RISE INTERACTIVE MEDIA & ANALYTICS - Key Persons
Ali Golin leads the Project Management department in planning, organizing, and executing work in a timely, efficient manner.
Ali spent several years in account management before bringing her experience and leadership to the project management team. Throughout her time at Rise, she has partnered with a wide range of clients across verticals, including B2B, B2C, Lead Gen, and eCommerce.
Ali graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Advertising. Outside of work, Ali enjoys exploring Chicago with her husband and dabbling in singing and songwriting.
Ali Golin leads the Project Management department in planning, organizing, and executing work in a timely, efficient manner.
Ali spent several years in account management before bringing her experience and leadership to the project management team. Throughout her time at Rise, she has partnered with a wide range of clients across verticals, including B2B, B2C, Lead Gen, and eCommerce.
Ali graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Advertising. Outside of work, Ali enjoys exploring Chicago with her husband and dabbling in singing and songwriting.
Job Titles:
- Marketing Executive
- Head of Client Experience
Courtney is an experienced marketing executive who has built her career growing iconic brands via modern marketing practices. As Head of Client Experience, Courtney is responsible for delivering best-in-class client engagement and driving work that elevates brands, captures demand, and creates real business impact. Prior to Rise, she served as VP of Marketing Communications and Design for Tyson Foods, where she led a team of marketers that built brands across the retail portfolio. She also has a long tenure as a media expert in various agency and client-side roles. Courtney is known in the industry for her strategic acumen, commercial mindset, and collaborative leadership. She is actively involved in marketing industry organizations and is the recipient of several industry awards, including Working Mother of the Year from She Runs It and Women to Watch from Brand Innovators.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Operations
- SVP, Operations & Chief of Staff
David Schmidt is the Senior Vice President of Operations and the Chief of Staff at Rise. In addition to managing operational functions, he leads cross-functional teams pursuing strategic initiatives to ensure organizational success in all areas of the business. A registered patent attorney, David joined Rise in 2016 after serving as the general counsel of an intellectual property brokerage firm.
David holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University, with a concentration in Biomechanics, and a J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Intellectual Property. In between bike rides with his wife and son, he dabbles in woodworking and counts his fingers.
Job Titles:
- Dean Ferenac / SVP, Consumer Engagement
- Integrated Media and Marketing Leader
- SVP, Consumer Engagement
Dean is an integrated media and marketing leader and strategic disruptor. Utilizing his 20+ years of media and marketing expertise honed at Quad, Publicis Media, Initiative, and FCB, he challenges key decision-makers and media visionaries to see things differently and to inspire and elevate their teams into empowered, bigger and better versions of themselves. Dean specializes in identifying unique business and consumer insights that power transformative integrated media plans engineered to foster brand love, boost sales, and drive revenue growth.
Over the course of his career, Dean has had the privilege of partnering on media planning and investment assignments with a variety of blue-chip brands including MillerCoors, SC Johnson, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Sears, and Boeing.
Dean's clients view him as a dynamic, results-driven media strategy leader and exceptional communicator who earns trust through understanding their business and customizing the most effective media solutions designed to meet their challenges head-on.
Earl brings extensive experience in technology and analytics to his role as Senior Vice President, Media Analytics at Rise. He helps clients get the most out of their marketing investments by finding the right combination of technology, method, and analytical framework to optimize media spend. Before joining Quad in mid-2019, Earl worked in senior positions at some of the largest global marketing analytics firms, including Gain Theory, a marketing effectiveness consultancy that is part of WPP; and Mediabrands, the media and data arm of Interpublic Group.
Job Titles:
- SVP, Media
- Vice President, Media Services
Gwen Maass joined Quad in May 2019 as Vice President, Media Services. Now, as part of Rise, she works with brands across industries and verticals to sharpen their omnichannel media offerings and outreach. Maass spent the majority of her career at Novus Media LLC, formerly a division of Omnicom, and brings deep experience in traditional and digital media to help clients connect consumer experiences across channels with strategic, targeted media planning.
Job Titles:
- SVP, Head of Growth & Product
Howard Diamond brings more than 20 years of experience helping brands achieve maximum results from their media and technology investments. Prior to Rise, Howard earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also previously worked in sales, marketing, and development roles with companies including Q Interactive and CTI Meeting Tech.
Outside of Rise, Howard sits on the Board of Directors for the Center for Enriched Living, a non-profit organization focusing on the success of people with developmental disabilities. He currently lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two children.
Howard is also a proud member of the exclusive 2023 Snapchat AR Agency Council.
Job Titles:
- SVP, Joint Client Accounts
Jeff Teitelbaum brings more than 20 years of experience managing marketing investments to his role as at Rise. His ability to understand problems and create innovative, data-driven solutions enables him to deliver remarkable experiences while building and strengthening long-lasting client relationships. He leads the agency's project management and account teams, leveraging a unique proficiency in improving performance and collaboration across teams.
Prior to joining Rise, Teitelbaum spent 13 years at Discover Financial Services, one of the largest financial services brands in the United States. He held senior roles in a number of areas, and developed strategies across several disciplines including pricing, segmentation, modeling, product management, project management, competitive intelligence, marketing analytics, and strategic infrastructure. Using data as a guide, he played a major role in improving the customer experience for the brand's customers.
Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA in entrepreneurship from DePaul University.
As Quad's President of Media, Joshua Lowcock is responsible for Rise, Quad's integrated media brand and performance media agency, and Quad's market-leading audience and data platform. He leverages Quad Media's capabilities to deliver business growth for clients. A proven leader and innovator, Joshua uses his skills to amplify integration and collaboration across Quad's MX Solution Suite.
Joshua most recently served as the Global Chief Media Officer for UM Worldwide where he played a pivotal role in developing and evolving their go-to-market strategy through omnichannel media including partnerships and strategy, data integrations, content and creator execution, innovation and privacy governance. His experience in marketing and media includes roles in three of the Fortune 10 and across multiple industry sectors including retail, entertainment, consumer products, healthcare and technology.
Joshua has served in board and advisory roles for publicly listed companies. He is passionate about bringing integrity and honesty to the marketing industry.
Joshua holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree in communications from Western Sydney University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Media Strategy
Justin Garvin is the Senior Vice President of Media Strategy at Rise. Justin is responsible for developing and leading strategy and operations for all of Rise's media channels with a heavy focus on integration.
Starting out on the Search team, Justin innovated Rise's approach to drive business outcomes for clients, eventually scaling the approach to all of Rise's performance marketing channels. Prior to this role, Justin served as the Vice President of Media & Analytics.
Justin graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in Marketing. He prides himself on his avid shoe collection along with an impressive Netflix watchlist.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of People & Culture
Kimberly Harris-Mooring is the Senior Vice President of People & Culture at Rise. Kimberly brings over 30 years of senior management experience in Human Resources, Employee Development, Change Management, and Diversity and Inclusion. Prior to Rise, Kimberly focused on strategic HR direction and developing people processes that drove operational excellence with companies including the Cook County Assessor's Office and First Midwest Bank.
Kimberly also has a track record of giving back. She mentors young women breaking into the HR space, through Chicago SHRM and in the past with Michelle Obama's The Girls Opportunity Alliance. As an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Harris-Mooring supports programs like Soles4Souls that provides shoes to those in need. You will also see her packing backpacks for low income children in Chicago's southern suburbs and supporting women's wellness through their targeted program initiatives.
She earned her M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management and her B.S. in Business Management from Cardinal Stritch University.