Lance has ten years of experience in information technology:

implementing web metrics for ibm.com at IBM, writing Java web applications at State University of New York System Administration, and working on Android apps for many companies, including CardioTrainer by WorkSmart Labs with over three million downloads. He has a master's degree in Computer Science from State University of New York University at Albany.

Claudia Romanini leads Developer Relations and 3rd Party Applications for Barnes & Noble. Her team is chartered to build an application ecosystem that enriches and expands the reading experience for the NOOK platform. Prior to Barnes & Noble, Claudia spent 5 years at Motorola, where she led the Global Ecosystem organization and was responsible for the MOTODEV Developer Program, Tools and Technical Services, and Application Delivery teams. Prior to joining Motorola, Claudia held senior product marketing positions in leading high-tech companies including Palm, TiVo, and eBay.

Alex Kinsella, is the Team Lead, Product Management for BlackBerry App World, at Research In Motion (RIM). In this role, he works with the BlackBerry developer community to ensure RIM has the best-in-class app store in the market.  His responsibilities involve focusing on the overall developer experience as well as monetization and marketing options for BlackBerry App World.

Alex joined RIM in 2008 after spending the previous eight years working in mobile software development in the direct store delivery industry.

Alex holds a Bachelors of Science in Russian & Eastern European Studies from Florida State University.

John Bradley oversees Wired’s consumer-product and gadget coverage and edits general features about technology, science, and culture. Prior to joining Wired, he spent seven years as an editor for Outside magazine, where he wrote and edited features on topics ranging from celebrity profiles to particle physics. His journalism career started in Tokyo, Japan, where he spent several years as a reporter and section editor for the Daily Yomiuri newspaper. Bradley holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Florida and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in San Francisco with nine bicycles.

Matt supports Appcelerator's worldwide community of Titanium developers.

Matt has extensive experience in developing web applications using the LAMP stack, as well as moving into NoSQL data structures.  He also enjoys researching new technologies such as MongoDB, HTML5, and web sockets to apply them where it is appropriate.  Matt has been developed mobile apps for Android (Java), iPhone (Object-C), and cross-device using Appcelerator's Titanium platform.

Ron Guida is responsible for delivering day-to-day direct sales and marketing for the North American markets. This includes formalizing strategic relationships with target accounts across all of Rapid Values’ channels inclusive of direct customers, OEM/ISV's, system integrators, and technology alliances and partnerships. Ron brings over 25 years of technology sales and executive management experience to Rapid Value. Prior to Rapid Value, Ron has helped to launch and grow a number of successful technology companies, including Covalent Systems, ETSEC, Bluestone, Optaros, and u1.net. Ron has also provided strategic advisory and sales execution services to many start-ups in the New York region. Ron Guida is a graduate of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA is married and has two sons in college.

Mark Sigal is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Unicorn Labs, a maker of rapid development tools for creation of eBooks and Mobile Entertainment apps on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices.

He is an eight-time entrepreneur, with successful exits to Apple, IBM and Intel. Sigal is a respected builder of platform-oriented ventures in the Mobile, Social Media and Software Infrastructure sectors, and also writes a recurring mobile column for O'Reilly Media. Mark has presented at numerous industry conferences, including Maker Faire, Foo Camp, Internet World, Broadband World, AppNation and Embedded Systems Conference, to name a few.

Todd is responsible for driving new market revenue.  Currently, he is business owner of the Network API product line.  Todd joined Verizon Wireless in 2001 and has been responsible for developing and launching several products including Get It Now (BREW), Vz Navigator, and Backup Assistant.

Paul Childs is co-founder and COO of Adfonic, Europe’s only global mobile advertising marketplace.  A mobile industry veteran, Paul worked in various senior marketing roles for mobile operators and online start-ups for over fifteen years, before collaborating with Victor Malachard and Wesley Biggs to set up Adfonic in 2008. He is a true expert on all things mobile including mobile search, mobile advertising and web browsing on mobile devices.

An established speaker on the mobile circuit, Paul’s background provides him with a wealth of industry knowledge enabling him to provide detailed insights on mobile trends and opportunities, the latest mobile advertising tools and functionalities as well as some visionary thinking about where the mobile industry is headed.

Dan oversees InMobi’s Business Development team for the North American Eastern Region.  Dan’s team helps Publishers & Application Developers to monetize their inventory with InMobi’s 2000+ advertising partners from around the world.

 

Dan has over a decade of business development experience leading strategic development and managing relationships with media & technology companies, both at the start-up and Fortune 500 levels. Dan joins InMobi after nearly three years at Pulse 360, most recently as the Vice President of Business Development leading distribution, marketing and strategic development.  Prior to Pulse 360 Dan held several business development, strategy, and sales positions of progressive responsibility including BD, Strategy and M&A at IAC, establishing Zipcar in New York, iWin.com and HotJobs.

Andrew is president at Vringo, where he is responsible for managing company operations with a focus on content, marketing and product strategy.  Prior to rejoining Vringo in this capacity, he had served as a company director and as General Manager of Vringo’s U.S. operations and SVP, Content & Community from May 2007 to February 2009.

Mr. Perlman rejoined Vringo after serving as vice president of global digital business development at EMI Music Group, where he was responsible for leading distribution deals with digital partners like Verizon, Microsoft, Zed and Grooveshark for EMI’s music and video content.  Prior to Vringo, Mr. Perlman was senior vice president of digital media at Classic Media, Inc., a global media company with a portfolio of kids, family and pop-culture entertainment brands, from June 2005 to May 2007.

Brian is currently Director of Technology Alliances for Rovi Corporation.  He has over ten years of experience in the computer electronics industry.  Brian started his career as a hardware engineer, and has held a number of embedded hardware and software development roles.  As a technical account manager, Brian helped define his company's first connected TV apps as the first CE "widget" platforms were entering the market.

Brian has participated in several "hack day" events, and enjoys developing in Python. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and daughter.

James is what can be described as something of a mobile industry veteran.  He has worked in the industry since the very early days, holding senior positions with O2 Media, 2ergo and Unanimis prior to joining Adfonic.

