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ROGER NEAL

Roger Neal leads Connected Growth & Strategy with 20+ years of growth and innovation experience across Internet, Media, Marketplaces, Subscriptions, Social, Mobile and AI domains in pioneering roles at eBay, AOL and Gazelle (used mobile device marketplace), as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, and a change agent at media companies Time Warner, Consumer Reports and BusinessWeek in New York.

As founding executive director of NYC Media Lab for the Bloomberg Administration, Roger built a sustaining organization that connects top AI, tech and data researchers at New York’s Universities with digital media and telecom companies to grow the innovation economy of New York City. As GM of BusinessWeek Digital, he led a product partnership and investment in pre-IPO LinkedIn. He has positioned early stage firms to raise over $50 million in Venture Capital and aided the sale of four companies. He has written for Forbes and Adweek and has taught at Columbia Business School. 

THE CONNECTED NETWORK

The extended Connected Growth network includes dozens of technology, business and product innovators and entrepreneurs in AI, mobile, marketplace and digital media industry. Tap into some of the best minds in the connected ecosystem.