Luxembourg
CEO and co-founder of VitalBriefing, a global market intelligence company that provides personalized B2B Briefings for dozens of industries and now, B2C Personal Briefings for individual professionals. I am a content and digital media pioneer, and prizewinning journalist, with a passion for innovation and quality, and a belief that kindness and empathy are the highest human values in business and in life. I lead a company with 50+ subject-expert journalists who combine our best-in-class, AI-integrated search-creation-publish technology with human curation to deliver strategic and operational insights that clients across dozens of industries and markets can trust. As a former senior executive at AOL Europe, columnist at Forbes.com, and Pulitzer/George Polk Prize-winning foreign correspondent and investigative reporter, I have a deep understanding of the global media landscape, the needs and challenges of diverse audiences, and the opportunities and risks of digital - and AI - transformation. I have successfully launched and grown new online businesses, developed and executed digital content strategies, and secured partnerships and clients with major brands and public sector agencies in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. My mission is to create value for my customers, my team, and my company by providing essential, relevant, and reliable information and insights.
VitalBriefing,"your personal journalist," combines AI-enhanced search-and-publish technology with curation by 70+ subject-expert journalists to create "content you can trust:" personalized market and business intelligence products for individuals and clients across dozens of industries, and high-quality branded, thought leadership content for their clients and prospects. Customers include major brands and public sector agencies in Europe, Asia and the U.S., including ING, Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, European Investment Bank, KPMG, UNature, Quintet Private Bankers, CSSF (Luxembourg's financial regulator), Luxembourg for Finance, IQ-EQ, Ziff Davis B2B, Technology Advice, Allianz, Swiss Life, Kuehne + Nagel, OCBC Bank (Singapore), Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Lonza Pharmaceutical & Biotech Group, Lombard International Assurance and Armacell (Blackstone companies), Luxembourg Space Agency and the Luxembourg Prime Minister's office. The company has been honored as a "Young Innovative Company" by the Luxembourg government, and a "showcase startup" by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. Services feature subscription market intelligence products including Global Fintech Briefing, Space Industry Intelligence Briefing, Gender Finance Weekly Briefing, Logistics Sector News Briefing and Sustainable Finance News & Insights Briefing.
As an American journalist and entrepreneur based in Luxembourg, I wrote about business and politics in Europe (after creating and staffing Forbes's European professional bloggers' network).
Consultant specializing in digital media strategy, development and leadership, customer experience, optimizing online presence, new product development, audience growth and engagement, and new syndication opportunities. Clients include PBS, RTL Group, Fremantle Media, Time Inc., Forbes Magazine, Ford Motor Co., Bank of America and Arts Alliance. Led the creation of a new video content marketplace and platform for RTL Group/Fremantle Media.
With filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (“Supersize Me”), co-founded and led as CEO this VC-backed start-up that commissioned top-quality, short films for distribution across Internet, digital cinemas, TV and mobile platforms, and involving Oscar/Sundance/Emmy award winning filmmakers. Concluded deals with major online publishers, theater chains and advertisers, and built library of three-minute long, fully-told video stories.
Created and led AOL's first pan-European content programming team and oversaw content across AOL Europe (AOL UK, Germany and France).