Jon Brod, Chief Marketing Officer

Jon Brod is Chief Marketing Officer at Tech:NYC. A four-time NY-based Founder, Jon has spent more than 30 years as a senior executive with media and technology companies, at both the startup and Fortune 500 levels.

Before joining Tech:NYC, Jon co-founded Roam, the workplace technology platform; Confide, acquired by IAC; and Patch, acquired by AOL. At AOL he founded and led AOL Ventures and served as President of AOL Local. He began his career at the NBA on the founding teams of NBA Canada, the Toronto Raptors, the Vancouver Grizzlies, the WNBA, and the NBA Store.

Jon graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College and has been a regular contributor on CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. A native New Yorker, he played trumpet in a ska band that charted in England and toured such legendary NYC venues as CBGB, The Ritz, Limelight, the Cat Club and more.