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EXECUTIVE PROFILES

STAFF DIRECTORY

Jon Coleman Email Jon

Jon Coleman is the chairman and chief execitive officer of Coleman Insights, a role he assumed in August 2008 after serving as Coleman Insights' president since founding the firm in 1978. Under Jon’s leadership, Coleman Insights grew to become the leader in its field, and he is individually recognized as one of the pre-eminent researchers and strategists in the radio industry. Through much of the 80s, Jon also served as a vice president for Capitol Broadcasting Company.

Prior to forming Coleman Insights and leading Capitol's radio group, Jon held various positions with TM Programming in Dallas, Frank N. Magid Associates in Marion, Iowa and The Media Associates in Dallas. His educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Oregon.

Warren Kurtzman Email Warren

Warren Kurtzman was named president and chief operating officer of Coleman Insights in August 2008 after serving as a vice president since joining the firm in May 1995. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the company and also works with dozens of radio stations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Warren’s background includes 11 years in radio station management and radio research with Strategic Radio Research, Arbitron, Inc., WUUU/Utica, New York and WVBR/Ithaca, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Policy Analysis from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University. Warren also serves on the board of directors of Cornell Radio Guild, Inc., the non-profit corporation that owns WVBR/Ithaca, New York.

Chris Ackerman Email Chris

Chris Ackerman has been a vice president at Coleman Insights since August 1992. He currently works with leading stations such as Hot 97/New York, KSHE/St. Louis, FM 94.9/San Diego, Kiss FM/New York, The Point/St. Louis, Mix 98.5/Boston, KYGO/Denver and KSON/San Diego.

Prior to joining Coleman Insights, Chris spent 14 years in radio station ownership, management and sales. Among the stations he has served as general manager for are WSTF/Orlando, WJAS/WSSH/Pittsburgh, WJYE/Buffalo and WKQQ/Lexington. In both Orlando and Buffalo, Chris completed successful station relaunches. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

John Boyne Email John

John Boyne, a vice president at Coleman Insights, has been with the firm since January 2000. He works with dozens of radio stations in the United States, Latin America and Europe, including KROQ/Los Angeles, KS95/Minneapolis, KSSJ/Sacramento, Fresh 102.7/New York, US99.5/Chicago, Power 106/Los Angeles, WIBC/Indianapolis, WJZZ/Atlanta and Jack FM/Los Angeles as well as Grupo Radio Centro’s stations in Mexico City and Corporación Radial del Perú’s stations in Lima.

John is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

John Mönninghoff Email John

John Mönninghoff is partner and president of Coleman Insights Europe, based in Hamburg, Germany, where he currently works with over 30 stations in eight European countries.

Prior to bringing Coleman Insights into the European market, John was involved in the pioneering stages of commercial radio in Germany, beginning at Ufa Film-und Fernseh-GmbH in Hamburg. While with Ufa, John advanced to become general manager of Radio in Berlin. John then joined the CLT (Companie Luxembourgoise de Télédiffusion) as a general manager of RTL Radio Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. He built RTL from the ground up and set up Germany’s first radio network.

John has his "Diplom-Kaufmann" (German MBA) degree from the University of Hamburg.