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Bill Gato
President / Founding Partner

Since 2003, Bill Gato has been President and Founding Partner of Hispanic Digital Network (HDN), HispaniMark's web design, web marketing and online advertising network division.

During his tenure, HDN became the largest Internet advertising and hosting network of U.S. Hispanic newspapers, magazines, radio stations and portals. He is responsible for guiding and implementing HDN's strategic vision, running the division's day-to-day operations and securing new business development, advertising sales and financing for the network.

Gato is also the Executive Vice-President of HispaniMark, LLC, the parent company of five leading U.S. Hispanic communications and information services that include Hispanic PR Wire, Hispanic Digital Network, LatinClips, ConTexto Latino and Hispanic Market Pro.

Gato's professional communications career spans more than 16 years in print journalism, Hispanic radio, advertising and Internet marketing. Prior to HDN, Bill was the Creative Director/Advertising Copywriter for three of South Florida's most-popular Spanish-language radio stations, El Zol 95, Romance 106.7 and Clasica 92, winning five South Florida Achievement in Radio Awards for these Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) stations.

Before entering radio, he was a writer and radio columnist for The Miami Herald between 1990 and 1994.

In 1993, he began writing the Herald's Radio Column, which kept readers informed of the programming, personality and ratings changes in South Florida, one of the nation's most competitive and constantly changing radio markets. While at The Herald, he participated in the team coverage of Hurricane Andrew that won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Born and raised in Miami of Cuban descent, Gato has a Bachelor's degree in English from Florida International University and an Associates degree in Journalism from Miami-Dade Community College.

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