James is currently heading up Adfonic's activity and expansion in the USA, concentrating on driving advertiser engagement as well as publisher development. He is single-mindedly focused on driving the numbers and delivering great results for Adfonic’s fast growing stable of advertisers, agencies and publishers.

James’s background provides him with a wealth of industry knowledge. He combines passion, energy and drive with tremendous expertise and insight into the world of mobile advertising.

Caroline, known as the ‘connector’, has been in the mobile industry since 1995, as a coder, funder, community builder and entrepreneur.   She started WIP in early 2006 to t give a voice to developers and to provide information and resources to make app development easier.  WIP is best known for its WIPJam and Muther! of all hackathon events, App Store Catalog (120 and  counting), and the Mobile Community Calendar.  Caroline founded WINBC (now DigiBC) in 2001, and Wavefront, a wireless commercialization center and got her start in mobile at Anderson Consulting (Accenture).  She received her MBA from Dalhousie University and BA from the University of Manitoba.     Caroline was named by Fierce Wireless as one of the Top Ten Women in Wireless for 2009.

As the Director of Digital Development at Random House, Inc.,  Randi Rosenkranz oversees mobile application development for all Random House divisions – including Crown, Knopf Doubleday, Random House Children’s Books and the Random House Publishing Group -- and manages the relationship with recently acquired digital media agency Smashing Ideas. Prior to Random House, Randi led multi-disciplinary teams in the creation of enterprise content management systems, portals, websites and mobile applications for various media & entertainment companies

GW Shaw is the Executive Director of U-verse Marketing, AT&T. GW leads the product marketing, applications development, and product management for AT&T U-verse® TV. His team is responsible for driving U-verse customer growth, developing and rolling out new integrated applications that utilize the company’s IP platform, and differentiating the U-verse TV product and customer experience from the company’s cable competitors.

GW has been with AT&T for more than 12 years, starting with SBC Communications, Inc. in 1998.

Rachel Pasqua joined iCrossing in 2005 to establish the agency's integrated mobile services. As VP of Mobile, she oversees ongoing development of mobile products, programs and best practices throughout the agency and works closely with iCrossing’s many Fortune 500 clients, using mobile, social and ambient media to bridge the gap between online and offline and help them connect successfully with their audiences.

Rachel is a frequent speaker on mobile, social and ambient trends at industry events and analysts and the press often quote her insights on market trends. She's also an active member of the larger mobile community, including special interest groups within the IAB, the MMA and SEMPO, for which she serves as founder and co-chair of the Emerging Technologies Committee.

 

As Director of Social Media Planning & Integration at Hilton Worldwide, Vanessa leads enterprise social strategy, working closely with the company's ten brands, loyalty program, and various departments creating a social presence. Prior to this role, Vanessa worked in several hotels and other hospitality companies in marketing and development roles. Vanessa holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business. She is a self-proclaimed foodie and in her spare time blogs about her cooking adventures at http://cookingconsal.wordpress.com

Jeffrey leads mobile product development for CNNMoney, the number one mobile financial news site. His responsibilities range from envisioning the CNNMoney mobile roadmap, turning that roadmap into reality, and working with CNNMoney senior management to implement CNNMoney’s business strategies. Jeffrey has over fourteen years of technical product experience across media, software, and financial industries.  Prior to CNNMoney, Jeffrey worked for MTV, MLB, NBA and a variety of mobile startups including his own startup Freshman Fund.

 

Scott Lincke is the Sr. Director of Products for Yahoo! Connected TV. Scott leads the product management and user experience teams in developing product strategy & roadmap, product definition and user interface design.

Yahoo! Connected TV is the leading platform for Internet-connected TV, and is available across leading TV brands worldwide including Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, VIZIO and LG. More than 6 million consumers have purchased TVs with Yahoo! Connected TV.  Today the Yahoo! Connected TV experience centers around a collection of more than 100 easy-to-use TV Apps, providing deep content specifically designed to complement TV viewing. 

Danny Moon is the co-founder and CEO of UpNext. UpNext is an interactive 3D mapping platform for mobile devices. We are building the next generation of maps optimized for the mobile experience. Brands leveraging the UpNext mapping platform include the NFL, NY Times and various mobile carriers.

Prior to UpNext, he was a management consultant and a finance associate on Wall Street.  He received his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from UC Berkeley.

Chris Schoenfeld is a Developer for the Pearson Future Technologies Team here in NYC. In 1999, Chris was the first Mobile Engineer at Yahoo! - since then, Chris has co-founded two startups and consulted on web and mobile products for companies such as 'News, Corp', About.com, Hotlist, and Genentech, as well as his own self-published apps.  In his role at Pearson, Chris is responsible for Mobile Research and Development - prototyping new ideas for Pearson properties such as Pearson Education, Penguin Books, and The Financial Times.

Michael Becker North America Managing Director, Mobile Marketing Association Michael Becker is the North American Managing Director of the Mobile Marketing Association, where he is responsible for overseeing the association’s North American membership, research, strategic initiatives, events and education businesses. He also holds the position of Founder and Strategic Advisor to iLoop Mobile, Inc., an industry leading mobile marketing solutions provider. In addition to his commercial activities, Mr. Becker is an author and academic. He is the founder and publisher of the MMA International Journal of Mobile Marketing, has authored two books (Mobile Marketing for Dummies and Web Marketing All-in-One for Dummies),

David is the Sr. Director of Online Marketing for North America at hotels.com. His team is responsible for website traffic acquisition efforts across banner advertising, affiliate marketing, metasearch, search and mobile. He also leads business development in new online marketing channels and partnerships.

David has previous industry experience in consumer technology with Dell and financial services with USAA.  In addition to online marketing he has an extensive background in web analytics, CRM, direct marketing, and business analytics. He has experience in marketing to both consumer and small business markets.

David holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Rice University and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Texas A&M University.

PHD has tapped Sal to lead the agency’s mobile integration effort in order to ensure that mobile is an inherent component of every account team’s tool box. As Sal sees it, the pace at which the mobile lifestyle is advancing has rendered obsolete the siloed approach that the term “mobile strategy” implies. The minute an account team says “strategy”, the “mobile” part should be a given and Sal is here to make sure of that.

