Event Team

These are just a few of the team members working on nextMEDIA. With offices across the West Coast of Canada there‘s many more of our people contributing to the facilitation of business exchange between our communities.

Robert Montgomery, CEO
Robert Montgomery is an investor and entrepreneur focused on the digital media and information technology industries. Robert holds investments in several private companies and is an active emerging company‘s investor. Robert is CEO of Achilles Media Ltd. in Toronto, a B2B media company that produces some of the world‘s leading media and investment events.

Mark Greenspan, Vice President, Digital Media
Mark Greenspan is Vice President of Digital Media for Achilles Media, a new media producer and educator with a decade‘s worth of experience in the field. During this time he has taught and designed new media curriculum in Singapore, Philippines and India. He worked for Razorfish Inc in both London, England and Milan, Italy. He produced MTV Asia‘s first web cast, set up a boutique design and branding firm called methodgroup and produced a 12-series alternative travel show entitled Above the Clouds. Mark was also Training Programs Manager at the Canadian Film Centre‘s Habitat New Media Lab where he oversaw the quality of the curriculum design and delivery of the TELUS Interactive Art and Entertainment Program (IAEP).

Amy Davies, Manager, Events and Programs
Amy Davies began her career as head of public relations and marketing communications at Wireless World Forum, an online social network for the telecommunications industry. She holds a degree in English Literature, Creative Writing and Theatre from Brunel University in London, and later graduated from The London School of Public Relations. She continued her love for exploring the connections between culture, art, business and technology and moved to Broadcast Magazine, providing strategic direction on a number of land mark events that focused on Production Funding, Mobile Content, Film Finance, Branded Content & Emerging Digital Channels. In 2007, Amy headed to Canada to join the nextMEDIA Digital Team as Producer–Digital Media, exploring digital trends and new business models that are disrupting the media industry.

Jory Groberman, Director of Business Development
Jory Groberman has an entrepreneurial background in Digital Media, Music, Television and Events. He holds degrees in English and Anthropology from the University of Western Ontario, and is also a graduate of Ryerson University‘s Radio & Television Arts program. Jory is the founder of Vancouver‘s 29 Productions Inc., a recording studio, mobile content and events company. The company has had a wide range of successful international projects including audio for advertising, television, and video games, and a weekly production of the Billboard Charts for mobile ringtones across the US, Europe and Asia. From 2005-2008, he served as President and Owner of the influential New Music West Festival & Conference, which has been running since 1990. He has worked as a program producer for one of Canada‘s top talk radio programs on the Corus Network, and in the newsroom at CTV. He also manages a rock n roll band.

Robert Francia, Partnership Executive
Robert Francia studied Business and Marketing at Humber College and has an extensive background in advertising and management in both print and digital media. Prior to joining Achilles Media, Robert worked for over fifteen years at Trader Corporation where he played an integral role in getting the online ad component of the business off the ground back in the early dot com days. He spent most of his time managing, promoting and cultivating the many different facets of the company including, Auto Trader, Auto Trader.ca and Renters News brands. He successfully developed print and online ad campaigns for many industry leading Automotive resellers including Ferrari, Ford, GM, and Toyota to name just a few. Robert is currently working towards his PMP.

Tiffany Rushton, Program Producer - Awards
Tiffany Rushton began her career in Human Resources Management and Consulting in Nova Scotia before leaving it all behind to venture into the entertainment and media industries in Toronto. She graduated at the top of her class from the Entertainment Business Management program and received the President’s Award from the International Academy of Design and Technology- Toronto Film School in 2006. In August 2007, after various gigs in Toronto’s entertainment community, she joined the Achilles team (and is known internally at Tiffania, Queen of Achilles), most recently managing the program competition for the 30th Annual Banff World Television Awards.

JP Robichaud, Technical Producer, Digital Media
JP Robichaud has surrounded himself in digital media since the beginning of his career as a stage manager and lighting designer for live theatre. After working for a decade in Toronto‘s thriving independent theatre scene and on a number of national and international tours, he spent a semester at the National Theatre School, working with students on the integration of digital media & documentation into traditional theatre practices. Soon after that he joined nextMEDIA as Associate Producer and has been with the company since mid-2007. He brings his vast theatrical staging experience and familiarity with various performance elements to his current role of Technical Producer.