Michael Donnelly, Group Director,
Worldwide Interactive Marketing,
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
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As Group Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola Company, Michael is responsible for increasing the understanding, testing, adoption and effective use of Digital Marketing and Emerging Media amongst Coca-Cola's marketers throughout the world. Working in the interactive marketing arena since 1998, Michael recently focused on creating effective programs in Social Media Mkt, Consumer Generated Media, Virtual Worlds and on expanding the company effective use of Search Engine Marketing. Programs under Michael's supervision have recently won “Best in Show” at OMMA, Silver and Bronze awards at MIXX, a Creative Media Award from Media Magazine, 2 achievement awards from the Society for New Communications Research and an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Stand Alone Broadband Devices“.

Michael was with Johnson & Johnson for 9 years prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company. There, as part of their Global Marketing Group, he led their Interactive Marketing Center of Excellence and focused on developing an incoming pipeline of emerging media opportunities and on creating a community for marketers to test, learn and share experiences. Before J&J, he spent five years each with Beiersdorf Inc. and SmithKline Beecham in consumer product sales management positions focused on accounts such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, AHOLD, COSCO and many others. Michael received his BA from The College of New Jersey and my MBA in the Management of Technology from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Michael's biography courtesy of iMedia Connection.

Join Michael and a great line-up of others (download the brochure for details) at "How Can I Find the Sweet Spot where Traditional Media Meets Social Media? A Panel Conversation with Media Directors taking Traditional Media Social" on Wednesday, April 5 at The Social Media & Community 2.0 Conference in Boston. For more event details, please visit the website.