Richard Sussman

Richard brings 18+ years of experience as founder, board member, advisor and venture capitalist in number of VC-funded, early stage companies. Proven business builder with a passion for monetization and commercialization of transformative, disruptive and innovative content, products and services. Executive with a successful track record in public $100M+ companies sitting at the nexus of content, data and technology: The Nielsen Co., IPG Mediabrands, TiVo / Rovi Corporation, Tribune Media / Gracenote. Speaker at key industry events, i.e. Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group, Digital Hollywood, Digital Analytics Association, Int. Consumer Electronics Show (CES), various Private Equity firms and an occasional Guest Lecturer at UCLA's Anderson School of Management MBA program. Recipient of numerous industry awards, including the 2x recipient ARF’s Great Mind Award, Nielsen's Best of the Best Award and a graduate of the Harvard Business School.