Denise Warren

Denise Warren is an experienced CEO/President/Advisor/Board Member with a proven track record of growing and operating profitable, recurring-revenue businesses in the media and publishing sector and driving transformational digital change in marketing, product and sales. She is the CEO and founder of Netlyst, LLC a consulting and advisory practice focused on digital business growth and scaling consumer and enterprise recurring revenue streams.

She is currently an independent board for Taylor Morrison Home Corp. and for Barnes & Noble Education. Warren was appointed as the first independent board member of Naviga, a Vista Equity Partners-backed enterprise software technology company in 2017.

Warren is an expert in digital subscription businesses and recurring revenue models, media, digital media, marketing, e-commerce, product, sales, digital and the newspaper and magazine industries, having held posts in every facet of business operations at several leading media organizations.

Warren served as president of digital & CEO of East Coast Publishing for Tribune Publishing and in numerous capacities at The New York Times Company. In her 26 years with The New York Times Company, Ms. Warren served in several roles, including executive vice president of digital products & services, general manager, nytimes.com, and chief advertising officer. She led the development and execution of The New York Times’ successful paid digital subscription model, which ushered in the industry standard for monetizing premium digital content. She also transformed The Times Ad Sales organization into a multi-platform, consultative and client-focused sales team