As Executive Vice President, Revenue, John Zelenka leads Digitalsmiths' business development efforts, identifying and pursuing growth opportunities, organically and through strategic industry partnerships. John has more than 15 years experience in media, including nearly a decade in content-discovery technologies and services. John joined Digitalsmiths from NDS, a leading pay-TV technology provider of security, middleware and user-interface technologies, where he was Vice President, Business Development. Previously, John served as SVP Business Development on the Tribune Media Services (TMS) senior management team, leading strategy and business development efforts for several years as the company aggressively grew revenue, market share and positioning via organic growth, alliances and acquisitions. TMS is the leading international entertainment metadata company with 4,000 customers in 40 countries. John holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Ohio University, a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.