Daniel Hodges

Director, Global Head of Sales

United States

Dan Hodges brings 20 years of advertising and media industry experience to Nokia Interactive and is responsible for driving mobile advertising sales of  Mobile Media.  Prior to joining Enpocket, before it was acquired by Nokia, Dan served in senior management roles at the Discovery Networks and MediaVest, a division of Publicis.  Throughout his career, he has advised executive management teams at leading media companies such as Reuters, Ziff Davis, and Bertlesmann on sales force effectiveness.

A pioneer in interactive media, Dan helped launch Discovery’s on-line presence, discovery.com, as well as Your Choice TV, which was the forerunner to today’s video on demand service.  Dan was part of Discovery’s executive sales team that grew revenue from $125 million in 1992 to $900 million in 1999.  The Discovery sales force was rated the number one sales force in the entire media industry for eight consecutive years and one of the top 25 sales forces in the United States.