As BUZZMEDIA’s Executive Vice President of Corporate and Business Development since 2007, Jay Westlin oversees strategic growth initiatives, including commerce, technology partnerships, commercial licenses, non-brand advertising monetization and the addition of new publications.

Prior to this role, Jay was Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Atomic Online (sister company of Gorilla Nation and now part of Evolve Media) where, among other achievements, he grew the company’s male lifestyle network, Crave Online, 406% and its hub website CraveOnline.com 413% (comScore Unique Visitors). Furthermore, during his 20 years of entertainment media experience with nearly 15 of those years in digital, Jay has been a founding president of a company and has also served on numerous advisory boards.