Gemma Toner

(Founder and CEO, TONE Networks)

Gemma Toner is a media and telecommunications leader known for driving innovation at the intersection of big data and digital media. As a senior executive in the cable industry for more than 20 years, Gemma experienced firsthand the transformative power of executive coaching and mentoring. With an eye toward helping others advance in the workplace, Gemma created TONE Networks, an award-winning video content platform empowering diverse employees to reach their full potential through virtual, on-demand personal and professional development.

Prior to founding TONE Networks, Toner was SVP, Business Insights and Strategy at Cablevision Systems Corporation. During her tenure, she held roles in Marketing, Business Development, and Product Management. Most notably, she created an award-winning suite of products and first-to-market industry initiatives including Optimum Online, Optimum Wifi, Optimum Rewards, Optimum Voice, and Optimum Select (interactive advertising).

Before Cablevision, Toner rose through the ranks at AMC Networks to become SVP, New Media Development. There, she led the development of new media and interactive opportunities for AMC Networks, positioning the company to capitalize on emerging entertainment platforms.

Her entrepreneurial spirit has awarded her a patent for The System and Method for Set Top Box Viewing Data, which enables the use of set top box data to measure audience viewing patterns.

Currently, Toner is an active Advisory Council member for the Women’s Business Collaborative and serves on the Board of Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organization. She has also served on the board of publicly traded companies including Sandvine and Engagement Labs, chairperson for CTAM and board member of multiple women’s organizations such as WICT (Women in Cable Television).

Awards and Recognition

  • Inc. Magazine: Female Founders 250, 2024
  • Enterprising Woman of the Year, 2023
  • CUBIC Awards Finalist Most Innovative Solution - Services, 2023
  • Silver Stevie Award Winner: Social Change Maker of the Year - Gender, 2023
  • Featured in Women Mean Business: Over 500 Insights from Extraordinary Leaders to Spark Your Success, 2023
  • Previous Wonder Women of the Year and Tami Recipient

Upcoming TONE Talk Event

Join an Exclusive TONE Talk Event with Arivee Vargas & Gemma Toner

True leadership isn’t about the title you hold—it’s about the influence you have. But how do you shape decisions, inspire action, and build credibility regardless of your title? Join Executive Coach and Author Arivee Vargas and Founder and CEO of TONE Networks Gemma Toner and learn why influence is a crucial skill, how to lead confidently in any role, and the key strategies that earn trust and drive results. Get ready to strengthen your voice and elevate your leadership presence.

Event Details

  • Date: Tuesday, June 23rd
  • Time: 1:00 pm ET

Event Link

This event will start Tuesday, June 23rd at 1:00 pm ET.