Over the past two years, Sal has worked closely with clients and agency teams to develop mobile strategies and campaigns that have made an immediate impact at PHD.  Most notably, PHD has been honored as the 2010 and 2011 Mobile Agency of the Year.

Max Katz is a Senior Systems Engineer and Lead RIA Strategist at Exadel. Max is a well-known speaker appearing at many conferences, webinars, and JUG meetings.

Max leads Exadel's RIA and mobile strategy. Part of this role is working as developer advocate for Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder (gotiggr.com), a cloud-based application for building mobile Web and native apps for any device. In addition, Max leads Exadel's open source projects (exadel.org) such as Fiji, Flamingo, and JavaFX Plug-in for Eclipse.

Deepesh is GM & Director of Mobile Products at Everyday Health Inc, overseeing the strategy and execution of mobile-specific products -- ad supported and subscription based -- on iPhone, Android and Mobile Web. Over the years, he has been charged with various product development and technology roles at Everyday Health, including building online subscription programs, lifestyle content sites, interactive products and generation of organic traffic.

 

Deepesh holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada and a Masters of Business Administration in Media Management from Fordham University in New York City.

Tan Tmangraksat is our Director of Exchange Operations -  strategic development.  He oversees strategic partner and platform development for the Mobclix Exchange.   Tan joined us from Yahoo! where he was responsible for pricing and yield optimization for the entire Western Sales region.

  He joined Yahoo! as part of the BlueLithium acquisition where he contributed strategic leadership and direction and was instrumental in their integration with the Right Media Exchange. 

Daniel Gellert…co-founded GateGuru in 2009. He is responsible for setting the company's strategy and executing its operations plan for all areas of the business, including partnership development, sales and marketing, and corporate finance. Prior to co-founding GateGuru, Daniel was a venture capitalist with Time Warner Investments where he made 11 new and follow-on investments.  Prior to Time Warner Investments, Daniel was a founding member of a business incubation group at IDT Corporation where he started several mobile business including an MNVO that generated over $50MM in annual revenue. Daniel started his career as an investment banker with JPMorgan in their Media, Telecom and Technology Group.  Daniel holds a B.S. degree in Business Management from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Vicki Livingston supports 4G Americas mission to provide a unified voice for the 3GPP family of technologies and its ecosystem – including networks, applications, services and connected devices – throughout the Americas. She manages all communications, media and analyst relations for the association as well as strategic planning, and supervises a team responsible for public relations and conferences. Previously, Ms. Livingston was in a similar position with 3G Americas, LLC and with the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC). 

Gautam Talagery is Director of Mobile Broadband Solutions with the Mobile Broadband Practice at Ericsson Inc.  Gautam advises many of Ericsson’s North American customers on different wireless technologies.  He leads a global LTE program across Ericsson, and is actively involved in many global strategic initiatives. 

www.spin.com/ Devin Pedzwater has been Creative Director of SPIN Media since 2009. In this role, Devin oversees the design, photography, illustration and typography of the magazine and all of the company’s digital properties.

Devin continues to be central to the development and design of SPIN Play, SPIN’s groundbreaking iPad edition, which offers an extensive streaming playlist, as well as exclusive, original video. SPIN Play has been praised by The New York Times, USA Today, Tech Crunch, Mashable, and Gizmodo among others.

Samantha Hoffnagle is Head of Sales East Coast for global mobile advertising marketplace, Adfonic.  Samantha is responsible for managing large brand and agency partnerships on the East Coast.

A seasoned media professional with more than ten years' experience in her field, Samantha has previously held leadership positions in both interactive and mobile media.

In her current role as a senior member of the East Coast team, Samantha drives Adfonic's sales effort in the dynamic mobile media environment and influences mobile product development to better address market demands.

Kerri Smith joined the iProspect team in 2008 after a rewarding career managing mobile marketing campaigns for Mango Mobile and has carried her passion for the mobile space over to her new home.  At iProspect, Kerri serves as the Senior Innovation Lead for Mobile and has helped to develop Mobile Teams in all offices to guide company-wide knowledge of the mobile space and integration of mobile specific SEM and display tactics.  She has led many industry webcasts and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Ro was previously the CEO of Peerpong, a Q&A service using NLP/semantics for identifying interests and knowledge from social streams. Prior to Peerpong, Ro was Chief Revenue Officer for RockYou and responsible for leading all the business efforts for the company and Director at eBay Motors, leading the online parts business. Prior to eBay, Ro co-founded Cima Systems, a leading VOIP software provider for auto dealers.

Ro serves as an advisor to a number of social media focused startups including Applifer, Nanigans, Wildfire Interactive, Project Slice, Adnectar, 500 Friends, Guestmob, Facepad, Replybuy, J2Play, GamesthatGive and Groupcard.

As the Director of Worldwide Interactive Marketing at The Coca-Cola Company, Michael is responsible for increasing the understanding, testing, adoption and effective use of Digital Marketing and Emerging Media amongst its marketers throughout the world.

Katherine McCahill is the Digital Product Manager at Penguin US. In this role, she works closely with editors and publishers helping them develop ideas and bring them into reality while ushering along the production and publication of Apps, enhanced eBooks and digital subscription models.

A lifelong lover of books, she has been in publishing for over eight years. She has held roles in managing editorial, editorial, marketing and online development at St. Martin’s Press, HarperCollins and Penguin. Recently she has served as the executive producer for Apps such as Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, and Wreck This App.

