21. Jeff Leo Herrmann on media technology and creating brain gain

Jeff Leo Herrmann is the CEO of The Youngstown Publishing Company and also the President of Madison, Michigan and Market. The YPC publishes The Business Journal, Brain Gain, and After Hours Youngstown. MMM is a boutique advisory firm.

In this episode, we talk with Jeff about a career in digital media and marketing technology that took him around the globe, why he decided to return home to Ohio, and his work in trying to keep and recruit talent back to Youngstown. 

Herrmann has spent the last 25 years as both an operator and/or investor in digital media and marketing technology companies. 

Herrmann is a high-impact business leader with expertise in developing and executing multi-million dollar deals in technology, media and analytical services. Jeff works in high-visibility, highly competitive markets of CPG, Retail, Healthcare, Media, SaaS, B2B Technology, and Advertising/Marketing Services.

Jeff’s passion lies in the design and development of strategies to leverage content, technology and data to accelerate sales and realize extraordinary growth.

Jeff earned an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Economics and Finance. He's also a proud graduate of THE Ohio State University.

Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflherrmann/

Follow Jeff on Twitter: @JeffLHerrmann