Trendrr — Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Social Data for Media and Advertising

The People

Mark Ghuneim

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

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An emerging media futurist with expertise in the convergence of television and second screen engagement, technology and behavioral trending, Mark Ghuneim has spent over 20 years in executive ranks of the entertainment industry. His pioneer spirit, coupled with an extensive knowledge of music, television, and brand marketing lead him to launch Trendrr in 2009.

Trendrr, which harnesses the value of real-time social data for media and advertising, lead to Trendrr.TV and its sister display solution Curatorr. Both are used by media outlets and agencies to create, understand, and value meaningful real-time experiences around media and brands. Prior to starting Wiredset and Trendrr, Ghuneim spent 16 years with Sony Music USA, where he was most recently Senior Vice President of Online and Emerging Technologies.

Tom Donohue

President

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Tom is a 16 year media and entertainment industry veteran. Before joining Trendrr, Tom spent nearly 10 years at Sony Music / Sony BMG in roles of increasing responsibility, last serving as Vice President of Digital Sales & Marketing. In his executive management role at the company, he oversees day to day company operations, marketing, and sales.

Matt Dennebaum

Chief Product Officer

As a 15-year technology veteran, Matt has worn a lot of hats. He brings a deep understanding of all aspects of the product development life cycle from application development and deployment infrastructure to design, usability, and marketing. He oversees all product development, project management, reporting, and IT infrastructure but is all too happy to jump in and do some coding whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Dustin Norlander

Chief Technology Officer

Dustin began programming on a TRS-80 at the age of 8. He is the original author of the Trendrr stack and manages all the platform development and scaling of the Trendrr infrastructure. He brings a wide variety of engineering skills to our company, in particular his expertise in distributed systems, real-time processing, natural language processing, and databases. Dustin received his degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Meghann Sills Elrhoul

VP Client Services & Analytics

Meghann Sills Elrhoul most recently served as the Manager of Analytics for Nielsen, the world’s leading marketing and media information company. In her role, she was responsible for developing analytics-based consulting and solutions for the social media community in addition to social media product development. Meghann played a pivotal role in expanding Nielsen’s thought leadership efforts across the media landscape, focusing on the increasingly demanding and growing social media sector.

Prior to joining Nielsen, Meghann gained analytical experience in the finance industry working for Jefferies & Co, Inc, a global investment banking firm. She completed her Master’s Degree in Business Management Systems from New York University where she did extensive thesis research on the statistical relationships between social media and television. This work earned her the best thesis award at NYU. Meghann received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of South Florida.

Jon Bulava

Director of Studio Services

Jon is one of our lead developers and manages our custom social experience integrations as well as internal development. When not in the office, he is an avid photographer and enjoys video production. Jon holds a Masters degree in Computer Science with a concentration in web technologies and e-commerce from Villanova and a Bachelors degree The College of New Jersey.