Judge Alvin Bowles

Alvin Bowles, SVP Media / Global GM at RhythmOne, is responsible for all aspects of the divisions operations, as well as spearheading strategic development and managing the firm’s growth. In August 2013, Bowles led Grab Media through an acquisition to blinkx, a publicly traded leading technology firm headquartered in London. Since then, the company has created a combined media division named RhythmOne, which includes the legacy Grab Media, Burst Media and Rhythm businesses for a best in class cross screen audience platform. Based in New York, he reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Bowles joined Grab from Viacom, where as senior vice president – brand solutions BET Networks, he led integrated sales and strategy efforts, including product integration, branded entertainment, original digital content, event execution and experiential marketing. He created a number of television and online properties on behalf of advertisers, which received a number of industry awards.

Before joining Viacom, Bowles worked at AOL as vice president and publisher of AOL Black Voices as a key member of the strategy sales team 2006-2007. In this role, he oversaw sales and sales development for AOL multicultural division as the brand experienced tremendous growth during this period.

From 2004-2006, Bowles worked at Time Warner as the vice president of the global asset media group developing cross-functional sales and marketing platforms for various divisions across Time Warner's portfolio. Prior to Time Warner, he served as Sony Music's director of business development and created strategic traditional and digital partnerships with brands on behalf of the label group. He began his career at JP Morgan where he spent three years as a corporate financial analyst, eventually transitioning into media.

Bowles earned his MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business, where he was the chair of the annual HBS Alumni Conference. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He serves on the Board of Directors for a number of civic-minded ventures and is an active alumnus for both Michigan and Harvard.