Calvin Carter is the founder of Bottle Rocket Apps (www.bottlerocketapps.com), a full-service mobile app development firm, focused on creating hand-crafted apps for the world's most discriminating brands.  Since its founding in early 2008, Bottle Rocket has completed more than 60 iPhone, iPad and Android apps for leading brands such as NPR, PBS, Disney, ESPN, TBS, TNT, National Geographic, The National Science Foundation, The Seattle Times, Discovery Channel, BET, A&E Television, SPIN Magazine, American Express and AARP.  The company’s apps have won numerous industry accolades including multiple Apple Hall of Fame awards

Bob Heubel is a haptic technology evangelist with Immersion Corporation who specializes in assisting developers implement what is known as force-feedback, tactile-feedback or rumble-feedback effects.  He has spent more than ten years working with developers, carriers, OEMs and ODMs to design and implement these sensations aimed at improving both gaming and user interaction experiences. Bob graduated from UC Berkeley in 1989 with a BA in English Literature

Jami Michelle Lawrence is the resident Publicis Modem mobile specialist, having worked in the channel helping brands achieve and test their mobile marketing and advertising objectives since 2002. She has worked with clients just starting to create their mobile presence to those having in depth knowledge of mobile, running their 100th campaign. Jami has worked with top brands and retailers such as Nike, Urban Outfitters, Clinique, Volvo, Loreal, United Airlines, USA Networks, and Johnson and Johnson here in the US and globally to build mobile CRM programs, drive to store, games and applications, mobile sites, mobile media plans, interactive billboards,

Matt Bean is AVP, Mobile, Social and Emerging Media at Rodale Inc., the authoritative source for health, fitness and wellness content around the world. In his role, he works across all Rodale departments and brands, including Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Bicycling, Runner’s World, Organic Gardening, and Eat This, Not That!, to develop concepts, ideas and products around mobile, gaming, video, and social media. He is also Editor-at-Large of Men’s Health and continues to write the “Guy Next Door” column for Women’s Health. As the former Brand Editor at Men’s Health and Women’s Health, Bean launched more than 40 mobile applications across Rodale’s brands and oversaw the creation and launch of Rodale’s first-to-market iPad platform.

Joe Meyer is the President and CEO of HopStop, a leading location-based service that provides mobile transit-routing and pedestrian navigation in 62 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Prior to HopStop, Mr. Meyer was a Vice President and General Manager for AOL's Quigo Technologies. At Quigo, a leading contextual ad network that was acquired by AOL in late 2007 for $376 Million, Mr. Meyer was responsible for on-boarding and managing exclusive partnerships with hundreds of leading online publishers including Time Inc., ABC News, CareerBuilder, ESPN, Forbes, FoxNews, USA Today, Fodor's and several other top digital media companies.

Bob Dieterle is the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Smart Online and oversees the corporate operations and mobile engagement strategies.  Bob brings with him over 15 years of global technology experience from companies like IBM and Lenovo and is an accomplished thought leader in adoption of emerging technologies at the consumer and enterprise levels. 

Smart Online™ is a leading provider of cutting edge mobile software solutions to a variety of organizations and corporations of all sizes.

Anne Driscoll is the Vice President of Business Operations at Ning, where she is responsible for Marketing, Communications, Creative Services and Human Resources.

Prior to joining Ning, Anne led communications and brand initiatives at Google, creating programs to support culture, establish it as a great place to work and drive the global talent strategy. Anne led several cross-Google brand projects including the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Google Code Jam and Innovate or Die. In addition, Anne worked closely with Google's international offices developing go to market strategies and support the hiring of talent worldwide.

Prior to Google, Anne was the Director of Product Management at GNX, a global B2B platform delivering sourcing and collaboration solutions for retailers, and a Senior Consultant at Andersen Consulting specializing in retail and supply chain clients. Anne has an Honors Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University in Canada.

37, French. Entrpreneur (again). Co founder of Appsfire.com (mobile app discovery) Isai.fr(early stage fund) and Topify. Formerly general manager of LightSpeed Gemini Internet Lab, an israeli VC investing in early stage Internet startups.

Ouriel sits on the board of Wikio.  He's founded the french version of TechCrunch  one of the most popular blogs in Europe (and was a regular contributor on TechCrunch.com) and of his personal blog and the founding member of ISAI, a seed stage fund based in France. Ouriel graduated from HEC School of Management.

One of the only new voices to come out of the creative side of the ad business, Alan Wolk has staked out a distinctive space for himself among digital strategists. The wide-ranging appeal of Wolk’s common-sense approach, combined with his prior hands-on experience as an advertising creative director, has made him the go-to guy for digital thought leadership, speaking and consulting.

His blog, The Toad Stool, has been described as a “frank but fair” look at the confluence of advertising, marketing and the social web.

Jonathan Stephen is the Senior Producer of Mobile Products with JetBlue Airways, bringing more than eight years of experience in the mobile industry. In his current role, Jonathan is responsible for driving JetBlue’s overall mobile strategy as well as maintaining and enhancing the products in JetBlue’s mobile ecosystem.

Evan Silverman is Senior Vice President, Digital Media, A+E Networks.  In this position, Silverman oversees digital content, production, and design for A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime, and Biography.  Based in New York, he manages those network’s websites, mobile initiatives, and HISTORY and Lifetime’s social media efforts.

Mike founded Digicel, Inc. in April 1999. Digicel is comprised of 4 retail locations in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Kingstonand Lancaster Pennsylvania.  From 1986-1999, he worked with Pennsylvania American Water Company.

He founded Founded Appalachian Apps, LLC January 2010. Appalachian Apps core application is Rah Digga’s Straight Spittin. A Hip Hop Battle Rap Application combining aspects of gaming and social networking. Straight Spittin competed in AT&T’s Open Call Contest and Microsoft's Fast Pitch Contest this March at CTIA and took First Placeand First Runner Up respectively. Most recently at Nokia’s $10M Calling All Innovators Contest, Straight Spittin garnered a 3rd place finish in the Entertainment Category.
Mike is a Penn State University Graduate in Electrical Engineering Technology

For more than two decades, Ted has worked in just about every facet of the ad business, from media planning, account management and strategic planning.  Across a wide spectrum of clients, from automotive -- such as Nissan, Lincoln Mercury and Jaguar -- to consumer packaged goods, fast food, healthcare and business-to-business, Ted has connected brands with people.  Working within worldwide agencies such as TBWA Chiat/Day, FCB, Y&R and Campbell-Ewald has shaped his perspective on how people interact with, consume and ultimately take ownership of brands.  As the Vice President, Director of Brand Strategy at MEDL Mobile, he leads a team of innovators, pioneers
and risk takers in the most personal brand experience: mobile.

