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Jonathan (John) Ragals
As a senior management executive in the digital marketing space, John is an energetic driver of innovative growth and change – especially in the area of service-based operations. His focus on executing business solutions with rigorous business planning and disciplined leadership has made him a well-qualified expert in the value chain. Having 20-plus years’ progressive experience in providing full-cycle executive P&L, project management, and consulting services, John has a notable background of creating vision, building structure, developing empathy, and delivering results. His record of success spans diverse industries and services.
An accomplished leader – John led the team that first put Delta Airlines onto the web – and sold over $2BN worth of tickets for them during his tenure. He was later engaged by 360i as Chief Operating Officer. There, he set the stage for transforming 360i from search specialist agency with numerous small clients into a full-scale agency handling large major brand name clients and grew the company from 35 to 350+ employees across multiple offices. 360i was acquired by Dentsu Network in 2010 and he briefly moved into the Chief of Network Development position with Dentsu before moving to Ignition One. He currently is serving as Executive Consultant for Operations and Marketing for an IoT start-up that will revolutionize the pet containment marketplace.
John has an MBA in Marketing/International Business from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Duke University. Engagements John is currently involved with Advisory Board appointments at Beeby Clark & Meyler, Futures Media, and Rowe Digital. He’s a past member of AAAA’s NY Regional Board at Advertising Agency Advisory Council Yahoo Search Marketing, Global Media Agency Council and Search Engine Marketing Agency Advisory Council at Google.
John has been married for almost 20 years and has twin teenage girls and 2 dogs. He’s a cycling enthusiast and passionate about auto racing – road and endurance. John is a food junkie, enjoys outdoor life, and has a degree in ‘young at heart.’
