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Ivana Ma - Partner & President, New Media

Ivana Ma oversees new media at Generate. She is tasked with building out Generate's distribution networks, and has secured partnerships with leading new media companies. As head of New Media, Ivana facilitates cross-platform opportunities for Generate clients and properties.

Prior to Generate, Ivana ran an independent consulting company serving the consumer and media sectors. Her clients included Monster.com, VH1's Save the Music Foundation, NASA and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.

Ivana has a diversified background in digital media, technology, corporate development, and finance. Before launching her company, Ivana spent five years in venture capital at ABS Capital Partners and Advent International’s Digital Media and Communications Fund as a senior investment professional, deploying over $100 million in emerging technology companies. During this time, she worked closely with Global 500 corporations such as Samsung, Toshiba, McGraw-Hill, MasterCard and NTT DoCoMo. Ivana has worked with executive management teams at companies such as Aptegrity (now Globix Corporation- AMEX:GEX), Cyveillance, Simplexity (now InPhonic Inc.), Captivate Networks (now Gannett Co., Inc.- NYSE:GCI.), DoubleTake Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) and Workscape. While at Advent, she managed all investment activity with their partner Gemini Israel Funds, and represented the company on the Board of Directors at Captivate Networks, where she oversaw its successful acquisition by Gannett Co., Inc.

As an advocate for the Asian-American community, Ivana regularly speaks at academic institutions and small businesses across the country. She has been published in Inkstone Literary Magazine and EW Woman.

Ivana holds a BS with a concentration in Finance from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.