Starting as research Engineer at Ghent University (Belgium), Tom entered the mobile space by studying the correlations between wireless network quality and the perceived experience of the mobile user. He continued developing transcoding technologies to assist with the creation of user friendly mobile websites and soon started exploring the opportunities provided by modern mobile browsers. As consultant in New York, he handcrafted several mobile websites and contributed heavily to the adoption of mobile within the Drupal community. Currently his focus is on the creation of technology strategies covering both native as browser based experiences.  

blog: http://www.mobiledrupal.com twitter: http://twitter.com/twom

Chris Hulls is the Co-founder and CEO of Life360. Prior to Life360, Chris worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and was accepted to Harvard Business School. However, a cancer scare and recognizing the lack of effective communication methods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina lead him to defer his admission and co-found Life360. Chris was also an active soldier in the U.S. Air Force before his undergraduate studies.

Josh was an early pioneer in the New York Internet venture community, founding MyCalendar.com and serving as its CEO before selling it to Sports Huddle in 2001 (now owned by CBS). Josh then led business development and strategy at GoAmerica (GOAM), the first wireless internet service provider (now Purple Communications). Prior to joining Xtify, Josh served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Marc Ecko Enterprises, where he oversaw all non-apparel businesses and ventures. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Josh practiced law at international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP. Josh serves on the board of directors of AVTV Networks and has previously served on the boards of Al Ahram Beverages and Hydron Technologies. He holds a B.A. from Columbia College and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law.

Brian has developed and implemented domestic and International mobile strategies for over fifteen years, leading several companies in the wireless space including: a mobile distribution pioneer; a finance company funding new wireless carriers; and one of the first mobile e-commerce and application transaction sites. Currently, Brian is CEO of neXva, a technology enabled App distribution platform that enables App developers to market, merchandise and monetize their mobile applications. Brian is a frequent speaker on mobile App developer issues and solutions.

Robert Spier currently serves as Director, Mobile Product Development, for Scripps Networks Interactive, producers of Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel and other premier cable programming.  Prior to Scripps, Robert was Director of Content Development & Mobile Ops at NPR, where he oversaw award-winning mobile web, applications and podcasting portfolios.  Robert began his career in print and radio journalism.  He lived and worked in France for 10 years and holds dual US/French citizenship.

Oren is a senior marketing and strategy manager with extensive international experience developing and promoting enterprise and consumer software applications and solutions for mobile and web platforms. Oren spent 10 years at Nokia, holding a variety of positions in program and product management, technology marketing, and software development. Before joining Nokia, he worked for over 10 years as a software engineer and architect, gaining experience in wide range of areas including 3D graphics, machine translation, Web application development and database design.

Oren earned an M.S. degree in software engineering from Northeastern University and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT. He is on the board of directors of the Washington, DC chapter of Mobile Monday.

Jesse Silver joins Mogreet, Inc in a sales leadership role as Senior Director of Sales. He is known in the mobile messaging industry for his expertise and successful track record in customer centric, mobile technology services. With seven years of experience in delivering market-leading mobile messaging solutions for many of the biggest brands and technology companies, Jesse is an exciting addition to Mogreet’s growing team of mobile marketing professionals.

“I believe in a customer first approach, understanding our marketer’s key objectives and delivering the best set of technology and strategy to accomplishing their goals. In joining Mogreet, I’m excited to offer mobile marketers the most robust set of rich media mobile marketing solutions, which I believe to be the next generation of mobile marketing, coupled with client services that are second to none.“

Prior to joining Mogreet, Jesse was Senior Account Executive for OpenMarket, a leading global mobile transaction hub and one of the leaders in messaging aggregation. At OpenMarket, Mr. Silver took a senior role in Business Development and Client Services for their new Enterprise & Strategic Accounts team. He managed a diverse customer portfolio, including healthcare, entertainment, government, and technology companies. Previously, Jesse was an Account Executive for MX Telecom where he was instrumental in the growth that led to that companies’ acquisition by OpenMarket.

Jesse Silver holds a Bachelors of Science degree with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from BabsonCollege. After surviving for years in New York City as a Boston Red Sox fan, Jesse has moved to SoCal where he is already skating, biking and playing volleyball like a native.

Jeff is a seasoned international telecom executive with more than 15 years experience doing everything from writing embedded mobile phone software through to building streamlined organizations  that create new unique selling propositions.  Jeff recently left Sony Ericsson, where he spent 2 years in London driving channel relationships with France Telecom and building a global software proposition team.  Prior to that, Jeff represented Sony Ericsson on several standards bodies related to Java - including the JCP Executive Committee (J2ME) and several JSRs - 232, 248,

249.   Prior to Sony Ericsson, Jeff was a product manager for IBM's Software

Group, started his own Bluetooth company, and worked in engineering/development at both Ericsson and Motorola.  Jeff has a B.S. in Computer Science from the UNC Charlotte and an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.

Applications Sales Consultant at Lucent Technologies/ AT&T Business Systems. Kurt has 20 years of telecommunications experience and sales experience of emerging technologies.   Partner, Parente Randolph - He founded the Telecommunications Consulting Group that provided various services within the industry. Which included network/ CPE solutions, contract negotiations and Facility Management Services.

Lars is a frequent speaker at events like TEDx and conferences. Lars is a serial entrepreneur in ventures relating to Artificial Intelligence and also founded Scandinavia's first games development company. When not working at Expertmaker he teaches biology inspired mathematics at Lund University. Expertmaker is an artificial intelligence tools software company. It offers state of the art AI tools that are simple to use enabling anyone, even without pre-knowledge of AI to create advanced AI solutions for various search problems like humanlike recommendations, diagnosis and virtual assistants.

Schwark is a co-founder and one of the original visionaries behind Truaxis (formerly BillShrink). As a result of his own family’s frustration with information overload and confusion when trying to switch cell phone plans, Schwark, a serial entrepreneur, started thinking about how to use web technology to solve this problem.

Joe has deep experience in the mobile applications space, including running the mobile games business for Sprint Nextel and his own mobile gaming company, KA9 Media. For Neustar, Joe helps market the Intelligent Cloud solution to attract new partners and developers.

