Warren Adelman
President & Chief Operating Officer, Go Daddy

Warren is responsible for day-to-day operations, resource management, process improvement and corporate strategic planning for The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Warren also heads up the Governance and Policy Committee, which is dedicated to oversight of Go Daddy's standards and practices. Warren joined Go Daddy after numerous senior positions in the technology market including Vice President of Strategic Relations at Network Associates (now McAfee), CEO of NeoPlanet, a customer interaction software company that was sold to Compaq, and Vice President of Business Development at Bigfoot, a leader in email communications and marketing automation technologies.

Prior to entering the private sector, Warren served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. He also spent six years in international relations at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he served as Chief of Public Affairs. During this time, Warren was a member of the media and communications team for Israel's Delegation to Bilateral Peace Talks held in Washington, D.C. between 1991 and 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the University of Toronto.

In addition to his role at Go Daddy, Warren is an active member of the ICANN Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review team. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Board at Arizona State University's College of Technology and Innovation.

Chip Perry
President and CEO, AutoTrader.com

Perry is President and CEO of AutoTrader.com. With over $500 million in revenue and more than 2,000 employees, AutoTrader.com is the largest online automotive advertising company in America. With over 3.5 million new and used vehicle listings from over 40,000 dealers, AutoTrader.com aggregates by far the largest number of vehicles in any medium. And with over 14 million unique monthly visitors, AutoTrader.com attracts the largest audience of car buyers on the Internet. Perry was the company’s first employee in 1997 when he was asked by Manheim Auctions, a unit of Cox Enterprises, to launch the company. Since then, AutoTrader.com has grown to become the world’s largest automotive marketplace and Perry has become widely recognized as a pioneer of the online automotive industry.

Marty Taylor Collins
Emerging Media, Microsoft

Marty Collins leads the Emerging Media team in the Central Marketing Group (CMG) at Microsoft. The Emerging Media team is responsible for delivering new media opportunities on social and mobile platforms to the global campaigns team. Marty is also responsible for creating and executing a social strategy for the Microsoft brand. A five year veteran of Microsoft, Marty also led the Windows Social Media Team for two years where she build and executed the Windows 7 social media launch plan. She was responsible for building a strong community ecosystem for Windows and Windows Live customer using social networking platforms.

Before joining the Windows marketing team Marty worked in the Developer Platform &Evangelism group at Microsoft focused on building technical community. Prior to Microsoft Marty worked at Oracle focusing on user groups, and in New York City marketing for professional services.

Marty was born and raised in Seattle, WA and has spoken at numerous conferences including Ad Week, DigiDays, Community 2.0, THE Conference on Marketing and the Social Networking Conference. She has a BA from the University of Washington and an MBA from Seattle University. You can find her regular rants at http://marty-collins.com

Bob Young
Founder and CEO, Lulu.com

Bob Young is the founder and CEO of Lulu.com, a premiere international marketplace for new digital content on the Internet, with more than 660,000 recently published titles and more than 15,000 new creators from 80 different countries joining each week.

In 1993, Young co-founded Red Hat, the open-source software company that gives hardware and software vendors a standard platform on which to certify their technology. Red Hat has evolved into a Fortune 500 company and chief rival to Microsoft and Sun. His success at Red Hat won him industry accolades, including nomination as one of Business Week’s “Top Entrepreneurs” in 1999.

Young has won numerous industry awards, including been named one of the “Top 50 Agenda-Setters in the Technology Industry in 2006” and was ranked as the fourth “Top Entrepreneur for 2006,” both by Silicon.com. He has also authored a book “Under the Radar” and contributed to other books such as “Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul”.

Jeanette Gibson
Director, Social Media Marketing, Cisco

Jeanette Gibson leads the Social Media Marketing Group at Cisco, providing social strategy, services and consulting across the company in order to expand brand presence and increase customer connections through the power of social media. Jeanette and her team set Cisco’s social marketing strategy, measure its success metrics, drive alignment, governance and the sharing of best practices globally across the company. This includes overseeing the creation of Cisco branded social sites, the corporate blogging platform and anything else new that may pop up in the rapidly evolving world of social media. Having worked at Cisco for 11 years, Jeanette previously led the New Media group in Corporate Communications.

Paul Lee
Managing Director, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

As Managing Director, Paul leads Playboy's new digital ventures where he is tasked in launching, acquiring, partnering with, and investing in new digital business opportunities to expand Playboy's footprint and leadership into the digital space.

Previously, Paul was a founding member and Senior Vice President at the Peacock Equity Fund, a joint venture between NBC Universal and GE Capital. Paul's Board and Observer seats included 4INFO, Greystripe, and RAMP.

Paul first started in digital media as a cofounding employee of Click2Asia, a venture-backed online media company. While at Click2Asia, Paul headed corporate development and played a pivotal role in the acquisition and integration of North America's largest online Asian media retailer. You can follow him on his personal blog: www.acorporatevc.com or on twitter at www.twitter.com/paulhlee316

Dana Todd
CMO, Newsforce

Since 1996, Dana Todd, CMO of Newsforce, has been helping hundreds of companies find wisdom and success in interactive marketing. Dana has had an illustrious career in online marketing and search marketing, first leading San Diego interactive agencies Bien Logic and SiteLab; then founding SEMPO and its training arm SEMPO Institute; and most recently launching a startup called Newsforce that redefines how companies think of advertorial and sponsored content. Dana is a favorite speaker at Search Engine Strategies, ad:tech, SMX and other industry conferences, and is frequently sought by the financial press (Wall Street Journal, Newsday, CNET, CNNMoney) and analysts for trend insights about search marketing and internet advertising.

Geoff Cook
CEO, myYearbook.com

myYearbook, dedicated to users meeting new people, currently exceeds 1 Million posts per day and 1 Billion page views a month. Geoff is now the CEO of his third multi-million dollar Internet enterprise, all grown from zero traffic and zero revenue to significant market-leading properties.

In 1997, at age 19, Geoff founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a Harvard dorm room. Each property dominated their respective niches: admissions essay and resume writing help. He then sold his companies to The Thomson Corporation where he led the Consumer Market Group for a Thomson Learning division, departing Thomson in 2005. Geoff has been featured in Wired, Rolling Stone, ABC News, CNBC, and USA Today.

In 2005, Geoff became the CEO of myYearbook, joining forces with his siblings. Geoff was instrumental in raising $20+ million in angel financing, venture capital, and venture debt to build the young company into the largest US social media site.

Marc Ferrentino
Chief Technical Architect, Salesforce.com

Marc joined Salesforce.com in February 2007. His responsibilities included early stage product development and marketing, evangelism of the Force.com platform, and promoting Salesforce.com's open source initiatives. Marc is also involved with developing Salesforce.com's Collaboration and Platform strategic direction. Prior to Salesforce.com, Marc served as the Vice President of Engineering at Vettro Corp, a global leader in mobile on-demand applications. Prior to Vettro, Marc served as Vice President of Development at InternetCash.com. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ferrentino has held technology positions at Goldman Sachs and Westinghouse/Cutler-Hammer. Marc holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and has participated in the Masters of Statistics with a Concentration in Finance program at Columbia University.

Ryan Allis
CEO, iContact

Ryan is a technology entrepreneur and social entrepreneur from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ryan has been an entrepreneur since he started Allis Computing at age 11 in 1995. Today, Ryan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of iContact, the leading global provider of email marketing services to small and mid-sized businesses.

Ryan has built North Carolina-based iContact from its start in July 2003 to its current size with over 190 employees, 60,000 customers, and $35 million in annual sales. iContact has raised $13.3M in investment from NC IDEA, Updata Partners, and North Atlantic Capital.

iContact has twice made the INC 500 list. In 2008, iContact was named the fastest growing software company in North Carolina by INC Magazine and in 2009 the Software Company of the Year by the North Carolina Technology Association. In 2008 Ryan was named as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Carolinas with his partner and iContact co-founder Aaron Houghton. Ryan is the author of the book Zero to One Million, which reached the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list. Ryan is now working on Dare Mighty Things for publication in 2011.

Suzanne Gordon
VP and CIO, SAS

Chief Information Officer Suzanne Gordon oversees the IT infrastructure and support services that form the cornerstone for SAS' successful software development and sales efforts.

