Kevin Dowell - Senior Vice President; Chicago, IL
Kevin Dowell serves as the Senior Vice President of Media Sales for Insight. After graduating with a B.S. in Broadcast Management from Arizona State University in 1984, Kevin started his career as an Account Executive at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California. He soon joined the cable industry as an Account Executive in Phoenix with Times Mirror Cable Television. He was promoted to General Sales Manager for Times Mirror's San Diego system and later became the Southern California Regional Director.
Kevin served as the Chairman of the AdLink Advisory Board for two years before he left Southern California in 1993 to become General Sales Manager of Jones Intercable's largest ad sales operation in Chicago. He was instrumental in working with seven cable operators and National Cable Communications to form the nation's first single-point fiber optic cable interconnect. Kevin served as chairman of the Chicago Interconnect Governing Board until AT&T consolidated the market in 1998. Kevin remained with AT&T as Director of Sales for the Interconnect until he joined Insight in 2001.
Kevin serves on the Board of Directors of the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB) and is a member of its Executive Committee and Treasurer. He is also a past recipient of the CAB President's Award and an active member of the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).
Kevin lives in the Chicago area with his wife Annette and their three children.
Pat Byrne - Director of Sales; Chicago, IL
Pat Byrne is currently the Director of Sales for Insight Media. He joined Insight in 2005 and provides strategic direction and oversees all sales activities including local, regional, national and political ad sales.
Pat has over 30 years in media sales leadership experience. Prior to joining Insight Media he was the Regional Vice President of National Cable Communications in Chicago for 10 years. His responsibilities included all planning and sales activity for five Midwest offices. His appointment at NCC was immediately preceded by a 12 year career as Executive Vice President for Durpetti/Interep in Chicago.
Pat is a graduate of DePaul University with a degree in Marketing and Advertising. He is also the co-founder and President of Mulliganeers, a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing financial support to needy children and their families.
Pat lives in the Chicago area with his wife Rosanne and their eight children.
Lori Davis - Director of Business Operations; Anderson, IN
Lori Davis has been in the cable industry for 19 years. Lori entered the business in 1990 with Colony Interconnects. Lori has held many positions throughout her career, serving as Traffic/Billing Manager, Operations Manager, and Director of Business Operations.
While Lori was instrumental in maintaining the operations for numerous markets in the state of Indiana, including the cities of Lafayette, Kokomo, Anderson, Richmond, Columbus, and Bloomington, she currently handles all of the financial aspects of Insight Media's Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky operations.
Lori resides in Anderson, Indiana, with her husband, Jim.
Anna Fenkanyn - Director, Human Resources; Chicago, IL
Anna Fenkanyn graduated with a Business degree from the University of Illinois. Anna has led a long-standing career in the Cable Industry with companies such as Continental Cablevision, MediaOne and AT&T Broadband.
At Insight Media, Anna is responsible for all aspects of Human Resources in the three contiguous states of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. In addition, Anna is a certified AchieveGlobal trainer and manages the sales training programs for Insight Media.
Anna resides in the northwest suburbs of Chicago along with her husband and their daughter.
Kristi Dutler - Promotions Manager; Chicago, IL
Kristi Dutler, Promotions Manager for Insight Media, has over 25 years of experience in advertising and media sales. She began her career as a media assistant at Leo Burnett USA before moving over to broadcast, where she spent nine years in the ad sales department at a major Chicago radio station.
Kristi joined the cable industry in 1996 and worked through several organizational consolidations in the Chicago market, including MediaOne, TCI, AT&T and Comcast. As Promotions Supervisor, she increased business by using promotions to enhance advertisers’ presence in the marketplace.
In September 2003, Kristi joined Insight Media and applied her experience, creativity, partner relationships and dedication to build a solid base for future growth in the advertising industry. She has been a key player in developing promotions in the cable industry and is an active member of the Cable Advertising Bureau's (CAB) CAMP Committee, a consortium of cable industry leaders focused on the advancement and development of cable ad sales marketing and promotion initiatives.
Kristi resides in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and has two grown children.