A PROVEN INTERACTIVE E-LEARNING PLATFORM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO
- President
- Tribune As Senior Vice President of Sales
Prior to joining JDA.media right before the pandemic(!), Angela served as Chief Revenue Officer of Tribune Media, where she led and drove profitable ad-supported revenues of over $1.4 billion.
She has a proven track record of creating high performing sales teams, growing incremental revenues, and building environments where trust and innovation can thrive.
Angela initially joined Tribune as Senior Vice President of Sales, and prior held the position of Vice President of Sales at both Gannett and Belo Corp. She also held several executive management positions at WFAA (the ABC affiliate in Dallas, TX), and Seltel (now Katz Media Group).
A former member of the TVB Executive Board for five years, Angela has received numerous media honors, including the 2012 American Women in Media's Silver Award of Excellence and Television Week's 2008 TV Manager of the Year Award, Southwestern Region.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Senior Marketing Consultant for JDA
Decision-makers appreciate Billie's unique ability to ask the kind of provocative questions that lead to the development of distinct and effective TV and/or digital creative that gets viewers' attention and drives consumer action.
Through her 25-plus years in media, Billie has developed an extensive professional portfolio with a depth of experience that includes a variety of management positions in sales, and important posts in news, production, station promotion, and market research.
As a General Sales Manager at WDTN, the NBC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio, she led a multimedia marketing team that specialized in achieving clients' marketing and operational goals with a client-centric approach.
She embodies all aspects of the JDA.media philosophy recognizing that each business is unique, with its own challenges and opportunities. In order to build a results-driven advertising plan for clients, you must first understand the business and then formulate a strategy to make the company stand out from competitors.
Billie resides in Carlisle, Ohio with her husband and two children. When not traveling the country for JDA.media, helping business owners increase their sales, she enjoys family time, reading, and coaching soccer, often cheering for kids that need a special someone in the stands just for them.
Job Titles:
- Director of Operations at JDA.Media
- Operations
Brittany Tomjanovich is the Director of Operations at JDA.media.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Media Senior Marketing Consultant
Holly Allen is a JDA.media Senior Marketing Consultant.
With nearly 27-years in the industry, including over five years as President & General Manager of FOX23 and MY41 in Tulsa, OK, Holly has developed a deep expertise in many facets of media. However, her true passion is working directly with clients.
Her "no box" thinking and creative mind allow her to design effective marketing strategies that drive significant results for advertisers.
Holly believes the first step to helping a business grow is to "peel back the layers" to uncover their unique needs, goals, and opportunities.
Next, she formulates and executes a thorough, well-rounded marketing plan that exceeds their expectations.
She enjoys the brainstorming process and seeing clients get enthusiastic when her strategies bring their businesses to unprecedented levels of success.
Experts say the greatest predictor of success is past success, which rings especially true with Holly's career. Starting as an effective ad agency rep, she quickly moved into broadcast sales and marketing. Moving up through the sales ranks, Holly eventually became the President & General Manager of a pair of dominant broadcast television stations in Tulsa, OK.
Most recently she founded All-en Media, LLC, where she works with clients in various categories, including auto, banking, retail, and more.
A proud graduate of Oklahoma State University, she lives in Tulsa with her high school aged daughter Lila, while her son Henry attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Holly enjoys long walks outdoors, visiting with family and friends, and volunteering her time to local causes whenever possible.
Job Titles:
- SVP, Revenue Drives at JDA
For over 20 years, Jim has crafted successful marketing programs for hundreds of local businesses.
His expansive media experience includes delivering significant advertising results utilizing broadcast, digital, cable, and radio.
His specialty is helping small-to-medium-sized businesses address sales and marketing challenges while developing game-changing strategies with real-world creative solutions.
Prior to joining JDA.media, Jim held strategic management positions as Regional Vice President, General Manager, and Local Sales Manager at television and cable companies in the Midwest.
