KRISHNA MENON

Krishna Menon is a seasoned media professional with his vast and successful experience in both traditional and digital media.

Mr. Menon is currently Chief Revenue of QYOU (http://theqyou.com), a company which licenses, curates, packages and distributes premium digital first short form videos. With programming distributed on six continents to millions of customers, QYOU is emerging as a leader in the rapidly expanding global distribution of premium short form video.

Mr. Menon previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at Sakal Media Group, where he helped revamp the company’s news broadcast channel & structure its distribution reach. In addition, while at Sakal Media Group Mr. Menon successfully launched advertiser engagement platforms to reach the readers by way of IP creations.

Prior to joining Sakal Media Group, Mr. Menon has worked with premiere media houses like Dainik Bhaskar, Times of India & Network 18.

Mr Menon is a MBA from Symbiosis, Pune & a graduate from Wadia College, Pune.

SAI NARAYAN

As Associate Director & Head of Marketing, Sai is responsible for leading the Brand, Marketing & Social Media efforts at Policybazaar.com & Paisabazaar.com. He carries more than a decade’s experience across Brand Management, Advertising, Digital Marketing, Social Media and PR functions.

Prior to joining Policybazaar, he had worked within marketing and brand management roles at leading insurance companies, Max Life insurance and Aviva India. During the early part of his career, he has also worked with leading advertising agencies like JWT and Publicis India.

CURT MARVIS

Curt Marvis is recognized globally for his vast and successful experience in both traditional and digital media and for his pioneering efforts in digital distribution.

Mr. Marvis is currently CEO & Co­-Founder of QYOU (http://theqyou.com) , a company which licenses, curates, packages and distributes premium digital first short form videos. With programming distributed on six continents to millions of customers, QYOU is emerging as a leader in the rapidly expanding global distribution of premium short form video.

Mr. Marvis previously served as Lionsgate’s President of Digital Media, where he helped guide the company’s broad spectrum of digital distribution agreements. In addition, while at Lionsgate Mr. Marvis successfully launched original content channels, series and games in partnership with YouTube, Hulu and Machinima which early on formed the basis of the digitally distributed series that are being developed by major studios today

Prior to joining Lionsgate, Mr. Marvis was Co-­Founder and CEO of CinemaNow, a recognized innovator in digital entertainment technology and distribution. CinemaNow was launched in June 1999 and created many of the AVOD, SVOD, TVOD and EST models that are now used by everyone from Netflix and HBO to YouTube and Amazon.

Mr. Marvis also served as President of publicly held CD-­Rom game developer 7th Level and helped lead their successful restructuring into delivery of web­ based technology applications with partners from Microsoft to Bandai.

From 1983 to 1994 Mr. Marvis was Co-­founder and CEO of The Company, an award winning and highly successful production company for music videos, concerts and commercials. He and his partner Wayne Isham were awarded MTV’s prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award honoring lifetime achievement in their work in 1991.

Mr. Marvis began his career as a documentary producer and includes 105 half hour episodes of New! Animal World for the Disney Channel among his numerous credits.

Mr. Marvis is a frequent speaker at industry events as an expert in the merging of traditional and digital media and has served on numerous boards including CinemaNow, JumpTV (now Neulion), 7th Level and QYOU. He is a graduate with honors from UCLA with a BFA in Motion Picture and Television Production.

Mayank Bhatnagar

Mayank Bhatnagar, currently Senior Vice President at Carat India, brings with him more than 18 years of experience in communication and media planning. He has worked extensively on large CPG businesses across a variety of markets including India, Malaysia and Singapore. Armed with thorough knowledge on the different practices within a media agency, Mayank displays very high competency in strategy planning, media buying, implementation planning and new business development. Some of the large clients that he has worked with are MDLZ, Nestle, P&G, Godrej Consumer products, Tata Motors, Tata Indicom, Kellogg’s & Cadbury.

In his current role, Mayank manages the MDLZ AOR business. He is also responsible for driving digital strategies for brands at Carat and thereby increasing the digital P&L for the agency. Presently, he is focused on improving ROI by deploying the best in class practices & solutions across platforms, engineering process changes through new technologies along with quality data & tools to enhance overall productivity of the brands/organization.

His last assignment was with Mindshare Malaysia. There, he was leading the Nestle business and was also the head – digital trading/investments across clients for Mindshare in Malaysia. He has been instrumental in improving the media product for Mindshare Malaysia and in deploying new processes to improve productivity which led his team to win multiple awards across the local and regional level.

Atika Farooqui

Atika Farooqui is a senior Tv mediaperson with the launch of 6 National Tv channels in 15 years to her credit. She has been a popular Anchor with all of them and headed their Entertainment and Television content. Her Popular Tv Chat shows with Film celebrities have been hugely liked and she is recognised for her distinct flair for good language skills in her on air presentation. She is also a popular Urdu poetess and was once an avid theatre actor.

SIDDHARTH BHARDWAJ

Mr. Siddharth Bhardwaj is the Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Enterprise Sales at UFO Moviez India Limited. Under his leadership, UFO Moviez has built a strong sales force that drive advertising revenues for the in-cinema advertising platform. Mr. Bhardwaj is an engineer and an MBA with over 20 years of work experience and his core strength lies in building teams and setting up new businesses/startups. At UFO Moviez, his key responsibilities include overseeing all advertising sales functions and ad revenue-generation strategies. He also oversees all aspects of pan-India marketing for UFO & its subsidiaries, including strategy, advertising, branding, communications, and alliances marketing.
He has rich sales experience and has worked across diverse industries such as Industrial batteries, Automotive lubes, Telecom, Retail and Media. Before joining UFO Moviez, he was a part of the leadership council of Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, where, during his 4.5 years stint, he was the key driver of RBNL’s exponential growth in the non-metros. In his last assignment with RBNL, he was leading radio sales nationally for the leading radio station 92.7 BIG FM.

LOKESH KATARIA

Lokesh Kataria is the Head of Marketing for Mattel Toys India Pvt Ltd, based out of Mumbai

Withiconic brands such as Barbie, Fisher-Price, Hot Wheels, Thomas & Friends, Mega Bloks andScrabble; Mattel India is the leader across all categories within Toys and Games.

Before joiningMattel, Lokesh has had successful stints with brands like Jio, Coca-Cola and LG Electronics, handlingresponsibilities ranging from Brand Marketing to Operational and Commercial Excellence, over past
15 years in his career.