About

Jumpwire Media builds and executes revenue generating strategies leveraging expertise in emerging media.

Our background is media content creation, distribution and production across all platforms including: mobile, webvideo, television, radio, online, print, gaming, etc.

We deliver innovative and effective media and marketing strategies to both Fortune 500 and SME clients from countries all over the world including: USA, Russia, India, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, and others.

Our Team

Gavin McGarry	President	New York/Toronto
Priya Rao	Special Projects Director	Toronto
Matthew Stern	VP Brand & Business Strategy	Toronto
Meredith Simpson	Business and Legal Affairs	New York
Liz Gallo	Social Media Specialist	New York/Toronto
Soo Koon Lee	Head of Strategy	New York
Frederik Lesage	Crossmedia Research	London
Lennart Renkema	Research & Statistics	Amsterdam
Micah Green	Business Development Consultant	Washington
Shawn Patriquin	Digital Marketing	Toronto
Juli Strader	Public Relations	Toronto
Tyler Grace	Video & Motion Graphics Producer	Toronto
Ryan Blaind	Web Designer	Toronto

Our Team

Gavin McGarry

President – New York/Toronto

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Before founding Jumpwire Media in 2009 Gavin worked for online video start up Joost and was the Head of Cross Platform Business Development at global television production company Endemol.

Gavin has been working in media space for over 20 years. His past experience includes positions at major television networks as well as owning and operating a television production company and a boutique advertising agency. His company created some of the first cross media TV content and worked with major networks including NBC, Discovery, CTV, and Global Television. The full service ad agency serviced two national clients and explored integrating brands into television and online properties. In 2004 he moved from his native Canada to the UK to better understand the rapidly emerging mobile phone space. Through his position at Endemol he worked closely with the UK’s largest mobile operator O2 and helped develop leading edge content for multiple platform release. In 2007 he moved into the web video arena based out of the Joost’s New York office. He has spent time in Japan, Africa, Europe and China exploring and understanding the global digital media content market place. He is invited to speak at media industry conferences on a regular basis including: MIPCOM, International Institute of Communications, Harvard Business Club of New York, Ryerson University, NAPTE, Xmedia Lab, etc.

Priya Rao

Special Projects Director – Toronto

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Priya comes to Jumpwire Media with over 12 years experience as a programmer and producer. As Head of Content for the Banff World Television Festival she programmed a schedule of panels and workshops focusing on television and digital media. Priya was integral in the creation and launch of the Canwest Showrunner Training Program and brought top-tier US agents to Banff for the first time in 2009. Prior to joining Banff, she spent 3 years with the Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival, programming the Short Films, Big Ideas Symposium, and was Director of Programming for Toronto’s Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival.

As a Toronto-based filmmaker Priya produced and starred in the comedic short, RAJU’S BLIND DATE, which was adapted as a series of radio plays for CBC Radio. In 2004 she was awarded the prestigious OMDC Al Waxman Calling Card grant. Her feature film KUSH KUSH IN THE BUSH, is a romantic comedy being Executive Produced by award-winning Buffalo Gal Pictures.

Matthew Stern

VP Brand & Business Strategy – Toronto

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Senior marketer and business development executive of consumer and communication companies, with both international and entrepreneurial experience. Creative leader who excels at taking existing and new companies and brands from an idea to fully operational entities. Fifteen years of successfully growing brands for clients of McCann-Erickson (Coca-Cola, J&J, L’Oreal, Nestle, Unilever); and launching SpiralFrog, North America’s first ad-supported music download Web site. Full P&L responsibilities at McCann-Erickson with prior functional emphasis on strategic planning. Strong expertise in creating and executing strategic and tactical go-to-market plans..

Meredith Simpson

Business & Legal Affairs – New York

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Meredith has extensive business and legal affairs experience with a focus on digital media, entertainment and technology. Before joining Jumpwire Media, Meredith was the Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Joost. She has also held positions with Sidley Austin LLP, Pseudo Programs, Comedy Central, Playboy Enterprises, and Sirius Satellite Radio. Throughout her roles with these companies, Meredith has provided innovative legal and business counseling and transactional support playing an active role in implementing multi media business strategies.

Meredith is a Member of the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. She lives in New York.

Liz Gallo

Social Media Specialist – Toronto/New York

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Liz Gallo developed Social Media strategy with a wide range of clients such as jazz musician Teodross Avery and jeweler Michael C Fina. She has also worked on video blogs, interactive T.V. and online games. Currently, she is assisting in the development of the Social Media Strategy in an upcoming documentary and website.

