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Gary's Guide readers are invited to join Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, and Tech:NYC for the latest installment of the CornellTech@Bloomberg series featuring the founder of Arkadium, Jessica Rovello and the founder of Kargo, Harry Kargman.
Jessica and Harry will be interviewed in an onstage conversation about building and rebuilding their companies, navigating the impact of world events on their businesses9/11 for Kargman and the Russian invasion of Crimea for Rovello.
This monthly series of talks features luminaries from the global technology community in wide-ranging discussions about the most pressing issues involving technology today.
Bloomberg L.P. Headquarters
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Thursday October 6, 2016
5:30 pm Cocktail Reception begins
6:00 pm Doors close, conversation starts
6:45 pm Audience Q&A with Cornell Tech students
7:00 pm Networking and hors d'oeuvres to follow
About Harry Kargman and Kargo
Harry Kargman is the founder and CEO of Kargo, a firm that manages mobile brand advertising for major media companies, including CBS Interactive, Hearst, The Daily Mail, Meredith, Scripps, Target Corporation, T-Mobile, Vice, and Vox. Launched in 1999 to build a platform for the mobile web, Kargo reached 45 employees before becoming a victim of the dot-com bust in 2001 when it exhausted its capital and downsized to two employees. A grant from New York City saved the TriBeCa-based company after 9/11, and its since rebuilt itself as the leader in mobile brand advertising. Inc. magazine named Kargo as one of the countrys fastest growing companies in 2015. In addition to his role at Kargo, Kargman serves on the Ad Councils board of directors.
About Jessica Rovello and Arkadium
Jessica Rovello is the co-founder and CEO of Arkadium, a maker of casual online games used by some of the worlds largest brands for user engagement and retention. Launched in 2001, the company counts Cox Media, Hearst, Comcast, Microsoft, and USA Today among its clients. Although based in New York, the company maintained its largest game studio with a staff of over 100 in Simferopol, Crimea. After Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, U.S. sanctions made it illegal for Arkadium to continue doing business there. Rather than close the studio, Rovello and her co-founder, husband, and then-CEO Kenny Rosenblatt decided to move it across the border into Russia at the request of employees who wanted to join the country. Before being named Arkadiums CEO in 2015, Rovello served as the companys President. And before founding the company, she was director of online services for Artisan Entertainment, where she pioneered digital viral marketing on The Blair Witch Project. She is the winner of the American Business Award for Executive of the Year, the Stevie Award for Entrepreneur of Year, and has been named to the 40 Under 40 list by Crains New York.
Seats are limited. Please RSVP promptly at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cornelltechbloomberg-with-harry-kargman-jessica-rovello-tickets-27751465380&aff=ggny
About CornellTech@Bloomberg
CornellTech@Bloomberg is a series that convenes leading figures in global technology for monthly, onstage conversations to produce new insights and raise compelling questions. Hosted at Bloombergs worldwide headquarters in Manhattan, the series is a collaboration between Cornell Tech and Bloomberg that brings together Bloomberg employees and members of the Cornell Tech community with members of New Yorks greater technology community to hear from entrepreneurs, investors, and thinkers.
About Tech:NYC
Tech:NYC is a nonprofit member organization that represents New York Citys technology sector. Leveraging the power of its network of member companies, it supports not only its community, but also New York City as the worlds capital of culture and innovation. Tech:NYC speaks as the voice of technology in NYC and advocates for the policies that underscore a regulatory environment that supports the growth of technology companies and technology talent in NYC; promote inclusive technology education policies; and create access for all New Yorkers to connectivity, technology tools, and training. More info is available at technyc.org.
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