Rob has a long history in the mobile application and location based services industry. He developed & launched the first location based mobile social networking site in 2003 in Europe, LocationXS. The solution encompassed text messaging blended with Carrier Location lookup. Before launching LocationXS he ran professional services for a Silicon Valley internet startup that had a very successful IPO in 1999. For Neustar Rob Groot manages the developer facing community and product lines in the Intelligent Cloud team.

Claire Diaz Ortiz (née Williams) leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009.

She is the author of Twitter for Good: Change the World, One Tweet at a Time (August, 2011).

She is a frequent international speaker and is known for developing the TWEET model — a framework to help organizations and individuals best excel on Twitter.

Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship. She also holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University.

As Manager of Mobile Partnerships at TripAdvisor, Morgan focuses on distribution, promotion, and integration of TripAdvisor's mobile applications and content with strategic partners.  Morgan came to TripAdvisor from MIT Sloan School of Management, where he co-founded entrepreneurial brainstorming meet-up MIT IdeaStorm, researched for a Latin American VC firm, and interned at Kayak.

With over 9 years experience in innovating marketing technologies through 3 successful startups to date, Deepen Shah, is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of internet technologies for media properties and consumers. Deepen was previously CTO and co-founder of the social cityguide, "buzzd", backed by the Blackberry Partners Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Greycroft and Monitor Ventures.

Matthew Conlin is Co-Founder and President of Fluent, Inc., a digital marketing and technology company specializing in performance based advertising solutions. Through its three core products AdFlow, MobFlow and Affluent, Fluent is able to help brands better engage, qualify, and communicate with their target consumers while providing superior yields to digital media owners.

Matthew Koncz is a Managing Director of Product Distribution at Fluent. Through his knowledge and experience with web and mobile ad serving technology, Koncz has focused his tenure on helping companies grow their publishing networks, with a history of success at Venture Direct, Clash Media, and most recently with Fluent. He has a strong understanding of what drives revenue and ROI for both advertisers and publishers alike.

Scott Todaro brings 19 years of marketing expertise and 13 years of ecommerce, mobile, and retail experience to AisleBuyer as the Vice President of Marketing.  Prior to joining AisleBuyer, Scott ran product strategy for ecommerce platform leaders, Demandware and ATG.  At Demandware, Scott was the visionary behind Demandware's mobile commerce offering.  Scott served as the Vice President of Marketing for Sports Loyalty Systems after co-founding the business to build online loyalty programs for professional sports franchises.  Scott has also held other marketing management positions at Meridian, Invention Machine, DCI and Sherwin Williams (retail division).  Scott holds both a BBA and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.

Stewart Putney is the founder and CEO of Moblyng, the leading developer and publisher of HTML5-based games for web and mobile devices. Prior to Moblyng, Stewart co-founded iPlayMusic, an internationally distributed line of music creation and education software. Before co-founding iPlayMusic Stewart was a Business Manager at Knight-Ridder Digital launching and managing their local shopping and coupon product lines. He also has management experience with Electronic Arts, FusionOne and Pointcast. Stewart holds a BA in History from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Justin Chase is a proven social media thought leader with 10 years industry experience and special expertise building brand strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Chase is responsible for award winning campaigns that have delivered millions of fans, along with branded community experiences that have elevated the brand, ignited the spread of messaging and fostered the growth of meaningful consumer relationships. Chase spent over 5 years at Digitas, but his most recent tenure came as Director of Strategy for KickApps. Chase now leads Fluent Media's mobile division MobFlow, where he brings his experience and strategic insights in social, to mobile marketing.

Damien Patton is the Founder and CEO of Banjo; a mobile service that sits atop major social networks to create a location based “social-verse” of global activity. As a four time serial entrepreneur, Damien created Banjo after he missed seeing an old friend at the airport because they were posting on different social networks. Damien wanted to solve this problem because he knew this was happening to people every day all over the world. Gone are the days where people miss out on opportunities. Banjo monitors the entire social graph in real time supplying relevant location and social information so people can discover and connect with the world around them.

Mike Fraietta has served as Chief Listener and Community Manager for two successful startups, Filtrbox (TechStars) and Jive Software.  Mike specializes in using social technologies in the workplace in order to crowd-source ideas, enable efficient collaboration and catapult companies out of the industrial mentality of the 20th century. He currently is the Enterprise Community Manager for News Corporation.

As the Vice President of Content, Digital & Communications, Michelle Klein oversees Smirnoff's global communications across a range of media channels. For the past five years, she has focused on step changing the brand’s digital and social presence, creating marketing programs that focus on consumer co-creation, both physically and digitally. More recently, Michelle orchestrated Smirnoff’s worldwide participation platform – The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project – where 50 countries swapped the best of their nightlife on one record-breaking night.

Brian J Friedman has been developing and implementing mobile strategies for over fifteen years in the US and Internationally in Europe, Central and South America and Asia.

Brian served as President/CEO of several innovative and revolutionary companies in the wireless space including: one of the first US mobile distribution companies; a $200,000,000 finance company that provided construction and operational funding for new wireless operators; and one of the first mobile e-commerce transactional sites that included a mobile data application initiative.

Lynn Rowe Girotto is responsible for consumer engagement marketing for Bing. In her current role she manages the strategy, analysis, and execution of all of Bing's consumer-facing cause marketing initiatives as well as social media programs and loyalty and customer relationship channels. In her previous roles at Microsoft, Lynn managed product marketing for Microsoft Exchange and MSN Mobile. Prior to Microsoft, Lynn led product marketing at OmniSky (a mobile data services company) and brand management at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group. Lynn received an MBA from Harvard Business School and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, and make it work to your advantage.

An author, entrepreneur, speaker, and worldwide connector, Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about Social Media, PR, marketing, advertising, and customer service.

Peter is best known for founding Help A Reporter Out, (HARO) which in under a year became the de-facto standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources on deadline, offering them more than 200,000 sources around the world looking to be quoted in the media.

