Alvin Bowles, who has led sales and multimedia strategy and execution for leading media brands at BET, Time Warner, AOL Networks and Sony Music, will join Grab Networks as Chief Executive Officer. Bowles, who will report directly to the board, will be based in New York.. Bowles is joining Grab from BET Networks, where as senior vice president –. brand solutions, he led customized sales and strategy efforts, including product integration, branded entertainment, original digital content, event execution and experiential marketing. He created a number of television and online properties on behalf of advertisers, including BET’s first scripted web series, Buppies, which received a number of industry awards.. Before joining BET Networks, Bowles worked at AOL as Vice President and Publisher of AOL Black Voices as a key member of the strategy sales team 2006-2007. In this role, he oversaw sales and sales development for AOL Black Voices as the brand experienced tremendous growth during this period.
