Ava Seave

Ava Seave is a Principal of Quantum Media, a consulting firm with deep expertise in the media, information, and entertainment industries. The consulting group has been named by Forbes and Statista Inc. as one of “America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for three years in a row, including the current year.” Ava has led numerous consulting engagements and has provided senior-level management consulting services to public and private, traditional, and startup companies in a broad range of assignments that typically involve strategy, new product development, and marketing. Before founding Quantum Media with four others in 1998, she was a general manager at three leading media companies: Scholastic Inc., The Village Voice, and TVSM, the country's largest cable-listings magazine. Ava has two adjunct appointments at Columbia University: At the Business School, where she teaches “Media and Entertainment Strategy Consulting” and at the Journalism School, where she teaches “Managing the 21st Century Newsroom” with William Grueskin.