Greg's professional career has been focused on developing awareness for personalities, brands, and products through the Internet and strategic partnerships. After starting in Interscope Records' New Media Department in 1999, he spent 8 years at the center of the new music industry as part of a living education in the world of online consumer engagement. This experience served as the foundation for Greg's contribution in the creation of bigMETHOD (www.bigMETHOD.com) at the beginning of 2008. Over the past three and a half years Greg and his team at bigMETHOD have had the chance to work with some of the largest brands in the world like Honda, DreamWorks Animation, City of Hope, Harley-Davidson and the New York City Department of Health, using the skills developed through years of work to conduct consumer based brand and competitive research to bring these and other organizations into the new online social media marketing landscape. This August bigMETHOD was acquired by BLITZ

(www.BLITZagency.com) where Greg now serves as the VP of Client Services for Social & Media.

Mike Johns is the Founder and President of Digital Mind State formerly known as UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridged wireless technology and hip-hop culture. Mike Johns is the driving force behind the Digital Mind State brand, responsible for planning, business development, marketing and the company expansion. A true liaison between urban youth culture and the mobile industry, Johns has been successful at building and maintaining profitable business relationship with some of the biggest company names in mobile industry including T-Mobile, Zed, Fun Mobility, Nokia, Microsoft, amongst others. Motivated byleveling the playing field of the “Digital Divide,” he’s been dubbed “ambassador” of the urban/hip-hop lifestyle segment as well he’s achieved numerous “first” in the mobile entertainment space.

Theo Luke works in the Content BD team at Google TV. Theo has spent six years at Google moving to the Google TV product after a 5 year spell at YouTube where he managed partnerships with major broadcasters and record labels. In 2007, he helped launch the Queen of England's YouTube channel but alas was not invited to the wedding!

As executive vice president, Business Development and Communications, Sulake Corporation, Teemu Huuhtanen is instrumental in leading the continued development and growth of Finnish-based Sulake’s top property, Habbo Hotel, the world’s largest virtual community and social game for teenagers.

Huuhtanen is responsible for cultivating relationships with major music, television and motion picture studios, as well as retail, fashion and sports industries, to generate relevant and interactive brand partnerships. His mission is to bring real-world mainstream entertainment properties and brands that are important to Habbo’s teen user base into the virtual community.

Huuhtanen also oversees global public relations efforts for Sulake Corporation. He leads the Sulake team responsible for the company’s communications and PR.

As the Houston-based director of internal communications for BBVA Compass, a top 15 U.S. bank, Will Trout seeks to inform, energize and empower employees in support of the bank’s vision, goals and brand. Will is the founder of the Houston Financial Services Communicators Group, a network of industry marketing and communications leaders, and his professional interests range from technology and innovation to employee engagement and stakeholder outreach.

Price B. Floyd is the Vice President of External Engagement and Digital Strategy for BAE Systems, Inc. and as such focuses on the outward-facing communication strategies that promote BAE Systems, Inc. as a brand and a business and that support business-winning campaigns.   

Prior to joining BAE Systems, Floyd was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from Summer 2009 until Summer 2010.  In this role he served as staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information and community relations, as well as information training and audiovisual matters in support of Department of Defense activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of approximately 2,400 military and civilian personnel.

Ted Rubin is a leading social marketing strategist and coined the term ROR, Return on Relationship… a concept he believes is the cornerstone for building an engaged multi-million member database, many of whom are vocal advocates for the brand, like the one he built for e.l.f. Cosmetics (EyesLipsFace.com) as the Chief Marketing Officer between 2008 and 2010, and the one being built for OpenSky where Ted, until very recently, was the Chief Social Marketing Officer.

On May 1st Ted announced leaving OpenSky and accepting the position of Chief Social Marketing Officer at  Collective Bias, a company he has worked closely with for two years since meeting the Founder, John Andrews, through the blogging community and whose Advisory Board he joined a few months ago. Ted is also on the Advisory Board of OpenSky, SheSpeaks, Zuberance, and Taptank.

Mr. Holsinger has managed sales and business development for Klout for the past year, and pioneered the first Influence Marketing Campaign for Klout with Virgin America.  Since that time, Klout has run campaigns for major brands such as Nike, Pepsi, Fox, Disney, Audi and others. Mr. Holsinger brings a combination of social media, entrepreneurial, television, and entertainment marketing experience to Klout.  Prior to Klout, for ten years, Mr. Holsinger ran his own agency assisting major brands with new media. In 1995, he co-founded GoCard Postcard Advertising, which became a sensation in the alternative media world, called by Adweek “one of the hottest alternative media companies of the decade.” 

Peter is the global online community lead for LEGO, manufacturer of the famous LEGO bricks.
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Joining the Match.com family in 2010, Andy brings a wealth of experience and a passion for emerging media.  He and his team are focused on building new products and marketing programs on social platforms and technologies.  Responsible for managing Match.com’s social channels, Andy also oversaw the launch of Stir, a new Match.com experience built for Facebook users .  He continues to develop innovative ways to keep Match.com members engaged and connected to the larger online community.

Before joining Match.com, Andy served as Co-Founder and President of Traxo.com, an award winning next generation social travel service.  He has also held a variety of Internet marketing and business development roles with True.com, Travelocity.com, and Sabre Holdings.   Andy started his career with Northrop Grumman as an Aerospace Engineer and an Associate in the company's Leadership Development Program.   He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a M.B.A. with distinction as a Sord Scholar from the University of Texas at Austin.

David B. Thomas is Director of Community and Social Strategy for Radian6, a salesforce.com company. Dave leads the company’s efforts to engage with and inform Radian6’s customers and communities. Before Radian6 he was Executive Director at New Marketing Labs. Dave also served as Social Media Manager for SAS, directing social media strategy, policies and training.

He is co-author with Mike Barlow of The Executive’s Guide to Enterprise Social Media Strategy.

A marketing professional with more than 20 years experience, Dave began his career as a reporter and has been engaging online since 1994 and blogging since 2002. More at dbthomas.com.

I am an online content content strategist with a passion for journalism and social media. Currently, I work as a social media editor in The New York Times newsroom. Previously, I was on ABCNews.com's audience development team, increasing traffic, interactivity and engagement through SEO, social media and blogs.

Before that, I spent five years at the Washington Post, developing web strategies for the Foreign, National Security and Local desks that included social media, curation and interactivity; running multimedia projects, live-blogging major international news events, and developing new blogs and partnerships.

