Primary Job Title Board Member / Investor Primary Organization Gem Shopping Network
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Regions Greater Philadelphia Area, Great Lakes, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Jeff is an international executive whose career has taken him from suburban Philadelphia to New Zealand, Australia and points beyond. He has founded several new media companies and served as CEO of two public companies in the US (NASDAQ) and Australasia. As a fundraiser and investment banker, Mr. Dittus has raised more than $1 billion for his
companies.
Jeff has been a leader in the evolution of new media and direct marketing. While at National Media, he helped build the world’s largest direct television marketing firm into a global operation in 70 countries. By founding IT Capital, Jeff established New Zealand’s first venture capital company and at MediaBay, he turned a failing mail order club with 2.5 million customers into a leading edge online platform selling audiobooks and classic radio shows via digital download and satellite radio broadcasts.
As a founder of Audience Partners, Jeff spearheaded the creation of VoterGrid, The National Online Voter File – A non partisan list of every registered voter in the United States that has been matched through a patent pending process where offline data is used to create online audiences of registered voters in a privacy compliant way. The National Online Voter File now powers political targeting on the top three portals, numerous media buying desks and DSP’s, and the leading ad exchanges and ad networks. Prior to working full time for Audience Partners before January 2012, Jeff helped start CampaignGrid and World Benefactor where he proudly oversaw the online advertising and fund raising campaigns for more than 400 non profits and political campaigns.
A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in finance and also an avid golfer, Jeff hosts an annual golf tournament, The Divine 9 Open in the memory of his father that has raised $1 million for blood cancer research and has served as the President of the SE Pennsylvania Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