Gordon has focused her 300-person staff on the alignment of IT resources with other business units within SAS. By advocating the use of SAS software for internal applications, she has helped the company develop solutions that organizations around the world can implement and support with confidence. She supports sales by frequently talking with other CIOs about how she, herself, uses SAS to manage the company's IT infrastructure, balance resources and ensure high-quality service to internal and external clients alike.

Gordon was elevated to CIO from Vice President of the SAS Information Systems Division (ISD) in 2003, the same year she was named a ComputerWorld Premier 100 IT leader.

Ed Woo
Director of Data Insights, Yahoo!

Prior to becoming Director of Data Insights for Yahoo, Ed oversaw global internet marketing and advertising optimization analytics for eBay. Previously, Ed held various management roles at Staples and Ogilvy as a leader and direct contributor to a wide array of strategic marketing initiatives leveraging databases, technology, and analytics. Ed received his BA from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MBA from California State University and completed graduate studies in applied statistics from Penn State University.

Vikram Sharma
CEO, ShopLocal

With more than 20 years of experience in leveraging technology for competitive advantage, Vikram is committed to keeping ShopLocal resolutely focused on leveraging the power of the Web to drive shoppers into stores, where 92% of “online shopping” really takes place.

Vikram has been at the helm of ShopLocal since 2005. His roots are with Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), a major retail and grocery research firm, where he served as President of the Data Systems Division. While at IRI, he led the development of the company’s revolutionary scanner-based InfoScan service and served as a member of the management team that led the company’s growth to make it what is now a multi-million-dollar industry leader.

Vikram is also active as an advisor on technology and marketing information services to companies in the U.S. and India.

Christine A. Aguilera
President, SkyMall

Christine Aguilera serves as the President of SkyMall, a position she has held since October of 2003. SkyMall is a multichannel retailer of unique and innovative products. SkyMall reaches over 650 million airline passengers each year through the iconic SkyMall in-flight catalog. Ms. Aguilera joined SkyMall in February of 1997 and during her tenure has served as the General Manager, Vice President of Business Development, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel. Ms. Aguilera has substantial experience in the multichannel marketing and loyalty industries, including in both private and public entities. Ms. Aguilera has spoken to industry groups and associations on a variety of topics and has served on the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Association.

Patrick Bultema
CEO, CodeBaby

Patrick Bultema is CEO of CodeBaby, a new media, internet software company providing innovations for online customer experience and conversion metrics. Throughout his career, Patrick Bultema has been recognized as an industry and company maker. He has served as an executive, venture investor, board member, and advisor to tens of venture-financed startups. He was most recently a Venture Partner with vSpring Capital. He was CEO of XAware, and CEO of FrontRange Solutions, a global CRM software company. He was a founder and Executive Chairman of Knowlix, and was Chairman and General Manager of the Help Desk Institute, then a Ziff-Davis company.

A noted author and speaker, Patrick is recognized as one of leading experts in the customer industry throughout his career bringing together technology and customer experience. He was founding Executive Editor of Customer Support Management Magazine, and has been a thought leader in the CRM space. Patrick holds a Bachelor’s degree from California State University and a Master’s from Princeton.

Eleanor Hong
Audience Growth Manager, ABCNews.com

Eleanor Hong is the Audience Growth manager at ABCNews.com where she oversees search and social media strategies. She manages both SEO and social media initiatives for ABC News digital in effort to increase percentage of traffic from search engines and referrals, including social media linkage. As the in-house SEO, she has brought search engine optimization and algorithmic search to the forefront of the newsroom. She shares SEO best practice strategies, keywords and search analytics with the editorial staff -- gaining visibility and ranking for high-value news coverage on trending topics and real-time SERP results. Previously, she has worked at ESPN, AOL and Washingtonpost.com

Kurt Merriweather
Director of Business Development, Discovery Channel

Kurt Merriweather has worked in the intersection of business, marketing and technology for over 15 years. Kurt is currently Director of Digital Media Business Development at Discovery Communications (home of the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet) and has held a variety of business operations, product marketing and product management positions at AOL (including AOL MusicNow), Silicon Graphics, Digital Island and Cable & Wireless.

Lee Congdon
Chief Information Officer, Red Hat

Lee Congdon is responsible for Red Hat's global information systems, including the technology strategy, enterprise architecture, information technology governance, solutions delivery, and systems operations supporting the company. His role includes enabling Red Hat's business through services such as knowledge management, technology innovation, technology-enabled collaboration, and process improvement.

Congdon has over 25 years experience as an information technology leader. Prior to joining Red Hat, he was Managing Vice President, Information Technology at Capital One where he developed and delivered information technology solutions for the firm's corporate functions and Global Financial Services group. Before Capital One, Congdon was Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, at Nasdaq, where he led the organization's efforts to identify, implement, and operate technology solutions for Nasdaq Japan, Nasdaq Europe, and other strategic global ventures. Earlier, at Citicorp, Congdon led multiple global technology initiatives for the private bank and the corporate bank. Congdon began his career at IBM as an operating system developer and held several technology and technical marketing positions of increasing responsibility with that firm.

Rod Smith
VP, Emerging Internet Technologies, IBM Corporation

Rod Smith is an IBM Fellow and Vice President of the IBM Emerging Internet Technologies organization, where he leads a group of highly skilled innovators responsible for developing solutions to help businesses realize the value of emerging technologies to the enterprise. In his many years in the industry Rod has moved IBM and the IT community to a rapid adoption of technologies such as Web services, enterprise mashups, XML, Linux, J2EE, rich internet applications, and various wireless standards. As an IBM Fellow, Rod is helping lead IBM’s strategic planning around big data and practices, with a focus on how these technologies can bring real business value to IBM's customers.

Rod's expertise encompasses emerging internet technologies, including big data solutions, web 2.0, DIY analytics, sophisticated data analytics, rich internet applications, web standards, social/collaborative networking. He was also an early champion of Java, S.O.A., web services, and mashup technologies.

Anthony Napolitano
Director of Sales & Business Development, StumbleUpon

As Director of Sales and Business Development, Napolitano helps add to the more than 50,000 content creators, marketers and agencies who have already utilized StumbleUpon's unique advertising platform to introduce their sites and brands to a highly targeted audience. Previously, Napolitano was a key member of the sales teams for several of Google's products, including TV Ads, Analytics, Checkout and AdWords. Prior to Google, he was part of sales teams at CNET and ESPN.

Garth Moulton
Senior Director of Community, Salesforce.com and Co-Founder of Jigsaw

Garth Moulton is the Salesforce.com ambassador to the Jigsaw community which he co-founded. Jigsaw is the world’s largest database of up-to-date, downloadable, and complete contact information, and was acquired by Salesforce.com for $142 million in 2010. Before that Garth was a successful sales executive at several technology firms. These included Digital Impact (DIGI), Sawyer Media, Personify, Open Environment Corporation and Cambridge Information Network (CIN). In this time, Garth developed and managed accounts ranging from high profile Fortune 500 enterprises to numerous mid-sized businesses and covered a wide swath of industries. Garth graduated magna cum laude from Brown University.

Emma Battle
Director, Online Marketing, Red Hat

Emma Battle is Director of Online Marketing for Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions and an S&P 500 company headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for six consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with virtualization, applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide.

Emma manages Red Hat’s global websites, online commerce, email, search and webinar marketing operations along with Red Hat’s marketing analytics and marketing automation initiatives. She has more than 10 years of online marketing experience and prior to joining Red Hat served as VP of Marketing and Merchandising for Art.com.

Joe Gregorio
Developer Relations, Google

Joe works in developer relations at Google, focusing on Google Wave and its associated APIs, open source, and federation protocol. Previously he worked on Google App Engine and the Google Data Protocol. He is a member of the AtomPub Workgroup, editor of the Atom Publishing Protocol, and co-author of the URI Template specification. He has a deep interest in REST and web technologies, writing “The RESTFul Web” column for the online O’Reilly publication XML.com, writing the first desktop aggregator written in C#, and publishing various Python modules to help in putting together RESTful web services. He also coined the term Megadata years before the term NoSQL came about.