His leadership roles gave him the opportunity to apply JDA.media principles to help Account Executives develop campaigns that combined television and digital solutions, which positively impacted business owners' success. Jim's extensive digital background includes the launch of digital tools for an entire sales division.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Media Senior Marketing Consultant
John Hillary is a JDA.media Senior Marketing Consultant.
Since 2006, he has worked directly with hundreds of small-to-medium-sized businesses, developing fully-integrated, results-driven media marketing strategies that have consistently helped meet and exceed goals.
John began his career with NRS Media in Atlanta, working as a Project Manager, closely analyzing market trends and sales data for the company's multi-phase programs.
He was soon promoted to one of NRS Media's lead consultants, working as an Account Director. In his role, John helped hundreds of local businesses grow through innovative and creative advertising campaigns.
Job Titles:
- Client Relations Specialist
Julie Martinez is a Client Relations specialist at JDA.media.
With an accomplished history in media, and a background in sales, marketing, promotion, as well as operations, Julie brings special insights and dedicated customer service to JDA.media clients.
She worked for more than a decade in the radio business, which included positions in promotion and special events. She also served as the personal assistant to nationally-syndicated morning radio host, Kidd Kraddick.
Prior to her radio career, Julie worked as a publicist for 20th Century Fox and at the historic Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas.
Julie joined JDA.media from EarthX, and international nonprofit environmental forum which presents the world's largest Earth Day exposition on an annual basis. Prior to EarthX, Julie was the Brand Manager at American Mensa.
A native Texan, and graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Julie loves concerts, music, and movies, as well as her Nikon camera.
Thanks to her husband Tony, she is beginning to enjoy running. Julie says U2, the Foo Fighters, Al Green, and Marvin Gaye make "her world go ‘round."
Job Titles:
- Director of OnDemand
- Is Director of OnDemand at JDA.Media, the Company 's Powerful E - Learning Platform
K.C. Fox is Director of OnDemand at JDA.media, the company's powerful e-Learning platform.
She is a seasoned media professional with a unique skill set, proficient with highly technical platforms that support the industry and savvy communication and interpersonal skills. In her role with JDA.media she oversees the company's exclusive OnDemand service with station partners and their clients.
Fox joined JDA.media in 2021 coming from Nexstar, where she served as Director of Technology and On-Air Operations for the company's Dallas station, KDAF. Prior to joining KDAF, she served 10 years in the United States Air Force. During her years in the military, she taught courses in a number of areas including Mission Planning and Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT). She is a decorated combat veteran. Prior to her military service, Fox worked at the NBC affiliate in Shreveport, LA, as a reporter and on-air host.
As a community-connected professional, Fox also spent the last decade working to develop, enhance and support minority female leadership in media and philanthropy. An active volunteer and entrepreneur, she is a member of a diversity of community action organizations, some of which she either founded or co-founded. In 2018, she received the Minority Business Leader Award from the Dallas Business Journal for her contributions to the broadcast industry. She was also recognized in Essence Magazine's "Everyone Who Gave Us Life" section and has been highlighted on multiple editions of "Who's Who in Black Dallas."
She is an alumna of the University of North Texas where she studied Broadcast Journalism, Non-Profit Management and Emergency Management. Her studies also include Harvard Business School where she focused on Strategic Management, Media and Sports Entertainment.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Senior Marketing Consultant for JDA
Margie's years as a local seller were award-winning and inspiration for her jump to JDA.media. She exceeded new business and digital goals on a consistent basis at Belo Corp., Scripps, Tribune, and TEGNA Inc. stations. A true innovator, Margie pioneered job-sharing positions in Dallas and Denver, balancing hectic work schedules and family, paving the way for working parents with careers in media sales.
Margie is well known and respected for her diligence, drive, and new business results. Due to her years in the business as an account executive and sales leader, she knows the station environment well and can easily relate to local sellers as well as the most senior managers.
An alum of Oklahoma State University who graduated with Honors in Journalism Advertising, Margie boasts an outstanding track record of helping business owners strategically grow their revenue through broadcast, streaming and digital solutions.
