Our Team

About Giant Media

Giant Media has been innovating social video since 2009. In early 2011 we made the leap from the industry's premier social video white-label provider to working directly with brands and agencies, delivering better service and stronger publisher relationships.

Our Vision

Giant Media values innovation, transparency, and shared excitement within the social video space. We develop the technology relationships, and ideas that allow you to engage your audience in meaningful online conversation.

David Segura
Chief Executive Officer

David Segura is the CEO of Giant Media. David founded the company in Q4 2009 and currently oversees strategy and growth initiatives.

Previously, David served as the Director of Business Development at Comedy.com, an online publisher where he managed business development, partnerships, and traffic acquisition strategies. During his tenure at Comedy.com, he was instrumental in the site’s growth from 15K monthly unique visitors to upwards of 3M monthly unique visitors. Prior to joining Comedy.com, he was a Business Development executive at Twistbox Entertainment, a mobile content publisher. Previously he was a Management Consultant at Towers Perrin. David received his B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Matt Koskela
Chief Technology Officer

Matt Koskela is the CTO of Giant Media where he oversees product development.

Previously, Matt served on the strategy team at Feed Company, a social video company. Prior to joining Feed Company, Matt was a Software Engineer specializing in custom E-Commerce web apps for internet retailers. Before developing on the web, Matt built an Electronic Document Management System for a Vance Capital Management, allowing the firm to move to a completely paperless system. Matt received his B.S. at Azusa Pacific University.

Philo Davidson
Chief Financial Officer

Philo oversees finance, operations, and strategy at Giant Media.

Previously, he was a securities analyst at Grand-Jean Capital Management, an asset management firm catering to private clients. Prior to that, Philo was an analyst in the investment banking group at Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco. He specialized in Internet transactions and also worked in the M&A product group. Philo received his B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Huan Le
Chief Strategy Officer

Bio coming soon.

Gil Rogoff
Vice President, Sales

Gil oversees sales and business development for Giant Media.

Previously, Gil worked as the Southwest Account Executive for 4INFO, a mobile advertising company that specializes in media and app sponsorships. Prior to joining 4INFO, he spent several years at Saatchi & Saatchi LA where he helped shape an emerging technology and media team that identified out of the box executions, analyzed media trends, and created best media practices for Toyota USA. The Innovations team also helped create a dedicated social media practice with the Client that was instrumental during the historic Toyota Recall. Gil graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in marketing from the Eller College of Business.

Ben Arnold
Vice President, Marketing

Ben oversees and manages the marketing team at Giant Media. He is responsible for Blogger Outreach and Earned Media efforts for clients.

Ben most recently headed up the social media department at advertising agency The Woo Agency. Previous to that, he served a variety of roles over a six year period at social media agency Fanscape, helping build the agency’s strategy, blog outreach, digital promotions and community management offerings. Ben holds a BS in Business Administration-Marketing from Cal State Long Beach. He is currently back at Cal State Long Beach earning his Executive MBA.

Jackie Mayer
Sr. Director, Accounts and Marketing

Bio coming soon.

Vivek Bhaskar
Senior Software Engineer

Vivek is a platform developer at Giant Media. Vivek joined in 2011.

Previously, Vivek served as a Senior Software Engineer at Twistbox Entertainment, a venture backed mobile content publisher. He was an early employee and instrumental in Twistbox’s successful acquisition by Peter Guber’s Mandalay Media. Prior to Twistbox, Vivek was a Content Specialist at Netscape. Vivek studied Computational Math at UC Riverside.