Dallas Lawrence
Contributor, Forbes.com and Mashable.com

Dallas Lawrence is a frequent editorial contributor to Forbes.com and Mashable.com, and is a Managing Director of Digital Public Affairs for Burson-Marsteller’s wholly-owned digital communications agency, Proof Integrated Communications. Before joining Burson-Marsteller, Dallas chaired the social and digital media practice for Washington, DC based crisis communications firm Levick Strategic Communications. Previously, Dallas served as the first Vice President for New Media for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

Dallas served for more than five years as a member of President Bush’s communications team, representing the White House and two cabinet agencies in more than a dozen countries during some of the most challenging public affairs crises of the President’s administration. During his tenure in the Administration, he served Secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates as the director of the Office of Community Relations and Public Liaison for the United States Department of Defense, coordinating all outreach with community, civic, and media and policy analyst groups, as well as directing all corporate affairs and global public liaison efforts in more than 150 countries. Prior to his Pentagon service, Dallas was appointed Director of Regional Media Outreach and spokesperson for Ambassador L. Paul Bremer and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq where he was the chief spokesperson for the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Electricity. Dallas spent several years managing state and local political campaigns, working on Capitol Hill as a communications director, and advising dozens of House and Senate candidates on effective campaign and message strategies.

Eric Rickson
Director of Mobile Analytics, Webtrends

As Director of Mobile Analytics at Webtrends, Eric Rickson is responsible for driving product strategy and evangelism for Webtrends measurement solutions for mobile. Most recently, Eric was responsible for emerging markets and vertical market measurement solutions at Webtrends with an emphasis on retail, CPG, Media and Financial Services. Eric brings over 10 years of experience as a digital analytics professional working with brands such as Coca-cola, Wells Fargo, Visa, Microsoft, and Nike.

Kenny Rosenblatt
CEO and Co-Founder, Arkadium

Kenny Rosenblatt oversees the technical and project teams at Arkadium, a game developer with over 300 titles for the casual, social and advergaming markets. Kenny’s background and work at Arkadium has not only entertained gamers worldwide, but has also served the needs of international brands such as Terra, Harrah’s, Mattel, Hearst, Reebok and Warner Brothers.

Prior to founding Arkadium, Kenny was VP of Emerging Technologies at On2 Technologies, a broadband technology company, where he developed several Video on Demand systems for iTV and Set Top Boxes. Kenny graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Information Technology & Management.

Myles Kleeger
General Manager of Strategic Brand Partnerships, Buddy Media

Myles has 14 years of experience in the advertising, media, and digital marketing industries. Prior to joining Buddy Media, Myles built and ran the digital marketing practice at The Kaplan Thaler Group (division of Publicis), where he oversaw all digital advertising, promotional, and social media efforts for a wide range of clients. Before that, Myles was the SVP, GM of Alloy Media & Marketing, a full service promotional and digital marketing agency. Myles earned his B.A. in Public Policy at Duke University, and his M.B.A. in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Christian Taylor
CEO, Payvment

Christian serves as CEO of Payvment, a venture-backed startup that has created the leading shopping platform on Facebook. Payvment provides, free of charge, the only application that enables retailers to create their own storefronts where Facebook's 500 million users can shop without ever leaving the social network. Launched in late 2009, Payvment has already signed up more than 30,000 retailers offering more than 500,000 searchable products. Previously, Christian served as President of Xcreative Interactive, an interactive media and web development firm.

Roland Wartenberg
Director, Business Development, Strategic Alliances Citrix Systems

In July of this year, Roland decided to take on a new challenge and joined Citrix's business development team where he is responsible for the strategic alliances with SAP and other ISVs. Citrix is flying high these days due in part to products like its desktop virtualization program, XenDesktop, is designed to allow desktop computers to run applications from other machines over the cloud-computing environment. From July 1997 on Roland was with SAP in various positions in application development, product management, marketing and partner management, with a major focus on SAP's virtualization strategy as their Chief Virtualization Strategist. Roland holds a master of electrical engineering from the University of Saarland, Germany.

Jason Caplain
General Partner and Co-founder, Southern Capitol Ventures

One of the faces of the internet economy in the southeast, Jason is a general partner and co-founder of Southern Capitol Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with portfolio companies like Art.com, eTix, ChannelAdvisor and ReverbNation. A frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, Jason is very active in the technology scene of the southeast and mid-atlantic. His blog can be read here.

Henry Copeland
CEO, Blogads.com

Henry Copeland runs Blogads.com, which sells ads on over 3500 premiere blogs. Launched in 2002, Blogads was one of the first ad technology companies to recognize the awesome power of social media. Blogads today represents leading blogs like PerezHilton and DailyKos. R&D projects include tweetable ad units and social media analytics services like Twiangulate.com and Taghive.com. Copeland worked as a bond trader and journalist before becoming an entrepreneur in 1998.

Want to know what Copeland had for breakfast today or where the DOW will be in 2011? Copeland tells all at twitter.com/hc. Copeland graduated from Yale University in 1984 and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Jeff Spalding
Executive Vice President, Market Operations, Peak 10

Jeff has helped lead the growth of Peak 10 since joining the executive management team in June of 2001. He is responsible for sales, marketing, managed services, product management, strategic partnerships, market operations and the P&L for Peak 10. Since joining the company, Jeff has built a solid team with a strong reputation for customer service, expanded the managed services business, and helped expand Peak 10's footprint into seven new markets through strategic M&A activities and strong profitable growth. Jeff brings to his role more than 25 years of sales, operations and leadership experience. He spent much of his career at IBM and rapidly moved up the sales management ranks to assume the position as North America's Business Unit Executive. Prior to joining Peak 10, he was the head of sales for Osprey Systems, a SAP, e-commerce consulting and software firm. He helped grow the company from a small regional player to a national player - advancing its e-commerce business 115% in less than two years.

Jim Tobin
President, Ignite Social Media

Jim Tobin is president of Ignite Social Media, one of the nation’s first social media agencies. In that role, he and his team work with clients including Microsoft (Windows, Bing, MSN and others), Intel, Disney, Nature Made, The Body Shop, Comcast, UNICEF and more developing and implementing social media marketing strategies. With years of experience in marketing and public relations, Jim founded Ignite in 2007 to help businesses better communicate with their customers through social media. Prior to founding Ignite, Jim was deeply involved in public relations and advertising, including being a partner at Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing.

Jim is the author of one of the Amazon best selling marketing and advertising books of all time , “Social Media is a Cocktail Party”. Jim is a frequent national speaker, the co-founder of the Triangle Social Media Club and one of the most read authors on Social Media Today. He was named one of the 75 Internet Marketing Gurus You Should Follow on Twitter and one of the most influential bloggers in the business in January 2008. In the last year, Business Leader magazine named Jim both a “Mover & Shaker” and one of the “Top 50 Entrepreneurs” in the Research Triangle business community.

Donna M. Iucolano
Founder & Principal, Spinach Candy

Donna has been a serial intrapreneur, corporate strategist, and e-business expert at the forefront of customer-centric, innovative marketing, and technology-driven growth and business transformation for more than 15 years. Today, she applies her diverse experiences as change agent within nationally-known companies, in 3 industries, with her passion for innovation through SPINACH CANDY, LLC, the consulting, coaching and business development company she founded.

Donna’s visionary leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, strategic insight, and passion for people and ideas have led to a nationally-recognized and award-winning reputation for her time spent with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Scholastic Corporation and New York & Company.

Donna was a founding member of e-commerce industry association, SHOP.ORG, and served as the founding chairperson of the research committee, introducing The State of Online Retailing.

Scot Wingo
CEO and Co-Founder, ChannelAdvisor

As president and CEO of ChannelAdvisor, Scot Wingo leads the company in its mission to provide retailers and manufacturers with the software and services needed to successfully sell their products via online sales channels. Prior to launching ChannelAdvisor, Scot occupied the roles of general manager of GoTo Auctions, CEO and co-founder of AuctionRover.com (acquired by GoTo.com) and CEO and co-founder of Stingray Software (acquired by RogueWave).

In tandem with his work at ChannelAdvisor, Scot authors two blogs: eBay Strategies, http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com, and Amazon Strategies, www.amazonstrategies.com, and contributes to the following blogs: ChannelAdvisor Blog at http://blog.channeladvisor.com/, Search Marketing at http://www.searchmarketing.com/ and Comparison Shopping Engine Strategies, www.csestrategies.com

Wayne Sutton
Biz. Dev/Marketing Strategist for TriOut

Wayne Sutton helps individuals, startups and businesses succeed in understanding how to communicate on the social web via brand strategy, social networks and location-based services. With nearly 10 years experience in the technology and social media sector, he’s provided counsel to business leaders ranging from founders of small start-ups and representatives of non-profit organizations to CEOs of large and small corporations.

Wayne has spoken at various conferences and events such as SXSW, Social Media Breakfast, Triangle American Marketing Association, Pubcon Austin and Blog World. He also contributes to the TriOut blog by keeping the community aware of location-based promotions and covers the social media, location space on his blog at SocialWayne.com

Rob Stagno
President, Market Intelligence Division, Paradysz Analytics

Rob Stagno has spent his career learning about customers – how they think, how they behave, and what makes them act. Rob’s approach is gaining customer insight – analyzing customer behavior and research to give them what they want, how and when they want it. The advent of digital marketing, social networks, online, and mobile channels are creating new ways to serve customers by integrating media and creating new business models.

Before joining Paradysz Analytics, he was a General Manager at Microsoft, where he ran marketing communications in the US, and managed marketing for Windows Live’s Hotmail and Messenger consumer products. Prior to joining Microsoft, Rob was Vice President of Worldwide Demand Generation at IBM, responsible for demand generation, marcomm strategy, and implementation of IBM’s direct marketing initiatives. Rob has also held marketing positions at Sun Microsystems, the Interface Group (producers of the Comdex trade show), Wang Laboratories and Publishers Clearing House.

Michael Kogon
CEO, Definition 6

Michael is the CEO of Definition 6, the unified marketing agency he founded in 1997. Michael is credited with developing the agency's Unified Marketing Strategy model, which helps clients adapt to the reality of marketing in an always-on world, uniting brands and people in motion. Michael and Definition 6 have helped generate over $15 Billion in revenue for clients since founding the firm, working with global clients including Disney, Coca-Cola, BellSouth, The Home Depot, Edwards Baking Company, LaQuinta Inns & Suites, Gables Residential, Extended Stay Hotels, VeriFone and the Brawny, Dixie and Vanity Fair Brands of Georgia Pacific. Michael regularly counsels senior executives on unified marketing strategy and execution, helping them drive more transaction and interaction through unified brand experiences. Michael is a frequent speaker at national industry events and conferences, and regularly shares his thought leadership through Defining Insights, Definition 6's company blog.

Joshua R. Jewett
Senior VP & CIO, Family Dollar

Mr. Jewett has strategic and operational responsibility for all aspects of Information Technology for this $8 Billion national discount retailer. He leads a team that designs, develops, deploys, and supports all hardware, software, networking, and telecommunications for all of Family Dollar’s stores, regional offices, distribution centers, corporate campus, several hundred mobile employees, and internet presence. Mr. Jewett is also responsible for assuring the Information Technology department and its investments in technology align with, support, and deliver the company’s vision to be the best small-format convenience and value retailer serving the needs of families in our neighborhoods.

While in this capacity, Mr. Jewett has expanded the capacity of the IT function through multinational, strategic partnerships designed to augment both resources and skills, provide cost and process efficiencies through a global delivery model, and deliver several significant technological achievements for the company and its 6,600 plus retail locations.

Nancy Hall
VP, Platform Services, ValueClick Media

Nancy has more than 14 years experience in interactive marketing. She is currently vice president, platform services for ValueClick Media. In this role, Nancy works with advertisers to utilize data driven audience strategies and drive performance. Nancy joined ValueClick Media from Mediaplex, a technology division of ValueClick, Inc. where she was vice president, sales and client development. There, Nancy oversaw strategic sales efforts and client services for sales and account management teams. Prior to joining Mediaplex in 2002, Nancy was vice president of sales and business development at Ad4ever, a rich media solution provider. There, she oversaw the company’s strategic sales efforts in the U.S., Latin America, Canada and Asia. Nancy began her career in online advertising as the director of sales and marketing for Fashionmall.com, Inc., a publicly held firm that managed a network of advertising and e-Commerce websites.

John Bastone
Global Product Marketing Manager, SAS

John Bastone is Global Product Marketing Manager for SAS’ Customer Intelligence Solutions. John has 13+ years of direct marketing experience spanning design and implementation of CRM solutions, managing database marketing programs and loyalty consulting. John received his MBA and Master of Information Systems degrees from the University of South Florida.

Timothy Seward
Founder & President, ROI Revolution, Inc.

Timothy Seward is founder and President of ROI Revolution, Inc., a data driven Search Marketing Company obsessively focused on delivering profitable and scalable Pay-Per-Click advertising results. Timothy’s 32-person Raleigh, NC based company manages millions of dollars per quarter of ad spend in the PPC accounts of 90 clients throughout the US, Canada, Australia, Spain and the UK.

ROI Revolution has been handpicked by Google to be one of seven charter Google Analytics consulting partners (since August 2005) and was one of the original three Google Analytics Seminar Leaders in the world, as well as being one of the top fifteen Google AdWords Qualified Companies in the USA.

Kevin Lee
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Didit

Kevin Lee, Didit Founder. Chairman & CEO, has been an SEM expert since 1995. Kevin is the author of the “Paid Search Strategies” column for ClickZ and several books, “The Eyes Have It: How to Market in an Age of Divergent Consumers, Media Chaos and Advertising Anarchy”, “The Truth About Pay-Per-Click Search Advertising”, and “Search Engine Advertising”.

Kevin is a founding board member of SEMPO and was its first elected Chairman. He is also active on DMA and IAB Committees and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and universities. Kevin earned his MBA from Yale School of Management in 1992. Kevin was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 and 2009 Award Finalist in Metro New York. In addition, in 2008, Kevin Lee and partner David Pasternack launched a social entrepreneurship venture, www.We-Care.com

Didit has been a leader in SEM since 1996 and is among the nation's fastest-growing technology firms; it was named to Deloitte 2007 and 2008 Technology Fast 500 as well as the Inc. 500 for both 2007 and 2008. In 2008, Didit launched a subsidiary, PowerProfiles.com, the official Dun & Bradstreet Online Business Directory.

Donna Bedford
Global SEO Lead, Lenovo

Donna Bedford is the Global SEO lead for Lenovo driving SEO in 40+ countries worldwide using Lean Six Sigma best practices. As part of the role, she also drives awareness through non-traditional marketing, including blogger outreach, Twitter and Facebook. Prior to her current role, she worked on Lenovo's Design and User Experience team. Donna has over 17 years of web experience, including multiple Fortune 500 companies both in the US and UK.

Lenovo is one of the world’s largest makers of personal computers including the renowned ThinkPad® notebook as well as products carrying the ThinkCentre®, ThinkStation®, ThinkServer®, IdeaCentre® and IdeaPad® sub-brands.

Lauren Freedman
President, e-tailing group

Lauren Freedman is a seasoned 15–year e-commerce veteran as well as a recognized and respected figure in the online retail industry. She has a passion for merchandising that she has parlayed as president of the e-tailing group, evangelists for merchandising and customer service best practices. She founded the e-tailing group in 1993 after an extensive career as a department/specialty store buyer and under her guidance the e-tailing group has evolved to be one of the premier ecommerce consultancies.

Lauren authored her first book, It’s Just Shopping, which provided a comprehensive; behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of multi-channel selling in 2001. She is a go-to-resource for the press and is often quoted in media outlets that range from The New York Times, WWD, CNN, Financial Times, USAToday, Business Week, Forbes, Internet Retailer and Crains.

Mark Rockett
Founder & CEO, Rockett Interactive, Inc.

Mark is the Founder & CEO of Rockett Interactive, a full-service interactive marketing agency that delivers comprehensive online advertising and strategy since 2003. He has overseen the growth of the company to achieve the Inc. 500/5000 rating as one of the fastest growing privately held company in the U.S for 2008, 2009, & 2010. Mark and his team have created bottom-line-impacting digital advertising campaigns for major marketers across the country.

Jeff Revoy
Chief Product, Marketing and Strategy Officer, iContact

Jeff is responsible for marketing, product management and corporate strategy for iContact. Revoy brings more than 20 years of experience in Internet, search and social media at both early-stage and Fortune 500 companies. He worked for Yahoo! both in the U.S. and Europe including Vice President and General Manager positions at Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Answers. Revoy and his team helped turn around the European search business and led Yahoo! Answers to a market leadership position with more than 150M monthly users. Previously, Revoy served as President and General Manager of Interactive Services at Embarq, a Fortune 250 telecommunication company through its successful acquisition and integration with CenturyLink. In this role, he reported to the CEO and led the investment and development of new media and online services as key growth drives for the company. In addition, he has held leadership positions with InterTrust, the pioneer in DRM technology through its successful IPO and acquisition and with GameHouse, a division of Real Networks, as VP of Social Games.

David Minton
Managing Partner, DesignHammer

David Minton is a founding partner of DesignHammer, a full-service web design and development company based in Durham, North Carolina. He has served as Managing Partner since the company's founding in 2001, primarily leading the firm's business development efforts. In addition to his leadership of the agency, David performs consulting in several Web specialties including Search Engine Optimization, Usability, and Accessibility. Prior to DesignHammer, he was Vice-President of NetworkArts, another Durham-based Web agency. With over 15 years of experience in the Web industry, he shares his expertise in the local tech community as a frequent contributor and speaker at industry events.

Steve R. Bulmer
Chief Technology Officer of Infrastructure Computing, Consonus Technologies

Steve is a highly qualified technologist and IT strategist with over 27 years experience in information technology; with expertise in architecture development to meet the business requirements of dozens of companies across many industries. He has a demonstrated proven ability to successfully architect and assist in deploying complex infrastructure investment projects valued at over $10M.

During the past thirteen years with Consonus Technologies (formerly Strategic Technologies), Steve has been responsible for evolving, supporting and delivering the company's services around mission critical datacenter computing infrastructures. He devotes the majority of his time managing Consonus' Consulting and Advisory Services (CAS) which provides customers with methods for architecting, designing, and sizing enterprise-class highly available geographic redundant, technical solutions. He remains at the forefront of applied technology, discovering new approaches to solving our client business needs, and overcoming the obstacles associated with technology advances. Steve is ITIL Foundation certified and consults with customers on improving processes within the IT organization for the sake of improving corporate capabilities through the application of technology.

Jim Hazen
Metrics and Analytics Director, Capstrat

With a deep understanding of both the science and business of Web analytics and metrics, Jim brings nine years of experience to Capstrat’s Interactive team. His ability to analyze online customer behavior and track measurable results with tools like Google Analytics, Omniture and Coremetrics helps clients maximize online marketing objectives. Jim puts his talent to work for clients such as Lenovo, Quintiles and Strategyn. He honed his skills at some of the top technology companies, including Lenovo and IBM. Jim holds an MBA from NC State University and a BA in marketing from Appalachian State University.

Chad Reed
Director of Field Marketing and Sales, Pelago, makers of Whrrl

Chad Reed is the Director of Field Marketing and Sales for Pelago, makers of Whrrl. He is responsible for developing relationships with merchants and brands to help expand their presence into mobile, social and location. Reed also develops the marketing and sales plans to support each client’s specific goals and manages all field marketing efforts, including street teams and special events.

Prior, Reed spent nine years with Red Bull energy Drink in a myriad of roles, most recently serving as Brand Manager for the West Coast and Southern Markets. He started his career as the Regional Manager for Big Dog’s Hospitality, a restaurant group based in Las Vegas where he also ran special events. Reed graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with his Bachelor of Arts in Marketing.

Jenn Markey
Director, Business Development, Protus

Jenn Markey leads business development efforts for Protus across all offerings – MyFax, my1voice, and Campaigner. Ms. Markey brings two decades of technology marketing, product management, and business development experience within the software, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries to her current role. Prior to joining Protus, Ms. Markey was Vice President of Marketing for Semiconductor Insights, which was acquired by United Business Media. Ms. Markey previously held senior technical and management posts with Bell Canada International, CrossKeys Systems, and IBM.

Eric Boggs
Founder & CEO, Argyle Social

Eric Boggs is the Founder & CEO of Argyle Social, a social media marketing software provider. He leads Argyle in its mission to make social a measurable, addressable marketing channel.

Prior to launching Argyle, Eric was employee #1 and part of the senior leadership team at Bronto Software. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an MBA from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he was a Dean’s Fellow.

Jeff Wood
CEO, aiMatch

Jeff Wood is an industry veteran who has been at the forefront of the online advertising world since its inception. Prior to co-founding aiMatch, Wood was vice president of publisher sales at Microsoft Advertising after its 6 billion dollar acquisition of aQuantive. During his time at Microsoft, he helped close key customer deals including Viacom and WhitePages.com.
Jeff was also a founding partner and vice president of sales at Accipiter, a leader in online advertising technology. He was responsible for significant revenue growth and international expansion for Accipiter, which held dominant positions in US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

While at Accipiter, Jeff was regularly called upon to share his online advertising expertise through a variety of technical white papers; bylined articles in publications including iMedia and MediaPost; and speaking at industry events held by the IAB, Mediapost, AdMonsters and ABM.

Jeff also served on the board of directors for Accipiter, and was an active member of the Internet Advertising Bureau, sitting on its measurement task force committee. In addition, Jeff was an associate member of the Online Publishers Association.

Scott Voigt
VP of Marketing, Silverpop

Scott Voigt is responsible for managing a team of professionals that defines and promotes the company's growing suite of product offerings. He guides Silverpop and its client base in the implementation of products that integrate Web analytics, targeted email marketing, social networking, new RSS technologies and other advanced solutions to maximize online relationships.
Prior to Silverpop, Voigt served as COO at Innuvo LLC, a developer of Web 2.0 development tools. He also was a member of Noro-Moseley Partners, the Southeast's oldest and largest venture capital firm, where he evaluated investment opportunities and helped portfolio companies define their strategic product direction.

Meg Walker Robinson
Director, Online Marketing, Vocus

Meg Walker’s passion is helping businesses succeed online. She leads efforts at Vocus for PRWeb in search advertising, SEO, content marketing and display advertising. She is also involved in social media marketing. Prior to joining Vocus, Meg managed online marketing efforts at Network Solutions, building and leading teams that handled online advertising and search engine optimization. She moved into Internet and online marketing ten years ago from a marketing career in medical diagnostics.

Meg completed her undergraduate studies at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. She then pursued a Master of Arts in communication design at the University of Baltimore.

Sherry Bastion
Web Creative Director, Lenovo

Since 1994, Sherry has channeled her passion for Web design, usability and content writing into a successful new media career. In addition to founding her own interactive design and consulting business in 1999, Sherry has served as a judge in the annual WebAwards and Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards competitions since 2000. Prior to her transition to digital, Sherry worked for over 15 years as an award-winning designer, art director and creative director in advertising and print design.

In her current role is as Web Creative Director for Lenovo, the fourth-largest personal computer manufacturer in the world, Sherry translates complex business objectives into effective visual design solutions for lenovo.com that enhance the company's online brand and shopping experiences.

Ted McDonald
Web Analytics Manager, Carfax

With more than 10 years of online marketing experience, Ted manages the web analytics program at Carfax. Ted helps increase use of company products and services amongst buyers and sellers of used cars. He is an expert at using Omniture products, like Discover and TestandTarget, and assessing the ROI of SEM and social media marketing efforts. Prior to Carfax, Ted was the manager of web analytics at National Geographic.

Michael Aronowitz
Chief Marketing Officer, Saveology.com

Michael Aronowitz is the Chief Marketing Officer at Saveology.com, the one-stop destination for fast, unbiased comparisons and best values on the most common home services.

Mr. Aronowitz joined Saveology.com from eBay, Inc. where he led eBay’s successful entry into the lead generation space by launching and managing GigaMoves.com, a lead generation service for Rent.com and eBay Motors. Previously, Mr. Aronowitz was at Monster Worldwide where he spearheaded development of an online “cost- per-lead” acquisition program. Mr. Aronowitz has also worked at the Direct Marketing Association, the world’s largest interactive non-profit trade group, overseeing search, e-mail, multi-channel, wireless and iTV councils. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Aronowitz founded Zmichaels Inc., a direct mail agency, and ran its Salesoutlet.com unit, which provided turnkey e-tail and marketing offerings to the business-to-business-to-consumer community.

Doug Graham
Chief Security Officer, Mozy

Doug Graham is the Chief Security Officer for Mozy and the Business Information Security Officer for EMC's Cloud Services Division. Mozy is an EMC Company providing online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 1 million customers and 50,000 business customers backing up 25+ petabytes of information to multiple data centers around the globe. Doug has over fifteen years of experience spanning information and physical security disciplines in the US and Europe as an executive, manager and consultant. Prior to his current appointments, Doug was the Security Solutions Partner for the communications industry within EMC Consulting. Doug is a graduate of the No.1 Radio School of the UK’s Royal Air Force and also holds a bachelors degree in business information systems.

Jud Bowman
President & CEO, PocketGear

Jud is the President & CEO of PocketGear and has helped grow the company into the largest cross platform, open app store and content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles available for discovery and download. To date PocketGear has generated over $400 million in mobile content revenues for the more than 32,000 developers in the PocketGear Developer Program. Jud led the acquisition of PocketGear from Motricity in June 2008. Prior to PocketGear, Jud co-founded Motricity (Nasdaq: MOTR) in September 1999 and was instrumental in growing Motricity to more than $100 million in annual revenues and 500 employees globally. As Motricity's Chief Technology Officer, Jud was the chief architect of one of the industry's leading mobile content delivery platforms that has delivered more than $3 billion of content to mobile phones. Jud has been named one of the world's "Top 100 Young Innovators" by MIT's Technology Review and one of "Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs" by BusinessWeek. He was also recognized as a winner of the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in the Carolinas in both 2001 and 2010.

Jonathan Hornby
Director of Worldwide Marketing, SAS

A visionary and thought leader in the field of performance management, Jonathan currently leads a team of marketers focused on message and global direction for Business Analytics, Customer Intelligence, Performance Management and Supply Chain. Joining SAS in 1996, Jonathan was the original business architect for SAS Strategy Management; led the acquisition of ABC Technologies to introduce cost and profitability optimization; led strategy and product management for SAS’ solutions in the areas of Performance Management and Risk; and more recently, led product marketing for Sustainability.

He is the author of “Radical Action for Radical Times: Expert Advice for Creating Business Opportunity in Good or Bad Economic Times” and writes 2 blogs for SAS – Beyond Business, and Inspiring the future with Business Analytics.

Andy Beal
Founder, Trackur/Marketing Pilgrim

Andy Beal is founder of social media tracking tool Trackur and Marketing Pilgrim, which covers the latest news, rumors and reviews of all things related to internet marketing and online advertising. Marketing Pilgrim is constantly rated a top 10 media and marketing blog by Advertising Age. Andy is considered one of the world’s most respected online marketing experts specializing in search engine marketing, online reputation management, and business blogging. He is the co-author of the critically acclaimed online reputation management book Radically Transparent. Andy has worked with many top companies such as Motorola, GlaxoSmithKline, SAS, Lowes, Quicken Loans, and NBC.

Highly respected as a source of internet marketing advice, Andy Beal has had articles published around the world, including BusinessWeek Online, Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Guide, and Web Pro News. Andy Beal is constantly keeping up-to-date with search engine news and online marketing developments and has appeared on ABC News, CNBC and NPR (National Public Radio) and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Washington Post, and many other publications.

Steve Malik
President, Intuit Health

Steve Malik is president and general manager of Intuit Health, leading the company's initiatives to strengthen the provider-patient relationship and improve healthcare through innovative Internet connected services. He joined Intuit in May 2010 following the acquisition of Medfusion for $91 million, the Cary, N.C. company he founded in 1996. Under Malik's leadership, Medfusion grew from a medical website development company to the leading provider of enhanced healthcare communication solutions.

Michael Bird
Chief Revenue Officer, Netprospex

Michael is responsible for sales, business development and demand generation at NetProspex. In a past life Michael was SVP of Sales and Business Development at BzzAgent. He has nearly 20 years experience in media, six of which were with CNET Networks where he created and led international media network sales as the vice president of global solutions and was the Vice President of Sales for CNET's Business Media Network. Michael spent 13 years in various roles at Ziff Davis Publishing where he led corporate network sales teams and managed many of the company's largest business relationships, including IBM and AOL.

Michael Marshall
SEO Guru

Michael Marshall is one of the most respected and well regarded technologists in the search engine marketing community. Having helped craft and execute advanced SEO strategies for many of the Internet's top brands over the years, Michael's SEO articles have been featured in numerous media outlets such as Direct Magazine, WebPro News, DM News, Forbes, LA Times, Investor's Business Daily, PRWeek, SearchNewz and eWeek. Michael is a recurring author for SEOToday.com, the premier website for SEM professionals, and a contributor to "Building Your Business With Google for Dummies." He is a frequent presenter at Ultra Advanced SEO Symposiums, a meeting of select masters of the search engine marketing industry, and frequent speaker at Search Engine Workshops conferences. Michael is lead instructor at the Search Engine Academy (and helped to create the
curriculum) and is instructor for search engine technologies at the U.S. Patent Office.

Gerald Fralick
CIO, State of North Carolina

Gerald (Jerry) Fralick was named Chief Information Officer by Governor Bev Perdue in September 2009. Jerry retired from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as Chief Information Officer for the Office of Justice Programs. During his 13 years of service at the Justice Department, Jerry held senior executive IT management positions in the Antitrust Division, the FBI and the Justice Management Division. While at DOJ, Jerry served as the first Chairperson for Office of Management and Budget's Grants Executive Board, which oversaw all grant making activities for the 26 federal grant-making agencies. Jerry also was instrumental in developing the Antitrust Caseload and Evaluation System (ACES) for the Antitrust Division, was in charge of payroll and administrative systems for the FBI and was awarded the Attorney General's Special Commendation Award for his work on the Interpol Case Tracking System at the Justice Management Division.

Elizabeth Johnson
Attorney, Poyner Spruill

Attorney Elizabeth Johnson leads the Privacy and Information Security practice at the North Carolina law firm Poyner Spruill. She represents clients in diverse industries such as healthcare, financial services, insurance, retail, telecom, utility, technology, and consumer goods and services with a comprehensive and practical approach to information security. Her clients vary in size from Fortune 100 companies to local non-profits. Additionally, she was listed among the top privacy professionals in Computerworld’s “2008 Best Privacy Advisors” report.

Jayson Ayers
VP Sales, OneRiot

Jayson Ayers is VP of Sales at OneRiot, the advertising network for the realtime social web. Jayson has over 15 years of experience driving online advertising sales and business development efforts.

Before joining OneRiot, Jayson was VP of Sales and Marketing at StillSecure, a leading provider of commercial and open source network security solutions currently used by some of the world's largest enterprises. Prior to StillSecure Jayson was Sr. Director of Marketing at Xaffire, where he managed all media purchasing and direct response marketing. Jayson was also Founder and Managing Partner of Boulder Interactive, a premier provider of online advertising and interactive design services acquired by venture capital firm Fast Ideas. Follow Jayson on Twitter @jaysonayers

Chris Hutchins
Business Development, SimpleGeo

Chris Hutchins works in Business Development at SimpleGeo where they build kick-ass tools for developers to easily integrate location features into their apps. He is also the founder of LaidOffCamp, a movement aimed at helping the unemployed learn new skills during the recession.

He spent his previous life as an investment banker in New York at Allen & Co. and later as a management consultant at Monitor Group. Chris graduated from Colorado State University and now lives in San Francisco.

Kevin Newsum
Regional Community Lead, Yelp

Kevin Newsum is Yelp's Regional Community Lead for the popular reviews site which saw more than 38 million unique visitors last month and is home to 12 million reviews. Kevin leads a team of community managers stretching from Texas to North Carolina. He believes there's no substitute for being authentic in social media, unless you're being relevant in social media. And a little timeliness doesn't hurt either.

Jeffrey L. Cohen
Social Media Marketing Manager; Howard, Merrell and Partners

In addition to his role at Howard, Merrell and Partners, Jeffrey is also Managing Editor at SocialMediaB2B.com, the leading business-to-business (B2B) industry social media site, which is highly ranked on the Ad Age Power 150. Jeff has 20 years experience providing strategic marketing counsel to B2B and business-to-consumer (B2C) companies, from both the client and agency sides.

Elizabeth Peaslee
Senior Consulting Director, Creative Good

Elizabeth Peaslee is responsible for consulting and research clients across North America. Her clients at Creative Good span retail, media, travel and financial services. Elizabeth also leads Customer Experience Council 3, a group of 25 executives across a range of companies which started October 2004. She is based in Dallas, Texas where she runs the Creative Good office.

Prior to Creative Good, Elizabeth was the Vice President, Customer Experience at Travelocity where she spent 8 years. As the VP of Customer Experience, she was responsible for both business and consumer applications. Elizabeth earned an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor’s from Duke University in Economics and Mathematics.

Erik Troan
Co-founder & CTO, rPath

Erik is responsible for all aspects of product design and implementation and for rPath's IT infrastructure. Prior to founding rPath, Erik served in multiple roles at Red Hat including Vice President of Product Engineering for several years as well as the Senior Director of Marketing and chief developer for Red Hat Software. During his tenure with the company Erik was responsible for leading development for Red Hat Linux, RPM, and Anaconda. He managed a multimillion-dollar budget, participated in two public stock offerings and assisted in acquiring and integrating nine other companies. Erik has co-authored two editions of Linux Application Development. He holds BS degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Virginia. Since May 2007, Erik also serves on the Board of Directors for Digium, Inc.

Simon Salt
CEO, IncSlingers

Simon Salt is the CEO and founder of integrated marketing communications agency IncSlingers. He is an author, writer, blogger, entrepreneur and a nationally-recognized speaker on the hottest topics in social media. His book, “Social Location Marketing,” which covers how marketers can best make use of social location sharing sites such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, Whrrl, etc, will be published by Pearson publications in January 2011. As a Social Media influencer, Simon has been sought out by both large brands and international PR companies. Most recently, he has worked with Hanes and Chevrolet as both an advisor and social media advocate.

Steve Broback
Founder, Parnassus Group

Steve is coauthor of Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business and also co-founded Thunder Lizard Productions (a technology event production company). Broback orchestrated some of the earliest and most successful gatherings for Web professionals including the Web Advertising Conferences, the Web Marketing Conferences, Web Design World, Macromedia Web World. The Parnassus Group is a Web data-mining and predictive analytics company, and also hosts numerous social media conferences and events. The company is best known for their star (and geek)-studded Tweet House gatherings which can be found at CES, SXSW, NAB, and during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City.

Liana "Li" Evans
Co-Founder and CEO, LiBeck Integrated Marketing

Liana “Li” Evans is the author of “Social Media Marketing: Engaging Strategies for Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media”. Li is an established online marketing industry veteran with over 15 years experience specializing in Search Marketing and Social Media Marketing. Li was the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Marketing architect for such companies as QVC, Comcast (Fancast) and several other different sized companies.

Craig Sauerwalt
Director, Online Marketing, Sylvan Learning

Craig has been helping brands in the banking, business services, and education verticals reach their prospects and customers for 15 years. He has directed online marketing and website user experience activities for Sylvan Learning and its franchisees since 2007. Prior to Sylvan, Craig was responsible for online marketing, CRM, and other technology initiatives for The Company Corporation. Lastly, he held several different roles relating to online marketing, CRM, database marketing, and business analysis at MBNA America.

Kyle Johnson
Director of Media Products, Compete

As Director of Media Products at Compete, Kyle Johnson oversees the development of the company’s solutions for advertising effectiveness and for media planning and optimization. Kyle entered the digital space as an industry analyst at Forrester Research and later served in various strategy and product roles at Monster.com, prior to joining Compete. Kyle holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA from Williams College in art history.

Compete.com is the only online competitive intelligence service that combines site and search analytics in one site to help you quickly master online marketing. With Compete.com, you can identify rival search marketing strategies.

Paul LaFontaine
VP, Global Distribution, Playdom

Paul is charged with driving Playdom's growth through international expansion and business diversification, a role that's perfect for him given his twenty-plus years of experience making big things happen. Most recently, Paul led international market development at eSolar, an innovative utility-scale energy company. Before taking on the world's energy challenge, Paul drove strategic growth for Ticketmaster from the UK and Los Angeles, and served as CEO of a wireless technology startup called Antiron. Paul has a BS in engineering from West Point and may or may not have worked in military intelligence from 1986 to 1991.

Karon Thackston
President, Marketing Words

Marketing Words is a full-service copywriting agency specializing in web and search engine copywriting. Karon is a graduate of the DISC Behavioral Model course and also earned the designation of Certified Landing Page Specialist from Marketing Experiments. She has owned her own full-time copywriting agency since 1999. During this time, she authored four books including the popular Step-by-Step Copywriting Course (5th Edition), Writing With Keywords (4th edition), How to Write Successful PPC Ads (2nd Edition) and Ecommerce Copywriting (for the Wordtracker Masterclass series). Karon is a tutor at Search Engine College.

Chris Moody
Social Marketing Manager, Phonebooth.com

Chris Moody is Social Marketing Manager at Phonebooth.com. He leads their marketing and social media efforts. Chris is also a guest lecturer / co-course developer for a MBA social media course at NC State University. Follow Chris at chris-moody.com. Phonebooth.com provides business phone solutions.

Eric A. Baumes
Chief Technology Officer, The Economist Online

Eric has more than 15 years of experience in developing, marketing and managing electronic publications and services. He has previously served as Technology Director and Marketing Manager for the Economist Intelligence Unit and as a Product Manager for the electronic publishing division of Oxford University Press.

Bill Bing
CEO, Loyalese

Bill is the Founder & CEO of Loyalese, a loyalty program that is simple, fun and social. Loyalese members get rewards for shopping and sharing at more than 900 stores, and merchants have the opportunity to build stronger relationships with their best customers.

Prior to founding Loyalese Bill was an early employee at Upromise, a leading online loyalty program. After Upromise was acquired by Sallie Mae in 2006, Bill joined Square 1 Financial. At Square 1, Bill worked closely with early-stage companies and venture firms, and in 2008 he helped raise, invest and manage Square 1’s initial venture capital fund-of-funds.

Robbie Allen
Founder & CEO, StatSheet

Robbie Allen is the Founder and CEO of StatSheet, Inc., a VC-backed sports media startup based in Durham, NC. StatSheet is an online sports content network that offers the kind of unique analytical insights fans love, powered by a completely automated, real-time publishing platform.

Robbie was formerly a Distinguished Engineer, IT at Cisco. He has Masters degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering and System Design Management from MIT. He's the author or co-author of tens of books covering a variety of technical topics.

Andy Bober
Director of Product Management, Customer Intelligence, SAS

Andy Bober drives product strategy for SAS’ enterprise marketing management solutions, including online analytics, digital marketing, campaign management, social media analytics, and interactive marketing. He works closely with customers, partners, and other key stakeholders, and is a member of the DMA’s Marketing Technology committee and the ANA’s Digital Marketing committee.

Dan London
Director of Online Marketing, ShareFile

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dan London has been involved in the online marketing industry since 1998. Dan is currently the director of online marketing for ShareFile, a secure file transfer and virtual data room solutions provider. Prior to joining ShareFile he was the director of online marketing at Lulu.com. He also worked for MarketSmart Interactive as paid search and search engine optimization account manager.

Amy Dalton
Senior Director, Marketing, Topix

A marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience in media, Amy Dalton's career spans book, newspaper, magazine, and Internet publishing. She came to Topix from Knight Ridder Digital, where she directed marketing and advertising efforts for the company's 32 newspaper web sites and its national vertical properties, including CareerBuilder.com, Cars.com, Apartments.com, ShopLocal.com, and the Real Cities Network. Previously, she managed public relations for PC World magazine and its web site PCWorld.com, and held several marketing and publicity roles at book publisher HarperSanFrancisco.

Jeff Parsons
Director of Video Operations, Associated Press

Jeff focuses on video product development, distribution and monetization for domestic U.S. and Latin America markets. He tracks market trends and user consumption of video to match development with consumer and customer needs. Jeff has developed strategies to expand current video products as well as launch new products in emerging growth markets.

Prior to the Associated Press, Jeff was the Senior Director of Strategic Content and News for Internet Broadcasting which develops and maintains web sites for almost 100 media properties. Jeff managed teams that developed video and text content as well as micro-sites in key vertical areas. He was also responsible for all news and information published to the websites of the company’s customer groups. Jeff has an extensive background in local content development including web sites in four local media markets. He has also managed local TV news divisions in Atlanta, Norfolk, Va., Columbus, Ohio and Charleston, W.Va.

Colin Hynes
Senior VP of User Experience, Rue La La

Rue La La is a leader in the invitation-only digital sales space with 2.6 million Members. Mr. Hynes is an expert in designing user-centric experiences for electronic and physical environments, with nearly two decades of experience in the field. Most recently, Mr. Hynes founded the usability group at Staples, Inc. Prior to Staples, he led information architecture and website user experience strategy for FedEx, AT&T,Fidelity Investments, SmithKline Beecham, and Seagram Americas, among others.

Kelly Johnson
Founder, Converta Design

Converta Design is a consulting firm that focuses exclusively on increasing online conversions. Kelly works with companies to implement usability and search engine optimization techniques at the design level. She has a proven record of combining strategies that result in overall website improvement by improving the user experience and driving qualified traffic through search engine rankings. Previously, Kelly worked as the User-Centered Design Manager for BB&T, and at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication as a Research Coordinator for Course Development and Online Teacher. Kelly has a MS in Information Science with a focus on Usability.

Robert Hubbard
Chief Technology Officer, ReverbNation

Robert loves startups. He has spent the last 18 years developing software for various venture-backed startups. His batting average is not too bad either 3 for 3 - Burl Software, Marathon, SmartPath. Robert places a lot of emphasis on Agile/Evolutionary development techniques and using the latest technology. ReverbNation was one of the first production websites built entirely using Ruby on Rails platform.

Pamela Hilborn
VP, Design & User Experience, Kobo Inc.

Kobo Inc. is an online and mobile eBook retailer. Pamela is responsible for creating simple, engaging and entertaining experiences on the web and across multiple mobile platforms. Her expertise is within the software development discipline and includes brand and creative development, information design, interaction requirements, user testing and heuristic evaluations. She also offers expertise in designing mobile software architecture for the iPhone and Blackberry Storm, Blackberry Bold, Curve and Tour, the Palm Pre and for Google Android enabled phones. Prior to Kobo Inc., Pamela was the Director of Customer Experience for the e-commerce site chapters.indigo.ca.

Ryan Boyles
Technical Evangelist, IBM

Ryan Boyles is a technical evangelist for open source and emerging technology at IBM. He has spent his career in software development working on front ends and applications. Ryan is an accomplished inventor with over a dozen patents. Ryan is an advocate for social software tools and community management in business.

Ryan loves local community, having a hand in hosting popular events like Ignite Raleigh, Triangle Tweetup, Raleigh Twestival, and Triangle Social Media Club. Ryan enjoys speaking at conferences large and small, including Web2.0 Expo San Francisco, Social Fresh Charlotte and as a Dad blogger at the Type-A Mom conference. You can find Ryan online at http://flavors.me/rab and connect with him on twitter @theRab.

Jenny Halasz
Executive Director, Strategy Development, Acronym Media

Jenny founded the Acronym Media regional office in Raleigh, NC, and has built an impressive team of SEO, PPC, and Client Services professionals in the US. Her client portfolio includes SAP, Four Seasons, Humana, Register.com, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Motorola and Black & Decker. Acronym Media, a Top 10 Search and Keyword Marketing Agency headquartered in NYC.Previously, Jenny worked for another search agency, and prior to that, worked in-house SEO, PPC, and Affiliate and Event marketing for Art.com. Follow Jenny on Twitter @jennyhalasz.

Dawson Roark
Founder, Decode Solutions

A technology evangelist, Dawson Roark is the founder of Decode Solutions, a technology integration and mobile application development firm. Decode Solutions was born in 2008 to consult on mobile technology solutions for the manufacturing industry. Before founding Decode Solutions, Dawson was the CTO for Industrial Power Sales and was operations manager for ChatterBox, a startup headquartered in Albuquerque, NM. Through Decode Solutions, he also directs PR and marketing for Open My Video, a video messaging tool.

Becky Minervino
VP, Senior Interactive Strategist, McKinney

Becky has a wealth of experience across areas of interactive engagement, including mobile marketing, online advertising, social media, interaction design, and email marketing. Most recently she served as the agency steward behind the digital strategy for Nationwide Insurance’s brand relaunch, and led the strategy for the first mobile application for Gold’s Gym. She also spearheaded Virgin Atlantic Airways’ first mobile program, which won a 2008 Gold MIXX award from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Minervino joined McKinney in 2005, bringing experience from both digital and full-service agencies, including Beam, Circle, and OgilvyOne. A graduate of Columbia University, she holds a B.A. in English.

Tom Craig
Chief Privacy Officer, MediaMath

Tom Craig is a recognized expert on DSPs, digital marketing and consumer privacy. As CPO of MediaMath, the industry leader in digital media technology and creator of TerminalOne, Tom plays an integral role both in developing the company’s technology platform as well as ensuring its operations adhere to a strict policy of consumer privacy. Tom spearheaded the effort to make MediaMath the first and only DSP to be NAI compliant and he sits on the IAB Public Policy Council which helps shape online privacy policy. Prior to MediaMath, Tom led the Global Marketing Solutions organization at AOL where he was responsible for the company’s corporate marketing platforms, data product development and marketing information strategy. While there, he managed a $45 MM budget that included extensive internal and external platform development with companies such as DoubleClick, Epsilon Digital and Experian.

Arik Abel
Director of Content Strategy, Emerging Media Research Council & Strategic Advisor, Zooppa.com

Arik is a marketer of disruptive innovation in entertainment, media, advertising and technology; instructor at the intersection of creativity and technology; and Director of Content Strategy for The Emerging Media Research Council, a membership-based organization providing custom emerging media research and consulting to Marketing, Communications, PR and Public Affairs executives. As the former head of US Marketing for Zooppa, a creative crowd-sourcing platform, Arik crafted successful user-generated advertising campaigns supported by a global social network of 80,000 video producers, graphic designers and advertising enthusiasts. Over 100 brands including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, GoDaddy, P&G, and General Mills, and leading digital agencies like Razorfish and Unruly Media, have used the Zooppa platform to generate high-quality advertising content and word-of-mouth through an open competition model. Find him online at arikabel.com

Brad Halferty
CEO, Twongo.com

Brad Halferty is the CEO and Founder of Twongo.com, a social savings platform based on the Chinese principle of tuangou, the power of team buying. Twongo launched in January 2010 and is based in Cary, NC. Brad is responsible for business development & strategic partnerships for Twongo. Twongo is in the pre-funding stage and is currently running promotions in several cities in the United States and Canada.

Kristen Gregory
Email Marketing Strategist, Bronto

Kristen helps clients build engaging customer relationships, boost short-term revenue and lift lifetime value via detailed, business-specific strategic advice on all facets of their email marketing programs. She is a regular contributor to Bronto's best practice blog and speaks at industry conferences on topics such as list growth, creative design, sign-up optimization, lifecycle marketing, transactional messages, social media integration, metrics, testing, holiday planning and much more. She has been featured in and/or mentioned on Chief Marketer, The Retail Email Blog, Email Marketing Reports, Shop.org, Multichannel Merchant, Social Email Marketing, The Email Guide, Adventures in Email Marketing and Marketing Profs Get to the Point Email Marketing. She was also a primary contributor to Bronto's "Crawl, Walk, Run" strategy book and has posted on the Email Experience Council blog. Kristen has multichannel marketing experience within the healthcare and publishing industries, with more than 5 years concentrating on email alone.

Grey Garner
Market Strategist, Emma

Grey Garner is the Market Strategist at Emma, the Web-based email marketing and communications service. Launched in 2002, Emma powers the email newsletters and campaigns of more than 30,000 organizations around the world, supporting the efforts of stylish small businesses, non-profits and agencies around the U.S. and beyond. Prior to Emma, Grey worked for Nashville-based Emagination-Media, creating studio recordings and video production for major label and indie artists. In his time at Emma, Grey has seen all sides of the business from design and client services to product management. Also, his ability to air drum Boston's "More Than a Feeling" astounds most who are lucky enough to witness it.

Scott Huie
Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

Scott acts as a banking and eCommerce expert for Ernst & Young, helping companies identify and execute transformational change to move their business forward. His background balances both business strategy and technology delivery, previously spending time with Anderson Consulting/ Accenture and Bank of America.