Meghan has been Mashable's Community Manager since April 2011, after joining the team as Community Assistant in September 2010. Prior to Mashable, she worked as a web producer at The Seattle Times and managing editor of Microsoft’s JobsBlog.

Meghan has a B.A. in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Washington and has written for The Huffington Post, China Daily, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Weekly

Jennifer Kelly Dominiquini is the Chief Marketing Officer for Seasonal and Outdoor Living at Sears and Kmart, where she manages a team responsible for implementing integrated marketing programs to drive profitable growth for Seasonal and Outdoor Living at Kmart and Sears. Prior to the CMO role Jennifer served as DVP, Customer Analytics and Social Media at Sears Holdings where she used customer insight and analytics to develop and execute effective and innovative marketing strategies for the Toys & Seasonal and Sporting & Fitness business units. She also executed a portfolio of social media initiatives, including the creation of Kmart's Playdate Place and Fitstudio.

Stephanie L. Schierholz is NASA's social media manager and an agency spokesperson. She has 10 years' experience leading strategic communications, media relations, and public outreach efforts. She provides strategic communications guidance to NASA's senior management and is an advocate for incorporating emerging communications technologies into the agency's public outreach activities.Ms. Schierholz also is a public affairs specialist and spokesperson for the agency's Space Operations Mission Directorate that leads and implements NASA's human spaceflight missions on the space shuttle and International Space Station. She plans, conducts and executes agency news conferences, television events and webcasts to announce billion-dollar contracts, significant scientific discoveries, and the development, testing and launch of spacecraft.She leads NASA's social media activities, including the agency’s flagship Twitter account, @NASA, and Facebook page and oversees more than 200 other agency social media accounts

Before joining Unruly Media, Arthur (Art) Zeidman was a Senior Leader at Goggle, Inc. where he helped found the company's North American Agency Team and was a leader in crafting and executing Google's advertising agency holding company busin¬¬ess strategy. Prior to that, Zeidman held a succession of increasingly senior Sales and Management positions with leading Radio broadcasters in New York. Altogether, Zeidman brings more than two decades of experience and close, senior-level relationships with major agency executives to Unruly Media.

Joshua March is the co-founder and CEO Conversocial, a SaaS product that helps businesses manage the increasing volume of two-way communication going through social platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Through in-depth engagement analytics and comprehensive comment management tools, Conversocial enables effective marketing distribution, moderation and customer support, and is used by leading brands and agencies across the world, including ITV, Aviva, Tupperware, MediaCom, and more.

Mr. Menon brings award-winning marketing and engineering expertise to his role as TIBCO's chief marketing officer and executive vice president where he is responsible for product marketing and strategy, corporate communications, field marketing, and customer and partner enablement. 

His laser focus on executing innovative and impactful initiatives has allowed marketing to play a pivotal role in defining product offerings, strengthening TIBCO's brand, increasing revenue, and driving conversations among customers and prospects through the early establishment of community platforms. 

Eric Lagier is CEO of Memolane.com. In 2010 Eric Lagier co-founded Memolane together with Harry Vangberg and Nikolaj Hald Nielsen. Memolane is your time machine for the web. Capturing your entire online life in one timeline making it easy for you to travel back in time and re-live great memories. 

With Memolane you can easily view and explore your photos, music, tweets, updates, check-ins, blogs and more from all of your favorite online services in one place. Simply search your history using the Memolane timeline to step back in time and re-live great memories.

Share memories with friends, explore their Memolanes and invite them to contribute to your Stories. Memolane is the winner of Startupweekend CPH 2010.

Adam is a digital marketing and PR professional, speaker and blogger. He has developed and executed online marketing and PR strategy for top B2B and B2C brands in a variety of industries such as healthcare technology, manufacturing, subscription-based web startups and much in between.

Adam brings over 12 years of online marketing experience to LEWIS. Working alongside the account teams, he provides strategic advice implementing social media, online marketing and PR campaigns, with an emphasis on SEO.

Gary presently is CEO of mBLAST and has over 25-years experience in high-tech marketing, product management, development and executive management in various global telecom and high-tech companies including Nortel, Sprint, General DataComm and three venture-backed global startups.

At mBLAST, Gary is driving the company's solutions to change how marketing identifies with, and works with, the individual influencers of its market who are daily shaping public perception of one's company, product and services.

Josh Kramer is the founder and managing partner of the Leapfrog Group. Leapfrog Group is a boutique firm providing global business leaders with strategic advice and strategic project resources to grow through innovation, process, and people in a variety of industries.

Prior to founding Leapfrog Group, Josh spent 15 years as an operating executive in both start-ups and Fortune 100s building his expertise in operations, management, marketing, and technology.

At 17 Sarah joined the workforce as a taxi driver and remembers her roots well, so you can expect an interesting tour through the ins and outs of Social Networking and Web 2.0.

Anecdotes and customer stories are of course inevitable (and gratuities are expected). It took a stint with IBM, a software developer in Canada before she moved to the UK IT security market some (ahem) 12 years ago, where she joined the management team of a UK security integrator, floated the company on AIM, acquired others and then sold it.

Matt serves as founder & CEO of NY-based social marketing agency Mr Youth. Since founding the agency in 2002, Mr Youth has worked with some of the world’s leading brands—including P&G, Microsoft, Nike, and HP—to help them connect with the rapidly evolving and highly elusive Millennial consumer.

Matt, 36, has grown Mr Youth from a 1-man startup to a company with more than 100 employees.  He speaks often at conferences about trends that affect the landscape of Millennial marketing. He’s been featured on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, CNBC’s Power Lunch, USA Today, Bloomberg Radio, CNNfn, PROMO and NBC.

Gayle is the Vice President of Social Media Communications at Discovery Communications, where she oversees social media strategy for Discovery and its networks and corporate initiatives. This includes Facebook and Twitter strategy and implementation, as well as social media outreach, partnerships with location-based services, and social media monitoring. Prior to Discovery, she worked at a crisis communications firm, where she helped corporate clients develop and implement non-traditional communications plans around products, issues and crisis response. Gayle graduated from Brown University and Harvard Law School. She practiced transactional law and intellectual property litigation/internet law in San Francisco and Washington, DC for eight years after graduating from law school