Meet the Modiv Media™ board of advisors.

Ann Raider

Ann is the CEO of inStream Media, an international in store marketing network bringing brands and consumers together at the point of sale at national retailers. Prior to joining inStream she served as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Retail Partnerships for Affinity Solutions. Prior to joining Affinity Solutions, Inc . Ann was Chief Strategy Officer for Vertis Communications where she led North America sales and marketing teams. She will also directed the company's short and long term strategy, build new programs for clients, expanded the product portfolio and lead acquisitions. Ann has also served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at News America Marketing. She co-founded Consumer Card Marketing, Inc. (CCMI), a leading international loyalty-marketing firm with an expertise in database marketing and CRM, which she sold to News America Marketing. She held senior management positions at Shawmut National Corporation, The Gillette Company and H.P. Hood, and Stop & Shop Supermarkets. Raider also worked with Staples and Bank One, serving as a marketing consultant.

Craig Underwood

Craig Underwood is the Managing Partner of Underwood Partners, a Boston based consulting firm with deep expertise in three areas: Helping large enterprises understand, engage with and profit from the philosophy and applications of Web 2.0; Developing and optimizing data-based coalition loyalty programs; and Leveraging the internet to monetize fan bases, affinity groups and other communities. Prior to Underwood Partners, Craig’s experience includes serving as a Partner at both Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group, Bain’s nonprofit affiliate; Founder and CEO of the Loyalty Group/Air Miles Canada; Interim CEO of Sports Loyalty Services; Co-Founder of Social Sphere Strategies and four years as an independent consultant. He has served on over 10 start-up, corporate and nonprofit boards. He was a founding board member of The Loyalty Group, Sports Loyalty Systems, Horizons for Homeless Children, Start Smart and Year Up, the innovative workforce development program that recruits and trains inner-city young adults for entry level technology jobs.

Jim Spaeth

Jim Spaeth is a co-founder of Sequent Partners, LLC, a brand and media metrics consultancy. Prior to Sequent Partners, Jim served as President of ARF, The Advertising Research Foundation, for seven years. Under Jim's leadership, ARF expanded its scope to incorporate all aspects of market research practice on a global basis and established ARF's mission as a profitable business through effective research and insights. Prior to his leadership role at ARF, Jim spent more than a decade developing new research tools to improve clients' business performance while leading the media research and planning function at General Foods and Young & Rubicam. Jim is the co-author of Market Research Matters and numerous articles, as well as a frequent conference speaker. He has served on the boards of a number of industry associations.

Greg Stuart

Greg Stuart – with more than two decades of experience in internet start-ups, digital media and traditional advertising – is a recognized thought leader in digital media and advertising and was selected by Ad Age as one of “10 Who Made Their Mark” in 2006. He is the former CEO and President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade group for the interactive advertising and marketing industry where he led the industry from $6 to $17 billion annually. Ad Age identified his recent book, “What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds” as “One of 10 books you should have read.” He led marketing and business development at Cars.com – pushing them to number 1 in the category 6 months – and was VP of Business Development at Flycast Networks. He's been a Venture Partner, interim CEO of two ad technology companies, launched Sony's ‘The Station’ and built the first interactive division at the world’s leading direct marketing agency, Wunderman (a subsidiary of Young & Rubicam). He was on the board of Rapt, Inc., which sold to Microsoft, and the board of Allyes in China, which sold to Focus Media. He volunteers his time to SEMPO, IAB Mexico and the Mobile Marketing Association as well as serving on the advisory boards of more than ten venture-backed companies while speaking around the world on the Internet and failings of Advertising.

Dave Sommer

David Sommer is Managing Partner, MEC Retail/Mediaedge:cia. Dave was the Founder and President of Retail Media Link (RML), a retail marketing company. In February, 2006 Mediaedge:cia acquired Retail Media Link, whose proprietary RML technology is the cornerstone of MEC Retail’s new offering. Prior to founding Retail Media Link, Inc., Sommer was a Vice President at Y&R Advertising and led the Branding@Retail activity for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) clients . For the past 10+ years, Dave has partnered with CPGs and major retailers to develop integrated marketing plans that build brands, generate consumer excitement, activate shoppers, enhance retailer/supplier relationships and drive sales growth.