Joe Ziznewski

Founder, CEO & Chief Strategist

Joe has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dark Roast Media since 2004. He began his career in 2001 as an Investment Banker at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., a boutique investment bank with a focus on middle-market and emerging growth companies. At Ladenburg, he executed seven transactions representing over $300 million in the media, telecommunications, biotechnology, energy, and real estate sectors.

Prior to founding Dark Roast Media, Joe served in sales, marketing, and business development capacities at infoUSA, which offers full-service sales and marketing solutions through proprietary business-to-business and business-to-consumer databases. Joe graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Babson College with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship.