Edgar Villalpando

SVP of Marketing
ActiveVideo Networks

Edgar Villalpando joined ActiveVideo in 2008 and is responsible for global market strategy and product marketing for ActiveVideo®. Edgar's extensive media and consumer products experience includes executive positions with HBO and DIRECTV, and as Founder of THUMP, an agency that developed branded content through a combination of traditional and new media platforms. With HBO, Edgar served as vice president, new media and business development for the programmer's international group, with specific responsibility for expanding linear and new media properties into new territories. Edgar previously had served as vice president, marketing for HBO, driving and managing international marketing and communications efforts for the HBO and Cinemax brands. With DIRECTV, Edgar first served as director of marketing and advertising with a focus on supporting the satellite provider's new and international programming services within United States.

Edgar began his career in advertising in the agency world, working on blue-chip brands such as Ford, Miller Brewing, Mobil Oil, Wesson Oil, and several other accounts. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA.