Mark Southam assumes role of CRO; Additional executive changes announced.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – CDM Media USA Inc.  announced today the promotion of Mark Southam to Chief Revenue Officer. He will be responsible for all global operations pertaining to customer-facing and revenue-generating teams at CDM Media, which includes Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Revenue Operations, and Business Development. Southam will continue to report directly to Glenn Willis, founder and CEO.

“Since day one, Mark has been a testament to hard work and dedication, and he’s been instrumental to the growth of this organization. This new role is beyond well-deserved. I’m excited for the future of CDM Media with Mark’s guidance and expertise in this role and look forward to our continued rapid growth with him at the helm.”

– Glenn Willis, CEO & Founder

Southam joined the company in 2007 as a Sales Director and quickly rose through the management ranks. Prior to assuming the role of Chief Revenue Officer, Southam served as the VP of Sales & Major Accounts.

“I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity and the future here at CDM Media. Our product has never been better, the challenges we’re solving have never been bigger, and we look forward to growing with our customers again this year.”

– Mark Southam, Chief Revenue Officer

Alongside Southam, several other senior-level team leaders received promotions to new roles. Mike Deedigan, who previously oversaw the company’s talent acquisition department has taken on a new hybrid role as Vice President of Growth & People. Michael Sarkady was announced as the company’s new Vice President of Special Projects & Planning. Nelson Soares, formerly the Senior Director Relationship Management has been promoted to Vice President Relationship Management & C-Suite Network, overseeing all aspects of the executive relationships maintained by CDM Media.

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After 11 years of operation in cities including Honolulu, New York, Cardiff, Chicago, we are excited to announce the official opening of our brand-new London location in heart of the historic City of London. We are excited to join the area as we continue to expand our services in Europe.

We are excited to invest in the future growth and expansion of our EMEA team. Along with the vibrant office surroundings, close site-seeing, and not to forget – rooftop ping-pong, we will be occupying the penthouse office of the Cannon Green building! The office will be led by our Director EMEA, Jonathan Kinchin, alongside veteran leader and Sales Director EMEA, Matt Rymon.

“Thrilled to have joined CDM Media and to be responsible for growing the business in EMEA. We have a strong history of delivering world class content for our C-level executive network and providing them with introductions to technology vendors who can improve their businesses. I look forward to further building our network in EMEA and providing the same level of service they would expect from our team in Chicago.”

As we continue to build out our team, the opening of our London office provides veteran team members the opportunity to relocate to an exciting new country and market! In addition to the exciting changes for our team internally, we are looking to welcome on new team members on both the Sponsorship Sales and Delegate Sales side. All this is in effort to service our clients better with a new location and expansion of events.

Cheers,

Glenn Willis
CEO & Founder of CDM Media

We're excited to officially open our London office! This is a major testament to 11 years of hard work, teamwork and determination. More importantly, we're looking to grow our team and hire new talent in London. Email Mike Deedigan at mike.deedigan@cdmmedia.com to learn more! pic.twitter.com/MaBwryP58X

— CDM Media (@CDMmedia) August 14, 2018

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