Paul is a 25-year digital media veteran with an industry-leading expertise in the B2B marketing, branding, content marketing, and the cross-platform video distribution and monetization of original digital content. Formally, Paul served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Digiday Media, managing across-the-media brands of Digiday, Glossy, Custom and Tradestreaming (now Tearsheet). Prior to Digiday, Kontonis served as Senior Vice President, Strategy at Collective Digital Studio (now Studio71), a multiplatform digital entertainment company and multichannel network. Before Collective Digital Studio, Paul was Vice President, Group Director, Brand Content at Digitas where he helped establish the Digital Content NewFronts. Paul has served as the President of the Global Online Video Association, an industry trade group representing media networks and video platforms, and Chairman of the International Academy of Web Television. Paul holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from New York University.