Dan Simon

Jennie from the Block: Hide & Seek with the CEO of the CORE Club

My game of hide and seek around Jennie Enterprise's ultra chic CORE Club in midtown Manhattan

I sit on the Bloomberg Alternatives Marketing Roundtable

Here's the press release: http://www.bloomberg.com/company/press-releases/bloomberg-alternative-marketing-council-define-marketing-best-practices-hedge-funds/

Liquid Courage: Breakfast With CEO of Hint Water

My morning with Kara Goldin, the CEO & Founder of Hint Water and one of Fortune Magazine's Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs

Working With The Dominican Government & SPARE To Reduce Food Insecurity

Chairing the Museum Of Finance Communications Roundtable

Check out the great work the Museum of American Finance does here

The Big Chicken: My Thanksgiving with the CEO of Boston Market

Meet the irrepressible CEO of Boston Market

I built this news site specifically for Financial Communications professionals

Check it out here

The 1st Communications Platform Specifically for the Financial Industry

I built Finsource , the first PR & Marketing platform designed specifically for the financial services industry. It's a pretty neat piece of kit.

Paris in the Springtime: The 'Ditzy Blond' Reinvents

My in depth sit down with Paris Hilton

Life Aquatic: Interview with the Pond Star

My interview with Greg Wittstock, millionaire founder and owner of Aquascape, TV star of NatGeo’s hit show, Pond Stars and the wildest, most energetic CEO I have yet come across

VP of Strategic Relationships for SPARE

SPARE is an App that automatically rounds up your dinner bills to the nearest $ and uses that change to feed hungry New Yorkers. Read more about it here.

A Fun Site I Built To Make You Feel Bad About Yourself

Happy Birthday You Suck compares you and your friends to successful figures in history who achieved much more than you by the same age

Toughing It Out With Will Dean, CEO of Tough Mudder

From Lauryn Hill to Silicon Valley

My Karaoke night with Scot McCracken, former manager of The Fugees and Black Eyed Peas and Founder/CEO of SnapVerse

I Founded this Company in the USA

I founded Cognito Americas and grew it from me and my laptop to a 50 person, $6m, 3 office venture working with names like Bloomberg, Citi, BNY, ING, and E*TRADE

The Bare Essentials From Mr Skin

My trip to Madame Tussauds with Mr Skin, legendary founder & CEO of MrSkin.com

All Hail the King of Branding

Matti Leshem in the spotlight

Sometimes I Teach Here

http://www.mediabistro.com/

On the Board of the UYA

Until December of 2014 I sat on the Board of the University of York in America, supporting an important institution that gave me so much.

Alma Mater

I am an entrepreneur, writer and senior financial communications specialist with over 15 years experience in PR, Marketing & Advertising. I have led campaigns for some of the biggest brands in finance and technology, including Bloomberg LP, J.P.Morgan, and Citigroup. Hailing from the UK, I founded Cognito Americas, a global PR & Marketing firm for the financial sector, in 2005. I am a regular columnist (for Forbes & Finsider), speaker (chairing the Museum of American Finance Communications Advisory Board) and educator (as an Instructor at Media Bistro and a Guest lecturer at Mercy College).

Clients:

I have had the pleasure of working with some of the most prestigious names in the financial industry including: Citigroup, JPMorgan, BNY, Accenture Capital Markets, RBS, ABN AMRO, RBC, Bloomberg, Intel Financial Services, AT&T Financial Services, Lord Abbett, Citadel, E*TRADE, Scottrade & American Express