences across Canada and in France on the innovation and  impact of new technologies on culture and the individual user, always with an original point of view. Since 2013, she has been on the executive committee of the Carmelle and Rémi-Marcoux Chair in Arts Management, and since 2016 in the Canadian Heritage Leader Talent program (mentoring of managers in the cultural sector). She was selected by Quebec’s  Femmes du Cinéma, de la Télévision et des Nouveaux Médias as 2012 Digital Media Personality of the Year.

Charles Ohayon

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.

Steven Ord

Steven Ord is an independent media consultant with more than 20 years of media experience. He most recently 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 joining AA, he 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).

Jon Taylor

Chair

Jon Taylor is a Canadian digital media strategist and production executive.   As a producer, Jon has worked at the Olympic Games, Academy Awards, and spent several years as a senior producer at CTV News. As Executive Director at the Global Online Video Association (GOVA), Jon supported the advertising, licensing, and distribution interests of emerging media companies such as NewForm Digital, Jukin Media, Kin Community, and Machinima, to accelerate the growth of the online video industry in the US. As Vice-President of Digital Products & Strategy at Bell Media, Jon led the launch of CraveTV, launched over a dozen TVE apps, and helped to create Bell Media’s first ever advertising partnership with YouTube.