Margie and her husband Tim have been married for 23 years. The couple and their two children live in Littleton, CO, a suburb of Denver. Their son, Ryan, attends the University of Colorado Boulder, and their daughter, Mary, is in high school. In their spare time, the Chilsons enjoy travel, hiking in the picturesque Rocky Mountains, cooking, watching movies, and cheering on their kids in various sporting events.
Job Titles:
- Media Manager
- Digital Media Manager
Matt Snelson is Digital Media Manager at JDA.media.
He is responsible for shooting and editing JDA.media's popular OnDemand segments. Matt has spent the past 25-years working in various production positions.
Matt is the technology touchstone at JDA.media, working on everything from staging, shooting, lighting, and editing, to various IT issues. He is also an integral part of the company's web and social media presence.
Prior to joining JDA.media, Matt was the Director of Operations, Senior Editor, and Senior Videographer for Watrous Video Productions in Sarasota.
Matt and his wife, Stephanie, live in Sarasota with their two children, Chase and Ashlyn, and two dogs.
He loves to cook, is an avid camper, and enjoys attending sporting events to cheer on his favorite Tampa Bay teams including Buccaneers football, Rays baseball, and Lightning soccer
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
Nate Schwendeman has been in Marketing and Advertising since 2004. He has helped thousands of local businesses grow and stand out from the competition by developing creative and customized ideas.
Nate worked his way up through multiple markets in the Midwest as an Account Executive, a Team Leader, and a Local Sales Manager by the age of 32. As he wore those many hats, he won OnMedia's Shining Star award for selling and leading, and multiple Addy's for creative.
Nate has a proven track record of success. As an Account Executive he broke company records for hitting budget consecutive months in a row. And in his first year as a sales leader his team surpassed 3 million dollars in ad revenue, significantly over-achieving budget and stretch goals. But his successes in helping local business owners grow and achieve their dreams are the ones he's most proud of and gladly shares.
Nate is an alumnus from the University of Northern Iowa. In recent years he was honored to work with his alumni University and Wartburg College marketing departments, talking to students and professors about creative ideas and marketing principles for businesses of all sizes. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the UNI Panther Scholarship club.
A long time JDA.media disciple, Nate prides himself in studying his customers' industries, doing thoughtful preparation, asking the right questions of all parties involved, and bringing unique ideas. His client's commercials have been shared all over the United States as best practices on how to stand out and generate results.
One of Nate's funniest commercials was viewed by a Presidential Candidate in a small town in Iowa, prompting the candidate to come into the place of business and mention the ad.
When Nate isn't helping his customers make money, he enjoys cooking on his Big Green Egg, reading, hunting, fishing, all sports, and spending time with his beautiful wife, three daughters and son. The Schwendeman family also includes three cats and one giant Doberman puppy.
Nate wants to live in a world filled with innovative businesses, groundbreaking ideas and marketing books that come bundled with bourbon and bacon.
Nate used to train for combat sports and holds a 1-0 record in kickboxing. His debut fight was his retirement fight because his wife said so.
Job Titles:
- EVP
- Managing Partner
- EVP, Automotive Expert
- Managing Partner of the Norris Auto Group
Patrick Norris is EVP and our Automotive Expert at JDA.media.
Pat is an alumnus of Michigan State University where he earned a degree in marketing and business development. He is also a graduate of the General Motors School of Retail Management. Pat is the proud recipient of the 2004 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award as well as numerous other civic recognitions for his community involvement and business leadership.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Media Senior Marketing Consultant
Perry Kapiloff is a JDA.media Senior Marketing Consultant.
With over two decades of experience in broadcast advertising sales and management, plus eleven years in ad agencies, he is a media veteran in every sense.
During his career, Perry has worked extensively with small, as well as medium-sized businesses, to develop results-oriented marketing strategies and advertising campaigns.
He began his radio career in Massachusetts where he met and worked with "The Guru of Ads," the legendary innovator Don Fitzgibbons.
Perry is a graduate of Ohio University where he earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Today, he resides in West Boylston, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.
