Art Williams serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access 360 Media, a next generation media and marketing company with a multi-platform digital network offering comprehensive advertising and marketing solutions. He is responsible for day-to-day operations, setting strategic direction, implementing business initiatives, and managing senior-level relationships with professional sports team partners, Simon Mall property partners and major affiliated clientele.

Prior to Access 360′s seamless acquisition of Arena Media Networks (AMN) in April, 2010, Art Williams served as co-founder and CEO at AMN, which he strategically evolved into a premier digital place-based media firm in the U.S. AMN’s digital network (AMNtv) still remains under the Access 360 Media umbrella, and is the nation’s largest stadium and arena TV network, providing brands access to over 100 million passionate fans attending sporting events, concerts and family entertainment events each year.

In 2000, Mr. Williams assumed the role of Executive Vice President and COO of Omnicom Group’s Internet property, Organic, where he supervised the day-to-day operations of 10 global offices and 1,400 employees. At Organic, his primary responsibilities centered on the development of two of the agency’s key accounts, Daimler Chrysler and Federated Department Stores.

Mr. Williams was a crucial member of the management team at Agency.com as Executive Vice President of Operations and spearheaded a growth strategy that took the company from a regional agency to an organization with international clientele. In 1999, he was instrumental in the highly successful IPO of Agency.com.

As one of the early pioneers in the Internet solutions field, Mr. Williams founded one of the first Internet Consulting firms in New York –Spiral Media – which he would later merge with Omnicom Group’s Agency.com in 1998. At Spiral Media, he created a business that enabled Fortune 500 brands such as OppenheimerFunds, Reuters, NEC, Xerox and Chase to take advantage of the unique communication capabilities of the Internet.

With his leadership and vision, Mr. Williams has successfully deployed marketing campaigns for Fortune 100 brands in front of millions of sports and entertainment fans the U.S., and will continue to build Access 360 Media’s presence in the industry.