R. Edward Garrett

R. Edward Garrett

Advisory Board Member

Eddie is a long-time leader in helping established media companies revolutionize their communications and programming strategies on the Internet and emerging platforms. Eddie is currently the Senior Vice President of New Media at Porter Novelli. In addition to founding and running the design shop Digital Leap, he has also directed the new media and communication efforts for Turner Broadcasting as Director of Communications and New Media.

Eddie crafted external and internal communications and implementation strategies across the corporate, entertainment, news and sports divisions of Turner Broadcasting. In addition, he directed corporate new media strategy, including staff and resources devoted to the corporate Intranet; internal daily electronic news rundown; external press web site; and external corporate Web presence. Prior to that, he led development teams at Gotham Broadband in New York City, producing interactive TV campaigns for Turner Broadcasting, DIRECTV and international clients Chello and KNRW. Eddie also spent time in Washington, DC, working with Time Warner Cable as senior producer of the news and sports channels for the broadband service, RoadRunner.

Eddie earned a bachelor of science and MBA from the University of Georgia. Eddie also serves on the board of the Atlanta Colt Youth Association.