Job Titles:
- Client Relations Representative
- Copywriter
- Freelance Editor
Robin Renna is a Client Relations representative at JDA.media, where she has worked since joining the company in 2006.
She lends her creativity and editing skills to client communication, and our weekly management and sales leadership newsletter, LeadersEdge. Robin also manages other JDA.media programs and company special events.
Her philosophy is to always go the extra mile for clients, providing exceptional customer service.
Prior to JDA.media, Robin worked as a territory manager for L'Oreal Cosmetics in Atlanta, GA, a realtor in Utah, and a speaker's assistant in California. She says that she and her husband, Jerry, both profess to having had a "gypsy gene" in their systems.
Robin holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, ironically the same small New England town where company founder Jim Doyle started in radio.
In her spare time, Robin is a freelance editor and an author of children's books, for which she has been recognized twice with the prestigious Florida Writers Association Literary Award.
When she's not writing, Robin enjoys spending time with her rescue/therapy dog Kumba, volunteering with a local animal rescue organization, and riding Cody, her horse.
Robin and her husband reside in Carrollton, GA.
Job Titles:
- EVP, Training & Development
- Media Executive Vice President
Tom Ray is JDA.media Executive Vice President, Training and Development.
A perennial favorite speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters conferences and at various programs and seminars, he is often introduced as "the premier television sales trainer in the country."
Tom brings more than 35 years of local media experience to your team. From radio, television, cable and streaming video, to five years in Internet marketing and development, Tom's diverse background gives him a unique perspective on driving results for local advertisers.
For more than 15 years, Tom has traveled the country 25-plus weeks a year, helping sales teams and advertisers discover what works (and what does not) in local advertising.
His popular book, Branding is OUT, Results are IN! Lessons for the LOCAL Advertiser is a well-respected hit with sales and marketing professionals achieving Amazon bestseller status. He released a new book in May of 2020 to help media professionals during the pandemic, Recession Lessons: Selling Through Adversity, which is also available on Amazon.
He is a member of the National Speakers Association and has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. Whether it is at NAB, SMTE conferences, a State Broadcasters Association event, or in front of a group of local advertisers, Tom delivers thought-provoking content wrapped in an entertaining, high-energy persona.
Tom and Darlene, his wife of more than 30 years, reside in Sarasota, FL and enjoy the Suncoast lifestyle.
Job Titles:
- Senior Marketing Consultant
- Senior Marketing Consultant for JDA
Over the course of Wendy's nearly 25-years in media, she's worked successfully in multiple categories from automotive to retail to healthcare and more. She possesses a unique depth of knowledge as a seller, manager, and executive at privately-owned media companies as well as Fortune 500 firms.
"I have always been a top performer winning multiple President's Cups, Pinnacle Awards, and various client honors," she says proudly. But her real professional passion is connecting with local businesses to help them grow and cut through the clutter.
During her nearly 11-year tenure with Cox Media Group (CMG) in Tulsa, Wendy specialized in leveraging television, radio, and digital platforms for her clients. In her years with the company, she was recognized four consecutive years with the prestigious CMG President's Circle Award, and Top Digital Performer (in Oklahoma) for five consecutive years.
Prior to working with Cox, Wendy led local initiatives at Newport Television in Tulsa and was a Local Sales Manager. She oversaw a team of six, achieved record revenue goals, launched and managed a successful lifestyle/sponsorship program that generated over $300,000 in its inaugural year.
"I've spent my career putting together the right solutions and the right messaging for customers. I am transparent, and pride myself on being a great listener," she says. "I can connect with local business owners because I've been working with them and creating solutions that grow their companies for nearly 25 years." Her methodology includes maintaining constant contact with customers. "It's critical, and part of our responsibility is to manage expectations and make changes when needed."
Wendy is a passionate sports fan, a proud University of Kansas graduate who worked in the athletic department. Nowadays, her outside-of-work passion is centered on exercise, which includes running, barre, yoga, and spin.
She is the proud parent of two amazing sons, Noel and Shane, and a pair of rescue dogs.