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THE LEADERS
53. Matthew Hong
EVP & General Manager,
Turner Sports
Hong runs the day-to-day business,
technical and remote operations
for Turner Sports, which airs events
ranging from Major League Baseball
to the NBA, NASCAR, the PGA of
America and the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament
on TNT, TBS, and truTV. Part of Turner's team since
2008, Hong also oversees various sports digital businesses
including PGA.com, March Madness Live/NCAA.com and
the Turner Sports alliance with Yahoo! Sports, as well as the
company's recent acquisition of Bleacher Report. " The main
job of any manager, and in the long run their greatest value to
an enterprise, is to manage people, " he says.
54. David Porter
Executive Director,
The Walter Kaitz Foundation
Because of what he does on a
daily basis, Porter plays a key
role in improving the industry's
diversity. He oversees day-to-day
management of the foundation,
including the allocation of Foundation funds in support
of cable industry diversity efforts and development of an
industry-wide supplier diversity initiative. Through funds,
grants and scholarships, the foundation serves as a catalyst
for increasing diversity in cable's workforce, supplier
base and programming.
55. Elizabeth Asencio
SVP, Client Relations & Marketing
Operations, Content Distribution,
NBCUniversal
Thanks to Asencio, NBCUniversal
was able to broaden high-profi le
Hispanic content with targeted
promotion for new brand visibility
through MVPDs. She works tirelessly and creatively with her
team on promotional efforts for high-profi le Spanish language
programming for NASCAR and FIFA for Telemundo and NBC
Universo. With a large extended Hispanic family, Asencio is in
the perfect position to make intelligent suggestions on how
to enhance content. " Diversity, " she says, " involves bringing
together people with a variety of different interests, backgrounds,
perspectives and experiences to create an open and
inclusive environment where individuals can collaboratively
learn and grow from others. "
56. Michael Smith
SVP and GM, Cooking Channel,
Scripps Networks Interactive
A veteran of Scripps Networks
for the last 15 years, Smith has
guided the creative, advertising and
brand strategies in marketing and
creative roles, previously holding
multiple marketing titles, including SVP, Marketing for the
Food Network. He received his undergraduate degree from
Stanford University in 1984 and his MBA from the University
of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business in
1986. Smith says the best advice he ever received was to
keep it " R.E.A.L. " - " R " elationships, constantly " E " quipping
yourself with new knowledge, maintaining a positive
" A " ttitude in the face of failure and constantly improving
your " L " eadership skills. "
57. Ivan Bargueiras
EVP, Advertising, Discovery
Networks Latin America /
US Hispanic
Bargueiras oversees ad sales
for the DLA/USH television and
online businesses and more than
90 employees. His understanding
and respect for cultural differences was a key reason the
company expanded his role to support the International
Ad Sales teams with an eye towards greater collaboration
and identification of global business opportunities.
Bargueiras is often tapped as a mentor because of his
business acumen, as well as his forward-thinking approaches.
" Surround yourself with the brightest professionals
without discarding learning from the most
unexpected places, " he says.
58. Janet Han Vissering
SVP, Development and
Production, Nat Geo Wild
This year marks Nat Geo Wild's
5th anniversary, and Vissering
has effectively contributed to the
network's exponential growth
since its launch. 2014 was the
network's most-watched and highest-rated year ever,
with primetime P2+ delivery up 22% from 2013. Vissering
found huge success with last year's Big Cat Week
event and has been instrumental in making the brand
strong. The ability to lead with command but always with
respect is how she defines success. And when work gets
crazy, it's " important that you have the escape of your
family to lean on, " she says.
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