She studied at Kenyon College and received a masters at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. This past spring she was one of seven new media residents at the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab, where she created a soundscape Installation for the Lobby of the MaRS building in downtown Toronto. Her current projects involve online content creation and spoken word performance. Having traveled and worked abroad extensively, she now splits time between Toronto and New York City.

She is passionate about all things Digital, Media and Social. An avid sports fan, she can’t wait to go snowboarding and watch the NFL playoffs!

Soo Koon Lee

Head of Strategy – New York

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Soo Koon Lee develops and executes social media strategies that help companies identify new customer segments, raise online awareness, and establish connections with current customers. Soo’s ten years of research and analysis experience combined with a familiarity of online innovations make her uniquely suited to developing solutions that help her clients achieve their goals via social media.

Frederik Lesage

Crossmedia Research

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Dr Frederik Lesage is a Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries
and Digital Humanities at King’s College London and a Visiting
Lecturer at the University of Cambridge in the Screen Media & Cultures
programme. His research specialises in investigating how small to
medium size organizations develop scalable platforms and co-creative
practices for delivering online content. Frederik has presented in
numerous international conferences and his work has been published
widely.

Lennart Renkema

Head of Research & Statistics – Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Lennart Renkema holds a PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences and a Master of Science in Social and Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Lennart’s research has been published in several leading peer-reviewed journals in the US and Europe. Through his expertise in the academic field Lennart has advanced statistical and data analyzing skills. As a tenured assistant professor Lennart taught several statistical classes as well as courses on Work Psychology, Research Techniques and Organizational Change. Recently, Lennart decided to expand his horizon outside of the Academic world to help organizations to make use of and benefit from elaborate data studies.

Micah Green

Business Development Consultant – Washington

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Micah is the Co-founder of Stratique Partners. Prior to founding Stratique, Micah led worldwide business development for AOL as SVP of Strategy and Business Development. At AOL, Micah supervised a team of more than 80 professionals responsible for identifying, structuring, negotiating and closing more than 2,000 agreements per year across a wide range of territories, platforms, industries and deal paradigms (including technology, distribution, syndication, commerce, content, marketing, and strategic partnerships).

Micah has extensive strategy experience across a broad range of Media, Internet and other businesses – with a particular emphasis on content programmed for consumer adoption and use.

Prior to AOL, Micah handled a broad range of commercial matters as a litigator at the international law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey – with a focus on business torts, contracts, and media law.

Shawn Patriquin

Digital Marketing – Toronto

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With more than 18 years experience in both the traditional and digital space, Shawn excels in developing strategic solutions that meet and exceed the expectations of the client. He is beyond passionate about the projects that he gets involved in and will never settle for less than perfect. Shawn is the Founder/President of They Integrated Inc., an award winning boutique advertising, marketing and digital agency that is quickly gaining an international client base. Prior to setting up his company, Shawn was Professor in the Advertising Program at Loyalist College in Ontario.

Juli Strader

Public Relations – Toronto

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Juli’s communications and publicity career has taken her to the Toronto International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Banff World Television Festival and the Toronto Screenwriting Conference, all of which have given her the opportunity to promote what she is most passionate about – the creators, directors and stars of award-winning short films, feature films, TV series and web series. Through her commitment to a project from inception to launch, she has been privileged to work on several feature films from behind the scenes as a Unit Publicist to their theatrical debut and DVD launch.

In the last decade, Juli has been the owner and operator of her own business, a published writer with pieces in Metro News, Fashion, Elm Street and Images magazines, and the Assistant Managing Editor for *spark-online, an e-zine for writers and new media artists. Juli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Communications and a postgraduate certificate in Entertainment Administration from the University of British Columbia. More information about Juli can be found at www.rawsugarpr.com.

Tyler Grace

Video & Motion Graphic Producer  – Toronto

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Tyler discovered his passion for video at a young age. Born in Orillia, Ontario, he received his formal training at Humber College in Film and Television Production. He has also developed the effective skill of meta-tagging and along with a creative approach has self producing hundreds of videos which have received over 5 million views on YouTube collectively.

His list of work includes, but is not limited to producing videos for the Government of Canada and collaborating on DVDs for the likes of Ringo Starr and Michael Bolton. With a wide array of experience and expertise accumulated over the past ten years, Tyler has the ability to contribute towards any video or Internet based production.

Ryan Blaind

Web Designer – Toronto

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Ryan is the Digital Art Director at They Integrated Inc. where he leads the design & development staff. He provides key art direction and technical consulting and strives to be ahead of the curve with the most current user interface design, front-end and back-end development trends. Ryan has extensive experience in developing and implementing back-end functionality. As a result, his design approach is built on strategy with an intimate understanding of how the site will be built.